Hi, does anyone know how to make a frog to hold flowers upright in a vase. I want original ideas - not - something you'd buy but homemade. I have tulips and hydrangeas but they flop around and are difficult to arrange without some type of "frog".

Things I have done in the past "in a pinch", usually a situation where there is limited access to appropriate vases, but the flowers really need to go in water right away.
(I also have a good collection of the old clear glass "frogs" from long ago. Lots of young people won't know what I am talking about, as they don't resemble frogs at all. lol)

A couple of layers of Clear plastic wrap stretched over the top of the vase filled with water. Poke holes with scissors and insert stems.

A styrafoam plate cut to a size that sits down in the vase, again poke appropriate sized holes in it.

A plastic strawberry basket turned upside down and trimmed, worked in a rectangular vase once. Again the holes needed to be trimmed a bit larger, for certain blooms.

Do you have any willow growing in your garden? Or any woody, flexible branches? They work great when you take a longer branch and bend it around in the vase taking care to wedge it in such a way so it doesn't pop out. Flower stems can be inserted between branches and the natural look is beautiful.

It's not really homemade, but if you purchased a roll of waterproof florists tape and kept it on hand you can tape it across the top of the vase in a grid pattern and insert stems in grid.

Chicken wire! It is very flexible and holds up well. I grew up in the country and still use it.

I use an old glass frog I found at a garage sale as a pen holder! Using the frogs does really make a difference in arrangements.

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does anyone know how to make a frog to hold flowers upright in a vase.

Flower stems placed in an old glass frog works, as do stems stuffed into styrofoam.
For bulbs, I've used pebbles,large glass beads; any natural "thing" that keeps the roots wet and the actual bulb above water

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I also like the metal frogs that look like upturned nails.

I am just wondering why you want your frog to be homemade? You can still buy the old fashioned glass frogs or the metal ones at many garden shops and they are very inexpensive. I keep a couple handy for making arrangements. They make flower arranging quick and easy - and I have to say I don't like to bother with all the substitute tricks for if you don't have a frog - they take too much time and effort.

If you want to keep your "frog" hidden (if you only need it for stabilizing your arrangement) criss cross scotch top over the opening of the vessel you will be using.

Oops I meant to say to use scotch TAPE in my reply!