How to Wrap Flowers to Make Even a Grocery-Store Bouquet Look Its Best

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Giving a bouquet to someone is a surefire way to make them feel special, whether it's for their birthday, Valentine's Day, an anniversary, or just because! While many bouquets you can buy in stores or order online come wrapped up and ready to gift, if you're giving someone flowers from your own garden or rewrapping a bouquet that just doesn't look great, you'll want to know how to wrap flowers.

To do this technique, you'll need three types of wrapping material on hand: tissue paper, cellophane wrap, and standard wrapping paper (or kraft paper). These layers give the bouquet a finished, multidimensional presentation while also protecting the blooms with cushioning as they're being transported to your recipient.

These instructions are best suited for flowers that are around 20-24 inches tall (which is about as tall as most of the bouquets you can buy in a grocery store or flower shop). However, you can do these same steps with a shorter bouquet — you will just need to size down your wrapping materials so that each piece is congruent with the flowers' height.

Finally, if you're gifting flowers to your recipient right away, you can leave the ends of the stems bare. But if you are concerned that the cut flowers will deteriorate in the time it takes you to travel to your recipient, do this before you wrap your flowers:

Take two folded and moistened paper towels, and cross them over the ends of the bouquets. Cover these with plastic cling wrap (even a small plastic bag will work) and use rubber bands to hold in place. Then, you can proceed with wrapping the bouquet using the below instructions. Keeping the stems moist helps the blooms stay hydrated until they can be placed in a vase.

Without further ado, here's how to wrap flowers to make even a basic bouquet look its best.

How to Wrap Flowers

Supplies:

• Bouquet (around 20-24 inches tall)

• Rubber band for tying the bouquet stems together

• 1 20x20-inch piece of tissue paper

• 1 16x20-inch piece cellophane wrap

• 1 20x26-inch piece of wrapping paper (kraft paper or newspaper can work here, too)

• Scissors

• Tape

Instructions:

1. Tie the stems of your bouquet together with a rubber band, if not already done.

2. Unfold your tissue paper completely and position it vertically (or portrait-style) in front of you. Bring the bottom of the paper up to the halfway point as if to fold it, and then spread the sides apart slightly — they will be crisscrossing, not making a perfect halfway fold.

3. Make a 3-inch cut in the bottom-middle of your tissue paper, and fold the two halves away from each other. Tape them into place.

4. Place your bouquet right in the middle of the taped tissue paper gap. Wrap the paper around the flowers so that it covers the tops of the petals, but most of the stem length is still visible. Tape the paper into place.

5. Grab your cellophane wrap and position it horizontally (or landscape-style). Fold up the bottom right corner of the wrap about 6-8 inches, and place the bouquet straight on top of this fold so that it's angled toward the top left-hand corner of the wrap.

6. Wrap the cellophane completely around the bouquet and tape it into place. The tops of the petals should be covered by the cellophane, and the stems should be about halfway covered.

7. Grab your wrapping paper and position it vertically. Fold up the bottom right of this paper about 6 inches. Place the bouquet right on top of this fold so that it's angled toward the top left-hand corner of the paper. Wrap the paper around the bouquet so that the petals and stems are completely covered. Tape into place and smooth out any creases that form.

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