Four Ways To Make Flower Pots From Plastic Bottles

Want to find use for old plastic bottles you no longer need? In this article, we show four ways to make flower pots from plastic bottles in just a few minutes.

There are often a lot of different old beverage and detergent bottles in your home that you no longer need. Reusing them is cheap and easy!

Flower pots from plastic bottles: four ideas

Below we show you four great ideas for making beautiful flower pots from plastic bottles in your home. You can also customize them to your liking to suit your decorating style.

1. Flower pots for small green plants

These flower pots are great for small green plants like herbs or a flower bed. They are also an ideal option when you don’t want to paint bottles and want to see the soil as well as the plant inside.

Means:

• Plastic bottles with caps (4 or as many as you need)
• Knife
• Mold
• Plant

Recipe:

• First put the caps on the bottles.
• Turn the bottle horizontally.
• Carefully cut an opening in the surface the size you want the pot to be.
• Make holes in the bottom of the bottle to allow water to escape.
• Repeat these steps for the remaining bottles.
• Add mold.
• Finally, place the plants in and water them.

2. Mini garden

These small gardens are very easy to manufacture and in addition they are great for small spaces.

Means:

• Plastic bottles (1 or 2)
• Small stones
• Mold
• Plant
• Knife

Recipe:

• First cut the bottle in half with a knife.
• Take the bottom and make holes for it in the water.
• Put in a little mold.
• Put the plant in the soil.

• Add a little more mold.
• You can put a layer of flat stones on the side so that they are visible through the plastic.
• Cover with soil.
• Finally, place the stones on top for decoration.

3. Colorful flower pots from bottle caps

If you want a little color to your flower pots and liven up your garden, you might want to try this option. Just collect caps of different colored soda bottles and follow these simple steps:

Means:

• 1 plastic bottle
• Knife or scissors
• Colored caps (20 pcs)
• Glue gun
• 1 green plant
• Mold

Instructions:

• Cut the bottle in half with scissors or a knife.
• Take the bottom of the bottle and make holes in it.
• Attach the caps to the bottle with glue.
• Cover the whole pot with them.
• Finally, put the mold and plant in a pot.

4. Golden flowerpot

If you want a slightly more elegant coloring for your pots, you can take advantage of this idea. The pot will not look made of a plastic bottle, as the paint will give the bottle a beautiful golden surface. You can also use an old CD as a base to make the flower pot cup-shaped.

Means:

• 1 plastic bottle
• Knife
• Old CD
• Glue
• Gloves
• Golden spray paint
• Plant
• Mold

Recipe:

• First cut the bottle in half.
• Take the top (funnel-shaped part) and insert the spout into the CD.
• Make the base of the CD so that the pot is cup-shaped. Attach with glue.
• Put on the gloves and paint the bottle and CD.
• Finally, put the mold and plant in a pot.

These four ideas for getting flower pots made from plastic bottles are a very simple and rewarding way to decorate your home. Tell us which idea you liked the most!