If you follow me on my personal blog, you know that my toddler has been a bit under-the-weather and resistant to any form of sleep this past week. (She hates Tomorrow. True story.) This has left me with little time to myself to conquer such things as this week’s DIY Wednesday.
However, if you read Blog a la Cart, you also know that despite Sunny’s hurt toe, we attended The Clark Art Institute’s Family Day this weekend where there was crafting galore for kids and parents alike. (Thanks to this excursion, I will be attending a scarecrow making workshop in mid-July. I promise to thoroughly document this experience, if for no one else but myself).
Below is one of the very easy crafts that we tackled while at the museum’s family day festivities. I call it: DIY Hemp String Gardening Pot. Clever, I know.
Materials:
Gardening pot
Hemp string
Elmer’s Glue
Q-Tip
Scissors
Directions: This is as straight forward as it looks, which is why it’s a perfect craft for kids. Simply paint a pattern on the pot using a Q-Tip covered in some Elmer’s glue. Then lay the hemp string along the glue markings. Cut the string as needed. Allow glue to dry. Throw in some potting soil and a plant, and voila! You’ve spruced up just a boring ol’ gardening pot.
Sunny and I kept her pot’s design simple as a toddler’s attention span is brief. We wrote her name along the top edge, and then added a heart and simply wrapped some hemp around the center.
Photos: Courtesy of Green Eyed Monster®
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Cute idea! Your photo inspires me to do this for a windowsill garden…line up 5 little herb pots, each with one letter H – E – R – B – S, then plant them with favorite herbs. Thanks for another great DIY project!
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If you had fun at the Clark’s family day, make sure you come up to Manchester Vermont for Art on the Hill on Saturday, September 17th. I know you’ll enjoy it. – and it’s all free, even the face painting and balloons. Check out the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s website. http://www.svac.org. Look under Outreach. I do all the kids programming there. Am having fun looking at your blog. I was sent there via Craftgawker.