Homemade Dried Petal Confetti Instructions

My Mum has decided that she is going to make the confetti for my Sister's wedding next year. We decided to use Rose petals and some Hydrangea petals.  The rose's that Mum is growing are: Mum in a Million, Isabella and Grandma. This is so my Grandma (Isabel) can kind of be there as she passed away a few years ago.


Close up of the rose and hydrangea petals


The idea my sister has is that there will be a confetti cone for every couple - that's about 60 couples in total!

Mum has been drying the petals out overnight next to our Rayburn cooker. Here is what we've done so far...


Our petal confetti box!

 The smell is amazing!  Like honey.  We have decided to press the hydrangeas instead as the crinkle up a little too much when dried by the Rayburn. Here's a step by step guide to how we did it...

1. Lay out the petals on a piece of paper. Paper is better than kitchen roll as the kitchen roll will leave the bumpy pattern on the petals!...


Laying out the Hydrangea petals



2. Lay another piece of paper on top...



Layer up the paper



3. If you have more petals layer on top again. And finish with a final piece of paper on top...

Adding multiple layers - this will increase drying time!



4. Pile on the heaviest books you can find!!...

5. Aaaand wait! If you are drying a small amount it should only take 2-3 days. As I have a lot drying I am going to leave them a couple of weeks. I want to make sure all the moisture is out of them as they are to be stored for a year.

When they are ready I will share a photo of the results!