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Concrete plant nursery

Instructions No. 2563

Instructions No. 2563

Difficulty: Beginner

Working time: 2 Hours

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With many indoor plants, you can create a green Urban Jungle in your home. For even more plants, you can easily grow new green plants from cuttings. This decorative plant nursery made of concrete offers your offshoots a safe place to grow.

Create lettering

Print out the free motif template and place the pinwheel foil on it. Paint the lettering with the concrete art liner and leave to dry for approx. 2 hours.

Place the pinwheel foil in the mould with the lettering facing inwards so that the lettering is later completely covered by the casting compound. You can fix the foil with some tape for further stability.

Preparing and filling the mould

To prevent the test tubes from slipping when filling, you can make a small grid out of wooden sticks. To do this, place several wooden sticks vertically in front of you. These should be placed next to each other at the same distance if possible. Glue two wooden sticks horizontally to the vertical wooden sticks. This will create small squares into which the test tubes will fit.
Mix 20 tablespoons of concrete with water to a creamy mass and pour it into the mould. The mould should then be tapped lightly on the surface to allow air bubbles to rise.

Press the test tubes through the grid into the concrete and let everything dry for about 24 hours.

After the drying time, you can remove the grid and carefully take the silicone insert out of the mould: Loosen the edges and sides from the concrete and take out the casting.

Now also remove the foil with the lettering. If any residue of the Beton-Art liner still remains on the concrete, carefully loosen it with a bamboo skewer.

Finish the plant nursery

Finally, finish the growing station: smooth the edges with sandpaper, colour the lettering with VBS craft paint ivory and decorate the test tubes and the edge of the concrete mould with a cord.

Must Have

Concrete for creatives, 1,5 kg
17,20 CHF
(1 kg = 11,47 CHF)
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Material list

VBS Glass tubes for decoration, 5 pieces
4,95 CHF
Quantity:
Silicone mold in wooden box
44,95 CHF
Quantity:
Concrete for creatives, 1,5 kg
17,20 CHF
(1 kg = 11,47 CHF)
Quantity:
Concrete Art Liner, 88 ml
7,85 CHF
(1 l = 89,20 CHF)
Quantity:
Pinwheel / Mobilé foil, DIN A4
2,25 CHF
(1 m2 = 36,29 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Wooden sticks "Nature"
5,90 CHF
Quantity:
Sandpaper, set of 6
8,90 CHF
Quantity:
Crepe-Adhesive tape, 50 m
10,35 CHF
(1 m = 0,21 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Bamboo wood spikes, 50 pieces
4,65 CHF
Quantity:
Rico Design Creative Cotton Cord Skinny, Nature
19,25 CHF
(1 m = 0,35 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft paint, 15 ml, Ivory
4,20 CHF
(1 l = 280,00 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft glue No. 182, 28 ml
3,90 CHF
(1 l = 139,29 CHF)
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