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10 Ways To Make Flowers From Trash

If you want to spice up your house / dorm decor here are some DIY flowers you can make from trash!!!

DestinyParis

Oct 05, 2019

Jacksonville State University

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Buying flowers at the store is so EXPENSIVE. Plus, they only last about a week or two. One the other hand fake flowers stay alive but can get pretty dust and boring.
If you want to spice up your house/dorm decor here are some DIY flowers you can make from trash!!! I am getting married in about a year and a half. I plant to have several of each of these kinds of flowers at my wedding!

1. Egg Cartons into beautiful rose-like flowers

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Here is a link to how to make them: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/556968678900231968/

Soda cans turned into b skinny flowers

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Here is a link to that: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/Aet-np7IqzWbE57PCZh86OQaISDiPwkmyy1cQcWzTkfIEc-wVZ7xRpE/

3. Toilet paper rolls can be turned into daises or roses

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Here is a link to make them: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/560346378635856881/

4. Make flowers from the tops of water bottles!

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here is a link to make water bottle flowers: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/344947652709728592/

Make flowers from the bottom of plastic bottles!

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Here is a link for that: http://good-housewife.com/flowers-from-the-bottoms-of-plastic-bottles/

6. Flowers made from bottle caps!

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They make adorable flowers. Here is a link: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/437271445069573545/

7. Old tire rims make the perfect garden flower decoration!

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Here is a link for those beauties: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/199073246006663716/

8. Newspaper can be turned into beautiful paper flowers

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Paper flower tutorials: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/494762709062990234/

9. Wine cork flowers!!

Here is a link for wine cork flowers: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/352195633352717488/

10. The pull-tabs on the top of cans make very unique flowers!

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Just check out this amazing example: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/662873638887156187/

Happy flower making!

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