Toad house

Got toads? Learn how to make a toad house from a clay pot to keep your resident garden toads cool, comfortable, and safe!

Are you of the warty amphibian family that eats insects? Are you looking for a shady home where food and water is conveniently located? A home that will protect you from the elements and predators? I know of the perfect home! This home is made from reused plastic flower pots. It is made of: a plastic pot, rocks, glue gun, glue, and any other goodies found in nature. The house has been washed and a generous sized door has been cut for the smallest or biggest toad to fit through. The stones…

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Use a leftover clay pot to help the kids create an upcycled toad house, an ideal way to lure toads {the perfect natural pest control} into the yard.

This weekend I decided to make a few terra cotta toad houses. I'm not going to use any glazes but I will use an iron oxide wash to highlight the lettering and incised lines. These are already spoken for. Not only should I have made more this weekend, I should have made them before summer started. They will look great in the garden.

Have a broken clay pot or two laying around? Don't toss them out! Recycle them into a Garden Toad Abode! Here's how!

Last night was a long night for me. It was the last day of Bad Changeover and after spending all morning on homeschool orders for this year, and all afternoon with my wonderful art class, I was tired. We had done pretty well with all of the days without dad time, but mama was running out of steam. I had shown Cyan my plan to make a toad house last week... but thought the project long forgotten. Well, last night, as I was sitting here vegging out waiting for bedtime to come, I saw her from…