Pots for flowers with your own hands

In recent years, home-grown flower cultivation has become wildly popular: almost every housewife can boast a variety of green pets. In this article, let's talk about what can not do without a flower lover - about flower pots. Of course, the easiest way is to purchase a flower pot that is suitable for the size in the store. But it is much more interesting to make it with your own hands or to give individuality to a purchased pot due to an unusual decor . Thus, the most common flower pot can become a real work of art.

How to make a flower pot from plastic bottles?

We need:

• plastic bottle;
• disk;
• scissors;
• knife;
• glue;
• acrylic paints.

Let's get to work

1. We cut the bottle with a sharp knife into two parts. You can leave the cut smooth, but it is much more interesting to give it some form, for example, wavy. For work it is most convenient to use a clerical knife.
2. We glue the bottle cap to an unnecessary CD with an adhesive gun.
3. We paint the resulting design with acrylic paint in any color at will. Our flower pot from a plastic bottle is ready!

How to make a flower pot from a tin can?

We need:

• tin;
• wooden clothespins.

Let's get to work

1. The can is carefully washed, remove the label. The bank should be with low sides, for example, from under canned fish.
2. Attach the clothespins to the walls until they are completely filled.
3. Our flower pot is ready! If desired, the clothespins can be painted, varnished or decorated in any other way.

How to make a flower pot from a teapot?

An unusual house for a flower can be built from an ordinary teapot. The easiest way to plant a plant in a teapot, does not decorate it. But if the soul thirsts for creativity, you can decorate the kettle in decoupage technique and simply paint it with acrylic paint in your favorite color. Before the decorating works, the kettle must be thoroughly washed, degreased and dried.

Decorating flower pots with your own hands

Decoration of flower pots with their own hands is an interesting, though troublesome occupation. In order to decorate a flower pot with your own hands, you can literally use everything that is at hand: paints, buttons, shells, beads, twine, threads and even ... old pantyhose!

Master class on decorating flower pots

We need:

• plastic flower pots;
• packing tape;
• kapron tights;
• PVA glue;
• silvery paint;
• brush;
• protective mask.

Getting Started

1. Thoroughly degrease each flower pot. The easiest way to do this is by an ordinary dishwashing detergent.
2. Cover the pots with a thick layer of PVA glue.
3. We proceed to design works. We wrap the first pot with packing tape in random order.
4. For the decoration of the second pot, we cut the tights into strips 2-3 cm wide.
5. We spread on the surface of the pot patterns of strips. We put the pot aside for a while, so that the glue dries. Speed ​​up the drying process by drying the pot with a household hair dryer.
6. We thoroughly glaze every detail of the pattern with PVA glue using a brush.
7. We put our pots aside until it dries completely.
8. After the pots have dried, we cover them with silver paint from the can. Do not forget about the means of protection - mask-respirator.
9. In the end we get such wonderful flower pots.

Other options for decorating flower pots with their own hands can be seen in the photo.