Ingenious DIY ideas
To celebrate the arrival of spring, bring nature into your home and make your terracotta flowerpots shine by customizing them yourself. By using paint, sprinkles, leather, wood, mosaic, markers…, you can personalize them however you want and make them complement your home’s décor. And no need to be super crafty to make some pretty sweet creations! Here are some easy and inexpensive DIY ideas to inspire you…
1.Ispy DIY: tie dye effect by incrementally dipping the pot into water mixed with paint.
2.The Decorfix: turn the pot upside down and let the paint drip until your get the right effect.
3.Practically functional: stick on stencil and dab with a foam paint brush.
1.Lisotic: spray gold or silver paint on the entire surface in an aerated area.
2.Nest of Posies: mark off the are with tape and then add glue and sprinkles.
3.eHow: apply spray paint with a sweeping motion.
1.Lonny: wrap the pot in tape of different widths to mark off where to paint.
2.Manualidades: with blackboard paint you can write messages with chalk in the pots.
3.eHow: stick on tape for whatever geometric shape you want to recreate.
1.Vintage Revivals: cut out pieces of leather in whatever shape you want and glue them on.
2.Madame citron: decorate your pot with paper folded origami style.
3.Le Chat qui guette: dress the pot with straightforward string and glue.
1.Busy Hands: glue little colored pebbles on the terracotta pot.
2.Better Homes and Gardens: make mosaics by gluing tiles and filling in the spaces.
3.Nini: cut about 20 branches of the same size, gather them all together with some string and glue the whole thing around the pot.