How to Make a Beaded Flower Bouquet

Save money organizing a pageant by making the bouquets.

If you are planning a beauty pageant, then you know how expensive it is to put up all of the decorations and to fund all of the required accessories. For example, the beaded flower bouquets alone can cost a lot of money if you buy them from a professional florist. One solution is to make beaded flower bouquets yourself using basic materials. You can even enlist some parents to help put the bouquets together.

Things You'll Need

• Fresh flowers
• Shears
• Florist tape
• Colored cellophane
• Satin ribbon, 1-inch wide
• Jeweled beads

Instructions

1. Select 10 to 15 fresh long-stemmed flowers. Trim the stems of the flowers with shears at an angle so the lengths of the stems measure 12 inches and are all even.

2. Wrap florist tape around the stems to secure the flowers together. You can either wrap only the middle or you can wrap the entire length of the stems.

3. Cut a piece of colored cellophane into a circle that measures 18 inches in diameter. Fold the circle in half.

4. Lay the flowers into the center of the half circle. Wrap the cellophane around the flowers.

5. Cut a piece of satin ribbon to measure 18 inches long. Wrap the ribbon around the stems over the cellophane into a bow.

6. Thread jeweled beads onto the end of each ribbon. Tie the ends into knots to secure the beads on the ribbon ends. Repeat the entire process to make as many pageant bouquets as you need for the event.