This is the last week I’m going to be sharing stuff from my simple party. But I’ve got a couple more things that I just have to share!
Even though party favors aren’t required at a party {especially, a party for grown ups!}, occasionally I think it’s nice. And since this was a party for a small group of friends, I thought it would be fun to send them home with a little something.
Everyone seems to be on the succulent bandwagon {The Nester, Making it Lovely, Life in the Fun Lane – her’s are fake, but amazing!, Young House Love}, so why shouldn’t I hop on as well?
In all fairness to myself, I’ve been wanting to plant some succulents for years {just ask Nolan how many times I’ve dragged him to that little section of Lowes}, but I never did it. So…since they’re so popular, now seemed like a good time!
And since so many people have done a good job of explaining how to do it, I’ll just give you a tutorial of pictures with as few words as possible.
For your Succulent Party Favors you’ll need:
- Planters {I used small glasses}
- Soil – from what I’ve gathered succulents need well draining soil. Go with a blend for cacti and you should be fine.
- Succulents {any assortment you’d like!}
- Small rocks {optional}
{Planter}
{These are Pokal glasses from IKEA. I think they were around $2 for one package of six.}
{Rocks}
{Rocks add drainage and interest. I don’t think they are necessary though.}
{Dirt}
{Plant}
{Add more dirt on top}
{Water}
{Recruit help to add decorative rocks}
{Finished!}
{Enjoy!}
{Give away!}
{Linked to Tatertots and Jello, Skip to My Lou, Wow Us Wednesday}
Love this idea! Easier than doing potted flowers, and more likely to survive the less than green thumbs!
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I love this idea, and I am totally stealing it for my wedding party favors, but I am going to do herbs instead of succulents. I did a trial one and you can’t really see the rocks in the bottom, do you think you I could use sand instead? I don’t really know anything about plants, I know they need drainage. They are just favors, and I hate to waste the money on the decorative rocks if I could use sand instead but I want to give the plants a chance to live lol!
Great party favors. I love succulents too – you can take cuttings from most plants & pot them and they’ll grow into new plants – so if you saved a few for yourself, you could have enough to make another set at a party next year
Where did you find the succulents?
I found them at Home Depot and Lowes.