Once you learn this trick, your flowers will bloom forever!

Desiccant

1. Purchase desiccant

Desiccant is sold on Taobao, usually for twenty or thirty yuan, and can be reused many times.

The desiccant should have a fine texture, preferably fine sand, like white sugar. A desiccant that is too rough will cause the dried flowers to become bumpy.

(Author: orchid888 Source: Tahuaxing Forum)

The desiccant can be silicon dioxide, or it can be replaced by a mixture of borax and corn flour. The borax serves as a drying agent, while the cornmeal supports the petals and prevents the flowers from deforming.

2. Pick flowers and put them in

Pick the flowers and place them in a bottle or box half filled with desiccant.

(Author: orchid888 Source: Tahuaxing Forum)

3. Bottling and sealing

Slowly pour the desiccant into the bottle. Be careful and meticulous when pouring the desiccant, and fill the space between the petals like water. Do not press the petals, otherwise the shape of the dried flowers will not look good after drying.

(Author: orchid888 Source: Tahuaxing Forum)

4. Successful production

Finally, if you choose to put the successfully dried flowers into a bottle or box, you should spread a shallow layer of desiccant on the bottom of the container so that they can be preserved longer.

Author: orchid888 Source: Tahuaxing Forum)

Note: Some desiccants tend to heat up when placed in water. Flower lovers with children at home should place the desiccants out of the reach of children.

If a sealed desiccant suddenly encounters a large amount of water, the chemical reaction will release heat, causing the desiccant to expand, easily breaking through the sealed package and causing a small explosion.

So flower lovers, don’t throw the sealed desiccant into the water~

suspension

1. Choose fresh flowers and cut them with stems.

2. Hang the flowers upside down in a well-ventilated place and wait for them to dry.

3. After about two weeks, the flowers will naturally dry into dried flowers. Put it in a vase and it will become a beautiful dried flower bouquet!

(Author: Just look at rui Source: Baidu Experience)

Micro-wave oven

1. Find a fresh-keeping box or lunch box, and spread 2-3 cm high desiccant on the bottom. You can adjust the height of the silica gel powder according to the height of the flowers.

(Author: Angry Child Source: Baidu Knows)

2. Keep about 5 cm of the flower stem, cut off the rest and put them in a fresh-keeping box. With the flower facing upward, sprinkle desiccant around the flower and in the gaps between the petals to completely cover the flower.

Author: Angry Child Source: Baidu Knows)

3. Do not cover the fresh-keeping box. Just put the box in the microwave and heat it for three minutes. After taking out the dried flowers, shake off the silicon desiccant and reuse them.

Note: Be sure not to cover the lid of the fresh-keeping box, and do not use too high a fire when heating in the microwave. Generally, the temperature should be controlled at around 60 degrees. The sealed desiccant plus high fire will cause thermal expansion and contraction, which may cause a small explosion.

Embossing

Pressing is more suitable for small and flat flowers. The flowers should not be too three-dimensional, and the stems should not be too round or thick, otherwise it will be difficult to press the flowers.

1. Place the flowers on dry paper and arrange them into your favorite shapes. It is best to block out light from the paper.

(Author: Yuan Yulin Source: Handicraft Bar)

2. Choose a large and heavy object to press on the paper with the flowers. You can choose an encyclopedia, a thick dictionary, or a hard and heavy piece of wood.

3. After about 3 weeks, the embossing is completed. In the middle of the production process, you need to change the paper for the flowers to ensure the shape.

Flower selection

There are some tips for choosing raw materials for making dried flowers. Flowers with too much water, such as daffodils, are more difficult to dry, but baby's breath will turn into dried flowers on its own if you just leave it alone.

Therefore, for beginners, when making dried flowers for the first time, it is best to choose flowers that have relatively less water and are easier to dry.

Baby's breath, forget-me-not, rose, lavender, carnation, globe amaranth, immortelle, vernum, bougainvillea, white lilac...these are all good materials for making dried flowers.

Dried flowers

The flowers will never fade again!