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How to Make a Pressed Flower Suncatcher

This pressed flower suncatcher is an easy yet stunning craft made with simple supplies. It’s the perfect DIY to celebrate spring or summer and it looks beautiful hanging in a sunny window. Great for a craft night with the girls, homemade gifts, or just adding a soft floral touch to your space!
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Yield: 1 pressed flower suncatcher
Author: Debbie Chapman
Cost: $1

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher Supplies

Step 2: Plan your flower design

  • Place the lid of a mason jar (the seal part) onto a piece of paper and trace around it.
    This is optional, but it allows you to plan your suncatcher design ahead of time
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Use tweezers to pick up a pressed flower and place it within the circle.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Repeat, adding different sizes and colours of flowers to the circle. Rearrange until you're happy with the design.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher

Step 3: Add flowers to contact paper

  • Cut 2 pieces of contact paper the same size, large enough to fit the mason jar lid.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Trace the mason jar lid onto one piece of contact paper. Be sure to trace it onto the actual contact paper and not the backing.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Remove the backing from this piece of contact paper and place it onto your working surface with the sticky side up.
    Turn the corners down so that it sticks in place.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Copy your flower design from the paper, moving the flowers one by one onto the contact paper. Press them down gently.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Remove the backing from the second piece of contact paper and place it on top, sticky side down. This will sandwich the flower design between the 2 pieces.
    Smooth the paper down towards the outside, eliminating as many air bubbles as possible.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Using the pencil line as a guide, cut the circle from the contact paper.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher

Step 4: Attach the flowers to a mason jar ring

  • Add a line of hot glue inside the mason jar ring.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Place the flower insert into the glue, with the good side facing down.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Cut a 10 inch piece of twine and tie the ends together, creating an ornament hanger.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Add a generous dot of hot glue to the inside top of the suncatcher (make sure you know where you'd like the top of your design to be). Press the knot of the hanger into the glue.
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Your pressed flower suncatcher is complete!
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher
  • Now have fun making more suncatchers in different colours and hanging them in your window!
    Pressed Flower Suncatcher

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Notes

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