DIY Garden Crafts
Gardens are bright, colorful additions to your landscape, and do-it-yourself garden craft projects add another level of personalization to your garden oasis. Even beginner crafters or gardeners can add simple, playful crafts to their gardens to play up a theme, identify plants or add texture to the landscape. Incorporate crafts into your garden to create a customized space for your plants. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 7 to 10 sheets old newspaper
- 5 medium-sized terra cotta parts
- 5 to 7 cups of local moss, dirt removed
- 5 cups plain yogurt
- Plastic mixing bowl
- Foam brush
- 5 large sealable plastic bags
- 8-inch tongue depressors
- Empty seed packets of your garden plans
- White exterior spray paint
- Contact paper
- Extra-strength glue
- Scissors
Instructions
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Aged Terra Cotta Containers
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Cover your work surface with a layer of old newspaper.
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Place five terra cotta containers upside down on the work surface.
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Crumble five to seven handfuls of local moss collected from your yard into a large plastic container. Add five cups of plain yogurt to the crumbled moss and mix well.
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Apply the moss mixture to each pot with a foam sponge. Coat all exposed exterior parts of the terra cotta pots with the mixture.
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Place each pot in a large plastic bag and seal the bags.
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Place the bags in a cool, damp and shady place in your home or yard for up to 10 days. Each pot will be moss-covered and ready as a container for a plant in your garden.
Garden Stakes
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Cover an outdoor area with several layers of newspaper.
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Count out the same number of tongue depressors as you have plants in your garden.
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Place the tongue depressors on the newspaper.
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Spray the tongue depressors with a thin layer of white spray paint. After letting the sticks dry for six hours, flip them over and spray the other sides. Let the tongue depressors dry overnight.
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Place a large section of contact paper sticky side up on a clean work surface.
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Place each seed packet, spaced two inches apart, onto the contact paper.
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Place a second piece of contact paper sticky-side down over the seed packets. Press firmly to adhere the two pieces.
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Cut out each seed packet with the scissors, leaving a 1/4-inch border of contact paper around the edges.
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Cut off the bottom edge of each seed packet so that you can slide your finger into the packets.
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Place a dab of extra strength glue on each side of the top end of a tongue depressor.
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Slide a seed packet onto the tongue depressor just until the bottom edge covers the glue.
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Press the packet firmly to the depressor to create a seal. Repeat the process with each seed packet to create your garden stakes.
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Tips & Warnings
If you can't collect moss from your yard, purchase moss spores from your local garden supply store.
If you don't have plain yogurt, you can substitute equal amounts of buttermilk instead.
If tongue depressors are too short for your garden stakes, use scrap pieces of wood, or use wire cutters to cut lengths from wire coat hangers.
Always use spray paint outdoors in a well-ventilated space.
Always use protective eyewear, a respiratory mask and gloves when working with chemicals.
References
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