How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet
Stuck for an idea for a baby shower or new baby gift? Stunning but Want something that you can make yourself? Try following my instructions on how to make a baby Clothing bouquet. The finished item looks like a gorgeous bouquet of flowers but is in fact made up from baby Clothing. This really is a 2-in-1 gift-flowers for mum and Clothing for baby!
How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet
How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet
How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet
How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet
You are going to need:
• Selection of new baby Clothing-items that work well are little bodysuits, hats, bibs & socks. Check out ranges from supermarkets for some really trendy pieces that won't break the bank
• Artificial Flowers (full size & thumbnails) and Foliage-you can find these in the craft type stores such as Hobbycraft or even in stores such as Wilkinson shop.I find that foam roses are the most realistic but you could choose whatever you wanted.
• Rubber bands – these are to secure each clothing item once rolled
• Florist tape to wrap around the clothing ' buds ' and to help secure the whole bouquet together
• Tissue paper
• Vase-get down to Ikea for really cheap glass vases or again try your local Wilkinson shop or Supermarket range. I also like the cardboard ' living ' vases which come flat packed although it may be harder to source these on an individual basis.
Making the packages:
• Firstly take each item of baby clothing in turn and roll them up. The larger items will need folding in half and possibly in half again before rolling up the length of the item. Secure each roll with anelastic band. This will give you your flower ' buds '.
• Take an artificial flower stem (cut it off the main stem if you have purchased flowers all attached to a main stem) and insert it underneath the rubber band of one of the flower buds so that the flower comes to rest at the same height as the top of the flower bud roll. If you have also purchased any mini flowers you can pop one of these "underneath the rubber band also slightly further away than the full size flower. If you also have artificial leaves you can secure one of two of them under the rubber band also know that about two thirds of the leaf protrudes above the rest of the flower buds. Do this for each of the items of clothing you have.
• Now you will need to wrap each clothing bud with the florist tape.Start a cm or two below the top of the bud and wrap the tape over the top of the elastic band and then all the way down to the bottom of the clothing item. You should find that you still have some of the stem from the full size artificial flower protruding from the bottom.
• Once they are all wrapped you will need to arrange them all together. Play around with the best combination of flower placeMent. You can twist together the protruding stems from the artificial flowers at the bottom to make more secure and also use another elastic band around the whole bouquet about a centiMeter or two below the top of the bouquet to keep it nice and tight. You can then wrap more florist tape around the elastic band to cover it and bind the packages together.
• Now you need to wrap withthe tissue paper. Coordinating & contrasting colors always look nice, so for example if you are making a bouquet for a girl you could use pinks, purple & white tissue paper. Co-ordinates with the colours of the artificial flowers & clothing that you have chosen. I like to start by folding a sheet of tissue paper in half, then take the bottom left hand corner and bring it over to about 10 cm above the top of the sheet, in the middle. This gives a kind of point jutting out. Take the bouquet and lay it down towards the left hand side of the folded tissue paper sheet so that it lies about 5 inches or so below the jutting out point. Then wrap the sheet around the bouquet and fix with a piece of sellotape. Do this with each sheet of tissue paper in turn.
• Now you are ready to pop thebouquet into the vase that you've chosen.
These baby bouquets make a really stunning centrepiece to a baby shower Party and then mum can appreciate it's beauty for a while before the baby arrives and she has to take it apart to get the clothing out for the baby!
How to Make a Baby Clothes Bouquet