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April 4, 2011

Easter Planter

I love spring flowers, but it is still a bit early here to put them out.  I really wanted to switch out my Christmas winter planter by my front door, so this is what I came up with.  A few speckled eggs, moss covered rocks and a moss bunny.

I started transforming the eggs first.  This is how what they looked like when I started.  They were plastic, colorful and covered in glitter.  I enjoyed them for a few years, but now I am ready for a change.

I began by removing the ribbon and covering the glitter eggs with Gesso to give them a bit of texture.  It took a couple of coats of Gesso applied with a pallet knife to get the coverage and texture that I was looking for.

The painting took a few steps, but I LOVE how they turned out.  I first painted them with a soft blue, green and white.  Then the eggs got a brown glaze which brought out the texture of the Gesso.  Finally, I used a thin brown paint and a toothbrush to add a few speckles.

The bunny was next.  I found this ceramic little guy at a thrift store for 80 cents.  I began by covering a small area with hot glue and then pressing a handful of moss into the glue.  I continued until the entire bunny was covered in moss.  SO much better!

I covered the planter with a circle of cardboard and hot glued it in place, which gave me a base to build on.  I poked the wire of the eggs through the cardboard and hot glued them in place.  I also hot glued the moss bunny to the cardboard since it will be sitting outside on our porch.

Finally I covered all the exposed cardboard with moss and added a few moss covered rocks.  I love it, although I think that I love the speckled eggs the most.

I will be linking to these parties.

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  3. Easter Egg Drying Rack
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8 thoughts on “Easter Planter”

  1. Shirl on April 5, 2011 at 9:46 am said:

    Brilliant Easter project, I love it!

    Just popping by on the Tuesday blog hop and I love your blog; I’m following … :0)

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  2. KerrieLynn Worthington on April 5, 2011 at 6:20 pm said:

    I love this idea! I found you through the Tuesday Time Out Hop, hosted by “Reasons to Skip the Housework”….if you have a chance stop on by to see my creative attempt!

    ~KerrieLynn
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  3. Nicole on April 7, 2011 at 3:58 pm said:

    So cute! 🙂

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  4. Nicole on April 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm said:

    Thanks for linking up!! 🙂

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  5. Becky on April 10, 2011 at 6:39 pm said:

    Cute and a good solution until flowers can be planted!

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  6. Stacey on April 11, 2011 at 2:19 am said:

    Love this idea! So nice that you thought of a way to transform some things you weren’t in love with! It looks great!

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  7. Anita on April 11, 2011 at 6:33 pm said:

    Super cute and great pics! Thanks so much for linkin up. Can’t wait to see what you have for next week.

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  8. Megan on April 11, 2011 at 7:46 pm said:

    That is so cute! I just featured your planter on my blog! 🙂 http://www.polishthestars.com/2011/04/link-party-monday-14.html

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