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How to Make Pressed Flower Frames

March 30, 2021 by goodenoughandstuff 14 Comments

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Learn how to make lovely pressed flower frames! Create these beautiful works of art and invite Spring into your home! Whether you have flowers from your garden, a bouquet from a special occasion, or just bought pre-pressed flowers online, you can turn them into beautiful pieces of art for your home.

pressed flower frame in front of a window and flower curtain
I love that you can’t see our messy backyard. The magic of photography.

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We’ve been doing a unit on Botany for homeschool. The unit included everything from parts of a flower to how plant cells work. It’s been a lot of fun.

The ending project for our Botany unit was a kind of a let down. We were supposed to mix water and soil to make a dirt paint essentially. Then finger paint it into a tree or something. I wanted to do something that would engage the older kids. And to be totally honest, I wanted to have something to hang up that didn’t look like poop stains on paper.

pressed flowers in front of a window

What better way is there to end a Unit about nature than to make some beautiful art! This is a great family activity and you have beautiful Spring decorations when you’re done!

I’m Not a Patient Person

For many years, younger Jessica would answer “patience” whenever I was asked “What is one of your strengths?” in a job interview.

I have since learned that being willing to cut corners and not caring about “doing a great job” is not the same thing as being patient. You would be right in saying younger, single Jessica was not a great worker.

pressed flower frame in front on a curtain.
I can’t take it! It’s so pretty!!

Patience is not one of my strengths. I’ve tried drying flowers the old-fashioned way before. It takes way too dang long. The same project one or two weeks down the road will not interest me. I know this about myself. But, I’ve been wanting to make pressed flower frames for a long time.

Fortunately, there are some shortcuts to drying flowers.

Here are three methods for obtaining dry flowers. We’ll talk about putting them into the frames afterwards.

Method One for Pressing Flowers

For pressing flowers in glass, you need the dried flowers first. This method takes some time, which is why I didn’t do it.

What do you need?

  • flowers that aren’t too bulky
  • a book that’s large enough to house your flowers. A hardback book works best.
  • white constructions paper
  • some heavy objects
pressing a flower in a book

Sandwich your flowers between two white pieces of construction paper and insert into the pages of the book. Make sure to give the flowers enough room that they don’t touch each other. Place a few heavy objects on top of the book. Leave it undisturbed for one week. The flowers should be dry and papery if they’re finished drying. If they’re flexible or rubbery feeling at all, leave them for another week.

Here’s my little helper.

Method 2 for Dried Flowers

This method for dried flower frames is much faster but it can be a little finicky. We bought several cheap bouquets and picked some flowers to experiment with. Plus we used them for our Botany lessons. Two birds with one stone!

What do you need?

  • two pieces of cardboard
  • two pieces of white paper
  • flowers to press, not too bulky again
  • heavy microwavable bowl
preparing the flower to microwave
Two pieces of cardboard. Two pieces of paper. Flowers.

Sandwich your flowers by placing the cardboard, then paper, flowers, another paper, and another cardboard. Like this:

  • cardboard
  • paper
  • flowers
  • paper
  • cardboard
dried purple flower
The purple is still so vibrant after drying in the microwave!

Place the flower sandwich in the microwave with a heavy bowl on top. Microwave at half power for 30 seconds at a time until the flowers are dry and papery.

microwaved purple flower
I tried to get an angle to show how flat it is now but my camera wouldn’t focus. I had to turn it slightly so you aren’t getting the full effect in this picture.

We couldn’t lower the power on our microwave so we over-cooked some of our flowers on accident. It mostly happened to the fatter, juicier flowers. This caused a brown line or splotch to appear.

We were able to get some really pretty results from some of the smaller flowers and individual petals.

pressed flower frames with lots of greenery and some white and pink flowers
These beautiful pink petals at the bottom were microwaved.

Method 3 for Pressed Flower Frames

Ok, confession. This method for dried flower frames feels like cheating but it gives you the most consistent results. I mentioned it in the beginning. I’ll say it quickly:

Just buy some pre-pressed and dried flowers.

Ahh! Will I be struck down by all that is organic, natural, and essential-oily for paying someone else to do the work for me?

I love doing things myself but this is such a time saver. It’s fun to do the other methods but if you’ve really tried and you can’t seem to get really nice results, just buy some. You can find some pretty inexpensive, really pretty options online. Here are the packs I bought: here, here, here.

pressed flowers on white papers on a table
These are the purchased flowers and greenery we had leftover. I’ll save them for another future craft.

I tried to at least steer clear of the obviously dyed flowers but we ended up with some in our order and the kids loved them anyway. To be honest, they actually are really pretty. You can find them here.

Even though they aren’t as “natural” as the rest and we didn’t dry them ourselves, we were able to do this whole craft project in one afternoon! Coo coo ca choo, you’re done! We loved it!

Pressed Flower Frames

Let’s talk about glass frames for pressed flowers.

You can use any frame you like for the flowers. Pop over to the thrift store and pick some up. Arrange the flowers how you like and call it good. It’ll be beautiful.

What I’ve been salivating over is the hanging double glass frames. The flowers look like they’re just floating. You can find the frames here.

This is my oldest son’s pressed flower frame. He’s all about ferns, moss, and setting up live plant tanks. I love how every kid’s frame was a reflection of their personality.

Putting the Frames Together

Clean the inside of the glass really well before you start placing flowers. Try not to touch the glass with your fingers so you don’t end up with fingerprints you can’t wipe off.

cleaning the glass for pressed flowers
Windex works well.

Use tweezers to pick up and place the dried flowers. They’re really delicate and brittle.

placing dried flowers in the glass frame
The packs of flowers I bought came with tweezers!

Attaching the Flowers

Take some time to arrange the flowers how you like before you glue anything.

Make sure to check that your frame can close before gluing. Sometimes the flowers are a little too thick.

Check to make sure your flowers are going in the right direction before you glue them. My son spent a couple of hours creating a tree scene only to discover he had glued it all down sideways to the chain. I accidently glued mine upside down. But I still liked mine so I kept it.

He spent so long cutting everything out of leaves and gluing it down. I still like it but he ended up cleaning it all off and using ferns instead for a much simpler design.

It can be a little tricky to attach the flowers in a double glass frame. You can use hot glue or school glue. Just make sure it dries clear and wait for the glue to dry before closing the frame. Use a small amount of hot glue and press it really flat or you won’t be able to close the frame.

We used double sided tape. But it was a little difficult to cut the pieces small enough to hide behind the flowers. And it probably isn’t as strong of a using glue. But I wanted something that wasn’t going to be very messy. It worked like a charm!

Noah toils away on a tree while Anna arranges her design on a paper towel.

However you decide to procure dried flowers and display them, they’re always gonna be a win. Just have fun 🙂

Products for Pressed Flower Frames

Here’s a few links for some of the things I mentioned.

Dried flowers- I bought 3 packs here, here, here

St, Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt

Blue dried flowers– I accidently bought these dyed flowers but the kids loved them

Double glass frames

Double-sided tape

Curved tweezers

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  1. Sharon

    April 1, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    These are lovely!! So pretty and must look gorgeous with the sunlight behind!

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      April 1, 2021 at 3:08 pm

      Oh yes! I love how they turned out! They’re just perfect for spring time!

      Reply
  2. Elizabeth

    April 1, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    I can’t wait to do this with my girls! Great idea!

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      April 2, 2021 at 10:28 am

      My kids totally loved it! It’s really fun family time 🙂

      Reply
    • Aruna

      January 1, 2023 at 11:44 am

      Awesome
      I tried it immediately
      With flowers with thin petals you have to be careful but sure so convenient.
      Thanks

      Reply
      • goodenoughandstuff

        January 11, 2023 at 2:05 pm

        Great! It’s a fun craft and it’s so pretty!

        Reply
  3. Anja

    April 1, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    Oh, I love this! I even have a proper flower press (that my kids made for me years ago) but I never thought to put those pressed flowers behind glass. Great idea!

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      April 2, 2021 at 10:29 am

      Cool! Now is definitely the time to whip that press out! We pressed some “weed” flowers and they were beautiful too!

      Reply
  4. Micheon

    April 2, 2021 at 1:21 am

    Totally doing this! Love all of the pictures

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      April 2, 2021 at 10:39 am

      Thanks! I love that you can get something so lovely with pretty minimal effort. My kind of craft!

      Reply
  5. Rose

    April 3, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    OH my goodness I love this idea!! Going to pin it right away!!

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      April 4, 2021 at 12:36 am

      Thanks! I wish I could take credit for the idea but it’s a real millennial craft. Makes me feel younger just looking at it

      Reply
  6. Rhea

    January 18, 2022 at 2:52 pm

    I’m excited! Thanks for this.

    Reply
    • goodenoughandstuff

      January 18, 2022 at 4:16 pm

      It’s a fun project!

      Reply

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