Summer Project With Queen Anne's Lace
He is now 9 years old and I was so afraid that he would think he was too old to do it this year so I had not mentioned it to him. He was the one that told me that it was time for us to cut our Queen Anne's Lace. I was so thrilled that he still wanted to do it.
Of course, over the years the enjoyment for him has taken on new meanings. I remember the first year that he started mixing the colors to make different colors. This year it was more of a study of the process.
I hope we can continue this tradition for many more years.
What is Queen Anne's Lace?
Wikipedia explains it very nicely.
Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) 'birds nest, bishop's lace, and (US) Queen Anne's lace') is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalised to northeast North America; domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant, usually growing up to 1 m tall and flowering from June to August. The umbels are claret-coloured or pale pink before they open, then bright white and rounded when in full flower, measuring 3?7 cm wide with a festoon of bracts beneath; finally, as they turn to seed, they contract and become concave like a birds nest. The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds. page 210
Very similar in appearance to the deadly Water Hemlock, Daucus carota is distinguished by a mix of bi-pinnate and tri-pinnate leaves, fine hairs on its stems and leaves, a root that smells like carrots, and occasionally a single dark red flower in its center.
See carrot for the modern cultivated forms of the species.
Step 1 - Find Your Queen Anne's Lace
Where do you find Queen Anne's Lace?
Queen Anne's Lace usually can be found along the roadside
In our neighborhood we usually can find Queen Anne's Lace in the same location along the roadside. There are usually Blackberries growing close by so you get two treats. It is best to cut the Queen Anne's Lace at an angle so it can drink the water more easily.
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Step 2 - Fill Vases With Water and add Food Coloring
Adding Food Coloring to Vases For Queen Anne's Lace
It is fun to dye Queen Anne's Lace
This is the fun part. Be sure to protect your kitchen counter with a towel. Add just one drop of food coloring per vase. My grandson likes to mix colors and this is a good time to teach how to make secondary colors.
Mixing Colors for your Queen Anne's Lace
Do you know how to mix colors to make new colors?
The Primary Colors are Red, Yellow and Blue.
Mix
Red
andYellow
to makeOrange
Mix
Red
andBlue
to makePurple
Mix
Blue
andYellow
to makeGreen
Mix them all together and you get a kind of
Brown Color.
Food Coloring Available On Amazon
Ateco Food Coloring Kit, 6 colors
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 12/11/2009)
Step 3 - Add Your Queen Anne's Lace to Vases
The Queen Anne's Lace Looks So Pretty In The Vase
Make sure you cut the Queen Anne's Lace to fit your vase
Vases Are Available From Amazon
Or you can just use old florist vases that you may have saved
Bormioli Rocco Capitol Flower Bud Vase, Gift Boxed
Amazon Price: $5.65 (as of 12/11/2009)
Step 4 - Place Vases in Window and Wait
My grandson decided to take a swim while he waited.
Enjoy the reflection from the colored water while you wait.
It won't take long
Yellow is the first to show on your Queen Anne's Lace
This picture was taken several hours after putting Queen Anne's Lace in Dye
Blue and Green are next to show on your Queen Anne's Lace
Several hours after putting your Queen Anne's Lace in the dye
Multi Colors With Queen Anne's Lace
Blue, Red, and Yellow Queen Anne's Lace
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My cousin and her granddaughter read this lens
and decided to start their own Queen Annes Lace Tradition
My cousin enjoyed reading this lens because it reminded her of the good times she had doing this as a child. She decided that she and her granddaughter needed to start a tradition of dying Queen Anne's Lace and they sure did a great job. I called her afterwards and talked to her precious grandchild who told me how much fun they had and what colors the flowers were now. Such Fun! Connie's Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's Lace is a great project for grandmas and granddads.
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Have you ever tried this Queen Anne's Lace project?
Leave us a comment and tell us about your projects
A friend of mine suggested we do something similar with Celery. I think I remember our son doing that in school so maybe we will try that next.
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- Pastiche Pastiche Oct 30, 2009 @ 8:33 am
- I so love Queen Anne's Lace - I've never colored the blossoms, but I have pressed and dried many for crafts. I even have a tiny dried Queen Anne's lace flower sandwiched between pieces of glass and sealed forever that I use for a Christmas tree ornament.
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- JuneMary JuneMary Oct 24, 2009 @ 6:59 am
- What a lovely idea and result. I shall have to try it. Thank you.
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- imolaK imolaK Oct 20, 2009 @ 11:21 am
- This is a good idea .We consider this plant a weed and we do not pay him too many attention.I enjoyed your lens.
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Oct 19, 2009 @ 7:31 am
- Wow, I never thought of doing this with Queen Anne's Lace, we did it to celery when I was a kid in school.... in our neighborhood Queen Anne's Lace is almost wiped out because the deer love to eat the roots, but I have a deer fence so it's come back and fills my lawn. Five stars.
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- Heather426 Heather426 Aug 2, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
- Great lens, and beautiful too! 5*, and lensroll!
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