How to Make an Easter Corsage for Church

It's easy to make a corsage to wear to church on Easter Sunday. All you need is some floral tape, floral wire, a few fresh blooms and some greens.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ribbons
• Floral Tape
• Flowers
• Garden Shears
• Greenery
• Straight Pins
• Straight Pins
• Paddle Wire

1. Select a few large, perfect blooms from your garden or flower vendor. Good choices are daffodils, roses, hyacinths, orchids or other equally attractive flowers. Cut and store them in a bucket of water until you're ready to begin making your corsage.

2. Select some fresh greens. Fern, asparagus fern, coprosma, juniper or other nice-looking greens are appropriate.

3. Hold one of the green cuttings and place a flower on the greens' leaf or stem, with the top of the bloom slightly lower than the top of the greens.

4. Twist floral tape around the greens and flower to hold them together in a bundle.

5. Wrap several short-stemmed flowers with floral wire to form an artificial stem: Pierce each calyx (the swollen base of the bud) with wire, thread the wire through the calyx so that the doubled pieces of wire are about 6 inches long, then twist the wire to form an artificial stem. Wrap the wire with floral tape, and twirl the ends of the covered wire into tendrils for a finished look.

6. Add more greens and flowers to the corsage, with each layer slightly overlapping the other.

7. Wrap the bundle of stems with floral tape when your corsage has the desired look (try not to make the corsage too large).

8. Tie a small ribbon into a bow around the base of your finished corsage.

9. Use a straight pin to fasten your corsage in place.

Tips & Warnings

• Use one large flower surrounded by smaller blooms such as baby's breath or forget-me-nots.
• You can make your corsage a day in advance and store it in the refrigerator overnight.
• Be careful when pinning on the corsage.