While I was piddling with my new found summer vice and wood burning my new terrarium tools I thought they’d make a great succulent garden gift. I gathered a few things I had around the craft room to share some inspiration.

 Succulent garden gift

Supplies to gather for a Succulent Garden Gift:

• Small glass vessel (I used a cork covered jar from the Target Dollar Spot)
• Small plastic baggies with zip-lock tops
• Cacti soil
• Pea gravel
• Activated charcoal
• A tiny spray bottle for watering plant
• Terrarium tools (wood burning personalizes the gift and adds sentimental value)
• Terrarium plants (I’m using a tiny tropical plant here)
• Tag & String for gift giving (I had these wooden tags on hand and I wood burned them myself)
• Burlap sack (this Canvas Corp sack was in my Creative Crew stash and works perfectly)

Put it together:

• Fill zip-locked baggies with a small amount of each: cacti soil, charcoal, pea gravel
• Bundle items in burlap sack
• Include a handwritten note with instructions (follows)
• Tie up with string and wooden tag

Instructions:

1. Layer into glass vessel: pea gravel, charcoal, dirt
2. Using terrarium tools place plant into terrarium
3. Cover roots with soil; general rule of {green} thumb: one inch of soil for every inch of root ball.
4. Spritz with water
5. Cover terrarium (if using a covered vessel)
6. Enjoy!

Notes:

If using a covered terrarium, moisture will most likely develop and watering will be needed infrequently. Keep terrarium out of direct sunlight or it may scorch the plant(s).

Here are the terrariums I put together for my craft room. It’s been a week since I planted them and I haven’t had to water the covered terrarium. I have taken off the cork top a few times to let in some fresh air. The open terrarium soil is pretty dry after seven days and I will spritz it today. I keep them in the window where it’s sunny in the morning and has indirect light after 10am. So far, so good!

Have you ever had a terrarium garden or given a kit as a gift? Tell me about it in the comments below or join in the conversation over on Facebook.