Crafts With Dried Flowers & Garlands
Garlands and dried flowers can be combined to create a variety of festive crafts for special occasions or year-round. Craftmakers can purchase these materials in bulk from hobby and craft stores, or even make them on their own. By combining dried flowers and garlands you can always find a new craft to create.
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Decorative Wreaths
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Decorative wreaths for holidays or funerals are perfect for craft projects for dried flowers and garlands. Garlands can be purchased in different types, made from sparkling materials to stringed lights, and used with a wire frame to form the basis of a wreath. After creating the base wreath, many craft makers decorate wreaths with a variety of seasonal dried flowers to create holiday or season-specific decorative wreaths that can be hung on doors or displayed on stands.
Flower Baskets
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Dried flowers are ideal for basket designs you can use year-round, either as table centerpieces or decor to give any room in your house an earthy feel. Gift baskets filled with dried flowers and hung with garlands can be given as gifts as well, especially filled with perfumes or food items specific to the person you're giving the basket to.
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Scrapbook Decor
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Dried flowers and garland are excellent materials for decorating the inside or outside of scrapbooks. Dried flowers can be glued to pages of your scrapbook or pressed between pages and arranged in patterns on the cover. Thin strands of glittering garland can be used to hang from the scrapbook cover or used to make bookmarks for your scrapbook.
Birdhouses, Candles and Picture Frames
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Consider using dried flowers mixed with candle wax for crafting homemade candles. Dried flowers and garlands can also be used to decorate birdhouses and picture frames.
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