What to Do with Leftover Flowers After the Funeral
After the funeral, there are often leftover flowers. And sometimes so many flowers are leftover that you do not know what to do with them. So, what should you do with the leftover flowers after a funeral? If you are worried about that, we have got you covered. Here are nine ways to make use of funeral flowers.
1. Make Homemade Flower Petal Paper
This petal homemade paper is a type of multi-step project, which takes skill in crafts. You can do it without using any complicated supplies. You can find many youtube tutorials for making flower petal paper.
2. Make Potpourri with Dry Petals
Whether or not you’re into potpourri, you can dry the flowers and make decor or use them as a keepsake. Simply dry the flowers in the sun, and put them in a jar afterwards. Whenever you see the flowers, you’re reminded of the departed loved one.
3. Use Them in A Flower Bath
Chances are, you are dealing with the loss of a loved one, and do not know what to do with the leftover flowers. You could use some self-care. You could use the flowers to make a bath. The petals will infuse the water with its nourishing scent and healing properties, and in this process, you will be saving the funeral flowers.
4. Press Flowers into Gifts
You could use the leftover funeral flowers and paste them into a thank you card, a scrapbook page, or a greeting card, and this will create beauty with which you can make other people’s day.
5. Create Wall Art
If you’re not into craft projects you can still do a mini project to save the flowers from going to waste. Put flowers in a picture frame, and when they dry on their own, they will be like art. Just head online and purchase a frame that fits with the flowers.
6. Make Floral Candles
You can also make floral candles with the flowers. Place the dry flowers in the candle wax and when the candle is done, voila. You have your own small ritual where you can light this flower candle, which will help you memorialize your loved one as well.
7. Transform Funeral Flowers Into a Fabric Dye
Did you know that you could dye clothing with funeral flowers? Natural plant dyeing is a trend in the world these days, and you will soon find out how easy it is to do so. Use your flowers to dye clothing items, towels, socks, handkerchiefs. The possibilities with this are surely almost endless.
8. Hang Flowers to Decorate Your Home
Hanging flowers can help the decor of your house, and it is by far the easiest way to use the funeral flowers. Grab some twine or thread, and pass it through the flowers, you have got yourself an easy DIY home decor item.
9. Compost
If everything fails, and your flowers have become too brown, compost is a way to save them. You can later use compost to plant a new tree to honor your loved one, or put them in the garden.
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