Flamingo hoopla

Rose Hughes comes up with a novel – and pink! – way to throw even more fun into the garden.

Make an hoopla game with flamingos for your garden

You will need

1.2m - 200mm x 25mm dressed pine
5 x size 15 terracotta pots
2.5m length of #8 wire or similar
1 bag of concrete
Green felt
3.2m - 6mm vinyl tubing
Washi or electrical tape

Paper & pencil
Jigsaw
Sander and fine sandpaper
Drill and drill bit
Wood glue
Resene Quick Dry Primer
Test pots and brushes

Testpot colours: Resene Smitten, Resene White, Resene Black, Resene Abbey Road, Resene Vanilla Ice, Resene Half Dusted Blue and Resene Ciderhouse

Cost: $76 excluding paint

Instructions

Learn how to make a flamingo hoopla game:

Step one
Find a suitable flamingo image online, copy and mark out onto the timber. Cut out carefully using the jigsaw. Sand well.

Step two
Undercoat with Resene Quick Dry Primer and when dry apply two topcoats to the body. I used Resene Test pots in Smitten, with White and Black for the beaks.

Step three
Undercoat the terracotta pots including the inside rim. Apply 2 topcoats. I used Resene Test pots in White, Abbey Road, Vanilla Ice, Half Dusted Blue and Ciderhouse.

Step four
Cut the wire into 10 x 250mm lengths. Drill two angled holes into the base of the bodies of each bird. Put a drop of glue into each hole and insert the wire legs. Allow to dry.

Step five
With suitable safety gear on, mix concrete. Put a stone to block the drainage hole and pour the concrete into each pot. Insert the bird’s legs into the concrete, ensuring the bodies are level, and allow to dry.

Step six
Cut felt circles to cover the concrete, with slits to accommodate the legs. Cut the vinyl tubing into 400mm lengths and join the ends by melting over 6 3 5 a candle or similar. Allow to cool and wrap the rings with electrical or Washi tape in various colours.

Photos: Rose Hughes

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