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‘Summer meadows’ floral lantern

pressed flower lantern DIY nature craft

We love having little lanterns for the boys bedroom. Here is our summer version. It is very simple to make and only requires some dried pressed flowers and leaves of choice, used glass jar with smooth surface and wide enough for a candle, and a tiny bit of white glue.

Hope you enjoy. 🙂

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Dandelion garlands

dandelion craft for children

Hello everyone,

I wanted to quickly share this beautiful craft I saw on one of my favorite accounts on Instagram — goldnuss. That account always has beautiful and inspiring nature craft ideas for children.

We have made a few of these garlands almost a month ago, and they still are intact hanging on our windows.

This craft is very simple, but it probably would never occur to me, as dandelion puffs seem so fragile. How do you touch one without breaking? And as far as the yellow stage of flowers — once picked they turned into puffs in a day or so, but those puffs were small and undeveloped.

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