• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Practical and Pretty logo

  • HOME
  • DYEING
  • DIY
  • PARTIES
  • CRICUT
  • ABOUT
You are here: Home / DIY / How to Make Fake Flowers Look More Real

March 14, 2018

How to Make Fake Flowers Look More Real

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

This month for our Inspire My Creativity link party the theme is ‘Flowers’. I have a few flower DIYs but I really wanted to share with you this simple trick to make your fake flowers look more realistic! You will notice when you tour model homes or go in nicely decorated places that they have their fake flowers using this little trick. You also may notice that you can buy faux flowers in vases like this but they tend to be more expensive than just doing it on your own!

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

What you need to make your fake flowers look more real

  • Resin
  • Fake flower
  • Vase

LSA International Flower singleLSA International Flower singleRinlong Artificial Protea CynaroidesRinlong Artificial Protea CynaroidesAlumilite Amazing Casting Resin,Alumilite Amazing Casting Resin,

Obviously this will all depend on how realistic your fake flower looks to begin with. Michaels has some amazingly realistic silk flowers. This particular flower was our wedding flower and so I wanted to put in a vase that made it look not so fake.

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

Mix your resin using equal parts of each bottle. The slower you pour and stir, the less bubbles will exist in the final hardened resin.

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

Slowly pour the resin into your vase. Make sure there is enough resin to hold the stem in place. Mine had about 5/8″ worth of resin. I would have put more in but was worried about the baby tipping it over and getting it all over! You can always add more in later if you’d like.

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

Insert your stem so that it lays the way you’d like. I like that mine is kind of lopsided!

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

Allow the resin to harden overnight and you are done!

Often times the flower looks realistic but the leaves give away the fakeness of the stem. If your leaves are distracting from the look of the flower or are peeling away from the wire, simply take some wire cutters and cut them off. Real flowers rarely have their real leaves around the bloom anyway!

Use this simple trick to make your flowers look more realistic whether you are keeping them on your counter or putting them on a shelf.

It may seem like a little thing, but this will make people believe it’s real because you have water in the vase. You could put real water in if you’d like too, but obviously that isn’t as permanent! This also allows for a more permanent home for your fake flower.

Be sure to check out the following projects all about flowers!! I love spring because I really love flowers so this is a fun round up of projects this time around.

Shani  |  Sunshine & Munchkins
Anna  |  Practical and Pretty
Ali  |  Home Crafts by Ali
Cathy  |  A Boy and His Mom
Christine  |  Swordfights & Starry Nights
Meg  |  The Kusi Life
Candice  |  She’s Crafty
Lauren  |  A Life of Love and Joy
Amy  |  Leap of Faith Crafting
Jaclyn  |  The Dotted Nest
Victoria  |  Dazzle While Frazzled
Sydney  |  Tastefully Frugal
Lindsay  |  See Lindsay
Julia  |  The Quiet Grove
Pam  |  P.S. I Love You Crafts
Marie  |  The Inspiration Vault

An InLinkz Link-up


Join us next month when we link up about the theme of ‘Spring’!!

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: flowers, quick diy, tips

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Candice says

    March 14, 2018 at 7:11 am

    That is so smart! The resin really does make it look like fresh flowers!

  2. leapoffaithcrafting says

    March 14, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    Love this idea!! So easy and doable! I use resin to make cups but never thought about using it for anything else. Thanks for sharing!

  3. Christine (@Chrissy4sfsn) says

    March 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    What an awesome idea! It really does make it look real. I think I need to get some resin!

  4. vrmm26 says

    March 14, 2018 at 1:26 pm

    Great idea! I have a love-hate with faux flowers but yours looks like it’s sitting in water. Visiting from Inspire My Creativity.

Primary Sidebar

SEARCH

I’m Anna!

Welcome!

I’m Anna and love practical and pretty things. You will find DIYs here as well as party ideas and of course, natural dyeing tutorials. I’m so glad you’re here.

FEATURED ON

PARTIES

Encanto Party Supplies

You will find lots of Encanto party supplies and even some fun ideas for your next Encanto party! Who doesn't love Encanto after all?

Roblox Party Supplies Ideas

roblox balloons

Minnie Mouse Party Supplies

You can DIY an adorable Minnie Mouse party by yourself full of bows and Hot Diggity Dogs. You will also find some free printables here!

Hot Diggity Dog Bar

Hot dog! Hosting a party? Make it fun with this Hot Diggity Dog bar. I’ve got a couple of DIY aspects or just use them and adapt!

NATURAL DYEING

Dye with Weld Plant

Weld plant gives you a beautiful, vibrant yellow color. I'll guide you through how to get this cool dye stuffs to get you neat results.

Ice Dye with Rit Dyemore

dyemore synthetic dye

Rit Color Remover on Natural Dyes

Color remover works for synthetic dyes, but what about natural dyes? See the difference between my naturally dyed fabric after using color remover!

Red Dirt Tie Dye

This tutorial will walk you through how to tie dye using red dirt. It's as minimal as possible so you can do it while you are camping with minimal supplies.

CRICUT PROJECTS

Paper Chain Countdown for Any Occasion

This countdown chain is perfect for every countdown occasion. Any anticipated event is more fun with a way to mark the days away.

Easiest Halloween Banner Ever

https://practicalandpretty.com/miguel-coco-costume/

Mickey Mouse Wrapping Paper

Minnie Mouse Party Supplies

You can DIY an adorable Minnie Mouse party by yourself full of bows and Hot Diggity Dogs. You will also find some free printables here!

Footer

Copyright © 2022 Practical and Pretty on the Brunch Pro Theme