How to beautifully decorate a flower pot with your own hands at home - different ideas and ways with photos and descriptions.
1. How to decorate a flower pot with a cloth
You can completely change the appearance of the pot by pasting it with a cloth. Lubricate the pot with glue (take one that will be waterproof when solidified), wrap it with a cloth. Press fabric while smoothing it. Cut off excess edges.
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2. How to decorate a flower pot with lace
Likewise, you can glue pots of lace or strips of lace - if you like this style.
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3. Decoupage for decorating a flower pot
Decoupage is one of the simplest, most effective and varied results of ways to decorate a flower pot. The method is suitable for uncoated ceramic pots or such pots already coated with paint. Clean and dry the pot. Before decoupage you can cover it with paint (wait until it dries). Cut motifs from napkins and use decoupage glue and a brush to stick them to the pot.
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4. How to decorate ceramic or plastic flower pots with strips of fabric
The option that is best suited for decorating large pots with large plants. Cut the fabric of different colors into strips and squares with zigzag scissors. Glue the top edge of the pot with squares, and then glue the strips one at a time. Place the bottom edge of the pot in squares. You can decorate a ceramic and a plastic pot with a cloth, you can also decorate an old flower pot.
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5. Paint + inscription for decorating pots
To change the appearance of a flower pot, you can paint it. And in addition - to put an inscription or drawing. For the effect, as in this photo, take a dense paint for exterior work, so the coating will be more durable. Wash, dry and cover the pot with two coats of paint, allowing each to dry. The inscription can be applied by stencil or thin brush.
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6. Uneven coloring + inscription made by stamp
Such coloring, when the paint covers the pot unevenly, gives the effect of aging, emphasizes man-madeness. For this effect, take a matte dense paint and put it with a wide flat brush with hard bristles. Inscriptions in contrasting paint are applied using stamps.
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7. Upside-down staining to decorate the pot
To achieve the effect of drips, first paint the pot with one color and dry the paint. Then turn the pot over and pour another paint on top (if the paint is not liquid enough, you can dilute it, preferably with a special liquid).
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8.Pots stenciled
For such a decor, stencils are needed that can be bought at craft or art stores, matte waterproof paint and a sponge, or a fairly stiff brush. Glue the stencil to the spike, apply paint, let it dry and remove the stencil. Done!
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9. Decorating flower pots
This one of the most sophisticated and unusual decor options is done with the help of a potal, the thinnest metal sheets imitating gold leaf. You will also need special glue and a brush (all this is better to look in stores for artists). First, glue is applied to the surface, then - a sheet of sweat, which is gently smoothed. Potala can decorate both a pot covered with paint, and a simple ceramic.
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10. Decorating flower pots with newspapers
Here is another unusual, but simple version of the decor of flower pots, which is simply repeated with your own hands. The technology here is the same as in papier-mâché, glue can be used for decoupage. Tear newspapers into pieces, apply glue to the pot and glue the pieces, also greased with glue, one at a time.
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11. Decoration for shell pots
Decorating shell pots is a good option to complement succulents. Disassemble the shells by size and glue with a glue gun first those that are larger, starting from the top edge. With each new row, take the smaller shells, and so decorate the entire pot.
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12.Decoration of flower pots with paint and decorative pebbles
These 4 succulent pots are designed and executed as an ensemble: each is painted in a lighter shade of the same color. First paint all the pots with two coats. When the paint dries, protect the top of the pots with foil and masking tape and paint the bottom with a gold spray paint. Cover it with trays. Finally, add colored decorative stones on top of the soil.
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