This is a great gift for Mom along with a plant you grew yourself. Just get some dirt, a flower seed or a plant cutting, and a paper cup. Even if the plant hasn't come up yet Mom will still know it is on the way.
Paper Pulp Plant Pokes
Supplies:
toilet paper
hot water
candy molds or other suitable molds
popsicle sticks or craft sticks
tiny bit of paint
sealer
Paper Pulp Plant Pokes
For each plant poke, you will need to make two molds that are mirror images of each other so that you can glue them together.
Take a long strip of toilet paper and fold it so that you can hold it in your hand. Cut this this into thin strips.
Add the toilet paper strips to a bowl of hot water. Stir it with a popsicle stick until it is the consistency of mud.
Lift the pulp and let the excess water drain off. Press the pulp into the molds, letting extra water drain off. Keep adding pulp and pressing it into the mold until it reaches the top.
Set the molds under a work light or a very sunny place and let them dry completely. For me, the molds dried out under a work light in one day.
Pop out one of the molded shapes and glue to the top of a popsicle or craft stick. Glue the mirror image mold onto the back of the popsicle stick and onto its matching mold, so that the popsicle stick is sandwiched in between the two molded shapes.
Paint your creation with acrylic paint and let the paint dry. Finally, finish with a gloss sealer to protect it from moisture damage.
This is very cute and simple project of even the smaller crafters. I was wondering if you could add a little glue to
the water and maybe some food coloring. This might make
it so simple things may not need to be painted by the little
crafters. It would certainly give the object you make a some
color to start with.
