Pressing flowers is one of my favorite crafts of all time, probably because it’s one I’ve been doing the longest. Nature crafts were always a favorite growing up and I loved collecting things outside (raise your hand if you still collect rocks & shells at the beach….), so it’s no surprise I love collecting flowers, petals, and leaves to press and eventually transform into something new.
My approach to flower pressing is pretty casual. Other than the flower press I only use regular copy paper and scrap cardboard. If you don’t have a flower press, no worries, scroll to the end of this post for an alternate way to press flowers using a book.
Some of my favorite flowers to press are sunflowers and violets. I mostly press individual petals, as shown in this flower press video tutorial, but you can definitely press whole flowers as well! For whole flowers I would recommend getting or making a flower press rather than using the alternate book method, that way you can really flatten them down.
Materials
Flower press (no press? Scroll to the end for an alternative)
Flowers
White copy paper
Scrap cardboard
Scissors
Pencil
No flower press? No problem! Swap out the flower press for some heavy books and follow this alternate pressed flower tutorial video using household items. If you really don’t want to harm your book, you might add parchment paper between the copy paper and the book pages.
Now that you’ll have some pressed flowers, what will you make with them?
I’ve got some ideas coming up in a future post 🙂
P.S. I created that alternate flower press tutorial for Craft Hangout, the podcast I co-host! If you’re looking for inspiration from amazing crafters, fine artists, creative entrepreneurs, and content creators be sure to check it out here and wherever you get your podcasts.