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    Home » Painted Egg Shell Garden!

    April 29, 2014 By Camille 6 Comments

    Painted Egg Shell Garden!

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    April showers bring May flowers, right?

    I'm always looking for ways to bring the outdoors inside as a way to freshen up a dreary spell or a cold season. When Spring rolls around, I get anxious to do some planting and bring in fresh flowers, but we don't have a square foot of real dirt to our name living in a Boston apartment, so every Spring, I like to do some "mini planting" inside tiny pots--eggshells! I call this my Painted Egg Shell Garden.

    painted egg shell indoor garden

     

    This project ties together a lot of seasonally beautiful things: eggs, flowers, and bright colors. It brings the outdoors in, so that you can enjoy a tiny bit of green when you have limited counter space and minimal time. Plus, you can do this whole project for under $5!

    painted egg shell

    Choosing a variety of eggs can make it fun. You can try different sizes and shades of white and brown. Crack a small chip in the top and shake out the yolks, and try this on a day you're in the mood for quiche!

    painted egg shellTry to keep the openings small so that you have more shell to paint. Seed packets and potting soil should be really easy to find this time of year. I found these seeds for $.25/envelope and this huge bag of potting soil for $1! Thank you, dollar store.

    painted egg shell

    Take note of the "days to germinate" on the back of your packets if you're interested in having sprouts at the same time. I tried to gather a variety of seeds that germinate in 6-10 days. You know, using egg shells as plant starters for larger gardens is actually a really smart idea. The shells contribute calcium to the plant and soil, as well as other elements that make them a practical fertilizer.

    painted egg shell

    Water daily, but only the amount you can squirt out of a medicine dropper. One year I planted grass seed, and I remember them sprouting quite quickly. My eggs had full heads of hair in a matter of days, and we gave each a face and a family member's name.

    painted egg shell

    So here's one thing you should know if you're not a planter. You may get sprouts in a few days (and these seedlings are only about 2 weeks old), but you could be waiting months until you get flowers. I always try to have flowers by Easter, then forget that I should have planted them in January.

    painted egg shell

    Regardless, the sprouts are friendly and a little green in the home is just so cute! You can use almost any paint you'd like on these shells. Tempera, acrylic, watercolors, etc...

    painted egg shell

    Enjoy your mini indoor garden!

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    1. Lynsey Betz says

      April 29, 2014 at 9:29 am

      This is genius! And they are so pretty!

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    2. Holly Rhone says

      April 29, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      these are so stinking cut 😀

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    3. Stephanie Brethour says

      May 01, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      Adorable I love the idea will have to try this next year for Easter

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    4. ANN*H says

      May 13, 2014 at 4:28 pm

      What a fun cute way to plant something for spring time. I dont know if I could do without some flowers or something in a yard. This is so pretty and creative of you. May have to do some of these. Thanks for the idea

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    5. ANN*H says

      June 01, 2014 at 3:18 pm

      These are really cute as I love to garden and grow things. It doesnt have to be Easter to have these up on the kitchen windowsill. Tho Im sure my great grand daughter will have to be kept away from them LOL . thanks for the idea

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    6. DebbyM says

      March 13, 2016 at 11:25 am

      These are so beautiful! But, I am not artistic and fear that mine would look like a 2 year old painted them. =(

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