The holiday seasons are a great time to
send gifts to friends and family. Making gifts yourself is a good idea, as it
becomes special and unique to the person who is receiving it. An expert at Intercon Impex says, “You can use dried flowers and dried plant
parts to surprise your loved ones by the gifts created by you and bring the
smile on their faces.” Here are some easy DIY gifts ideas using dry flowers
that she suggests
Dried Flower Soaps
Dried flower soaps will make beautiful
gifts and they are also easy to make. Let’s discuss how to make them. You will
need dried flowers and dried herbs, soap base and soap mould. Soap base is easily
available and you should choose the one’s with natural ingredients. In case you
don’t have silicone moulds, you can use other containers and make sure you
grease them with natural oil.
Heat the soap base in the microwave till it
melts. You should melt it gradually without applying too much heat at once.
Once your soap base gains liquid form, you can add colour or fragrance to it.
Essential oil will make your soap smell good. Although transparent soaps will
look majestic, you can add colour to your soap to magnify the beauty of your
soap. Use natural colouring agents to colour your soaps. After the soap mix is
ready, position the dried flowers in the mould. If you want the dried flowers
to float in the soap, you can position them using toothpicks. Pour the soap mix and let it set for 45
minutes and voila, your soap is ready.
You can use your imagination to place herbs and leaves in your soap.
Body-friendly glitter can also be added to the mix in order to get a fairytale
effect.
Natural Candles
Making candles is easy and you can gift
them to your loved ones too. You need wax (of your choice), dried flowers,
mould and oil (you can skip them if you want make pretty jar candles). This is a bit of a messy job, so make sure
you cover your working zone with old newspapers to avoid the cleaning process
that might follow otherwise.
Melt the wax and add essential oil for
fragrance. You can also add colour at this point of time. If you are planning
to make transparent candles, you can create the floating effect just like the
soaps. In case you are making jar candles, you place the dried flowers on the
walls of the jar. After this pour the wax and let it harden.
If
you are using mould, there are two ways to add dried flowers to them. First oil
the mould and then place dried flowers before pouring wax. Or else you can
first make the candles and then stick on the dry flowers. To stick the dried
flowers, first melt the outer layer of the candle and then place the flowers
there. The flowers will get glued on naturally once the wax dries.
Home Decorations
If you have glass bottles or glass jars,
just fill them with various types of dry flowers and dry plant parts. You can
add glittered pieces, pearls and coloured stones along with the dried nature
goodies. Add ribbon bows to add a finishing touch. Your loved ones will love to
decorate this piece in their home.
Apart from this, you can decorate mobile
covers, make bookmarks, decorate scrapbooks, create wall decorations and make
pendants using dried flowers. These DIY gifts will both add a touch of your
creativity to the gifts you give to your loved ones.
