You all are aware of the use of roses as best gift for your friends and loved ones. There is no doubt that roses are the most beautiful, charming and alluring to look at and to be given as gift and can also be utilized for decoration of houses, halls and various event complexes. But you might not be aware of the use of roses even when these are dried. You must have received 99 rose bouquet on different occasions and events and when these are dried, you would have thrown them into basket being unaware of the use of these dried flowers. If you came to know these uses of dried flowers, you will never throw these roses into basket and these will become more valuable and precious for you.
Soaps
From these used or dried roses, you can make soaps for taking bath. These soaps will have the fragrance of roses. These soaps can be prepared at home. You can make the formula of soap and can add these dried rose petals in it for the purpose of fragrance. These petals can be added in full form or can be added by grinding these so that these will only give their fragrance but will be invisible for the users. If you use these petals in full form, these will be visible for the users which will look beautiful but it depends on your demand and liking.
Scents
Scents or perfumes can also be prepared by these dried or used flowers. We all use perfumes in our daily life and these perfumes have various types of fragrances. Which include the fragrance of different flowers, seeds and herbs. For this purpose theses flowers, herbs and seeds extracts are added in the perfume or scent, so that we can feel a specific fragrance and with these we can specify and identify that which specific fragrance we are smelling. We can make this perfume of roses at home by cooking these petals in water with little piece of cheesecloth. This will be organic perfume that can be used for children too because it will be a safe product.
Jam of Roses
This is a recipe which is specially prepared in subcontinent. This is like other jams that are prepared with other fruits. It is prepared with roses, fresh or dried. This is delicious and healthy jam to eat. This jam is also eaten as medicine for proper functioning of stomach. If someone has constipation problem or other issues related to stomach than this jam will be really helpful. It is prepared by mixing rose petals with sugar and can be eaten as it is or by mixing it in hot milk. So this food is eaten as delicious sweet dish or as medicine to cure stomach related issues.
Greeting Cards
Another very interesting use of dried rose petals is to prepare different greeting cards. These can be birthday cards, best wishes or other. These petals are pasted on cards for the purpose of decoration. When we want to prepare these cards we can buy various type of materials for their decoration but if you have used or dry rose petals than these can fulfill your purpose free of cost. Instead of wasting these petals, you can utilize these in best way. So it is an easy way to prepare cards and give them to your friends, family and loved ones. This will not only save the petals to be thrown in the dustbin but also provide you beautiful cards in low cost to use on various events and occasions.
Flower Arrangements
You must have noticed different type of flower arrangements at different places. In these arrangements, you can utilize dried wood, dried flowers and dried branches of trees or plants. So these used flowers can be reused in these flower arrangements. These flower arrangements give spectacular impact to the guests who visit and see them.
Pot Decoration
We can decorate different type of pots with the help of these used roses. These pots are decorated for the purpose of decorating rooms, lawns or different area of the house. These decorated pots not only look beautiful and attractive but also give the good impression about the artist to the spectators. In these pots, we can use various things; like paints, flowers, buttons, beads or laces etc.
Medicine for Animals
This can be called the most effective use of these used or dried flowers or roses. These can be used to give to the animals as medicine. If the animals have any stomach related problem, than these rose petals are given to the animals to cure the problem of stomach. These flowers can also have the capacity to enhance the milk productivity of the animals. For this purpose these dried petals are cooked in milk and sugar is added in it and this drink is given to the animals to enhance their milk giving capacity.
If you were unaware of different uses of used or dry flowers, now this writing will definitely help you out. And you must have learn about various unique and interesting ideas that how we can utilize these flowers. As roses are most beautiful and alluring flowers and you will not feel good to throw them in basket or garbage and if you have received these flowers from someone special than you will feel itching in heart while throwing these flowers into dustbin. In this situation, you can take anyone of the given methods to utilize these flowers. This will definitely give you a sense of creativity and satisfaction that you have not wasted or thrown the flowers but you have utilized these in best possible way. There are multiple ways to recycle these flowers. You can choose anyone of your own choice and need. You will create something new and useful for you. On the other hand recycling is a good thing as things should not be wasted. If you have a way to recycle anything than it should be reutilized instead of wasting it.