Thrift Store Succulent Creation

by Susan K Mullins

6 Materials

$10

2 Hours

Medium

I wanted a succulent piece, but I just could not bring myself to pay the high prices the retail store were asking. One day while on one of my treasure/ (therapy) hunts in a local thrift store, I found a candle holder. Hmmm... I thought, this just might be what I need to create an inexpensive succulent piece. Oh yes!

Here she is... for a total of 2.99.

This is a view from the top, after I used a damp cloth and wiped the dust off of her.

The medal tea light holders, popped right out, with just a little effort. I also cleaned them with a damp cloth.

Next, I sprayed painted the wooden container with some leftover chalk spray paint. I applied three light coats to cover the red and blue paint. I sprayed, allowed time for drying, repeated the process two more times.

I found these faux succulents at the Dollar Tree. They were held in with styrofoam so they were easy to remove. Well, at least this one did.

The faux succulent pulled out easily. I have extra foam from other projects, I can use to hold the stem in place, if needed.

These two faux plants, did not release as easily. They finally came out but with the styrofoam foam still attached. I used a butter knife around the sides to help pry the styrofoam loose from the sides and bottom. I trimmed the foam and pushed the faux plant into the slot. The foam actually helped to stabilize the plant from moving.

I swapped the faux plants around into different slots, until I achieved the best fit and look for the succulent holder. I bought a couple of extra faux plants and swapped them out several times too.

Once I had the faux succulents where I wanted to keep them, I knew I needed something else. I had a couple of bags of moss. I decided to try the moss as a filler. So next, I used moss, and filled in around the faux plant.

I used a hot glue gun to help hold the moss in place.

Adding more moss...

After the moss was added, I used a thick twine/rope and hot glued it around the container.

I like the appearance of the twine with the green and white.

I wrapped the twine around the holder twice and held it in place with hot glue. Love a hot glue gun!!! Last, I trimmed the moss, so it wasn’t stringing so badly.

This is the finished project! It is just what I wanted! Bonus, my creation for only around 10 bucks, instead of forty or more. Plus, I had leftover supplies for another project. Ahhh...makes a DIYers heart happy!!!!

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