SENIOR LADY: RESURRECTION GARDEN PROJECT!

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I  was looking  online for ideas for my Easter projects.  

I kept wondering why I was seeing so many bunnies, 

ducks, and chicks in the crafts.  I realized I forgot 

to specify religious Easter crafts. There were a lot

of unique  decorated crosses. I made decorated 

crosses for Christmas stocking stuffers. A few of 

them were left over. They may be placed in my 

family's Easter baskets. I got great ideas for a 

few floral arrangements. A few of the Easter

Resurrection gardens had unique additions 

and  embellishments that really made them 

look more authentic. I bookmarked some of 

the gardens  for inspiration.  I needed to go

shopping for materials for a Resurrection 

garden. My local stores didn't have clay trays

to use for the garden scene. They did have a new

 supply of stones and other mini garden supplies.

Using these supplies to create an empty cave would 

be challenging.  Here are the details for my Easter

 project.


EASTER RESURRECTION GARDEN:


Need:

(1) Jot Cork Bulletin Board, 10 inch

(2) Bags Dark Green Reindeer Moss, 0.39 L

(12) 4.5 Inch Craft Sticks

(12) 3 Inch Craft Sticks, for Bridge, Optional 

Piece of Corrugated Cardboard,

(1) 10 Inch

Spool, 2 mm Natural Brown Jute Twine 

3-4 Faux Greenery Stems


TOOLS:

Glue Gun & Glue Sticks 

Scissors 

Floral Stem Cutters

Pack 5 inch Emery Boards


INSTRUCTIONS:


Remove wrapper from the bulletin board. Cut

10 inch cardboard to 5 inches long & 5 inches 

wide. Save extra cardboard for cave door. Roll

up cardboard to look like a cave. 








Leave a opening for mouth of the cave. Glue the ends

 together.   Add cave, seam side down onto middle of 

 board. Glue in place. Glue the moss over the top & 

sides of the cave.  Cut circle from excess cardboard,

to create cave door. Put coat of clear acrylic on front

of cave door. Let dry.  Glue door near opening of cave.










Cut greenery to 4 inches & arrange to desired

 design. Add them to right side of cave & push 

ends of stems threw cork. 


Assemble 3 crosses from 6 craft sticks; 1 larger & 

2 smaller. Used 2- 4 inch sticks for larger 

cross.  Cut other sticks to 3 inches for smaller 

crosses. Use Emery Boards to file raw edges

 smooth. Glue crosses together.  Wrap jute cord 

around center of each cross for rustic look. 

( See image below for cross design). On left side

 of board, glue larger cross down first. Add smaller

 crosses in a row behind it. I used broken sticks to

anchor crosses for stability. 


Glue small stones  on surface of board. Leave a

2 1\2  inch space in front of cave, if you want mini

 bridge added.  Be careful & try not to disturb the 

scenery when adding stones.  


Mini bridge: Cut 8 sticks to 2 inches. File raw edges

smooth.  Save leftover  pieces of sticks. Lay sticks  

side by side, vertically & glue them together ( see image

 below for bridge design).Let dry.  Glue 2 sticks on back

top section of bridge. One on left side & one on right

 side. Repeat process on bottom of bridge. Glue the 

bridge in front of cave, near opening.










My Resurrection Garden turned out great. I was

worried about using the cork board.  The octagon 

shape of the board gave the garden an unique design.


TIPS:

 **Use 5 inch clay colored pot for cave.
**9-10 clay colored planter tray for garden
**Any mini faux greenery or shrubs for garden
**4-5 inch Rock or Stone for cave opening.
**Sticks\ Twigs for crosses.











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