These colourful and cheerful dried flower bookmarks look great marking the page of your favourite novel! And they would make such a thoughtful homemade gift for the book lovers in your life — perfect for special occasions like birthdays or Mother’s Day.
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Where can I get pressed flowers?
To press your own flowers, sandwich the fresh blooms between newsprint or parchment paper. Then place them between the pages of a heavy, hardcover book. Finally, add more weight on top of the book (several more heavy books, for example) and leave the blooms for 4 – 6 weeks until the moisture is removed and the petals are tissue paper thin. For more details, read our how to press flowers post.
What type of flowers work best for a pressed flower bookmark?
You’ll want to consider size, shape, and colour when choosing the flowers for your bookmark. We made our bookmarks 1.5 inches wide, so you’ll need to make sure the largest flowers aren’t much more than 1-1/4 inches in size. The best flowers and greenery to press are ones that are naturally flat, with single layers of petals. Try using violets, baby’s breath, hydrangeas, Queen Anne’s lace, fern leaves, buttercups, lavender, cosmos, pansies, and daisies. Finally, choose flowers that work with your chosen colour palette! We made one pink bookmark, one purple, and one with red and orange flowers.
What can I use for the base of the pressed flower bookmark?
We made our bookmarks with transparency film, the kind used for old school overhead projectors. It’s a flexible material, but it makes for a strong bookmark once the flowers and Mod Podge are added! For another see-through option, cut a bookmark shape out of shrinky dink film or a plastic take-out container (make sure to watch for sharp edges!). You could also make a clear bookmark by sandwiching the flowers between two layers of contact paper, no Mod Podge needed. And if you don’t want a transparent bookmark, you can add your pressed flowers to watercolour paper or thick cardstock — something that won’t curl as the Mod Podge dries.
How long do pressed flowers last?
Properly dried flowers should last for years, and even decades, without fading, especially if they’re kept out of direct sunlight. The Mod Podge used in these bookmarks also helps to make the flowers last.
Is Mod Podge good for pressed flowers?
Mod Podge works perfectly for preserving dried flowers! It’s a glue and sealer that will stop any moisture from getting in, and will keep the flowers from crumbling.
We had such a fun time making this craft that celebrates a love of reading and the beauty of nature! And we love that these pressed flower bookmarks are nice and thin, so they’ll stay perfectly in place in our books!
Here’s even more pressed flower craft ideas:
Pressed Flower Lanterns
Pressed Flower Cards
Dried Flower Ornaments
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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