{"id":4780,"date":"2020-05-10T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/chromatography-flowers-for-mothers-day\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T18:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:56:35","slug":"chromatography-flowers-for-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/chromatography-flowers-for-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Make-at-Home Chromatography Flowers for Mother\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flowers have been synonymous with Mother\u2019s Day since its first celebration on May 10, 1908, when Anna Jarvis wore a pink carnation to a church service in honor of her mother. Today, we continue to express our love and appreciation for the women who&#8217;ve influenced our lives with flowers of all kinds. Help the kids in your life create a chromatography floral bouquet for a heartfelt, homemade Mother&#8217;s Day gift that is sure to be cherished for years to come.<\/p>\n<h3 data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:0.9,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:10,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\">Everything you need to know to create chromatography flowers<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">White basket coffee filters\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Washable and\/or water-soluble markers<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Shallow cup or bowl<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Pipe cleaners, straws, and\/or popsicle sticks<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Hairdryer (optional but recommended)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:0.9,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:10,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Instructions<\/b><\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Flatten coffee filters<\/span>\u200b and draw a design in <span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">marker, leaving the middle open (Figure 1) <\/span>\u200b.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8732\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8732 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cf1.jpg\" alt=\"chromatography flower\" width=\"229\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Fill shallow cups or bowls with a small amount of water and place<\/span> the decorated coffee filter into the water, taking care to be sure the water only the non-colored part of the filter (Otherwise, your hand-drawn design will dissolve in the water!) Watch the water move <span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">the colors up\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">the coffee filter, creating a beautiful design (Figure 2).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8735\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cf3.jpg\" alt=\"chromatography flower\" width=\"237\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">When the design moves to cover all but the top 25% of each filter, carefully remove the filters from the cups or bowls (Figure 3).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8733\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cf2.jpg\" alt=\"chromatography flower\" width=\"209\" height=\"279\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Set the colors by drying the filters using a hairdryer on its lowest setting, or allow the filters to dry completely (likely overnight).\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Once the filters are dry, create a flower using 1 or 2 filters, and attach a stem made with a pipe cleaner, straw, or popsicle (Figure 4)<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8734\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cf4.jpg\" alt=\"chromatography flower\" width=\"209\" height=\"279\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What a great way to show some Mother&#8217;s Day love with creativity and brainpower! 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