Need a cheap, fun activity for the summer? We made these animal planters with our teen program and they were a hit! Follow these steps to complete this project:
MATERIALS
-Plastic animals (squishy enough to cut through)
-X-acto knife (adult use only)
-Spray paint
-Gloss (optional)
-Decoration material (paints, glitter, jewels, sequence, etc)
STEPS:
1. Adult Step--Adults need to cut a square into the back of the plastic animal with an X-acto knife.
2. Cover your child with goggles, masks, and over-sized shirts before they spray paint (the kids pretended to be mad scientist!). Cover an area with newspaper, plastic, or cardboard before spray painting. Shake spray and point. Do not spray on too thickly or the paint will run and it will take much longer to dry.
3. Optional Step: Adult Step--once dried, spray on gloss or any other type of clear protection on your plastic animal. Wait for it to dry.
4. Allow kids to decorate with materials you may have (paints, glitter, jewels, sequence, etc). Have glue and paintbrushes ready.
5. Once dried, put in air plant. We found ours outside that fall down from the trees. All they need is a little bit of water once a week and circulated air to survive.
6. Enjoy!
