SPRING: 'bunny ears' floral bouquet homeward found decor

4.03.2025

SPRING: 'bunny ears' floral bouquet

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With April's arrival, Easter draws closer... and while I like to focus on 'seasonal' decor rather than specific holidays, sometimes ideas pop up and I just have to run with them!

Back in 2023, I created a small floral project for Easter using tiny white ball flowers and some daffodil leaves. This year, I was looking at the green hydrangeas that I used in the 'floral bouquet in a purse' project shared a few weeks back, and decided to replicate that older project - in larger scale.

Continue reading to see how easy it is to create this fun bouquet...

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TUTORIAL

Materials:
● large-headed flowers - faux or real - like hydrangea, peonies, alium, mums
● a large container / vase to hold the bouquet - mine is a ceramic soup tureen
● one set of two faux large tulip leaves (both the same size)

Method:

NOTE: I did not do this, but if you wish, fill your vase or container with floral foam. If you are using REAL flowers, definitely do this step. I am sharing the faux-flower version in this tutorial.

● Bend the stems of each flower so they fit in your container/vase with the flower heads JUST above the top edge - you don't want any of the stem to show. My four stems were bent in half, then in half again, to fit into the soup tureen I used.

● Begin with one flower, then add others until your container is completely full.
I added the light green/cream hydrangea last, so that it sits on the top of the bouquet... on purpose!

Here's what the blooms look like in the tureen.

● Next, add some loose leaves (just pluck them off of your stems inside the container) to the front and sides of the bouquet. I added three large and one small hydrangea leaves, and an extra set of tulip leaves, to fill in some thin spaces AND to add contrast to the flowers.

● To create the 'bunny ears', insert one set (mine came attached - you can always use wire or floral tape to secure two separate leaves together) into one of the top flower heads. I inserted mine into the light green/cream flower head because the color variation makes it stand out from the rest of the flowers.

Once assembled, you can see 'the bunny':

● Adjust/bend the leaves to look as much like two bunny ears as possible. I bent one to look as if it was a bit 'floppy'.

The finished bouquet is simple, but those 'ears' makes it whimsical.

I looked at the fake white tulips that I have on hand, thinking that I might add those, too... just as I added them to the 'floral bouquet in a purse' project. I decided NOT to, since I didn't want anything pulling focus from the 'bunny ear' leaves.