Garden Art Craft Ideas

Stepping Stones

• Stepping stones are art at your feet. This is a great project to do by yourself or something that you can do with kids and grandkids. It is relatively inexpensive and allows you to create a garden craft that is one-of-a-kind. To craft your stepping stones, you'll need foil cake pans, cement mix, a large metal bowl and any kind of embellishments you want to add. Some good embellishments are small colorful stones, mosaic tiles or fake gems that can catch the sunlight. Mix up the cement in the bowl, pour it into the foil cake pans and embellish the stones as desired. If this is a project you want to do with the kids, you can let the cement dry for a little bit and then have them place their hand or footprints in the cement. Write on the partially dry cement using a skewer.

Wind Chimes

• If you are a junk collector, consider turning some of that junk into a wind chime. For the top part of the wind chime you can use a small wooden wagon wheel, old and dull saw blades or gears from old bikes. If your top part does not have any holes in it already you will have to drill some. Hang assorted small metal objects from the top portion, such as old metal keys. Tie the objects to the top portion using fishing line or light gauge wire. Create a hanger for the wind chime by looping several lengths of the wire or fishing line through the top portion.

Painted Rocks

• Painted rocks can be hidden within your garden to give kids and other guests something interesting to look for while strolling through the garden. Find some smooth rocks of any size and paint them using oil-based paints. Be sure to let them dry thoroughly before putting them out in the elements. You may also want to give them a clear coat to help protect the paint job. Paint little characters on your rocks to nestle underneath the edge of your plants or create a whole little village, including buildings on larger rocks.

Pot People

• Instead of making a scarecrow for your garden, make a pot person using terra cotta pots. You will need an assortment of different size pots. Use the large pots for the body and the smaller ones for the arms and legs. When making the arms and legs, use graduated pots from largest to smallest. Tie the person together using rope or cording. Choose rope or cording that will fit through the holes, but will not slip back through once it is knotted. This is a good way to recycle pots that you no longer use.