Pressing flowers

[~Ash~]

There are so many gorgeous flowers around at the moment and I'm wanting to do some flower pressing with DD now - so we can use them in craft over the Christmas holidays.

Do you press flowers with your children?

Any tips?

I am going to buy a frame to make a display of them to hang when they are all finished


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[Mother Goose]

perhaps research which flowers are suitable as I think there are some that aren't?

I've tried numerous times, even had a flower press! but I failed dismally. Mine always ended up moldy or squished mess.

It's a GREAT idea though! My DD loves to pick flowers so this is probably something she'd like doing too

[black_rose]

Pansies and rose petals work great and flat flowers things like daisies are to big in the middles. I had a flower press as a kid and I am giving the girls one for Christmas.

[~Ash~]

I've never had a flower press - we used to use our encyclopaedia set lol.

Just been reading about it and it looks like placing them between two sheets of wax paper between some heavy books is enough - just need to make sure that they aren't wet at all.

Just put wax paper on my shopping list


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