You need:
A succulent plant
Potting mix suited to succulents (usually quite coarse)
A cute pot, make sure if has a drainage hole in the bottom. I picked these up for $1 from a local market.
How to:
1. To remove the succulent from the pot, carefully turn it upside down. If the succulent is spiky, use a tea towel to stop it pricking you. Shake the plant out.
2. Loosen up the roots slightly but be careful not to tear them. The more roots you break the less chance your plant has of surviving the repotting so be gentle here.
3. Put some soil into the bottom of the new pot.
4. Press the plant into the pot and then use a spoon to firmly push potting mix down the sides of the pot and onto the roots. Pack the soil firmly. With most plants you water them heavily once you replant them but just water this a little once you have repotted as you don’t want to drown your succulent.
Voila! Add a cute tag and a few nice words, a simple gift that’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your friends/mothers/sisters/aunts/boyfriends/cats/teachers face.
I love succulents! This is such an adorable present! ^^
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I love that ‘cat’ was one of the things you mentioned.
But really though, this is a great DIY – heck, I’d love a few for myself!
Those are so cute!
I always give books for any occasion, I love giving people an adventure like that. This year I’m also making organic sugar scrubs, they’re about 2 bucks each after I wrap the jars up and make everything pretty with dainty lace.
I think I will do this as a christmas gift to someone:)great idea!
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Such a cute little gift idea 😉
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So pretty!
Very pretty! =)
cute for gifts!
WHAT A CUTE PRESENT IDEA <333
Telishah.de Klick!
a really nice gift
such a smart and sweet present idea! Plus succulents are impossible to kill if you dont have a green thumb so they would be great gifts for anyone!
Thanks for the wonderful idea!
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This is a lovely idea!
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muxus y biquiños
cute I love succulents too! they are fun to plant in a strawberry pot and then they crawl and peek out of each hole!
xx
jen
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I am doing a DIY project like this over the weekend as cute chrissy presents. Such a cute idea.
awesome idea!
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xx
First of all, I’m laughing so hard at your “sucker for succulents” comment. Not only are you a really great and inspiring DIY-er, but your writing keeps me coming back time and time again. You’re a strong writer, with a sharp wit, and you are not overly-verbose (which is my problem most of the time).
Thanks for this post! I’m going to make a mini one for my succulent collection and a matching one for my BFF!
– Kate
Love this gift idea! In my case, I’ll probably make use of rhinestones and rhinestuds to do DIY presents.
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Love it!!
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i made my niece a cute skirt.
also i made some pillowcases and babyblankets (for the pregnant women in the family)
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great gift idea
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Great idea! Haha, sucker for succulents and the cat will love it. Nice blogpost!
love this idea. only if succulents were cheaper… i’m doing diy gifts too. mason jar with cookie mix layered or cocoa mix layered. and then labeling it with the recipe. will post on my blog within the next week 🙂
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xoxo
anh
my favourite!! and you should add a DIY neon macreme hanger too 🙂 i think that will be the gift for my brother and sister this year
I love this idea but I hate this plant 🙁 really ugly, my mother got them and if they are not small anymore they don’t look cute anymore 🙁
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What are the odds that is my name and my Mum’s??
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i absolutely love this post, it helps out so much for the wonderful plants succulents are! x
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I just did a blog post about a succulent I bought! Love the idea of giving them as gifts as well!
What soil specifically did you use? Does it have a high or low ratio of nitrogen or is it generally a mixture or grit and semi dry soil?
I live in Hong Kong too! Where did you get the succulents from and which market can you get the pots from? It’s so hard to get cheap little things like that over here!
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