Making a planter for the garden with your own hands

Many garden supplies and decorations are available for DIY. For example, many people make attractive and roomy planters with their own hands, getting excellent results. In this article, we will take a closer look at how you can create cool planters for the garden.

A plastic bottle can be a chic base for modeling a beautiful and original design of a garden planter. Many gardeners make amazing homemade products from such containers, to which it is impossible not to pay attention.

It is possible to make pots of various types from plastic bottles. Hanging pieces are especially convenient and creative. To model them, you need to prepare:

• plastic containers;
• stationery knife;
• hole puncher;
• acrylic or spray paints (gouache or watercolors will not fit on plastic surfaces as they should);
• brush;
• superglue or glue gun;
• strong lace.

Now let's figure out how to make cool hanging-type garden pots from the listed components.

• You need to take one bottle and cut off the bottom half from it. It is more convenient to do this with a clerical knife. If it is not in the arsenal, simple scissors will do. The main thing is that the blade of these tools is sharp enough to cut the plastic.
• If you want the muzzle of some animal to be formed on such a homemade pots, it should be formed at the early stages of manufacturing, so that later you do not face possible alterations. It is important not to forget about the contours of the ears.
• Additionally, you should make holes for the cord with a hole punch.
• The plastic blank should be painted in the selected color. You can use a brush, or you can use an aerosol. The coloring layer must definitely dry on a homemade flowerpot from a bottle.
• On the prepared face of the animal, you need to draw eyes, nose, mouth. All surfaces must dry again, after which the lace can be passed through the pre-prepared holes.
• It is extremely difficult to achieve a perfectly straight edge after cutting the bottle, so this drawback will have to be hidden. An attractive braid is ideal for these purposes. It is glued in a circle to the area that needs masking.
• When the glue dries everywhere, you can put a flower pot in the planter, and then hang it in any place you like in the garden.

Creative planters can be made for flowers not only from bottles, but also from wooden bases. Street products made from a stump look very unusual and bright.

• To make such a creative pots, you need to highlight one of the stumps on the site, if any. On its cut, you will need to accurately drill a hole around the entire perimeter.
• Further, using a chisel, you should carefully remove all excess wood.
• The internal cavities of the hemp will definitely need to be thoroughly treated with stain. It must be given time to dry completely.
• After that, in the inside of such an unusual garden planter, a layer of polyethylene should be laid and plants can be planted.
• Wooden flowerpots and flowerpots must be treated with antiseptics so that they do not rot or deteriorate.

A large figurine of a swan made of plaster will become an amazing decoration of the garden. To make it, come in handy:

• 5 liter water bottle;
• an old grill, for example, from a barbecue;
• gypsum;
• bandage;
• acrylic paints;
• special ornamental varnish.

Let's take a look at the step-by-step instructions for modeling a plaster pot in the shape of a white bird.

• First, you need to knead the gypsum clearly according to the scheme.
• Next, a bottle is taken, it should be cut a little. One of the sides must be completely removed. A wire is placed in the cork and bent with an arc. This will be the neck of the swan.
• First, the bottle must be filled with a mixture of sand so that it does not bend under the weight of the gypsum composition.
• Next, the first plaster layer is laid on the main part of the structure. They should smear the entire bottle, and then wait until the mixture grabs. After that, you can lay the next layer of plaster.
• On the sides of the figurines, a pair of identical gratings are fixed. They are inserted into plaster of Paris and slightly folded over.
• Next, the gratings are treated with a gypsum mixture. This must be done manually.
• Now the plaster of paris is applied to the swan's arch-neck. To keep the mixture better, you should immediately wrap it with a bandage.

There are many other, equally interesting master classes on self-modeling of attractive planters for the garden. Let's take a closer look at some of them.

Cool pots are made from old materials at hand. On the street, you can place unusual products made from unnecessary shoes. They are done like this.

• A layer of soil is poured onto the bottom of the old boot (we are talking about fertile material). After that, seeds of any suitable plants are planted in it.
• The resulting flower garden is watered with warm water and left in a visible place in the garden or garden.
• To prevent moisture from accumulating in the shoe, several small holes are made in the sole. The holes should not be too large.
• To decorate the original composition, shoes can be painted in some bright and rich color.

Very good homemade pots can be obtained from ordinary cans. To make them, you need the following components:

• the banks themselves;
• hammer and nails;
• terry brush and acrylic paints;
• base made of wood.

The pots are made like this.

• First, the cans should be painted in attractive colors. Wait until they are completely dry.
• When the paint is dry, you will need to make a hole in the bottom of the cans to drain excess moisture.
• It remains only to fix the finished painted jars on wooden bases. The soil is poured inside, and then flowers are planted in it.

A teapot planter is a great solution for a garden. Its preparation does not require complex manipulations and operations. There are several options for how to arrange such an interesting pots.

• The kettle can be treated with acrylic or spray paints. A variety of patterns realized using a stencil will not be superfluous. Patterns can be floral, geometric, or any other. However, it should be borne in mind that before applying paint, the surface of the kettle must be well prepared for this.
• The teapot does not need to be stained. If there is no desire to waste extra time, the item in question can be left in its original state. An old and rusty teapot has a special charm. No less attractive in the garden / garden will look like a pots, showing a cold metallic sheen.

Amazing planters are made from fabric combined with cement mortar. To make such homemade products, you will not need expensive textile units. A few old rags are enough.

• The selected old fabrics must be moistened in a cement mortar, which is in a liquid state. Next, these parts must be thrown onto a bucket or other object of a similar shape that is turned upside down.
• It is necessary to wait until the prepared product is completely dry. Until then, it should not be touched or corrected.
• As soon as the fabric soaked in cement is completely dry, it can be removed from the base bucket in its original form, or you can resort to additional decoration.
• Models made of fabric and cement, painted in various colors, will look very unusual and creative. It can be either neutral gray or beige, or brighter shades. It is unlikely that green, red, blue, blue or orange pots of this type will not attract attention when they are in the local area!

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