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Looking for a pretty gift for
a teacher, grandparent or other
special someone? You can make
an Icicle Pansy gift pot. It's
easy. The plant should be transplanted
into the ground prior to winter
in order to get blooms the following
spring. |
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- Icicle Pansy plants
- Plain, terra cotta pot (3
to 5 inch diameter at the
top)
- Decorative paints and spray
acrylic (to seal the paint)
- Decorative accessories such
as: flat-sided rhinestones
and beads, fabric scraps,
mosaic glass pieces, string
or cord
- Potting soil
- Materials for a gift card
stake (Popsicle stick or drinking
straw and cardboard)
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Make sure your pot is clean and
dry. Paint your pot to your liking.
You can paint the entire pot,
or just apply a design pattern
wherever you like. Let the pot
dry completely. Spray with acrylic
sealer and let dry according to
instructions on the can. Apply
decorative accessories. Allow
glue to dry completely. Place
a pebble over the drainage hole
in the pot. Plant Icicle Pansy
in pot and add potting soil as
needed to compact plant in pot
firmly. Water. You can make a
gift card stake by decorating
both sides of a small piece of
cardboard, then affix it to a
drinking straw or Popsicle stick,
and push into the soil. Your creation
is now ready to give.
Here are
some ideas for themed pots: |
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Paint the entire pot
bright orange, and
accent the rim with
black. Then use black
to create a jack-o-lantern
face. Fill pot with
Clear Orange and Clear
Black Icicle Pansies. |
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Paint your pot with
vertical stripes of
red and blue and paint
the rim white. Fill
with Icicle Pansy
Patriot Mix. Accent
with a tiny American
flag. |
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Paint your pot mauve and pink.
Decorate with rhinestones and
funky fabric. Fill with Clear White, Clear Purple, or Clear
Blue Icicle Pansies.
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Paint your pot sky blue and accent
with fluffy white clouds. Fill
with Clear White and Clear Blue
Icicle Pansies, or fill with Clear
Yellow for 'the sun'. Brighten
up someone's day! |
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