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How To Make An Easy Tulips Vase Arrangement

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I love decorating my home with flowers! Do you? Learn how to make a STUNNING tulips vase arrangement in just 10 minutes with a special type of vase that I use… that makes tulips look AMAZING! In this flower arranging lesson I’ll show you the particular type of vase that makes tulips look stunning and how tall to cut them for your arrangement.

Learn how to make an easy GORGEOUS tulips in a vase arrangement to decorate your home or for a wedding, shower, party or hostess gift! This helpful flower arranging lesson and tutorial shows you the right vase to use and how tall to cut the tulips.

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How To Make An Easy Tulips Vase Arrangement

There are lots of different vases that you can arrange tulips in – but my absolute FAVORITE vase shape to use for this particular bloom is an 8 inch round clear bubble bowl vase! 

This large bowl shape vase makes tulips look stunning! It’s round shape mimics the curves of a tulip flower and it lets the tulips curve downward in a beautiful, natural way!

I think it’s round bowl shape allows the tulips to look more ‘wild’ and not fussy.

 This Tulips Vase Arrangement is a PERFECT easy Decor Idea for:

Wedding reception table

Wedding shower centerpiece

Mother’s Day brunch or dinner centerpiece

Anniversary party

Hostess gift

Mantel

Coffee table

Nightstand

Desk

Kitchen island

 

Supplies:

  • fresh tulips – buy the freshest you can! Discount tulips will NOT last long at all.
  • 8 inch clear glass bubble bowl vase
  • garden shears – I keep a set of garden shears in my kitchen drawer for cutting all of my flowers for flower arrangements. I don’t use my kitchen shears, I find that they often can’t cut through woody stems, but garden shears can!
  • water
  • my tulips came with a few long skinny grass like leaves, which look amazing – but you don’t need to use them if you can’t find them at your florist or grocery store.

Instructions:

Fill the vase 3/4 to the top with cold water.

Cut the tulip stems with garden shears. You can cut straight across or at an angle. Cut the stems so that the height of the tulips is twice as tall as the height of the bowl. This will allow the tulips to relax and curve over the sides of the bowl! If they are cut short they won’t curve.

Place the tulips immediately in the vase, allowing some of the leaves to lean over the sides of the glass as well as the flowers. 

Don’t be too perfect when arranging your tulips – it’s absolutely okay if there are more blooms on one side…it makes the arrangement look more natural!

The tulips will curve more with time – giving you a ‘new’ look every day!

Check the water level every day. If the water looks cloudy, dump the water out and refill the vase with fresh cold water.

Isn’t this arrangement gorgeous? I really really love it!

I love how the stems bend and swoop over the sides of the bowl:

Learn how to make an easy GORGEOUS tulips in a vase arrangement to decorate your home or for a wedding, shower, party or hostess gift! This helpful flower arranging lesson and tutorial shows you the right vase to use and how tall to cut the tulips.

Learn how to make an easy GORGEOUS tulips in a vase arrangement to decorate your home or for a wedding, shower, party or hostess gift! This helpful flower arranging lesson and tutorial shows you the right vase to use and how tall to cut the tulips.

They look gorgeous on a mantel:

Learn how to make an easy GORGEOUS tulips in a vase arrangement to decorate your home or for a wedding, shower, party or hostess gift! This helpful flower arranging lesson and tutorial shows you the right vase to use and how tall to cut the tulips.

…and on a garden stool or end table!

Learn how to make an easy GORGEOUS tulips in a vase arrangement to decorate your home or for a wedding, shower, party or hostess gift! This helpful flower arranging lesson and tutorial shows you the right vase to use and how tall to cut the tulips.

I hope you have fun making one of these arrangements too! Let me know where you’ll place one in your home!

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See this easy flower arrangement lesson! How to make a BEAUTIFUL TULIPS Vase Arrangement! Stunning centerpiece idea for a wedding, hostess gift or Mother's Day brunch!

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heatherHeather is a Designer, True Color Expert® and proud military wife at Setting For Four Interiors. Heather offers online Interior Design and Paint Color Services. See all of our design tips & tricks on the blog and follow us on Instagram for more design and decor inspiration!

Comments

  1. Lisa Cooper says

    May 3, 2017 at 6:44 am

    I love tulips! Your arrangement is beautiful! I definitely need to purchases a bubble bowl vase so that I can recreate this!

    Reply
  2. Kay says

    May 3, 2017 at 8:12 am

    Such a pretty arrangement, The white tulips are perfect.

    Reply
  3. Starr says

    May 3, 2017 at 8:47 am

    Great post!

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 4, 2017 at 9:10 pm

      Thank you so much Starr! So glad you like it! xo Heather

      Reply
  4. Krystle Lynch says

    May 3, 2017 at 9:16 am

    Love the vase recommendation and how the whole aesthetic is simple and modern. Must do this in my home asap!

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 5, 2017 at 11:59 am

      Great!! I’m so thrilled you love my tulips arrangement Krystle!! Enjoy using this bubble vase – I love mine so much! 🙂 xo Heather

      Reply
  5. Ruth says

    May 3, 2017 at 11:25 am

    I already copied this idea from your previous post, except I used faux tulips. I still put water in the round vase so they look real. I put them on my kitchen table and they look georgous! Thank you so much for your inspiration.

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 4, 2017 at 9:07 pm

      That’s an excellent idea Ruth!! Putting faux blooms in water! I’m glad it inspired you – to hear you copied this idea for your own home makes me feel so so good!! xo Heather

      Reply
  6. Carole Thomas says

    May 3, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    I had an interesting experience with tulips that were included in a gift bouquet. The tulips drooped the first day and then they decided to grow. They grew at least six inches above the other flowers. That was a fun bouquet of flowers! I didn’t know what to expect each morning. Your arrangement is beautiful and tulips are a favorite. Thanks for the idea of a round vase.

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 4, 2017 at 9:06 pm

      That’s so funny Carole – that the tulips grew!!! I bet it was fun to see what was happening with your bouquet every day! You must have a green thumb!!!! xo Heather

      Reply
  7. Rebecca says

    May 9, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    I am loving white right now and I love tulips so I’ll definitely put an arrangement together like this. Thanks for the tip on how the length for clipping the blooms.

    Reply

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