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One thing is for sure, no one wants to spend their summer fussing over decorations in their home.So all the ideas that I’m showing you today are really kind of “set it and forget it” types of ideas.

They’re “do it once and enjoy it all season” kind of things, mostly.I like to use lots of leafy greens, like hostas or soloman’s seal in my vases instead of flowers because they last almost literally forever.I mostly leave the flowers for outside so I’m not having to change water and deal with dead flowers every few days and I stick with faux flowers instead.

Unless it’s peony season.The leafy greens are great because they bring an almost tropical vibe to a room instantly, but require almost no upkeep.

Really, it’s almost strange how long they last..

faux hydrangeas.I need more hands!.

You can also mix it up and do the same type of cuts on the non-folded side.. Use a bead of hot glue along the whole length of your strip to keep it folded in half .. Now comes the fun part where it all comes together!Start rolling your flower up, using hot glue as you go to hold everything together.. Get the Kids Involved.

When I made these with kids, I would have them cut their strips and cut their petals, and then I would have them come over to the “gluing station” so they could have me glue their flower for them.I would just ask them if it looked good to them and if they liked how I was rolling the flower as I went and that way they felt like they were still very much involved in the process.