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    Home » Crafts » Preserving Valentine's Flowers

    Preserving Valentine's Flowers

    Published: Feb 20, 2012 · Modified: Apr 13, 2022 by Vicky

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    Who doesn't love getting roses on Valentine's day? I just love getting flowers, but am sad that they never seem to last very long. Some of my roses had started to wilt and fall off the petals.  I came up with an easy way for Preserving Valentine's Flowers. For more ways to preserve flowers check out Pressing Flowers with Kids.

    Preserving Valentine's flowers so that you can enjoy them longer. This is a great project to do with kids.
    red roses

    Hubby challenged me to come up with a kids activity using the rose petals. Like I need him giving me more work! But a challenge is a challenge, so I pulled the rose petals off the stem and came up with a petal sun catcher type of thing.

    Supplies you will need:

    • Rose petals
    • Wax paper
    • Iron
    • Thin dishtowels for ironing on
    iron, roses and wax paper

    Cut off a piece of wax paper and give it to your child along with some rose petals. Older kids can make a design or their initials, but my little ones just arranged the rose petals on the wax paper.

    child placing rose petals on wax paper

    This is how A's looked when she was done arranging the petals. The next part was a little tricky. I had to move this over to a towel where I would be doing the ironing. Just keep it steady and you'll be fine.

    rose petals on wax paper

    Lay your petal covered wax paper on a thin towel and place another piece of wax paper over it, creating a wax paper sandwich.

    rose petals being ironed on wax paper

    Before you iron, place another thin towel OVER the wax paper sandwich. The photo I took of this step had a big shadow, but please remember to place another towel before ironing. Now you will use the hot iron to seal the wax paper. I found that I needed to hold the iron over various places for 10 seconds or so for the paper to seal. This time might vary depending on your iron. Lift your towel to check your progress. When the paper is sealed you will notice that you are able to see the roses more clearly. If you do not yet, return the towel and just keeping iron until you can see the flowers better. Here is how ours looked after ironing.

    rose petals being ironed on wax paper

    Then hang in the window and enjoy! I think this would work well with any kind of flower petals. I can't wait to experiment some more. I am sure they won't last forever but we will enjoy our roses for a little while longer thanks to this preserving Valentine's flowers technique.

    pressed rose petals

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    If you liked preserving Valentine's Day Flowers, here are some more flower activities you'll like:

    Popsicle Stick Flowers 

    Coffee Filter Flowers Made From Tissue Paper

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    Comments

    1. Paula Parrish

      February 20, 2012 at 12:54 pm

      Hello Vicky,
      Great job! You win the challenge. Now, Ask your hubby. Where is my prize?
      🙂 Smiles, Paula

    2. Cranberry Morning

      February 20, 2012 at 2:48 pm

      What a fun job for the little girls! And so nice to preserve those beautiful petals. You'll definitely find lots of uses for them.♥

    3. Julia

      February 20, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      I used to do that all the time with pretty fall leaves when I was a little girl. Love that it works with flower petals too! I'll definitely have to try that with my littles!

      So happy to have found your blog. Awesome ideas here! 🙂

    4. Carrie

      February 20, 2012 at 5:47 pm

      What a great idea!! I am passing on the Versatile Blogger Award to you. You can check it out at http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2012/02/versatile-blogger-award-again.html. Hope you are having a great day!

    5. [email protected]{ShareandRemember}

      February 20, 2012 at 7:13 pm

      Great idea! I've been looking at mine wondering what to do with them next! 🙂

    6. Alyssa

      February 20, 2012 at 7:41 pm

      Love this idea. I have Valentine roses that are starting to droop. I was just thinking I wish there was an activity I could do with them. Thanks!

    7. Inspired By Felicity

      February 21, 2012 at 2:41 am

      I love this! Really simple and fun project - thanks for following me, I'm going to start following you as well so I don't miss anymore good ideas like this.

      Also, I would like to invite you to share this or any other project on my "Get Inspired Monday Blog Party" next Monday. My fav projects will be featured on my blog, my business facebook and personal facebook pages.

      -Pamela, InspiredbyFelicity.blogspot.com

    8. Real Life Deals

      February 22, 2012 at 2:43 am

      Great idea! Love reusing stuff - esp flowers!

    9. Our Delightful Home

      February 22, 2012 at 1:11 pm

      Great post! I would love for you to link up at my Linky Party via: ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

      Mrs. Delightful
      ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

    10. RedTedArt

      February 23, 2012 at 6:10 pm

      Oooh what a clever way of keep flowers and great that the kids got involved too. So lovely!

      Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Great to see you there!

      Maggy

    11. Jenn

      February 23, 2012 at 6:36 pm

      Pansies are great for this! They're so colorful, and they're delicate so the light shines through nicely 🙂

    12. Donata @ DK's Craft Cafe

      February 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm

      Thank you so much for sharing this, Vicky 🙂
      Great idea!

    13. Shiloh

      February 24, 2012 at 9:04 pm

      Ooh, I love this way to keep your flowers, and do a project with your kids. It's fantastic.

    14. Melissa

      February 25, 2012 at 3:58 pm

      Very pretty! Great idea!!!

    15. Carrie

      February 25, 2012 at 8:58 pm

      Love this idea!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! Have a great week!

    16. Lorie

      February 25, 2012 at 11:08 pm

      Really like this idea! It makes getting flowers even more special!

      Thanks for linking up to Kid's Co-op!

    17. Amy

      February 25, 2012 at 11:38 pm

      You're so good doing projects where your children can help out with. 🙂

    18. The Shady Porch

      February 28, 2012 at 2:28 am

      Fun challenge! Sweet hubby for getting the roses! I have droopy roses right now and I just don't want to throw them out! I think mine are past preserving unfortunately! Thanks for sharing at the Rock ‘N Share!

    19. amy and jesse hudson

      March 02, 2012 at 5:02 am

      I should do this with the Valentines Day flowers next year. 🙂 Thanks so much for partying with me at Drab to Fab on Friday! This week's party is up, so come on back with more of your fab ideas!

      Amy @ Sugar and Spice

      http://www.amynjesse.com/2012/03/drab-to-fab-link-up-7-features.html

    20. Waseem

      May 01, 2012 at 11:00 am

      What a fun job for the little girl, I like it.

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    21. Clarissa Hooper

      February 18, 2014 at 6:38 pm

      Great activity! I'm challenging myself to re-use my Valentine's flowers this year too! Would you mind if I used this idea in a round-up of activities on my blog? I will link back to you and give you credit of course! You can visit the post here: http://munchkins-and-moms.blogspot.com/ Thank you!
      Also- forgive me for not asking through an e-mail, for some reason your contact information won't pop-up on my computer 🙁

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