How to make large flower letters

How to make large flower letters

My little cousin is having twins and I am helping my Auntie decorate for the special occasion. I want my cousins baby shower to be perfect ( like we all do) because she didn't have a traditional wedding. Plus having babies in our family is a big thing.  

I started to go on Pinterest- which is again a blessing and a curse because now I have a million things I want to do. I found these large flower letters and I thought these would be perfect! I could use them for decorations and they could also be hung in the twins room.

 ( Their names are going to be Omri and Avri)

Win Win for me!

I saw these large flower letters were being sold for $50-60 on Etsy. Now I don't mind helping other small business owners with their craft but I thought ... hell I could  make these! Plus they would mean more since I put in the time and effort.  

So here are my step by step directions on how I made these for under $11 each!

I went to my local Dollar Tree and purchased 2 large foam cardboard sheets and about 20 bunches of flowers in a few colors. I used shades of white, pink and peach.  I came home and the first thing I did was draw large letters on the board.

I am not the best artist lol. It doesn't have to be perfect. Next you are going to cut the letter out. This was honestly the hardest part since it is a foam board. I used scissors and I will say this... It can be a little messy and you might want to give up. But don't- as soon as the letter is cut out it is smooth sailing.

Again, you can see I am not the best. But you can still tell what letter I was going for haha. Plus once you add the flowers and leaves you will not be able to tell that it is not perfect.

Next you are going to take the flowers and pull all the leaves and flowers off. This is also the time I plugged my hot glue gun in to warm up.

I divided in to two piles- one for the leaves and one for the flowers. It doesn't mater if the leaves are different. The end result looks great.

Next you are going to start to glue the leaves and flowers on. There was no rhyme or reason to how I glued them on. Every now and then I would pull the letter up to see if I had any bald spots and either add leaves or more flowers. I wanted to have a full look with no foam board showing.

It is starting to look cute! I can see it now.

Once the flowers are on you can not even tell that my letter was not even. I liked to use the leaves as filler placements and also to add some color to the letter.

Once I was finished I added pink ribbon to the back so we are able to hang.

And we are done! These letters are about 20ish inches long and only cost me about $11 each to make. Each letter from start to finish took about an hour of my time. 

I hope you enjoyed! Let me know if you make these!

I loved how they turned out that I am going to make a J for myself!

xoxo