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How-to mini succulent planters fridge magnets
Here’s a great use for those wine corks you’ve been throwing away – make them into cute magnetic succulent planters to stick to your fridge. It’s a fun and unique way to brighten up your kitchen with a little colour, and succulents are such low-maintenance that you can pretty much stick them on and enjoy their beauty without worrying about taking care of them.
What you’ll need:
- Wine corks
- Succulent clippings
- Soil
- Small magnets
- Hot glue gun (or strong craft glue is fine)
- Phillips head screwdriver
- Paring knife
- Newspaper
Method:
- Lay a sheet of newspaper down on your work surface to catch all the cork shavings.
- Use the head of your screwdriver to punch a small hole in the cork.
- Carefully use the paring knife to carve out that hole into a deeper cavity that goes about halfway down the cork. Don’t go too close to the edges, or you may split the cork.
- Glue a magnet to the back of the cork and let it dry completely.
- Add a little soil to the cavity in the cork and plant your succulent clippings in. Add a little more soil to fill up the cork.
- Arrange your magnets on the fridge and admire your handiwork, you clever person.
Image credit: UpcycleThat
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