I must admit that making flower arrangements for baby boys are much harder than baby girls! This is probably because finding flowers in shades of blue can be a major challenge. Fear no more, here are 3 baby boy themed flower arrangements that will definitely be a hit. All flowers were purchased from my local Krogers in Wylie and Plano, Texas.

WRAPPED FLOWER BOUQUET, FLOWERS IN A BOX  & WHITE FLOWERS IN A ROUND VASE

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#1 – BABY BLUE BOY CHIC WRAPPED FLOWER BOUQUET

FLOWERS

• white roses
• mini white carnations
• white alstroemeria
• willow branches

SUPPLIES

• pruner
• kraft paper
• light blue table vinyl cover
• floral wire
• Optional: cellophane paper or use the mylar wrapping cover that was used to hold the flowers when purchased from the store.
• rubberbands
• 2-3 paper towels soaked in water
• 1 sandwich size ziplock bag
• clear tape
• white ribbon
• water spray bottle

ASSEMBLING THE FLOWERS

• Clean and remove all outer petals from roses and remove 50-75% of all leaves and foliage from all flower stems.
• Set up your flower work space by sorting each flowers by same kind: roses with roses and carnations with carnations….etc
• Start the bouquet by building a bottom foundation using the white alstroemerias and mini white carnations. I always use filler flowers for this step because I want the prettier flowers such as the roses to be the focal/center point.
• Then select about 3-4 roses and stack them on top of the bottom layer ensuring to place the roses 1-2″ down from the very top of the previous layer. The goal is to build the bouquet by stacking and placing the flowers 1-2″ from the previous layer. (REFER TO EXAMPLES BELOW)
• Keep repeating layers until you have used up all the flowers. The amount of flowers per layer will decrease as more and more layers get added.
• The amount of layers will varies depending on the size of your bouquet and the amount of flowers you want to use within the bouquet.

• When flowers are completely assembled, use either twine or rubber bands to hold the bouquet in place.
• Now cut the flower stems evenly to your desire length. I like cutting mine 4″ to 6″ from the flower base of the final layer.
• Soak about 2-4 paper towels in water. Wrapped the wet paper towels around all stems of the bouquet.
• Use a sandwich size bag or larger and place stem of flowers wrapped in the wet towels inside the bag in order to keep the flowers hydrated.
• Optional: You can add some wet floral foam to the flower stems 1st then wrap the wet paper towels around the floral foam covering the stems. The floral foam method will keep the flowers hydrated for longer periods of time.
• Use several layers of clear tape to wrap and seal the top of the ziplog bag around the bouquet.
• Optional: You can use clear cellophane paper or the same mylar bag from your flower purchase to make an initial flower wrap of the bouquet. This process reinforces the bouquet and catches any water that may leak out from the wet paper towels/floral foam.

• Cut 2 pieces of the table vinyl cover into a square about 1.5 times the size of the bouquet. You can cut smaller layers if wrapping around the bouquet with multiple layers.
• Cut 1 long narrow piece of kraft paper ranging about 12″ in width.  Then cut an additional 3 smaller pieces about 6″ in width.
• REFER TO EXAMPLES BELOW for paper cutting and placement order.

• Wrap bouquet following the order sequin of the 2nd diagram above then use a ribbon to tie bouquet together.
• Your wrapped flower bouquet is now complete.
• For a final touch, spray flowers with fresh water from a bottle. This process help hydrates the flowers faster since the bouquet is not placed into a water filled vase.

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#1.5 – LEFT OVER FLOWER CREATION

I created this arrangement from the left over white carnations.

• small bundle of mini carnations
• 12″ square of kraft paper
• 6″ square of blue table vinyl cover
• twine

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#2 – BABY BLUE FLOWERS IN A BOX THEME

FLOWERS

• blue hydrangeas
• hydrangea leaves (rolled)
• white alstroemeria
• white roses
• Cut down stems from the alstroemeria to fill in the gaps and add texture
• bamboo sticks to create the square grid or use the stems from the alstroemeria

SUPPLIES

• pruner
• black 12×12 photo storage box
• 1.5 blocks of wet floral foams (ensure to use the wet and not dry versions for faux flower arrangements)
• knife (to cut floral foam)
• bamboo stakes cut into 4 qty 12″ sticks (can be found at home depot where the plant stakes are sold)
• black plastic table covers to line photo box
• floral wires
• Spanish moss for filling in the gaps and holes where the floral foam is exposed

STEPS

• Soak 1 block & a half block of wet floral foam for about an hour or more prior to arranging the flowers.
• Line photo box with 2-3 sheets of plastic table cover. Don’t worry if the table cover extend pass the photo box because it will be trimmed at the very end.
• Add the floral foam by cutting block in half (1″ height) completely lining bottom of box.
• Place 2 bamboo sticks to each sides forming a 9 square grid.
• Add each flowers by sticking into floral foam but ensure to keep the same kind flowers within each grid.
• Roll up some large hydrangea leaves and wrap with floral wires. Add these rolled leaves to 2 of the squares within the grid.
• Add Spanish moss fill in any gap or holes within arrangement.
• Trim off excess plastic table covers.

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#2.5 – LEFT OVER FLOWER CREATION

I created this arrangement from the left over blue hydrangea.

• 2 blue hydrangeas
• empty soda bottle
• asipdistra tea leaf ribbon to wrap bottle (I bought this on Amazon)
• hemp twine to tie the ribbon around bottle

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#3 – WHITE FLOWERS IN A ROUND VASE

FLOWERS

• white hydrangeas
• white oriental lilies
• green treat balls (dianthus)
• white roses
• aspidistra tea leaf ribbons
• cypress green branch (I am guessing on this one!)

ASSEMBLING THE FLOWERS

• I always pick the biggest flowers (white hydrangeas) to arrange first in order to set the stage.
• Next add the flowers with the most height which were the white lilies.
• Fill in the rest of the flower base with the green tick balls.
• Now add the white roses in groups of 3’s and place near the green tick balls.
• At this point you can call it quite but I felt it needed more WOW so I added the cypress branch (I think it’s call this!) and the aspidistra tea leaves to fill in the gaps around the top.

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