This unique craft is an ideal gift for any new mom.
Tools and Materials
Clothing items (T-shirt, one-piece, hat, bib, and pair of socks)
Floral tape
6 large paper or fabric roses (3 apricot, 3 green)
13 small paper or fabric roses (8 pink, 5 green)
15 or 16 small paper leaves
Small bucket to put finished bunch in (or tissue paper and ribbon)
Scissors
Large paper or fabric leaves (optional)
Other paper or fabric flowers (optional)
Baby Bunch How-To
Rolling the Socks: First Bud
1. Lie socks out, overlapping one over the other.
2. Roll socks from the toe into a tight role.
3. Hold 3 small leaves around the edge of the bud.
4. Tape with green gardening tape: tape from the top and spiral down until the bud is held in place.
5. Twist wires together at bottom.
Rolling the Hat: Second Bud
1. Lie hat flat with top to the left.
2. Fold top down and bottom up to form a neat rectangle.
3. Roll from top of hat, forming a tight bud.
4. Add 3 paper flowers around edge.
5. Start taping from top, spiraling down.
6. Add 3 small leaves and continue taping all together.
7. Finish tape at wires and cut tape.
8. Twist the stems together.
Rolling the Bib: Third Bud
1. Lie bib flat, with the bottom snapped.
2. Fold bib in half to line up seams at top.
3. Roll from end with snaps all the way along seam to form a tight bud.
4. Add 3 paper flowers.
5. Start taping from top, spiraling down.
6. Add 3 small leaves.
7. Continue taping everything together until tape reaches wires; cut tape.
8. Twist wires together.
Rolling the T-shirt: Fourth Bud
1. Lie T-shirt flat.
2. Fold in half, putting seams together.
3. Start rolling from left to right to form a tight bud.
4. Add 4 paper flowers.
5. Start taping from top, spiraling down
6. Add 3 small paper leaves.
7. Continue to tape until you reach the stems; cut tape.
Rolling the One-Piece: Fifth and Sixth Buds
1. Lie one-piece flat.
2. Fold in arms.
3. Fold in half, putting seams together.
4. Roll tightly away from body to form 2 buds.
5. Add 3 paper flowers to one bud and wrap tape around a couple of times; cut tape.
6. Add 3 paper flowers to second bud and wrap tape around a couple of times.
7. Continue wrapping tape around both buds.
8. Combine 3 or 4 small paper leaves, twist stems together.
9. Tape all the way down to the wires; cut tape.
10. Twist wires together.
Group Buds Together to Form a Bouquet
1. Add a large paper or fabric flower to T-shirt bud; twist stems together.
2. Add a paper or fabric flower to bib bud; twist stems together.
3. Add a paper or fabric flower to hat bud; twist stems together.
4. Add a paper or fabric flower to one-piece bud; twist stems together.
5. Twist all the stems together.
6. Put into small pail or wrap bunch with tissue paper and finish with ribbon.
Resources
To purchase a baby bunch or for more information, visit thebabybunch.com.
where is a video located?
where is a video located?
Super easy and impressive gift! I have made it twice already. Michaels has adorable rose bunches that work perfectly for this and simple green leaf bunch works great for around the outside. I placed the "flowers" in old vases that people try to throw away at my office or fun vases from the dollar store - just put tissue paper of a complimentary color to fill the bottom of the vase, place the flowers in and tie a pretty ribbon around the vase - so cute!
Please help I can't find the long stem green leaves. Any thoughts> riri
please someone help I cant find the larger green floral tape
This is a great idea, but not easy to replicate, I made one bouquet for my sister and she truly appreciated it, but it looked nothing like the picture here, then I had a co-workers shower and since this is such great gift I decided to buy one instead, I found a store that is cheaper than the baby bunch and I like the presentation better, since these ones come in a vase and can be displayed. My friend loved it. So I thought I should share the tip for all those people who like me are not really cr
I can find the thin green floral tape, but I'm having trouble finding the thicker tape that Martha is using in this segment. Any suggestions?
How clever!!! I can't wait for the next baby shower. What a way to dazzle the crowd.
Green Gardening tape is available almost always next to the silk flowers that a lot of stores sell for arranging and decorating.
I can't wait to use this for the center piece at my daughters shower.
It's a gerat gift.
where I can find the green gardening tape?
thank's
I use this craft as asmall and special gift for all differnt kinds of things. welcome, birthday ec. Just substitute the baby items . WONDERFUK
I made this just a few days ago in about an hour. It is so sweet, I will be making this one again! I did have to watch the video a couple of times to make sure that I was following the folding directions correctly. Too cute!
What a great gift to take to the hospital when you visit the new parents.
My friend's baby shower is this Saturday and I decided after watching this episode I was going to make the bouquet. It was easy and turned out perfect. I did use, instead of a bucket, baby bottles to hold smaller bouquets. What a wonderful way to put a little love into practical gifts.