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Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects

Encourage your children to get into gardening with these cute animal plant pots. Teach your children that upcycling is fun and turn old plastic bottles into colourful characters that will brighten your home.

Project Description
These planters are bright and bold in Resene Fire, Resene Double Pavlova, Resene Apple Blossom, Resene White and Resene Black. Architraves in Resene Half Rice Cake and wall painted in Resene Carrara

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Instructions

How to make your own DIY animal plant pots for the kids:

Step 1 Step 1
Start by giving the bottom half of your bottles a sand with sandpaper. Fleur used coarse sandpaper (60 grit) which left the surface quite rough. When painted this gave the finished item a ‘hairy’ look. If you don’t want this, use finer sandpaper.


Step 2 Step 2
Use a permanent marker to draw the shape of your animal onto the bottle. Use scissors or a craft knife to cut out the shape.


Step 3 Step 3
Paint on one coat of Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer and allow to dry.


Step 4 Step 4
For the fox, paint on two coats of Resene Fire, and for the rabbit, paint on two coats of Resene Double Pavlova. Allow the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.


Step 5 Step 5
Use Resene White paint to start adding on some of the facial features to the fox, and Resene Apple Blossom for the rabbit.


Step 6 Step 6
Finish painting the faces with Resene Black. Fleur placed a pot plant in each bottle that was already in its own plastic pot If you want to put soil directly into the bottle, make sure you drill drainage holes in the bottom of the bottles first. You could also experiment with hanging these planters, by drilling or punching three holes around the top edge, threading string through and tying them up as a hanging planter.

Top tip:  Use Resene FX Paint Effects mixed with your paint colours to create sponged or fur look effects on the sides of your plant pots.

Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. May 2022.


Habitat bright ideas
Need to add colour, pattern or a little creativity to your place? Check out these easy step by step DIY project ideas created in collaboration with Fleur Thorpe. We hope you enjoy making and painting these bright ideas and bringing colour to your home inside or out.

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