Peat Pot Project for Easter

I like many of you am addicted interested in Pinterest and find fabulous ideas to use in my home.  The one I'm sharing today is so easy and I can't wait for the end results in a couple of weeks. 

These little gems can be used for many Easter projects and are just as simple as one, two three to make.  I did this project yesterday but because I decided to plant grass seed in them I won't actually have them finished for a week or two.  They are simple and super fast to make so if you need a craft project that doesn't take a long time this is a great one.

I stopped at our local farm supply store and picked up these cute little peat pots.  They had all different sizes and a couple of different shapes but I settled on these round four inch pots. They came in a package of 22 for $1.69

 I dry brushed them with AS paint to get them a rustic look and then applied a graphic I picked up off the internet, possibly from the Graphic Fairy.  For the graphic I taped a piece of white tissue paper to a regular piece of printer paper and ran them through my printer to get the bunny image. I cut around the outline of the graphic and then...

I applied the graphic to the pot with Mod Podge, the tissue paper sort of disappears into the the MP and you are left with just the image of the bunny.  I then put a thin coat of MP over the whole pot including the graphic.  I used two coats to get the look I was after.  

I decided to plant some rye grass seed in my pots to use as individual table decorations for a dinner I'll be hosting for the holiday. I used regular potting soil and some rye seed from our local hardware store.  It grows super fast and should be sprouting in just a few days. They're not much to look at right now but in a week or so the grass will be up and beginning to fill in the whole container.

 Because the peat pots have a whole in the bottom for water drainage I cut down some coffee filters to fit in the pots to allow the water to drain out but not the soil.   

One filter pushed into the bottom of each of the pots should do the trick of keeping all the soil in the pot and not washed down the drain.  

Sorry I don't have the finished product to show you today with the grass in full bloom but that would take some pre planning and I just am not that organized this month so I'll post a picture of the pots in a couple of weeks.  These would also be darling with Easter candy or forced bulbs for spring and I'm sure a dozen or so other uses too.

Thanks for the great idea from My Hearts Song

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