Dried petals are handy for lots of things, confetti, craft, bathbombs...but you don't always have 2 weeks to lay them out somewhere warm or the length of time it takes amazon to ship some petals halfway across the world. This is where we introduce the microwave!
I had a workshop to run but had used all the rose petals so I bought these chrysanthemums from asda. Roses may have been preferable, but these did the job well :)
You should start by picking all the petals and laying them out on a piece of kitchen towel on a microwave safe plate. Spread them out as much as possible so the towel can absorb moisture and if you are using a mixture of petals, the colours wont run.
Different petals require different amounts of time, really thin petals only need about 20 seconds. So start by microwaving them for 20 seconds, these petals took about a minute and a half in all.
You will know they are done when they are really dry and there is no moisture left.
Have fun drying petals, they make the best confetti (and bio degradable!)
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