Teacup Garden
Plant a garden in a teacup with whimsical tiny clay houses.
Cost: $20
Equipment
- oven or toaster oven
- garden trowel
Ingredients
- Oven Bake Polymer Clay any colors
- Toothpicks or Wooden Skewers
- Match Stick and Lollipop Stick
- Parchment Paper
- Vintage Teapot and or Teacups
- Potting Soil
- Assorted Small Succulent Plants
- Small Stones or Gravel
Instructions
How To Make Miniature Clay Fairy Houses
- Use a small piece of oven bake clay and work it in your hands until it's soft. Working on a piece of parchment paper, shape the clay into a cube with your fingers, and using the flat surface of the table and your fingers, create the pointed roof on one end.
- To create the windows and doors, use the end of a match stick to make small squares. Use the long side of the match stick to create long doors. And you can make circles using the end of a lollipop stick for round windows.
- Insert a wooden toothpick into the house.
- Bake according to package directions, taking care not to burn them. When they're cool, they're ready to insert into plants.
How To Make the Miniature Mushrooms
- Roll a small amount of soft clay around the toothpick. Leave a gap at the pointed end to insert into the mushroom cap.
- Create a mushroom cap using your fingers to mold it, and then insert the tip of the toothpick into it to attach it to its stem.
- Back according to the package directions, again taking care not to burn them because they'll discolour. When cooled, add them in your plant arrangements.
Planting Your Teacup Garden
- When you're making your fairy garden in a teacup or teapot garden, start by adding some stones to the bottom of your container, since succulents don't like to be too wet, and they have no drainage holes.
- Next add in your succulent plants. If your are too big for your small containers, divide the plants.To divide them look for natural separations and just pull them apart. Leave as much soil around the roots as you can.
- When you're placing your plants, be sure to leave a small place for your village. Start by adding some fine pea gravel to the exposed soil. This looks great, but will also help keep the plant moist. Then, I added two or three houses to each one, and two or three of the mushrooms
Notes
Look for vintage teapots or teacups for your garden at the thrift store, antique stores, garage sales, or online at places like Facebook Marketplace.
Look for succulent soil at the garden center for the best results.
Take care to water your teacup garden regularly, but not overwater.
