How to Make Japanese Herbarium Bottles
These pretty dried flowers in oil are called Japanese Herbarium bottles. They are fun to create and make great handmade items for gifts.
Yield: 3
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Long wooden skewer
Materials
- Dried flowers
- Glass bottles
- Baby oil or mineral oil
- candle for sealing the cork optional
Instructions
- Place your dried flowers into the glass bottle.
- Use a wooden skewer to move them into place.
- Add baby oil and fill the bottle.
- Use the wooden skewer again to move the plant material around.
- Cap or cork the bottle and set it in the window or anywhere you like in the home.
- If using a cork you may want to melt some candle wax around the top to seal the cork to the bottle.
Video
Notes
Pressed flowers work well for this project too. They are more delicate to work with and you might want to try using tweezers with them.
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