brain blobs and verbal vomit

As I ran across the empty shell that had been a fabulous bouquet, I remembered that I was saving it to show it to you guys as an idea!

My son was graduating from preschool and I wanted to make it special.  I kept imagining little girls being presented with little bouquets of flowers and that is when it hit me - I CAN MAKE A BOUQUET FOR MY SON!


Of course the idea came to me THAT morning and I had to work so I threw this together while on break at work.  Sorry there are no pictures of the process but it is pretty simple.

I thought 6 cars would be the perfect presentation for a little boy.

1. I took 6 heavy wires (I should note that I work in a home decor shop as a floral designer so I have access to lots of those floral stems- but you could even use sticks from the yard or dowel rods) and attached pipe cleaners by twisting and adding a dab of hot glue.  (I would have preferred a more subtle color on the pipe cleaners for aesthetics,but we had a bunch of those screaming green ones so...)  
2. I then twisted the Hot Wheels onto the heavy wires with the pipe cleaner and arranged them into a nice presentation and cut the stems to even them up at the bottom. 
3. I then took a piece of plain paper, folded it, and then wrapped it around the bouquet.  
4. I took a bit of woven ribbon to finish it off around the bottom and cut a piece to put in the back.