How to Make Flower Bracelets

Wrist corsages are still a prom date or mom-of-the-bride staple, but instead of a plain elastic wristband use a flower bracelet to give wrist corsages a modern update. Flower bracelets are stretch bracelets made of beads or rhinestones with a special plastic base attached to hold the flowers. Flower bracelets come in dozens of colors and varieties to match the wearer's outfit and can be reused with a new corsage or worn as a keepsake.

Instructions

1

Place the flower bracelet onto a 1-foot piece of 2-inch PVC pipe to use as a holder while making the corsage.

2

Attach a pre-made bow to the plastic base on the flower bracelet using floral adhesive or wire.

3

Use the floral knife to cut the stems of the roses off below two rose blossoms at the calyx to make a flat area. Apply floral adhesive on the flat area below two blossoms and position the two roses side by side in the middle of the plastic base.

4

Cut off the stems of two more roses at a diagonal about 1/4 inch below the bottom of the roses; apply floral adhesive to the bottom of these two roses.

5

Position one rose above the side-by-side roses at the top of the plastic base. Position the second rose below the two side-by-side roses on the plastic base.

6

Cut off the stems for several smaller, closed roses about 1/2 inch below the bottom of the roses; apply floral adhesive to the stems and fill in between the four glued roses with the smaller roses.

7

Cut the filler flowers and greenery about 2 to 4 inches long using floral scissors; apply glue to the stems and fill in the corsage to finish the floral design.