Making Gardener's Garland
Materials Needed;
- 20 Seed packages-empty
- Twine- approx. six feet
- Hot Glue and Glue Sticks
Lay the twine out on your table surface. Knot a loop at each end. Lay the seed packages out across the twine. Don't be afraid to cock some to the left and some to the right or even overlap packages in spots. Hot glue them to the twine. Attach one end of the loop to a branch, wind around the tree and loop the other end on a branch to secure.
Ornaments
In making ornaments, there are so many possibilities beginning with using your actual tools. You may want to replace the hanging strap with a ribbon and clean them up but it will look great on that little tree by the back window overlooking the garden waiting for winter to end. If you are in a mild climate, put the little tree in your garden.
Another option is to make gardening tools our of polymer clay. This is a fun idea because you can include flowers you make hanging off of each of the tools. You will need silver and black clay. Shape a four-inch shovel blade. Include a 6" stem that will go into the handle. Roll out the black clay into a 5" x 2" rectangle. Roll the rectangle over the stem of the shovel the long way so that the black acts as a shovel handle. Poke a hole through the top of the handle sideways. You can now make flowers and add them to the shovel prior to baking. If you make flowers and the shovel is already baked, you can still add them by gluing the flowers into place.
Making a tree skirt
Materials Needed:
- Burlap 45” X 45”
- Scissors
- Felt- large variety of colors
- Seed packages
- Gardening gloves
- Needle and thread
- Hot glue and glue sticks
Fold the Burlap into quarters and cut the folded bottom corner into a curve to round the edge. Now cut the top triangle off at about four inches from the top. You can round it the same as the bottom for consistency. Open the fabric up. Make sure there is a slit from outer to inner edge on one side. This is the back. At this point if you want the burlap lined or batted, go for it. We are going to focus on the actual decoration. You don’t have to have a backing or batting for this to look good.
Next we are going to make fabric flowers. Click here for directions to make our flowers. Sew or glue the fabric flowers into place. If you don’t want to use fabric flowers you can use artificial flowers to save some work. It is a very different look though. Once you have all of the flowers into place, add the gardening gloves and seed packets by either sewing or hot glue. Now place it around the base of your tree.
