How To Design a DIY Mother’s Day Teacup Garden

March 6, 2015

I love creating personalized gifts for my family. Check out this adorable, oh-so-easy-to-make teacup garden that you can customize for Mom on Mother’s Day.

Supplies:

Oil-based paint pens
White teacup and saucer (Tip: Look in your cupboards for an old one that you can recycle.)
Plant/herbs
Oven

Instructions:

Step 1: Draw a fun design on your teacup and saucer using the oil-based paint pens. Some design ideas: 1. Let your kid color his own for his grandma; 2. Label each cup with your fave tea flavor and then plant the herb; 3. Create a modern, geometric design.

Step 2: Pop into a preheated 400° oven and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool.

Step 3: Fill your teacup with a layer of rocks to help keep the water from rotting the roots, and pot your plant.

Step 4: Give to someone you love.

Project complete!

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Kelly Ladd Sanchez, a former magazine editor and writer, now works as a professional craft stylist and paper artist out of her home studio in Orlando, Florida. Kelly is always creating something whimsical, bright, and colorful, with easy-to-follow instructions. Looking for more creative and fun DIY and craft projects to try yourself? Check out Kelly's blog, handmadebykelly.com and her paper art site. When she’s not covered in little shreds of paper, she can be found having fun and hanging out with her son and wonderful husband. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.