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MAKING POTPOURRI
Potpourri (po-pour-ee) is a colorful mixture of small,
scented flowers and petals. To make potpourri, you will

need a baking sheet and some flowers.

1. Pick the flowers when 2. Lay the flowers and petals
the weather is warm and on the sheet, spreading them
dry. Leave the small flowers out to make a thin layer.
whole, but pull the petals off
the large flowers one by one.

4. Put the finished mixture in
3. Every day, move a bowl, so that the potpourri
the petals around so fills a room with its scent.
that the air dries them
evenly. The mixture
is ready when it
rustles when you
stir it. This
usually takes
at least a week.

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