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Making flowers last

Pressed
Potpourri (po-pour-ee) is a colorful mixture of small,
poppy MAKING POTPOURRI
Most flowers last for a few days, but some scented flowers and petals. To make potpourri, you will
last just a single morning. By pressing or need a baking sheet and some flowers.

drying flowers, you can make them last far
longer. Pressing a flower keeps the outline of
its shape, while drying it helps to keep its scent.

1. Pick the flowers when 2. Lay the flowers and petals
the weather is warm and on the sheet, spreading them
PRESSING FLOWERS dry. Leave the small flowers out to make a thin layer.
whole, but pull the petals off
Place a sheet of thick blotting paper the large flowers one by one.
in a book. Spread the flowers out on
the paper, then cover them with Pressing works best 4. Put the finished mixture in
another sheet and close the book. with small or papery 3. Every day, move a bowl, so that the potpourri
Now stack some heavy books on top. flowers, such as the petals around so fills a room with its scent.
Wait at least a week before carefully pansies and poppies. that the air dries them
peeling away the paper to see evenly. The mixture
is ready when it
the pressed flowers. rustles when you

stir it. This
People often use flowers usually takes
to mark special occasions. at least a week.
In Hawaii, a flower
garland, or lei, is a way
of saying “welcome. ”

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