Get Crafty with Dried Orange Slices: Five Creative Ideas

Getting crafty with natural decorations is a fun way to enhance your creations. Whether you’d like to hand make a gift for a friend or design your own artwork for your home, there are various ways you can use dried orange slices for your next art and craft project. Here are five creative suggestions.

Handmade Gifts

You can purchase dried orange slices to hand make gifts for friends and family. There are various ways you can use them to create something special and fun.

• Dried orange jars. Find a beautiful jar and fill it with slices, which can act as a room scent when opened. After filling it, you can decorate it to make it personal and more special for the recipient.
• Drink gifts. Give the slices to your friends for them to add to drinks. To make the gift look special, place the dried fruit in a box and gift them a drink and glass to accompany the idea.

Cake decorations

Besides making a great healthy snack, dried orange slices can be used to decorate food and add a touch of colour.

If you like making cakes, you could use the slices for decoration purposes. This would be particularly smart on an orange-flavoured bake!

Wreath-making

If you enjoy making wreaths for various seasons, you could use dried orange slices to decorate them.

They look great on any seasonal wreaths. Whether you are making something to hang on your door for Christmas or place on your table for a summer barbeque, they are a great added decoration. We particularly like them on autumnal wreaths.

They can be a little tricky to stick to a wreath, so it is advised to use ties so that they can stick well and not fall off once the wreath is hung.

Gift tags

Sending a gift to someone for a special occasion? If you’re looking for a way to make the present look special, you could use fun wrapping paper and add decorations to the outside, which is where dried orange slices come in handy.

You can use them to decorate the gift itself or the gift tag. They make a great addition to the exterior of a gift to make it appear more special and sentimental. They could be seen as an extra gift too, as the gift receiver could reuse them for drinks or their own decorations.

Add them to potpourri

Who doesn’t love the refreshing, citrusy scent of oranges? If you’re a fan, why not create a potpourri bowl and add your dried slices into it? The scent can last for a long time, filling the room in no time – and a nicely decorated potpourri bowl can look the part too.

If you’d like to get your hands on some slices to get crafting, explore the full range of dried botanicals on offer at Mimea today.