Kids Crafts and Lego Blocks: Make a Bud Vase or Flower Pot Cover for Mother's Day

Lego Blocks are incredibly creative and fun to build with. This useful Mother's Day kid's craft idea is very simple to make. The Lego bud vase or flower pot cover can be used over and over again. It can be displayed just about anywhere, from a dining table, to an office, to a kitchen window sill. It makes the presentation of plant or flowers more colourful and unique.

Supplies needed:

Enough Lego blocks to build a cube to surround the chosen plant or flower holder. The top will be open. You can make a multi coloured one, or pick Mom's favourite colours from the Lego Blocks that are available, and build it out of those colours. You can even make it in colours to match an office, home office , kitchen, bedroom or any other room that the Lego block bud vase or flower pot cover might look nice in. It brightens up any spot in a fun way.

Aluminium foil to keep the moisture from watering the plant contained, to keep it from leaking through.

A container for the flowering plant or loose cut flowers. You can buy one of the six packs of already blooming flowers in disposable pots from a local garden center or store that carries garden plants. If you want to make a larger pot, buy a single plant. You can also make your own using a small milk container. The ones from school lunchrooms, with the top cut off, or a single serving juice carton work perfectly. The nice thing about using the plants instead of cut flowers is that they will last longer. If desired, they can be transferred to the garden at a later date. Baby food jars will work nicely for cut flowers. You Don't have to use the aluminium foil to line the bud vase if you use the baby food or other small jars.

Soil, if you are planting your own plant or seeds. If you buy the flowering plants in the larger single size or the smaller six packs at the garden center, you won't need the soil.

Scissors for cutting apart the six pack of preplanted flowers, if you use that option.

Directions:

Buy and gather the plant supplies and container or containers first. That way you will know approximately how many Lego blocks you will need for the bud vase or flower pot Mother's Day project.

Build a simple block shape that the pot will fit into. Make it tall enough to cover the edges of the pot. The pot should be completely hidden inside of the Lego block bud vase or flower pot cover. Make sure you close the bottom too. You can make it open o the bottom, but then you will need something to set it on so water will not ruin and surface it mat be sitting on. It looks better with an enclosed bottom though.

Line the inside of the Lego block bud vase or flower pot with aluminium foil to keep surfaces from getting wet. Make sure you seal it properly by pressing any open or loose ends together. Don't let the foil show outside of the bud vase or flower pot.

Set the already planted flowering plant into the container. If you are just putting flowers in water, set the container in first, then add the water and the flowers.

One additional idea is to make a bunch of these and use them at a Mother's Day dinner table setting for each diner. Make a larger one as the centerpiece.

There you have your very simple flower presentation and gift. The Lego Block bud vase or flower pot cover for Mother's Day .It is very easy to make, and an interesting way to make Mom smile. Kid's will love this Lego block craft. They can truly say they built it themselves.