Recycled Flower Pot

This green project keeps plastic milk jugs out of the landfill and provides and pretty and useful pot to plant flowers in.

What you'll need:

Plastic milk or juice jugs
Fabric or scrapbook paper scraps
Felt in coordinating colors
Scissors or a craft knife
Soil
White craft glue
Water
Bowl
Paintbrush
Potted flower

How to make it:

Cut the top off of the plastic jug, just under the handle. Save the handle to make our Bouquet Holder craft.

Turn bottom of jug upside down and have an adult poke 4 small drain holes in the bottom. (See photo.)

Cut fabric or tear paper into 1” squares. (See photo.)

Mix 2 parts glue and 1 part water in a bowl.

Paint glue mixture onto one side of the outside of the milk jug. (See photo.)
Decoupage the fabric or paper all over the sides of the jug, applying glue onto the jug first, then over the fabric or

paper to adhere. (See photo.)

Cut 1.5” wide strips from felt, enough to go around the opening of the pot. (See photo.)

Glue the strip onto the lip of the pot, overlapping both sides, inside and out. (See photo.)

Add a handful of gravel or small rocks to the bottom of the pot.

Add a small amount of soil then add the potted flower.

Fill pot with soil, carefully but firmly patting down the soil around the flower.

Water your flower and place near a sunny window.

Tips:

This pot makes a lovely accent to a patio table; however the decoupage will be ruined should it rain. To avoid this, before adding gravel, soil and flower, place the pot inside a clear plastic bag. Insert the overlap of the bag inside the pot, roll up the side if needed, you don’t want the plastic blocking the drain holes.
Place your pot on a plate before watering to catch any water that may drain out the holes.
These make great pots for herbs as well!

This craft was originally posted by Amanda Formaro on http://crafts.kaboose.com/recycled-flower-pot.html