How to Dry Flowers With Cat Litter

Dried flowers are a way to enjoy your flower garden all year round. It is easy to dry flowers with consistently good results by using kitty litter.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One small sack of clay-based kitty litter (store brand is fine)
• One flat container with sides at least three inches high
• Flowers

Drying Flowers With Kitty Litter

1. Spread once inch of clay-based kitty litter in a shallow pan. Do not use clumping or crystal-based kitty litter. The cheapest clay-based litter is your best bet.

2. Place your flowers on the bottom layer of kitty litter. Make sure that you don't overlap the flowers.

3. Spread a second layer of kitty litter carefully over the flowers. The layer should be at least an inch thick, but be careful not to place too much kitty litter over the flowers. The flowers can be crushed by the weight of too much kitty litter.

4. Place the flowers and kitty litter in a cool, dry place.

5. Leave the flowers in the litter for two days. Check one bloom. If it is not dry, return the flower to the kitty litter. Check every other day until the flowers are dry. Drying can take as little as two days or as much as a week, depending on the flowers and the level of humidity in your environment,

Tips & Warnings

• After your flowers are dry, you can dust them with a static cleaning cloth (like a Swiffer cloth) to remove the kitty litter dust.

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on 6/10/2009 Sounds easy