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Materials:
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- 2 baskets, approximately 10-inches long x 4-inches wide x 2-inches high
- Plastic garbage bag
- 1 brick floral foam
- 2 handfuls green moss (gray moss is fine too)
- 3 to 5 stems purple statice, 2 stems bright orange daisy mums, 5 stems red leucadendron
- 1 scary Halloween hand or garden glove
- 2 pieces newspaper
- Optional- Several small rubber/plastic bugs
- Floral preservative, knife and clippers
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| Directions:
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Step 1 - Soak the floral foam in water that has been treated with floral preservative.
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Step 2 - Line the box with cut up garbage bag. Cut the foam to fit one of the boxes. The foam should meet the top of the box. Use moss to hide the foil/garbage bag.
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Step 3 - Stuff the hand with newspaper so that it looks full, like a real hand. Now set the hand on top of the foam, towards the center of the box - allow the fingers to fall over the edge of the box.
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Step 4 - Cut the flowers to approximately 2- to 3-inches in length and insert them deeply into the floral foam. Allow some varieties, such as the statice, to drip over the edge of the box/coffin.
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Step 5 - When the flowers are used up and the foam is covered, use a discarded flower stem and cut it about 6-to 7-inches in length. Insert it into the foam and allow it stick up at least 4-inches.
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Step 6 - Now place the second box over the flower filled coffin (at an angle and to act as the lid to the coffin). The stick will hold the 'lid' above the coffin. OPTIONAL- Display the coffin with rubber/plastic bugs crawling inside and outside of the comfy coffin.
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