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Materials:
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- Ice bucket (approximately 8-inches tall x 8-inches in diameter
- Chicken wire - enough to cover the top of the ice bucket
- 3 metal basters
- Museum clay - available at hardware stores
- 6 chopsticks
- Floral tape or masking tape
- 50 stems white freesia
- 3 stems white alstroemeria
- Floral clippers, wire cutters and floral preservative
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| Directions:
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Step 1 - Cut the chicken wire to fit the diameter of the ice bucket; then use floral tape or masking tape to adhere it to the bucket.
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Step 2 - Use museum clay to plug the tip of the basters (museum clay is non-toxic and comes off easily, available at hardware stores).
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Step 3 - With floral or masking tape, tape two chopsticks to each baster so that the chopsticks make the baster longer. Therefore, attach the chopstick half up the length of the baster.
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Step 4 - Fill the ice bucket with water that has been treated with floral preservative. Now cut the freesia to about 8.5-inches in length and insert them into the holes of the chicken wire. The chicken wire holds the flowers in place.
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Step 5 - Insert the basters sporadically into the ice bucket. Fill the basters with water treated with floral preservative and then cut and insert 1 stem of alstroemeria into each baster.
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