Egg-Cup Planters
What You’ll Need: Craft paint, wooden egg cups, fine paintbrush, wooden skewer, fine-point paint pen, plants, soil
What To Do:
- Paint the bottom half of the egg cup. Once dry, paint on buttons, collars, or polka dots with the fine paintbrush. Use the skewer to add dots.
- Use the pen to draw faces.
- Add the plant!
D.I.Y. Painted Desert
Retro sand art gets a modern botanical twist in this make-your-own terrarium. Even better, the unusual air plant found inside requires very little care – no green thumb required!
Give It to: Kids, crafty grown-ups, or struggling gardeners
The Jar: Choose one with a mouth wide enough that the recipient can reach inside and create the desert scene.
What’s Inside: Bags of coloured sand, small trinkets, sea glass or small rocks, toothpicks, an air plant (find them at your local florist or garden centre) loosely wrapped in coloured tissue, and an instruction card for putting the terrarium together and caring for the plant.
Wrap It Up: Use waxed cotton cord or twine to attach a cardstock tag labelled “Painted Desert Terrarium.”