Are you excited for spring, yet? The temperatures get warmer, the days start getting longer, and color begins to burst through the ground. Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases. They will give you somewhere to display those first violets that pop up in your yard! Then keep reading to see the awesome surprise my friends and I have to finish getting your home spring-ready. See? There are hundreds of reasons to be excited!
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DIY Birch Bark Bud Vases Materials
Step 1
Clean your jars including removing any labels. For my vases, I used an old baby food jar and a small pizza sauce jar.
Tip:
- Try to get the label glue off as best as you can but don’t worry if you can’t get it completely off. You will be covering it anyway.
Step 2
Pull out your birch strips and have them ready to attach to your vases.
Step 3
Start attaching your birch strips around the bottom of your jar. Do this by adding a line of hot glue and firmly pressing a birch strip to it.
Step 4
Trim your birch strips so that there is a small overlap.
Step 5
Secure the birch overlap with a dab of hot glue.
Step 6
Continue covering your jar by repeating steps 3 through 5 until you have reached the top of your jar.
Tip:
- Try to line up the birch seams on your vase as you go.
Step 7
Once you reach the top of your jar you have 2 options for finishing it:
If there is enough excess on the top birch strip add a second line of glue around the mouth of the jar and press the top of the strip firmly to it.
- Alternatively, if the strip isn’t large enough for that, add an additional strip but trim it down to the top of the jar after gluing.
Step 8
Repeat steps 2 through 7 for your second jar.
These DIY birch bark bud vases are a super simple and sweet spring décor addition. As you can see, I chose to use fake flowers in mine. They can easily be used for fresh flowers too. When it is time to clean them, add a dab of soap and water to a baby bottle brush and carefully scrub the inside. Next, rinse out your brush and use the damp brush to rinse out the soap from your vase. Avoid getting the wood on the outside wet. Now are you ready to take your spring refresh to the next level? My friends and I are having a $380 spring giveaway to make it easier! Enter below for your chance to win.
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