I’ve been having lots of fun crafting recently, I know I always say that but this is supposed to be a craft blog. I love looking through my photo stream and seeing the photos of all my makes. My children have been keeping me busy lately but I still found time to make some painted pebble cactus plants with them. I would love to keep some succulents but when I went to buy some I got a handful of needles. Instead I thought it would be fun to make some kid-friendly versions.
My 5 year old helped me paint some pebbles to make some kid-friendly cactus plants. We collected some lovely smooth pebbles on a recent beach holiday and this was a really fun activity. I think they will also be a great addition to our fairy garden.
We used some lovely smooth pebbles we collected from the beach and painted them red and green with acrylic paint.
We gave them two coats to make sure we couldn’t see any of the original colour, then added some tiny white spots of paint to look like spines.
This was quite tricky for my 5 year old but he did a great job. Then we left them to dry before painting the other side.
Once they were dry we found some miniature pots, added a ball of plasticine and pressed the pebbles in.
They look really cute in their miniature pots. My son added the Playmobil boy for scale
Then we mixed it up by placing them in one pot.
I think they look pretty realistic and not bad for a joint effort. I love succulents and am still hankering for some real ones. Perhaps I will try to make some felt ones soon.
10 Comments
Rachel Bustin
May 26, 2015 at 7:53 pmA fantastic idea! I love all types of succulents and cacti and have quite a few around the house. But these painted ones are ideal for when kiddies are around! xx
Let kids be kids
May 27, 2015 at 9:22 amOh they look so cute!
Thanks for sharing #LetKidsBeKids
Mum of One
May 27, 2015 at 12:50 pmThese are so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing with this week’s #pinitparty. I have pinned.
Micaela Levachyov
May 28, 2015 at 4:36 pmThese are so sweet and far less spiky than their real counterparts!
Wendy
May 29, 2015 at 9:08 amThese look fab – will definitely give them a try with the kids
Gude @HodgePodgeCraft
May 29, 2015 at 4:26 pmHow cute are these?! And safe for little hands to hold
Thank you for sharing at #Pintorials x
jenny
May 29, 2015 at 10:09 pmThanks, we love succulents but they’re definitely not child-friendly!
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