A Recipe For Squeezed Sunflowers?

To create beautiful pressed sunflowers, start by selecting freshly picked flowers that have not wilted. Place the flowers between two pieces of paper and place them in a heavy book. Close the book and leave it undisturbed in a cool, dry place for at least two weeks. After two weeks, check the flowers to ensure they are fully dry and pressed.

When selecting your sunflowers, look for blooms that are recently opened and still in their full beauty. Ensure that the petals are vibrant and that the leaves are healthy. Pressing sunflowers can be used as decorative additions to cards, journals, or scrapbooks, or displayed in frames. There are several ways to press flowers, from a single-day process to a single-day process.

Sunflowers are not only a symbol of summer but also a captivating subject for art and preservation. Learn how to press sunflowers effectively by picking them while they’re at their peak, discussing flower presses, starting pressing, and picking the petals off. You cannot press a sunflower – you can press the petals but not the center.

To press sunflowers, lay a heavy book on a flat surface and lay a few sheets of newspaper or parchment paper on top. Place the flowers on the paper, as flat as possible. Cut the stem at an angle and hang upside down in a dry, cool, dark place for several weeks. To air dry your sunflowers, remove any leaves from the stem and hang them upside down from a wire or wooden peg rack in a dry, dark place using twine.