Flower Arranging - How to make a table flower arrangement in a gift box

If you landed on my page for sure you wished to get few tips on how to craft a flower gift box with fresh spring flowers, or simply just wanted to escape from the daily scary news. Since we all have to comply with the strict rules of the coronavirus quarantine, you must be spending a lot of time at home juggling between home office, household chores and family management. Not easy and quite exhausting. And yet you have the chance to try something new. I am pretty sure you have been offered this before.

For the next weeks, I will try to provide you with tips and guidelines on flower arrangements of all sorts and how to get creative with the materials you have at home and around the home.

What you will need?

A steady carton or wooden box. It can be an old gift box of any shape (round, square, heart shaped, you name it).

Florist foam or, if not at hand a more eco friendly accessories like used shower sea sponge, pebbles, sand, gravel, marbles, sea shells.

Water-proof paper, cellophane, aluminum foil or a plastic trash bag can also be used.

Knife for cutting the floral foam into the shape of your box.

Garden sheer for cutting the stronger stems of your foliage and flowers or scissors.

A container filled with water.

And of course flowers and foliage.

Step by step directions

Before you start, display all your materials on the table so you have it handy while you are working.

Take the lid of your box and press it on top of the floral foam so you carve the shape of the foam. With this you approximately outline the area which needs to be cut so it does fit in your box.
Take your floral foam and cut to size to fit whatever box you have so it fits inside.
Submerge the floral foam in water, let it soak for 10 seconds. After 10 seconds take out the foam and let it drain the excess water.
Wrap the soaked and drained floral foam with the cellophane or the water proof paper and put it inside the box. The cellophane is aimed to protect the gift box from flowers and water.
Then start your flower arrangement! Take your foliage and flowers and cut their stems into an angle to the size, you want to make sure they’re not too tall or too short so they fit beautifully in the box. Let your creativity go wild! This is the best part!

Watch the short tutorial to see how easy and fun this can be.

Other useful tips

You can use any foliage you find in your garden or in the nearest park.

In terms of flowers any spring branches in bloom will do as well as tulips, carnations, roses, ranunculus or potted flowers which you can find at your grocery store once you go and make your bigger shopping.

Cut your flower stem tips diagonally and place in a container of fresh water to hydrate for 2-3 hours prior to crafting your floral box.

Floral foam can be delicate, so cut the stems at a bit of an angle so that they pierce the foam easily and neatly.

While placing the flowers in the foam make sure to grab them by the stem to prevent bruising the petals.

If you cannot get hold of the floral foam, take a bowl, vase, jar or a Tupperware to fit in your gift box. Fill it with pebbles, sea shells or sand (whatever you find at home) and pour water on them. Start your arrangement inserting the foliage the flowers in the pebbles, sand or seashells.

Please comment, share, like and also send me pictures of your creations. Any questions, suggestions you might have, please share or write.

Happy Crafting!

Mihaela