How to Make Tulip Bouquets

Gather the tulips and carefully pull off the leaves by hand. Fill the kitchen sink with cold water. Hold the stems of the tulips under water. Use a 45-degree angle to cut two inches from the bottom of the stems with a stem cutter or knife. Place the flowers in a bucket with cold water to soak

Choose four tulips to construct the middle of the bouquet. Pick up one flower at a time and transfer them into your other hand. Add the next three flowers to the first in a square formation; this creates a center point for the bouquet. Make sure the flowers are equal in height.

Add each additional flower one by one around the center tulips, slowly rotating the bouquet before adding the next tulip. Keep all flowers the same height. Check the progress of the bouquet's shape in a mirror. Make adjustments as needed to maintain the bouquet’s rounded form.

Wrap the floral tape around the stems, three to four inches beneath the blossoms. Place the bouquet on a flat surface. Measure the stems with a ruler. Cut the stems to a length of seven or eight inches with the stem cutter or knife. Trim the ends of the stems so they appear even. Dry the stems with a paper towel.

Measure and cut a piece of ribbon three times the length of the tulips stems. Tuck one end into the floral tape wrapped around the top of the stems. Wrap the ribbon around the stems in a downward spiral motion until reaching the bottom. Repeat this process wrapping the ribbon back toward the top. Tuck the end of the ribbon into the floral tape. Secure with several straight pins pushed into the ribbon through the stems.