Friendship Garden Gift Basket

Celebrate spring with a Friendship Garden Gift Basket from Linda Peterson! This garden craft idea is perfect for anyone who loves to get their hands dirty. If you're looking for a great gift, this is a fantastic option. There are three elements to this gift basket: a decoupaged clay pot, plant markers and a tag.


 

Materials:

Gift Basket

• Basket
• Paper shreds
• Small shovel
• Seed packets of choice

Friendship Garden Plant Markers

• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Green Distress Dye Ink (or color of choice)
• Black Pigment Ink
• Rubber stamp – Vintage rectangle frame used in our project
• Permanent marker or alphabet stamps

Friendship Potting Soil Tag

• Manila tag
• Rubber Stamp image of choice (we used a vintage bird theme)
• Round Vintage frame stamp (or stamp of choice)
• Distress inks in color of choice
• Black pigment ink
• Permanent marker
• Tacky Glue
• Scissors
• Heat gun or oven
• Cellophane treat bag
• 3-4 cups of potting soil

Instructions:

Friendship Garden Plant Markers

1. Apply green dye ink to surface of stick.
   
   
    
2. Ink stamp and press image onto craft stick.
   
   
    
3. Write the name of the flower or seen on the marker if you like.
    
4. Option: Seal with Collage Pauge Glossy to make the marker water resistant.
   
   

Friendship Potting Soil Tag

1. Add potting soil to bag and tie closed.
    
2. Stamp bird image onto tag.
   
   
    
3. Remove excess tag with scissors.
    
4. Color tag with dye inks or chalk as desired.
    
5. Distress edges.
   
   
    
6. Stamp round frame image onto shrink plastic and cut out.
   
   
    
7. Write “Potting Soil” in center of frame with permanent marker.
    
8. Heat and shrink plastic.
    
9. Glue plastic disc to tag.
   
   
    
10. Tie tag to bag.
    
    

For a video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make a Friendship Garden Gift Basket Ensemble.