I would like to give all the girls in my daughter's dance company single stemmed roses after they compete in an upcoming dance competition. I tried last year just keeping the flowers in the car in water but that didn't work very well. Plus it was a hassle getting them from the car since I had my daughter's costumes, make up, etc and other props. I would like to this year use those individual water tubes that usually come on single stemmed flowers but I'm not finding them. I am buying for about 30 girls so I need to keep this as affordable as possible. Any ideas on how to create a homemade version or buy them for cheap? I will call a florist but I'm anticipating them not selling to me because they would want me to buy the roses from them (I am just buying about 2 1/2 dozen and doing it myself.Thanks so much!
You might try using plastic tubing and plugging the ends. Glass tubing is another way to go, more durable but also more expensive more work. Glass tubing can be cut to length then closed off on one end by heating in a flame until it pulls together. Large drinking straws could work as well, you could seal the bottoms with an iron by placing the straw between aluminum foil sheets.
