Upcycled Water Bottle Pig Flower Planter

This lovely water bottle pig flower planter is a enjoyable means to brighten up your private home, workplace, or backyard area. This one-of-a-kind Planter is handmade from a number of recycled water bottles, so not solely are you creating one thing lovely, you might be giving this trash a second life.

Pig Flower Planter

This Planter is certain to convey a smile to anybody who sees it as a result of it’s simply so cute. The pig form is so lovely, and the flowers simply add to the cuteness issue. Plus, it’s a good way to indicate off your inexperienced thumb! The pig planter would make an incredible reward for any plant lover in your life.

This pig backyard planter is ideal for anybody who loves gardening, crafting, or simply needs so as to add slightly little bit of persona to their residence. It’s additionally a good way to reuse outdated water bottles and assist cut back waste.

The very best half is that this mission is tremendous simple – even when you’ve by no means crafted it earlier than. You possibly can full it in only a few easy steps, and it makes an incredible mission that you could end in simply a short while. In fact, when you like this idea, then you definately would possibly like our donkey backyard planter or this much more lovely plastic bottle elephant planter idea! Add a menagerie to your backyard!

What Measurement Water Bottle Ought to I Use?

Technically you should use no matter dimension bottle you could have. I used a gallon bottle as a result of I needed to make a bigger pig flower planter. You need to use smaller bottles to make a smaller model.

This could be so cute on a desk with a cactus or small succulent. You can also make a bigger model to put bigger vegetation on the patio. The aim is to reuse one thing you’ll in any other case be throwing away. Take a look at all the empty bottles, jars, or tins you could have readily available and select the one which works greatest on your idea.

What Can I Use for the Pig’s Toes?

If you end up making the pig’s toes on these planters you should use virtually no matter you could have. I’m utilizing empty bottles because the legs and toes of the planter. Beneath are some extra ideas that might work effectively to create the legs or base on your pig. Some are even higher since they’ll maintain extra weight than the bottles.

• Use small actual terra cotta or plastic flower pots.
• Reduce a department into 4 items and use it, or look to your firewood pile and see in case you have a smaller piece that will work when minimize into 4 items.
• You even seize leftover wooden scraps from a current mission.
• Thick dowel rods or railing spindles work nice, however you may even use the picket toes that always go onto tables and chairs.
• Mason jars or empty plastic jars from condiments or sauces may also work nice if used all the identical dimension.

You need to use nearly no matter you could have readily available that may assist the pigs.

Can This Maintain Actual Vegetation 

For the reason that pig flower planter is made with a plastic bottle you should use it to carry actual vegetation. It would be best to make drainage holes within the backside of the pig in order that your plant doesn’t drown or get root rot from an excessive amount of water.

If planting dwell flowers inside your planter, you’ll wish to keep in mind to contemplate the load of soil and ap lant. Some might be heavier and will require a extra sturdy base than simply the plastic bottles.

You may as well use the planter as a vase. Don’t add the drain holes and this plastic bottle will maintain the water to maintain the flowers trying recent.

In fact, one other widespread idea is to tuck pretend flowers into the outlet on the highest and use it year-round for a little bit of brightness in your garden and backyard.

Are These Secure For Displaying Outside?

The pig flower planter is an ideal ornament for the surface in your deck, porch, and even within the garden and backyard areas.

The spray paint will stick effectively to the plastic bottle and this planter can final for years to come back. After a number of years, the paint would possibly have to be touched as much as make it look nearly as good as new. One other idea is so as to add a sealer excessive of the paint to assist it final slightly longer. A easy spray sealant is a superb idea to make use of because it too is quick and simple to use to the entire thing.

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Methods to Make a Pig Planter

Clear and take away the labels from the bottles you may be utilizing. I like to recommend letting them dry out, however it isn’t obligatory. It simply helps them to not get moldy later. Now, minimize the highest 1/2 off of 4 smaller bottles. Discard the bottom or set it apart to make use of in different tasks.

Now, on one facet of the gallon bottle, you’ll glue these, lid facet down, so there are two “legs” on both fringe of that facet of the bottle.

Flip the bottle over so it’s standing on the toes you simply glued, then draw a sq. or rectangle on high of the bottle pig physique. Mine was round 4″ large by 6″ lengthy, however you may make it smaller or bigger. That is the outlet you’ll use to place your flowers contained in the pig.

Utilizing the 20-ounce bottle, or scrap plastic from different bottle tasks, draw massive oval ear shapes. Mine is round 5″ lengthy and three″ large within the center. Then, minimize these out and set them apart.

Utilizing a part of the bottle of one of many different bottles not used, minimize a strip of plastic that’s round 1/4″ large. Now, roll this piece onto itself then let it unroll.

As soon as it unrolls, twist it round so it varieties a pigs tail form.

Then, glue this to the again finish of the massive bottle, reverse the lid.

Now, glue the 2 ears on the high of the pig, simply earlier than the neck of the bottle begins narrowing.

Earlier than portray the pig, take away the lids from the “toes” and spray paint them black then set them apart.

Now, spray the remainder of the pig pink and let it sit apart to dry utterly.

When every part is dry, put the lids again onto the toes. Then, you’ll start making the face.

First, glue the buttons on the lid and nostril finish of the pig.

Then, glue on some googly eyes on high of the neck, just under the ears.

You possibly can add accent paint if desired, or just fill the again with flowers and show it as is.

Extra Simple Craft Concepts

For those who love turning trash into treasure, then you’ll love our ideas utilizing these empty plastic bottles of water or soda. Beneath are a number of of our favourite ideas so as to add to your subsequent crafting mission day! Just remember to bookmark these to make quickly! You may as well print out the tutorials (with or with out photographs), and pin them to Pinterest!

Completed Mission Gallery

You possibly can paint your pig any shade you want, whether or not it’s pure or shiny and colourful.

Make these in numerous sizes to create a pig household to show!