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This DIY antique milk can floral flower arrangements idea is not only easy, but you can make use of materials you might already have on hand.

There is no need to buy floral material if you are growing any of it in your garden.

Plus – if you are like me – you have at least one antique milk can laying about that really is not getting any use.

This is a great opportunity to show it off plus the country look is in!

When the seasons change, simply swap out the floral material!

Easy DIY Antique Milk Can Fall Floral Flower Arrangements

Author: Sheri Ann Richerson

Print Recipe

Ingredients

Scale

1 bunch dried wheat with long stems (affiliate link)
1 bunch dried long stem flowered grass
3 dried or silk sunflowers (affiliate link) with long stems
1 long stem mum
1 bunch dried or plastic pumpkins-on-a-stick (affiliate link)
1 bunch leaves on a stick – silk, paper or waxed
1 bunch of dried twigs such as curly willow
Fairy lights (affiliate link)
Floral foam (affiliate link)
Antique milk can – lid removed

Instructions

Stuff the milk can full of crumpled newspaper, plastic bags or other filler material.
Press floral foam in the neck area of the milk can. Cut some small pieces to make sure you get good coverage.
Attach fairy lights to the twigs, then putting the lighted twigs into the floral foam.
Next push the sunflower and mum stem into the floral foam. Be sure to vary the heights of the flowers.
Push the pumpkins-on-a-stick and fall leaves into the floral foam towards the back and off to one side making sure they both stick up higher than the other plant material.
Fill in the empty spaces with the dried grass and wheat. Use broken pieces to fill in the front of the arrangement.
Once you are satisfied with the fullness of the arrangement the only thing left to do is enjoy it.

Notes

Note: The flowers are easy to save from year to year by simply removing them, rolling them in newspaper to keep them from breaking and storing in a plastic tote.

Be sure nothing heavy is laid on top of them and that the tote does not get crushed.

If you use your own dried botanical material I do suggest waxing the leaves to prevent breakage.

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