Crafts Unleashed

Editor’s Note: Since we are still preparing for Earth Day, I tweaked the supply list a little to provide alternate items that you might have around your house to recycle into our festive, Mexican-themed pot. It’s a two-fer!

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought it would be fun to create a flower pot that can later be used for all kinds of goodies:

• lined with plastic wrap it becomes a planter for a live plant;
• filled with wrapped candies it becomes a candy dish;
• lined with fabric and filled with warm buns it becomes a centerpiece for your dinner table; and
• filled with paper shredding and paper flowers, then topped with green moss, it becomes a vase.

Cinco de Mayo Flower Pot

Supplies:
1 – Paper Mache Flower Pot (Item 2839-04) OR cache pot that needs a face-lift
1 – 6 mm x 12 inch Chenille stem (Item 10166-64)
1 – each, red, green, white tissue paper (Item 1192-27) OR leftover tissue from Christmas
4 – buttons (Item 1170-20) OR scavenged buttons
4 – paper flowers (Item PX165) OR old silk flowers you want to take apart
1- Mars black and Titanium white acrylic paint by Studio 71 (24 Piece Paint Set Item 97848)
1- Aleene’s Tacky Glue (Item AR8-10)
1 – E-6000 Industrial Strength Cement (Item EPE-6000-12C)
1- Krylon Bright White Gesso Spray (Item SW7015)
1 – Matte Mod Podge (Item PLCS11302)

Tools:
1 – Sponge Brush (Multi-purpose Value Pack Item SB9561)
1 – Thin tipped paint brush (Multi-purpose Value Pack Item SB9561)
1- Comfort Grip Scissors (Item 1149-17)
1- Ruler (Item 9137-48)

Instructions:

1. Paint flower pot with Gesso Spray.

Gesso flower pot

2. Cut tissue paper into 2″x7″ strips and 1″x2″ strips.

Cut tissue paper.

3. Place flower pot on top of tissue paper, trace, and cut out circle.

Trace tissue paper.

4. Use Mod Podge to adhere strips to flower pot. Let dry.

Adhere strips of tissue paper.

5. Use Mod Podge to adhere circle to bottom of flower pot. Let dry.

Adhere circle cut tissue paper to bottom.

6. Dip thin tipped paint brush into black paint and create a design on the flower pot. You can create a minimal design, such as the one shown, or you can create a more elaborate design using triangles, circles, squiggles, and Spanish text. Let dry.

Paint design; cover up imperfections

7. Paint bottom of flower pot black. Let dry.

Paint bottom black.

8. Paint inside of flower pot white. Let dry.

Paint inside white

9. Seal inside and outside of flower pot with Mod Podge.
10. Put a small dab of E-6000 adhesive on the back of flowers and adhere to flower pot.

Adhere flower.

11. Put a small dab of E-6000 adhesive on the back of buttons and adhere to top of flowers.

Adhere buttons.

Stay tuned, because in the next few days we’re going to show you how to make some great blooms to put in your vase- Felicidades!