A flower pot can be more than just a safe home for a plant. It also serves as an excellent craft material. Many creative craft ideas can be easily implemented with a simple clay pot. Painting, sticking, decorating, attaching to one another and designing, there are hardly any limits to your imagination and creativity when making clay pots. Funny clay pot figures can be creatively decorated at any time of the year and children can also get involved. Below we present 7 excellent ideas for crafts with flower pots for Christmas.
Winter clay pot figures for crafting with children
For crafting with flower pots at Christmas, there are a few in particularsimple clay potsneeded. It's best to buy these new, because you have to clean the used ones thoroughly before starting the craft work, clean the surface and maybe sand it down a bit. On the other hand, you can start crafting straight away with newly purchased ones. You still need some acrylic paint and a suitable brush to apply the paint. Depending onCraft idea and instructionsOther additional materials can also be considered to help you transform the clay pots into wonderful decorations. In addition, conventional clay pots are very suitable for crafting with children of primary school age.
Mini Tannenbaum
With little effort, you and your child can create a beautiful Christmas tree out of three clay pots and decorate the house beautifully for Christmas. Three flower pots of different sizes are required - small, medium and large. First, think about where youthe decorative Christmas treeand therefore consider how big it should ultimately be.
In addition to the planters, you will also need green acrylic paint, a hot glue gun and decorative elements of your choice. Sequins can do that,Bulletsor self-adhesive rhinestones. First you need to color the flower pots green. When the paint dries completely, attach them together using the hot glue gun.
Now you can start decorating. Make the mini Christmas tree festive and decorate as you like. Traditionally for Christmas, red goes perfectly with green. Don't forget to put a beautiful Christmas tree topper at the very top. This is exactly what makes the little Christmas tree complete.
Here we present another craft idea for a mini Christmas tree made of planters. The clay pots are colored red instead of green. Small and large stars and themed decorative ribbons decorate the red surface. At the top there is a star with a braided structure, which completes the whole Christmas look. A mini Christmas tree made of flower pots like this one can be used as a table decoration. With a larger version of this you can decorate the entrance area or hallway atmospherically.
Christmas tree in a clay potwith fairy lights
Of course, the homemade decoration is like no other. But this doesn't always have to look like a mess. A decorative Christmas tree made from flower pots can also be designed in a very modern way. Here we present great instructions on how you can make a glowing Christmas decoration yourself. You will need a clay pot of any size, some green craft wire, a string of lights and a few Christmas balls. Tools such as a hot glue gun and jewelry pliers will also come in handy here.
Make a Christmas tree in the shape of a triangle out of wire. This fulfills the role of a supporting element and should be stable enough, so wrap the wire around several times if necessary. Tie an LED tube or a luminous strip around it. In between, attach a mini string of lights and decorate with small Christmas balls in different colors to make the decorative Christmas tree really festive. Hide the excess length of the light chain and the LED tube and the cables in the planter.
Finally, make a lid out of Styrofoam or any other material you have available. The lid should fit perfectly into the flower pot, so measure the inner diameter of the flower pot beforehand and cut a Styrofoam disk accordingly. Attach the mini Christmas tree in the middle. You can pull the cable for the power connection through the opening below the flower pot.
Funny snowman
It's easy to make a funny snowman out of a clay pot. This requires a small clay pot, a white Styrofoam ball, some white, black and orange acrylic paints, brushes, decorative tape and thin craft felt. First you need to color the flowerpot white. When the paint dries completely, you can continue crafting.
In the meantime, while the white paint dries, create the snowman's funny face. You also use acrylic paints for this. Paints that contain acetone will dissolve the Styrofoam. The same applies to the adhesive. When the paint on the Styrofoam ball and the flower pot is already dry, glue the ball onto the lower, narrower side of the flower pot.
Now you can design the snowman's clothes in an imaginative way. Here he has a scarf, buttons and an ear warmer. Of course you can dress it according to your personal taste. There are no limits to creativity.
You can also put together a cute and equally funny snowman from two flower pots - one larger and one smaller. Color them white and glue them together with the bottom. A flower pot plate becomes a hat for the snowman.
Christmas bells for the garden
The final planter craft project in this post is for an atmospheric garden decoration that you can make with your child at any time of the year. For these imaginative clay pot bells you will need three or more small flower pots. Remember that the bell you make should ultimately be hung somewhere and if you choose flower pots that are too large, the bell will also be very heavy and hanging it will be almost impossible.
First you need to color the clay pots. For Christmas, choose the festive colors of green, red and white. Other elements like stars and snowflakes can also be added tastefully. All clay pots are connected to each other using a strong string.
Pass the string through the openings at the bottom of each flower pot and tie it tightly after each flower pot. The knots will keep the clay pots at a distance from each other, ultimately preventing them from hitting each other. A large wooden ball is used to make the bell clapper and is threaded onto the string. Note that you will need to use a very long string so that the bell can eventually be hung.
