Pounding Flowers?

Cat

February 23, 20060 found this helpful

I pound flowers at a science themed summer camp for children.
It would help if I knew what you wanted to use the flowers for.
This is how we do it. We take a sheet of plexiglass and set it on an even surface. plastic wrap and set the flowers on the plexiglass. We then take plastic wrap and cover a rubber mallet. I try to make sure the wrap is as smooth as possible. The wrap is optional if you dont intend on using the hammer for anything else. The I tell the kids to pound away. Sometimes we put cloth or hats on the glass and place the flowers on that. If the kid can get a clean hit the imprint of the flower will be dyed into the fabric. If the child misses a bit it still makes an interesting tie-dye effect.