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Make a Buttony Spring Bouquet

30 April 2009 59,444 views 14 Comments

by heather

The American Crafts blog posted this pretty spring bouquet idea to brighten up your home. It would also be great for shower (baby, bridal) decorations (use bouquets for table decorations, and one flower for cupcake toppers!) or a gift Mother's Day. You could omit the skewers and turn these pretty blooms into a fun gift brooch, too. I would skip the soda can display and opt for a pretty drinking glass or teacup. [project here via hostess blog]

The project uses premade die-cut felt flowers, but you can easily cut your own felt flowers. Put some rice or sand (or floral foam) in the cup for easy arranging.

Project Estimate:

Felt, $.25 a sheet or on hand
Buttons, $1 or on hand
Bamboo skewers, $1
Ribbon, $1 or on hand
Thread, on hand
Vase, tea cup, or drinking glass, on hand or $1
Floral foam, rice, or sand, on hand or $1

Total cost: $1 and up

14 Comments »

dot said:

great idea!

Sorry for the cut and paste, but:
Thanks for playing Make Something Cool Everyday in April! I had a great time and met some cool new friends, hope you did too! Please come read this. I’m planning to do a wrap up.

Thanks!
Dot

# 1 May 2009 at 6:26 am

dot said:

oh, and since you were one of the “organizers”/charter members of MSCE, would you post a link to that so that if anyone was playing from your blog, but didn’t register on the list, they see it?

# 1 May 2009 at 6:27 am

oki said:

From the title, I thought at first that all the stems were springy. Which would have made these a lot more awesome, although they are pretty neat already.

# 1 May 2009 at 9:40 pm

heather (author) said:

Yeah, that would be super-awesome! We should do it!

# 2 May 2009 at 10:39 am

Sharazad said:

what a cute idea!

# 2 May 2009 at 11:19 am

Karen Lueders said:

Used spiral notebooks are a great source for springy stems.

# 11 May 2009 at 6:07 pm

ayesha said:

really nice idea…

# 5 June 2009 at 4:25 am

A Vecchioni said:

What an awesome project. Those are really cheerful!

# 16 July 2009 at 8:35 pm

10 Crafts to Make with Bamboo Skewers | Feels Like Home said:

[...] (think flowers cut out of fruit or cake balls) or non-edibles (paper, felt, ribbon flowers or buttons), you can use skewers as stems. Press the other end into a block of styrofoam or place them in a [...]

# 13 September 2010 at 5:25 pm

osnat said:

I love your flowers. Love working with felt.

# 5 March 2011 at 7:59 am

[weekend projects] Stuff to Make from Buttons « Counting the Leaves said:

[...] we suffer through a still very cold and snowy spring here in Chicago, this buttony spring bouquet, seems to bring a promise that we will get to return to the garden soon. While I love the easy [...]

# 25 March 2011 at 11:22 pm

Jenny said:

Love this! Did you get the pre-cut felt flowers at a dollar store? If so, which one? I don’t think my hands are steady enough to free hand cut. Thanks a “bunch!” ;)

# 5 September 2011 at 7:16 pm

kirsty said:

Love your flowers, just wandering how you attached them to the skewers? Would love to make these for my daughters birthday party.

# 14 January 2012 at 2:03 pm

heather (author) said:

@kirsty, Here is the original post with more instructions. They stuck the felt flowers to the skewers with a glue dot, and then also wrapped the thread from sewing on the buttons around the skewer.

# 14 January 2012 at 9:10 pm