Green Garden Crafts: Stepping Stones

 

Garden crafts should be green, and there are so many fun garden crafts that are easy and eco-friendly. You can use broken dishes and pottery, leaves, and bottles to make stepping stones, and these green garden crafts is inexpensive and uses recycled items.

Broken Dishes and Pottery

Making a stepping stone for your green garden can be done uniquely with broken dishes, plaster, outdoor paint, and a plastic plate. Start by making a fun pattern, design, or shape with the broken bits of pottery and dishes.

Then mix the plaster according to directions and pour it onto the plate. Allow for some room to add the broken pieces and place them gently into the plaster. Allow the entire creation to dry before painting it. This green craft will make a lovely stepping stone for your garden.

Leaves

Using leaves to make a unique imprint on plaster is a great way to design a stepping stone for your garden. For this green craft you need plaster, outdoor paint, leaves, a paintbrush, and a plastic plate. Start this green craft by pouring the plaster onto the plate; then arrange the leaves in any design or pattern you like.

Allow the plaster to dry thoroughly, remove the stepping stone from the plate. The leaves will come off of the stepping stone easily. Use the outdoor paint to add details to the stepping tone, and seal it with an outdoor sealer spray if you like. This green craft is a great way to make a stepping stone for interest in your garden.

Bottles

When creating green crafts for your garden you should consider using glass bottles. For this garden craft you will need a few glass bottles, a disposable plastic food container, plaster, and outdoor clear sealer spray.

Start this craft by breaking the glass bottle; this can be done safely by wrapping the bottle in a piece of rug or carpet and hitting it with a hammer. After you have your broken glass you should mix the plaster and pour it into the container. If you are making a very high stepping stone you can add a bottle to the center if you like, but make sure to use less plaster to start.

Use the broken glass pieces to make a mosaic in the top of the plaster; remember to create whatever design you like and pay attention to negative space. When the plaster has dried spray it with the sealer, and place this green stepping stone craft in your garden.

Stepping stones are a great green craft for your garden, and once you start making them you will find new items of interest to make stepping stones with as well. Enjoy these crafts and happy spring!

Garden Crafts: Wire Plant Stakes

 

Spring is here and garden crafters should be enthused! There are so many fun garden craft projects, and it is the perfect time to get crafty for your garden. Plant stakes add detail and intrigue to your garden while serving a necessary purpose. This article will provide you with detailed instructions on creating wire plant stake crafts for your garden.

Butterfly

Wire is the perfect medium for creating plant stakes for your garden, and you can make a lovely butterfly using wire. For this garden craft you will need wire, pliers, wire cutters, beads, and a metal or wooden garden stake.

Start this craft by cutting six pieces of wire using the wire cutters. The wire pieces should measure 9 inches, 6 inches, and 4 inches. Then add some beads to various parts of the two sets of longer wires. Twist all of the pieces of wire into spirals, but remember to leave a few inches at the end untwisted.

Then wrap the shortest pieces of wire around the top of the garden stake and leave the spirals facing outward to look like antenna. Add the longest pieces of wire below the antenna to be the top wings, and continue in the same fashion with the medium sized wire spiral.

Finish this garden stake craft by cutting another piece of wire and add four beads to it. Then lay the four beads along the top end of the garden stake to look like a body, and use the extra wire on the ends to secure the beads in place by wrapping the wire around the stake and the beads.

This easy wire garden stake craft is a fun way to help the plants in your garden while being crafty!

Sun

Another way to use wire to add a plant stake to your garden is by making a sun shaped plant stake. For this easy garden craft you will need wire, a garden stake, wire cutters, and pliers. You may also want to use something round to make a perfect circle. Start this craft by cutting a long piece of wire using the wire cutters.

Form a circle about 4 inches in diameter around and twist the excess wire to secure the circle in place. Then cut a very long piece of wire and use the pliers to curl the end into a U shape. Place the curve around the circle of wire and use the pliers to bend it shut tight. Wrap the wire around the circle one more time to secure it in place.

Then bend the wire about an inch away from the circle to make a point and wrap the wire back around the circle twice to secure it in place; this will make a sun ray. Continue around the circle until your sun is complete, and use the excess wire to attach it to the garden stake.

This easy garden craft is fun to make, and it will add a unique detail to your garden.