Let the gardening begin! I have some seedlings started, and all I had to mark them with was popsicle sticks and a permanent marker. It was not very pretty. I always wanted to have pretty garden markers, so I decided to make my own. Not only did I figure out a gorgeous way to DIY Garden Markers, but it was fun too! Follow along with me and I will share where I got my supplies for cheap and how I made them.
First, you may need to go shopping to pick up a couple of items. I got almost everything I needed from the Dollar Tree. The beautiful baker’s twine you see in the photo, yep that’s from DT! I have used that twine for many of my projects. It’s a personal favorite. If you can’t find this twine you can substitute with regular twine. Check out more Dollar Tree gardening supplies, I made a list!
These garden markers were free for a limited time only. Sorry if you missed it! You can purchase them at Cutesy Printables if you are interested. Get $10 off… Saturday July 1st 2017 (only). Use the coupon “10homestead” at checkout to receive your special discount!
Starting a garden can seem a little intimidating. There are so many things to think about and so many options. If you are looking for some help, I have a wonderful resource for you. It’s affordable, my favorite kind of resource. I’m not just saying that either! This girl… right here is cheap and so is this Vegetable Garden Class for Beginners!
DIY Garden Markers
Supplies:
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- Modge Podge – gloss or matte will work. Found mine at The Dollar Tree.
- Scissors
- DIY Garden Marker Printables – Buy the printable to make these adorable garden markers.
- Twine – Found mine at The Dollar Tree
- Sticks – Find sticks and cut them the length that is most useful to you. You want them at least 3/4 – 1 inch around.
- 1-3 Glass Gems Bags, found mine at The Dollar Tree.
- E6000, to glue the glass gems onto the wood. It is capable of gluing glass, and wood together.
- Small Sponge Brush – Found mine at The Dollar Tree
- Glue Gun – Glue Sticks – Found mine at The dollar Tree
Directions:
Make sure to brush glue on very thinly or the dye on the paper will bleed. I had a problem with the tomato, I tried it 3 times but it bled each time. I will try to fix the problem, in the meantime keep it in mind. I will update if I figure out a solution.
- First, plug in the glue gun, and set it aside somewhere safe away from kids, animals and flammable items. Then, cut out the circles along the dotted lines.
- Brush a very thin coat of modge podge on the flat part of the gems.
- Lay the circle face down into the modge podge. Glance on the rounded side and make sure you can see the image and text. The picture will look much clearer after the glue has dried. Now glue on top of the paper, on one side, and again a very thin layer of modge podge!
- Quickly, put the two sides together. Make sure to line up the pictures.
- For this next couple of steps, make sure you have the twine out and unraveled a bit, and the glue open and ready to use. Grab one of the sticks, and put a dollop of glue on the end. I found it helpful to also add a little bit of glue from the hot glue gun, because the E6000 takes a while to set and using the hot glue with allow you to let go of it more quickly and lay it down to dry completely.
- Quickly, set the gems in the glue.
- Hold the glass gem in the glue for a for minute to let it set. Lay it down and don’t disturb it for about a day.
- Next, I added the twine by using a drop of glue from the glue gun, and then wrapped it around and around. Then, glue the end. I usually tried to start and end on the side to help conceal the ugliness of the glue. I also squish the glue down, so that it is not beady. It looks less inconspicuous this way.
Now you get to enjoy all of your hard work. These DIY Garden Markers are a beautiful way to mark your little seeds this spring. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Don’t forget the DIY Garden Markers Printable!
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unable to download the printables, even though I signed up.
Maria
Updating this comment, since many people are having issues printing…
If you have issues printing or downloading that would be a software/computer issue.
You will need the proper software that will allow you to open/download/print PDF’s. I found free software for my kid’s laptop several years ago for PDFs. I’m not sure what’s available these days.
If you have issues getting to the free printables page, I can help! Send me an email through the contact page to let me know about your issue! Sorry that I cannot help with computer or software issues!
I’ve signed up several times still cannot print the printables
I’m so sorry Deneen! I did send over an email to you.
Updating this comment, since many people are having issues printing…
If you have issues printing or downloading that would be a software/computer issue.
You will need the proper software that will allow you to open/download/print PDF’s. I found free software for my kid’s laptop several years ago for PDFs. I’m not sure what’s available these days.
If you have issues getting to the free printables page, I can help! Send me an email through the contact page to let me know about your issue! Sorry that I cannot help with computer or software issues!
i have also subscribed and am unable to print the printable?
Not being able to print a PDF is an software/computer issue.
If you don’t have software to view/open/download/print PDF’s you might be able to find software to fix the issue. Several years ago, I found free software for my kid’s laptop. I’m not sure what is available now, but you might could do a search in the app store, or maybe see if you have software but maybe it needs an update? If that doesn’t help you might can try to ask a computer wiz guy/gal to help you remedy the issue.
Hi Kristi, I just signed up as well and can’t seem to print of anything. I love your sight and look forward to spending time on it. I have a small family farm that I have inherited and I’m looking for ideas to make it a really cool family farm again. I hope to be a useful contributor as well as a user of the sight.
I am so sorry that you experience issues with the printables!
If you are able to access the free printables page but you cannot view/print/download them, it is a software/computer issue.
You will need software that will allow you to view/print or download the free printables. Several years ago, I was able to get free software for my kid’s laptop. I’m not sure what is available now.
If anyone is experiencing issues getting to the printables page, use the contact area to send me an email and I would be happy to help you! Sorry that I cannot help you with computer/software issues!
Hi kristi! The marker idea is Awesome. I can also relate with doing the popsicle sticks and markers , and have tried numerous other ideas which didn’t work to well either. I’m definitely going to try this one. They are soooooo cute! Thanks
Debe
Thank you, Deborah! They are super cute, and much cuter than the old popsicle sticks! I hope you love the garden markers!
To solve the tomatoe bleeding problem I printed the tags in grayscale. I then used colored pencils to shade in the tomatoe and it’s stem. The result was gorgeous, it looks like it came from an antique seed package. Thank you for the cute craft!
Why didn’t I think of that? Great Idea, Maria! I will be trying that, I have planted several tomato plants! I really wanted a pretty marker on them!
What a lovely way to dress up and label a garden. I’m so charmed by these markers. Congrats, you’re featured this week at the #ThisIsHowWeRoll Link Party.
Awesome! Thank you so much. I am stoked to be featured this week!
What a fun idea! I know when the monsoons hit here in the mountains of AZ, my labels usually can’t even be read. This would help with that. Pinning to try. 🙂
We have had several storms here, and most of mine are fine. I noticed one them seems to have faded just a bit. It could just be that there wasn’t enough glue or something, i’m not sure. I am pretty happy with them overall! Thanks for stopping by!
Do you have flower printable?- we made a butterfly garden for the local library and would love to have the flowers labeled.
Hey Melissa,
Sorry I don’t. That is a good idea though. I put it on my list of things to do.
Did mine today super cute and fun! Thank you.
Oh Yay! Thanks, Bonnie for coming back to let me know. I’m so glad that you love them!
I subscribed to your website and I was wondering if the vegetable garden markers are still free on subscribing? Really looking forward to it 🙂
Hey Lisa,
They were free for a limited time only. They are now on sale at Cutesy Printables. Tomorrow they will be $10 off! You can get them at https://www.cutesyprintables.com/product-page/all-three-garden-marker-printables.
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