Ceramic pots are expensive. And not all of them differ in their presentable appearance. And what if you want to decorate your interior? You can decorate a plastic product. How to decorate a flower pot with your own hands? Look for ideas and tips below.
Decorating with branches
How to decorate a flower pot with your own hands? You can use regular branches for this purpose. Take a walk to the neighboring park or take a trip to the forest. Find there fallen trees or dry branches. Use your pruner to cut yourself creative material. How to decorate flower pots? Photos of the finished product, as well as a step-by-step master class are presented above. The process should look as follows. Dry branches need to be cut into pieces. You need to make mugs of different diameters, but of the same thickness. Take a plastic pot and a hot gun. There are many ways to do work. Your task is to cover the entire surface of the pot. You can glue wooden blanks in rows or sectors. But do not glue the parts in a chaotic manner. This method is fraught with the fact that places may form that you cannot close. When the work is completed, cover the decor with wood varnish. This will help to maintain a presentable appearance of your product for many years.
Decor polymer clay
Not sure how to decorate a flower pot with your own hands? Implement this idea. To decorate the pot you need self-setting clay. You can buy it in any store for creativity. Mash the material in your hands to the state of plasticine. Tearing small pieces of clay, give the pot the desired shape. In our case, the pot became oval, you can give it the shape of a circle or even a cone. To smooth out irregularities that are necessarily formed during operation, you need to use a damp cloth or a sponge. Iron the product with good pressure. The work needs to be carried out quickly, otherwise the clay will harden and deform it will be quite problematic. When you have given the product the desired shape, leave the workpiece for a day in a warm place. Clay should completely harden and harden. Now it can be painted. Take acrylic and paint a pot. Paint the item yellow, and then use the stack to create a square print. Thus, you will get a pot resembling pineapple in its shape and color. If you wish, you can draw flowers and even paint a pot with gzhel or Khokhloma.
Decor with nail polish
This non-trivial way of decor is great for decorating both plastic and ceramic products. All you need is nail polish. You can choose any bright colors or pastel shades that will look advantageous in nuance, and not in contrast. How to decorate a flower pot with your own hands? Take a plastic container and fill it with water. Now alternately drip multi-colored varnish to the surface. Use a skewer or toothpick to create a fancy pattern. Prepare the pot for painting. The capacity must be degreased. Gently immerse the pot in beautiful stains of varnish. Haste here would be inappropriate. The slower you immerse the product, the more evenly the varnish is distributed on the surface. Remove the pot from the water and pat it dry with a paper towel. It remains only to dry your creation. Additionally, nothing to fix the varnish is not necessary.
Thread decoration
Is your interior eco-friendly? Then pay attention to the photo. Decorate the flower pot with your own hands this way. This creation will look good in a room with a wooden floor and white wallpaper. How should the work process go in stages? The first step is to degrease the pot that you will decorate. Then take a thick thread and PVA glue. Poke a can of glue with a needle and pull the rope through the holes. Now wind the thread on the pot. This must be done carefully so that there are no gaps and the rope does not find an overlap. If you don’t have PVA at hand, you can fix the thread with a hot gun. When the base is completely wrapped, let it dry a little. At this time, you can create decor. Twist the thread into bundles and glue it on the pot. You can also decorate the product with buttons, wooden beads, branches or lace.
Acrylic Painting
Do you have a ceramic square pot, but it is completely white and this does not suit you? You can decorate it in a simple minimalist style. Such a creation will successfully fit into almost any interior. How can I decorate a flower pot with my own hands in a graphic style? You will need to make a stencil. Take a piece of paper and draw triangles on it. Cut the stencil. Then you will need to degrease the pot and stick to it your paper template. Dilute the black acrylic paint with water. Use a wide brush to paint over the pot. Make sure that no stains remain on the surface and no bubbles form. If the paint is liquid, it will need to be applied in two layers. Give your creation time to dry. It remains the case for small. Remove the stencil and, if necessary, edit the shape of the triangles.
Fabric decor
How to decorate a plastic flower pot with your own hands? For this purpose, you can use any cute fabric with a bright print. Such a pot will become an interesting decorative element and will be able to transform your windowsill. Before you begin, you will need to degrease your base. Now take the cloth and throw it on the pot. Think about how to better place your print in a limited space. Spread the pot with glue and arrange the fabric according to a pre-designed scheme. Be sure to straighten the material so that there are no creases. Trim the fabric along the borders of the pot. Now repeat the operation by gluing the material to the second side of the workpiece. Leave a supply of fabric on top to make a beautiful upper edge. Fill excess material overboard. Wait for the product to dry, and then varnish it.
Seashell decoration
An interesting way to decorate from natural material. If you like to collect seashells on the sea coast, and then do not know where to put them, then you will like this idea. How to beautifully decorate a flower pot with your own hands? Decorate it with shells. For this purpose, not only smooth, but even cracked and damaged shells are suitable. Let's start decorating. Apply a primer to the surface of the pot. You can use the material that is sold in stores for creativity, but keep in mind that the construction primer is practically no different from it. Unless in it it is necessary to add white pigment to ennoble color. Press the shells into the primer. You can lay them out in a chaotic manner, or you can create a picture. If you want to create a more natural version of the product, you do not need to tint the shells. But if you like the avant-garde, you can pre-color the shells, and then lay out any drawing that you like.
Broken Tile Decor
Do you like mosaic? Then decorate flower pots at home you will not be difficult. You can decorate any container with broken tiles. Before you start working with the material, you need to create a sketch. You can find any image and edit it. Now take the colored tile and pin it into squares. If you decide to create flowers, you can make their petals from pieces of a rectangular shape with rounded edges. Cut the tile with a special knife or use nippers. When the workpieces are done, you can begin to work. Coat the pot with a primer and begin to lay out the drawing. Work needs to be carried out sequentially, laying out layer by layer. Be sure to ensure that the pieces of the tile are buried equally. Otherwise, the surface of the pot will be uneven, and therefore not very aesthetic. When finished, let the product dry. You can leave the pot in this form, or you can use the grout for the tiles and give the overhanging primer the desired shade.
Button decor
One of the very simple ways to decorate any product is to attach bright decorative elements to it. For example, buttons. How to decorate flower pots? For this purpose you need to type the right material. It is advisable to choose flat bright buttons of different sizes. When the material is collected, you can begin to work. Coat the surface of the pot with glue, and then apply buttons to it. You can lay them out in a chaotic manner, pressing them tightly against each other. Do you like this decor option? Then you can create an image from the buttons. For example, a landscape, portrait or decorative ornament. To do this, you will need to draw a sketch in advance. Decide what you want to see on the pot. Perhaps it will be trees, or maybe flowers and birds? Now break the image into elements. According to this scheme, it will be easy to spread it. To make your task easier, you can draw with a pencil a sketch directly on the pot itself. What for? The image on paper will be slightly different from what you plan to do. Why? For the reason that the pot has a bend, but the paper does not. Fill the outline with buttons, and then erase the pencil lines.