It’s Saturday! And the first one in a good while that I have a chance to create some stuff. I keep buying and thinking and planning and buying more stuff with even more ideas {but keep getting interrupted - grrrr} I WILL get at least one project finished today! {Another of my challenges to ME!}
Okay, so I keep seeing all these adorable letters covered in moss.on several blogs. So cute! It reminds me of several moss projects I have done in the past. Sooooo, today, I am going to recreate one of these projects. Since I have a habit of rolling one project {and it’s ingredients} into more there is no telling what is gonna happen today! {Check out my next post using more of my cup of Turquoise Chalkboard paint. – my third post and there is still paint left! Amazing!}
Well, back to business! I am using a recycled Fage 0% Greek Yogurt 35.3 ounce container {Costco, where else? We use lots of this in lots of ways - I will post that soon!} It's good healthy stuff!
Bought 2 bags of floral moss at Walmart {$2 each} This is basically moss rolled up in a ball. So, before you begin, unroll the moss and separate the better pieces from the not so great. In this photo, the roll is on the lower right and you can see where I have unrolled the moss on the left.
With a small knife I cut a few holes in the bottom of the container for drainage. Sorry - There is a picture of this somewhere. (And kids, if you are making this please let Mom, Dad, Grandparents or any adult do this for you! )
From the bottom up, with a glue gun I glued small sections of the moss all over that yogurt container!I held my glue gun about 1/2 inch from the container and sort of drizzled glue over a 2 x 2 inch area, then gently patted a piece of moss on that section, Keep gluing until it is all covered up. Not so sure why I went from the "bottom up" but it worked for me. And if you want to try this with kids I think Mod Podge would work even better!
I overlapped the top edges to hide the fact that it is a plastic container {Not that it is a bad thing}
Put a small layer of rocks {or whatever you want to use for drainage} I used some of the sea glass I had from another project in place of the rocks.
Add potting soil and one pretty flowering plant - Project Done!
Check out where I'm linking! :) Because they are totally inspirational
