Flower Pressing


Hi everyone! In this post, we will be flower pressing, so you'll need to hunt for some in your garden, or find some flowers on a walk!


You will need:
- Flowers
- Books or a flower press
- Blotting paper or kitchen roll

You can press flowers using a press or using books. I am using blotting paper, but you can also use kitchen roll


Place your blotting paper and flowers between the pages of a big book.
Add weight to the book with books and other heavy items. 


I pressed these flowers for 10 days - this is what they look like now!


You can do lots of crafty things with your pressed flowers, I stuck mine to different bits of paper and card and made a hanging display.


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