Recycle glass bottles to create a beautiful Easter floral centerpiece. I used soda pop bottles and a vinegar jar as vases. To add color to the vases I wrapped them in scrap fabric. I finished each of the vases with a Mini Bowdabra Bow.
Materials Needed:
Instructions:
1. Begin by gathering all the materials you will need to make this craft.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
2. Wrap the recycled bottles with fabric. Use pinking sheers to cut the fabric to the width and length that you want. Hold the fabric in place with Bowdabra Bow Wire.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
3. To make the bows for the vases place the ruler onto the Mini Bowdabra. Cut 12″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold the wire in half. Place the wire into the Mini Bowdabra.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
4. Place the ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra to create a 2″ tail.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
5. Fold and twist the ribbon to create your first loop at the 1.5″ mark.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
6. Fold a matching loop on the other side.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
7. Continue folding and twisting the ribbon to create two more loops. Cut the ribbon at the 2″ mark for a matching tail.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
8. Scrunch down with the Mini Bowdabra Wand.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
9. Thread the two tail ends of the wire through the loop.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
10. Pull the wire tightly.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
11. Remove the bow from the Mini Bowdabra and knot the back.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
12. Tie the bow onto the wire that is holding the fabric in place.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
13. Create additional bows for the vases. The other two bows I made only had two loops.
Recycle Glass Bottles for a Beautiful Easter Floral Centerpiece
14. Place spring flowers into the vases and place them on your Easter table.
Craft Tutorial by Bowdabra Designer Sarah Forhan
