Getting Ready for the Holidays with Poinsettia and Christmas Cactus

I was at a Home Depot this weekend for a Kid's Workshop. For those who don't know about this kid’s workshop and have kids please see below. My daughter loves these workshops and we look forward in going every month.

From the Home Depot Website (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/ContentView?pn=HT_WS_KidsWorkshops):

• FREE hands-on workshops designed for children ages 5 - 12 offered the 1st Saturday of
every month at all The Home Depot stores between 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills, tool safety and instill a sense of pride
and accomplishment.
• All kids get to keep their craft and receive a FREE Kids Workshop Apron,commemorative
pin and certificate of achievement.

Check out my other blog on what kind of projectsthese kids are making at these workshops: http://www.babyatplay.com/2012/09/06/free-kids-workshops-to-learn-create-craft-at-the-home-depot/

Home Depot is pretty sneaky...by offering these FREE workshops; it's a way to lure you in to buy things. Once I walked past the Christmas garden section I couldn't help myself but to purchase two plants. I brought a small red poinsettias and a pink Christmas cactus. They cost me under $3 for each. They are just so cute. Love them.

So any special care for any of these plants? Letme know!

Replanted My Little Cactuses

Brought a tiny glass container from Michael's crafts store the other day.  It was on sale for $1.79.  I'm not sure how much the original price for but I thought it was just too cute to not buy.   

I had these tiny little cactuses that used to be in two small terracotta pots and I decided to put them all together.

 

Bottom of the vase/container I used dark pebbles. These pebbles were purchased at Ikea a while back. There is a layer of moss. And then finally I added some potting soil. I lined them all up from big to small. And I decided to play three white pebbles in back of these cactuses to add some color. I love it! What do you guys think?

Any anyone know what kind of cactuses are these? I forgot the names of them.



My Hens and Chicks Getting Eaten

It's been a while since something has gotten into my succulent's containers. I thought it was the end of it. I'm not going to have to deal with pest or animals anymore. Well....I guess I was wrong. This must be a big animal. It's the first time I seen my succulents half way eaten. :( Something has been chomping down on my plants that I don't have many left in this hypertufa container anymore.