Penny ball

Penny balls are quick and easy to make! They look beautiful in your garden, and they also repel slugs and will make hydrangea flowers blue. I found many samples to inspire me on Pinterest, most made with bowling balls, but I thought Smoothfoam would be the perfect base for my penny garden ball. Weatherproofing the Smoothfoam with varnish will make it safe to use outdoors. Mine has been in my garden now for almost 2 years, year-round, and still looks great! The pennies have a bit of a…

Penny balls are quick and easy to make! They look beautiful in your garden, and they also repel slugs and will make hydrangea flowers blue. I found many samples…

Why would you want to make a penny ball? Well, they are a bit unusual and somewhat artistic so that’s a good place to start. The main reason, however, is that they serve to repel slugs and snails. So if your garden is getting trampled by slugs then consider making a penning ball this year. […]

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After finding the inspiration on Pinterest, we knew we just had to make one for ourselves. We love the finished product and can't wait to make more of these sim…

There are tons of cheap penny crafts you can do! This is a list of the 7 best crafts with pennies that you should try during your next crafting session.

1982 She says, “I used a cup of hydrogen peroxide and 1 cup of white vinegar and two tablespoons of salt and put it in a spray bottle. I’ve also used straight vinegar before with salt to get similar results but the hydrogen peroxide seems to really speed it up! This can be used on anything you want to create an aged patina, copper, brass, galvanized or steel.”

Garden Coin Ball: Here's a cool addition to your garden. Not only does it look good, its a great way to use up all those pennies and foreign coins in your piggy bank. Supposedly it will leach copper into the soil which repels slugs and turns hydrangeas blue. It will …

A cute little garden accent that might just keep slugs away from those tender new shoots. Similar to penny balls except I didn't have a ball, so I used a post and spike from an old solar lamp instead. An old solar lamp post, clear marine silicone and some pennies (dated before 1983 for best copper content) are all you need. Stick one penny on top of the post then, using the waterproof marine silicone, glue a column of pennies up one side of the post. Lay flat on that side and let them set a…

PENNY BALL

These penny-pinching creative ideas will have you pouring out your change jars and emptying all your pockets. After all, a penny saved is a penny to CRAFT with!

The following was written by Victoria Major, repurposing contributor for Brooklyn Limestone. Spring has certainly sprung full force here in North Carolina and I honestly can’t get enough of the outdoors. If you've checked in with me over on my blog you already know how porch crazy I am this spring—I can’t stop adding, changing and perfecting it mainly because it’s where I spend most of my time lately. So if you’re anything like me you've been itching to create some funky garden art piece. I…

How to make a penny bowling ball, fun and unique yard art for your garden. And some people say the copper pennies repel slugs!

Disclaimer: This isn't a tutorial, more like a what not to do entry. I've wanted to make one of these for a long long time, and really how hard can gluing some pennies to a bowling ball be? I almost lost my mind! First of all, finding bowling balls isn't as easy as one would expect but I did hit the jackpot at Savers...for $9.99 each. This better be good! I got $5 worth of pennies at the bank and some gorilla glue...which doesn't dry clear. In fact, it goes on clear but then becomes 3x its…

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Say buh-bye to pesky slugs and hello to eye-catching garden art.

If you're looking for a way to add some decor to your garden space, this one's for you! Here's a pretty simple and fun way to create your own garden gazing ball…

Penny Ball - for the garden it repels slugs! Well my Hosta's sure do attract the slugs......may just have to make one of these and see if they work!

If you follow Pinterest (and who doesn't????) I am sure you will recognize this project. According to the pin, copper pennies repel slugs. I...