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At any time when my hubby does one thing a little bit excessive, he at all times defends himself by saying “Go big, or go home” 😀 Nicely, in at present’s tutorial, I’m taking a web page out of his guide and going huge with this DIY outsized teacup and saucer planter. It’s HUGE!!!
The enormous teacup makes such a beautiful assertion in our backyard and it’s really easy to make too. We planted a white Butterfly Bush (Gaura lindheimeri) inside this one. They’re a pleasant, drought-resistant container plant with delicate flowers and wand-like stems. Since this magnificence is about 2 ft tall, you do want an enormous planter for her to thrive and placed on a showy show.
And since this “funtabulous”, outsized teacup and saucer is 1,5 ft tall I’ve no doubts that the gaura will, ahem, blossom 😀
The enormous teacup can also be my contribution to this month’s Funtabulous Planter IBC problem.
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What’s the IBC all about
The IBC, or Worldwide Blogger’s Membership, is a bunch of bloggers from everywhere in the world who problem one another each month to make one thing utilizing a typical theme. Our earlier problem was “I Can Upcycle” and we used pilchard tin cans to make this cute pull toy llama. You’ll have the ability to see all the opposite artistic Funtabulous planters on the finish of this submit.
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What you want
To make the outsized teacup
- A big spherical, cup-shapped plastic planter
- Massive spherical tray
- Baling wire
- PVC Pipe
- Play sand
- Drill and Jigsaw (non-obligatory)
- Vegetation
To provide it a pretend aged concrete impact (non-obligatory)
- Texture paste
- Gray spray paint
- Burnt umber and inexperienced oil paint
- Low cost paintbrushes
- Moss
- E6000 glue
Methods to make an outsized teacup and saucer planter
The largest cup-shaped planter I might discover had a lip (is that what it’s known as?) across the high that kinda detracted from the “cuppish” form I used to be in search of. It needed to go. If that’s all you will discover too you possibly can take away it by chopping the highest rim of the plastic planter off with a jigsaw. Drill a gap that’s sufficiently big to your jigsaw blade to suit into…….
……. after which slowly lower alongside the rim. In case your planter is completely “cuppish” you possibly can ignore this step.
Determine the place you need to add the ear of the outsized teacup and drill two small holes within the planter. One in the direction of the highest and one in the direction of the underside. They need to line up from high to backside. Slide a bit of wire within the holes and bend it into an ear form.
Measure the wire ear and add an inch to the measurement.
Use the measurement to chop the PVC pipe. Seal off one finish of the PVC pipe with duct tape.
That funny-looking contraption subsequent to the pipe is a makeshift funnel constructed from craft foam. I couldn’t discover a correct one 😀 We’ll be utilizing the funnel within the subsequent step once we bend the PVC pipe.
Methods to bend PVC pipe
To bend the PVC pipe, you’ll want:
- Play sand
- Aluminum foil dish or container
- Oven and warmth resistant gloves (essential)
- A funnel
- One thing to help the PVC pipe or a prepared helper
- Duct tape
Seal the one finish of the PVC pipe with duct tape and insert the baling wire.
Pour some sand into the aluminum foil dish and place it within the oven to warmth up. I put mine in for 45 minutes at 200 levels Celsius. As soon as the sand is scorching, very fastidiously take away the dish.
Place the funnel over the wire and into the PVC pipe after which pour the new sand contained in the pipe. Please watch out. The sand can be actually, actually scorching. As quickly because the pipe is full, wait a couple of seconds for the pipe to warmth up after which slowly bend it whereas inserting the wire into the outlet you drilled earlier within the planter.
Twist the ends of the wire to maintain the PVC pipe in place whereas it cools down. About ½ hour.
As soon as the pipe has cooled down, untwist the wire and pour the sand out. Take away the duct tape and reattach the PVC ear to the planter. Use a everlasting marker to mark the place the ends on the pipe ought to be trimmed so the ear sits flush in opposition to the outsized teacup. Take away the PVC pipe ear and wire and use a hacksaw to chop the PVC pipe on the marks you made earlier.
Reattach the PVC pipe ear to the teacup utilizing the baling wire to check match. When you’re comfortable, twist the wire on the within of the cup tightly to safe.
Cheers to doing essentially the most tough a part of this outsized teacup tutorial 😀
Giving the outsized teacup a pretend concrete end
Now for the enjoyable bit. Portray the outsized teacup to slot in along with your decor. I went for an aged fake concrete end. We’ve already shared an in depth tutorial on the right way to obtain that look so I received’t go into an excessive amount of element right here. Flippantly sand the outsized teacup and tray earlier than utilizing a primer to color them each. I used a gray primer from Rust-Oleum, however any primer that’s appropriate for plastics will work. I’m unsure if this step is critical, however because the planter, PVC pipe ear, and tray are all various kinds of plastic, I wished to create a uniform base earlier than making use of the feel paste.
Earlier than making use of the feel paste, evenly sand the planter, PVC pipe ear, and tray once more. I utilized fairly a thick layer of our home made texture paste for this planter, however as an alternative of utilizing craft glue, I used out of doors wooden glue so it will stand up to the weather.
As soon as the paste dried, I drizzled on some brown and inexperienced oil paint……
…. and used E6000 to connect on all these beautiful mossy bits.
The moss serves two functions, it hides my wobbly jig noticed chopping expertise and fills the hole between ear and the teacup 😀
Go away the enormous teacup for a day or two so the glue and paint can dry totally earlier than including your vegetation.
The completed teacup measures 1,5 ft tall and 1,2 (and a bit) ft extensive. That’s about 46 cm by 37 cm.
Now I’m on a mission to make a large teapot too 😉
When you like the concept of constructing an outsized teacup planter, don’t overlook to pin it for later.
And don’t overlook to go see all the opposite Funtabulous planter concepts beneath.
- An enormous teacup planter by yours actually 😉
- Sara was on the ball 😉 along with her artistic tackle Funtabulous planters.
- You’ll by no means guess what Anita used to make her attractive purse planter.
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