Create a Flower Pot Person
Recycle your old flowerpots!  Brighten someone’s day with a handcrafted gift!
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Materials needed:
Two 6-inch pots
Fourteen 2-inch pots
Four pieces of 15-inch bendable wire
Raffia
Old sponges
Heavy duty scissors
Hot glue gun

Outdoor paint

Weather proof ribbon

 
 

1.  Take the outdoor paint and paint a face on one of the large pots.  Let dry.

2.  Put the two 6-inch pots end to end (the ends with holes in them).

3.  To make the first arm, take three 2-inch pots and one 15-inch strip wire.  Take the old sponges and, using the scissors, cut them in one square inch pieces.  Thread a piece of sponge on the wire, bend the wire, and thread the wire end into the sponge again.  Then alternate sponge and pot until you use the three 2-inch pots.  Take the remainder of wire, thread it through the bottom of one of the large pots, and thread it through a piece of sponge in the pot.

4.  Repeat step two to make the second arm.

5.  To make the legs, repeat the steps to make the arm, but use four pots instead of three.  Make sure to let the legs hang down from the base of the large pot, so do not thread too much of the wire.

6.  Take the ends of the wire from the legs and arms, thread them all through the sponge inside the 6-inch, and bend them into the sponge.

7.  Use the hot glue gun and glue the ends of the two 6-inch pots together.

8.  Take some raffia and cover up the shoulder area and where the legs meet the body.

9.  Use the weatherproof ribbon to tie a bow around the juncture of the two 6-inch pots.

10. Put soil and a plant in the head pot.  Enjoy your Flower Pot Person!

 

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