Brown paper packages tied up with string… these are a few of my favorite things! Especially when the package includes a pretty bow or flowers.
I was inspired to create a Flower Gift Topper because I received this really cute wood box with my watch from JORD Wood Watches (see more about the watch here) and I wanted to show how you could wrap it without having to use wrapping paper—because who would want to hide that wood.
At first, I just tied a bow around the box and then stuck in the flowers using the bow as a base. It worked pretty well, but once unwrapped you just had a bunch of flower pieces everywhere. So then I thought, what if I made a pin corsage and then pinned the flowers to the top of the ribbon? It turns out, that idea was a lot better. It takes a little more prep time, but I made five within a few minutes and now have them for the next five gifts I give.
Materials
- Felt
- Faux Flowers (a variety of sizes and colors)
- Safety Pin
- Ribbon
- Wire Cutters
- Hot Glue Gun
Instructions
- Cutout a small circle of felt for your base. As you can see I traced random objects, but my circles were about 3″ for the large toppers and 2.25″ for the smaller toppers.
- Start out deciding what flowers you are going to use. For the large toppers I started with 1 large bloom and paired it with 2-3 medium blooms and then added in the small blooms and 3-4 leaves. Use your wire cutters to cut your flowers off their stems. I pulled the largest flowers off the stem completely, but kept the stem on the smaller flowers to help position and glue onto the felt. Note, for the smaller toppers, I started with 1 medium flower paired with 2 smaller blooms and then 1-2 leaves. And if that seems like too much to figure out, I even did one where I just used 1 large flower. Simple and still so pretty.
- Once you’ve planned out your flowers, you can start to hot gluing them onto your felt circle. I glued the largest flowers first and then worked to add in the small flowers and left the leaves for last. The process was very similar to how I create floral arrangements.
- After you finish gluing on your flowers, add your safety pin to the back by gluing on a rectangle over the safety pin (see image above).
- You can then add your topper to any gift by pinning it to the ribbon on your gift. I tied my ribbon in a simple knot and then pinned the flower topper around said knot. Easy peasy.
It adds so much wow, yet was so easy!
I created them in a variety of sizes. They’re like little corsages for your presents.
It doesn’t hurt that I also have some pretty yummy wrapping paper. I really love kraft paper, especially if it has a pattern. I usually find them at Target and in the checkout lines at Homegoods and T.J. Maxx.
You can even get creative with the ribbon. Here I just wrapped twine around several times.
I just think these would be perfect for dressing up any wedding, bridal shower, baby shower or birthday gift.
And it turns out, they work perfectly in my home decor too! All I did here was place them on top of a couple of my mercury glass votive holders. And bonus, this is a whole lot easier than trying to arrange them in floral foam.
I can’t get enough of the cuteness!
Even my milk glass got in on the action. Seriously, I love when something ends up having multiple uses.
I hope you enjoyed this idea! Happy gift giving!
