HELP!!! How do you dry out flowers?

i need to now how to dry out flowers.





first im going to dry out a single rose





but i also need tips on drying out a big thing. its like a bunch of flowers on cement in the shape of a heart. but i need to no what to use and how to do it ?

HELP!!! How do you dry out flowers?
clean the flower with water. this is every important.





put them in a soaking paper (anything like blotting paper, old newspapers etc) and put them under something heavy. I use the area between my boxspring and mattress.





leave it there for a week and change the paper every 2 days to avoid fungi.
Reply:I dry out my flowers by simply hanging them upsidedown. If you want them in a specific shape then arrange them how you want either hanging upside down or laying flat. You can pin them to make them go in a particular shape and when theyare dry they will stay that way
Reply:Well, you can either hang them to dry in a cool dry place or you can purchase silica gel or sand from a craft store. I've never heard of drying flowers on cement, but I would think that if the cement got to hot then it would damage the flowers. If you dry them naturally without the help of silica then you need to do it slowly and you do that by hanging them. If you use the silica then you can put the flowers in any shape you like after they have dried.


Good Luck
Reply:I don't know too much about this, but I do know that to try a flower out, you should hang it from something upside down.