A lot of people are engaged in flower cultivation. Beautiful flowers delight the eye, improve mood, make the world more beautiful. When growing flowers, different pots are used, they can be picked up at any flower shop. But to give your home a special mood, you can build a pot for indoor plants with your own hands.
Features of creation
Handmade products are always interesting and relevant. Flower pots made at home look cute and unusual, giving a special chic to the room. Such items can become a real work of art, while they are made in a single copy. You can place a decorative flowerpot not only in the room, but also to decorate your personal plot, veranda or balcony with it.
To create even the most unusual in appearance and design of a flowerpot, simple materials are used. It is enough just to give free rein to imagination and make a little effort to create an extraordinary flower pot with your own hands. Even the most unusual and unsuitable objects for this purpose can be used as a container for growing indoor plants. Homemade flowerpots made from old caskets, jars, unnecessary dishes will look very impressive. Wine corks, coconut shells, furniture, paint cans, books and even a bag are used as containers.
The easiest way to revitalize your garden and create an original mini greenhouse is to plant flowers in your tableware. For this purpose, the cups that remained after the service in a single copy, teapots for tea leaves, clay bowls are suitable. Thanks to such things, you can decorate the room and complement its style, for example, Provence or country. When choosing a bonsai pot, an old clay salad bowl or flat plate will work. The main thing is not to forget to drill drainage holes at the bottom of the vessel.
The choice of material plays a decisive role. To create such a masterpiece, you can take improvised materials or make a pot yourself from clay, cement, plaster or wood.
Shape selection
The shape of flower pots can be very different. The most common are containers of a round shape, but you can make them of any shape, the main thing is that the plant is comfortable in such a container.
Some types of plants require a lot of space, they do not like tightness, so the shape and size of the pot is selected specifically for each type.
- For bonsai, it is better to choose a square or rectangular container. These trees will look good in round or oval pots, as long as they are flat and at the same time spacious enough for the root system.
- Pots in the shape of a square or rectangle will look organic on a flat surface. For bonsai, it is better to choose a separate place or niche, this will give you the opportunity to admire the tree without being distracted by foreign objects.
- Round or oval pots will look good on a windowsill. They take up little space, but they look very cute.
- Round hanging pots , which are hung in the garden or on the balcony, look especially impressive . You can hang a whole pot arrangement by placing them on a flat bar or under the ceiling. Such containers can also have a square shape.
In the event that there are only a few flower pots in the room, they can be easily placed on the windowsill closer to the sunlight, while the shape of the pot does not play a big role. Real flower growers will not limit themselves to a couple or three flowers, but will cultivate a whole flower garden.
Required tools
To make a pot with your own hands, you will need various tools. Their availability will vary depending on what materials the vessel will be made of. Whatever material the pot is made of, you need to drill drainage holes on its bottom, so you need to have a drill available, as well as drills for different materials. If the products are made of wood, a saw, hammer and jigsaw will come in handy. In addition, the master will come in handy:
- nails;
- self-tapping screws;
- joiner's glue;
- gardening scissors;
- gloves for work.
Also, in the work, you may need a grout for tiles, tin containers and rods, plaster.
What can be made of?
You can make a pot for indoor plants from scrap materials. You can make beautiful and unusual products from clay or alabaster. A ceramic flowerpot will look very interesting, large flowers will feel good in it. Anything that serves as a container for soil is suitable for making a pot.
When creating topiary, the pot is the most important part. Topiary is a ball-shaped tree made from various materials and objects that are attached to the stem. In the East, they are called trees of happiness. For topiary, you should choose the appropriate pot. When examining the composition, the gaze moves from top to bottom, so the final final chord falls on the lower part of the composition. That is why the overall impression of the topiary will depend on the beauty of the pot.
A wide variety of elements are used to decorate such an object. You can use ribbons and braid, as well as twine and burlap. The easiest way to decorate a pot is to wrap a large piece of cloth around it.
Containers painted with paint look good. It is better to choose a paint that will have the same shade as the crown of the tree. You can make an original container for flowers, even from a pumpkin. Children can be instructed to make a plasticine bowl. A pumpkin product will be relevant in the fall, especially if it is timed to coincide with Halloween. When choosing a pumpkin, it is important that its size matches the planted plants. You should also pay attention to the color of the vegetable and choose a pumpkin with a solid skin.
Clay
This self-made clay pot will decorate and complement any interior. For making, you need to take a piece of clay of the right size and knead it. In the event that the clay ball is still solid, water should be added to the mass. The clay mass should be homogeneous, free of impurities and bubbles, and not stick to your hands. Before starting work, it is better to experiment a little and try to mold small parts out of clay. These can be animal figures, other crafts. When the test figures start to work out well, you can start the main work and mold a pot for indoor plants. To make a flowerpot, you need:
- roll out the clay like a pancake and cut an even circle for the bottom;
- after that, go to the manufacture of walls;
- the walls are fastened to the bottom.
After completing the work, the container is packed in paper or newspaper and left to dry. When the product dries up, it is fired. The first time it is fired, all moisture will be removed from it. A second firing is necessary to give the product strength. To carry out this procedure, the dishes are heated to a temperature of +300 degrees, firing is carried out for 3 hours.
Cement
For the independent construction of flowerpots, cement or concrete is used. To prepare a solution, you need to mix the sand with cement and add water. In this case, it is important that the sand is 2 times more cement. Water is added to the solution little by little, stirring the mixture. The mortar should have a uniform consistency. If a large-sized flowerpot is made of cement, then a frame should be made for it. To make the surface of the product smooth, it is processed with sandpaper or a felt wheel is used. Concrete is poured into any containers capable of holding its shape for several hours. This can be a 5-liter water bottle, a tin or plastic bucket, or a frame made of planks.
Cement vases have increased strength and original design. Concrete products are used in home interiors and in the design of personal plots. If you need to make a small flowerpot, you can use a 5 liter plastic bottle. It is necessary to cut off the neck from the container, thus a kind of workpiece is obtained. Next, you need to lubricate the inside of the container with oil, knead the cement mortar and pour it into the container. After that, you need to take a 2-liter plastic bottle, grease the outside with oil and dip it in the solution. Inside a smaller container, you need to put a load in the form of bricks or stones. Such a solution dries for at least two days. Then the containers need to be cut and removed.
You can make a pot of cement in another way. For this you need:
- take the container, then wrap it with foil;
- dip a rag into the solution with cement and hold it for several minutes so that it is completely saturated;
- the impregnated fabric is laid out on the container and straightened; if desired, creases or edges are made wavy;
- the container is left in this form for three days until it is completely dry.
The size of the core of the product will depend on how strong and thick the walls of the pot will be. Concrete products have an impressive weight, so in order not to transfer the flowerpots to a suitable place for them, it is better to build the formwork right where they will be.
Gypsum
A container for flowers can be made from gypsum by analogy with making it from cement. The ingredients are:
- gypsum;
- water;
- 2 plastic containers, different in size.
To build a pot, you need to take a large jar, grease it inside with oil and put a smaller container there, oiled on the outside. Next, you should set the containers to the selected level and fill with solution. To prepare the solution, mix gypsum with water in a ratio of 2: 1.
Plastic
Plastic containers can be made very quickly for growing flowers. Plastic pots are also suitable for building a system with automatic watering. Its use of such a system allows for full watering of plants requiring special care, even when the owner is absent. Such plants include orchids. To make a system with automatic watering for them, you need to do the following.
- Take one liter and two liter bottle. Cut a large container in half 20 cm from the bottom and make cuts (8 pieces) about 4 cm long. Bend the resulting petals into the container.
- Then you should cut off the neck from the top and insert the prepared base of the lower part, secure with glue.
- Following this, in the same way, cut a smaller container at a height of about 15 cm from the bottom.
- Bend the upper part outward by 1 cm. Holes are made on the bottom; for this, use a soldering iron, hot nail or knife. A cord is passed through them.
The container is filled with a substrate and an orchid is planted in it. This structure is lowered into the base pot, while curved petals will hold it in weight. Water is poured into a large bowl, where the water will rise along a cord into the upper bowl. Water should be added through the spout, which is inserted into the cut at the bottom of the structure. For violets, you can take the most ordinary plastic cups with a volume of 100-120 ml. They need to make a hole at the bottom for drainage. In such containers, violets will be comfortable, they will have enough light, moisture and soil. These cups will look very simple, so they should be decorated. They can be wrapped in colored paper, applied paint or nail polish, or tied with ribbons or lace.
An original product can even be made from an old plastic bucket or tank. Such a container is more often used as a pot for soil; it will not have a decorative purpose.
Wood
A rather unusual pot can be made of wood. Such containers for flowers will look unusual and original, especially if you put them in a summer garden, in a country house or a veranda. For such a flowerpot, you can take a stump or a thick branch and remove the core, clean the container well from the inside and grind it. Already in this form, the product can be used for its intended purpose. A tree stump or branch with bark as a plant pot will look natural in the garden. Drainage holes must be made in the products. In the event that the bottom of the flowerpot is small, holes are drilled on the side parts of the flowerpot.
If you use the deck as a decorative element, then you do not need to drill holes. They simply put plastic or ceramic pots in the flowerpot. At the same time, it is important to reliably protect the wood from moisture. In the event that the pot is not used, you need to treat the surface inside with moisture-proof impregnation, cover it with polyethylene, and then pour drainage and soil. The size of the container will depend on where it will be installed, as well as on the size of the flower. So, for a large orchid, a large-sized chock pot is more suitable. And for a small and compact plant, a piece of wood with a diameter of up to 10 cm is enough.
You can make a flowerpot from a bar and lumber, but this method is somewhat more complicated and requires knowledge in carpentry. Wooden barrels can be used as a flowerpot. They are used as a one-piece structure or sawn into two parts along or across. If you cut the barrel across, then you can immediately make two flowerpots from one product. Old pallets or wooden boxes are also used as containers for plants. To build a product from an old pallet, you need:
- disassemble the old structure;
- measure the boards and decide what size the container will have, if necessary, shorten them;
- a long board is cut in half, and a short one is divided into three parts;
- a small bevel is made along their edges;
- the boards are connected with self-tapping screws;
- the subsequent rows of boards are added to the resulting frame;
- make the bottom, fix the legs;
- all parts are well fixed and treated with woodworking impregnation.
You can assemble a product of any shape from the boards. It can be a hexagon, a trapezoid, but the easiest way is to assemble a rectangular or cubic flowerpot.
How to decorate?
Now on sale you can find beautiful pots for indoor plants, but they are often either very common and simple, or vice versa, very pretentious, but at the same time expensive. It is better to make a stylish and original pot with your own hands, this will allow you to build a designer flowerpot in a single copy. In this case, the pot will look very extraordinary and emphasize the special atmosphere of the room. Covers for pots, knitted or sewn from different fabrics, will look unusual. When choosing a fabric, it is better to give preference to bright colors. You can also choose a plain beige fabric, thereby highlighting the beauty of the plant. Lovers of knitting can create original clothes for plants from textured threads.
You can make a real designer flowerpot by simply painting clay pots with acrylic paints. Beautiful ceramic shards can also be used. Use them to decorate the pot using the mosaic technique. Its elements can be colored glass, pebbles, shards of dishes. In the mosaic technique, both a small flowerpot and a more bulky structure will look good. You can create original decor using marble. To do this, use a container of water, several jars of varnish of different shades, and a stick. The water temperature should be warm. To create a pattern you need:
- pour nail polish into water;
- mix different shades using a stick;
- dip the pot in a liquid with streaks and wrap the resulting paint on it.
One of the decor methods is decoupage. To decorate the pot yourself using this technique, you should:
- clean and degrease the container primer;
- cover it with paint;
- glue cut paper figures to the surface;
- decorate with other additional elements;
- varnish to consolidate the effect.
Lace and burlap can be used as decoration. Beads, shells, glass pebbles are used for decoration.
For information on how to make a flower pot, see the next video.