Recycling Soup Cans Part 2: Flower Pots

This is part 2 in the recycling soup cans series I am doing. If you'd like to see the first one- check it out here. 

This was inspired by a lesson I gave to my cub scouts. I taught them how to plant herb seeds for the requirement "grow something". We did it by doing the same technique I will be showing you how to do! 

Here is what you will need: 

Soup Cans (washed and goop cleaned off) 

Potting Soil

Flowers

Hammer

Nail

rock pebbles 

any embellishments you want to decorate them with

Here's my cans. I used goo be gone to get off the rest of the goop on the can. Two of my cans were tomato sauce cans so they were stained red inside. That wont matter though, because they will be covered. 

The first thing you want to do is take your nail and hammer in a few holes in the bottom of the can. This will allow extra water to drain out the bottom. 

I did 5 holes. 

I then went outside and found a bunch of rocks this size: (Get rocks smaller than pennies probably...I think mine were too big.) 

I bought this Miracle Gro Pitting Mix at Walmart. It was super cheap- I want to say 3 or 4 dollars??

I also bought my flowers at walmart. I liked the variety of color :) You will then put the pebbles in the bottom of the can. On top of that, put some potting mix in. Remove the flowers from the original plastic containers and place in the can. 

 I packed some more soil around the top to fill it up, then watered them. I just kept it simple with bakers twine tied on it. Look how simple! 

Just a few tips- keep them in sun, and don't over water! If you over water the soil will become so soggy with no way to dry out because of the small holes on the bottom. *Lesson learned...* 

I'm loving these cans! Are you saving yours yet?

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DIY Cork Board Transformation

I love me some thrift shopping. Don't you?? I don't always find something- but when I do, I get really excited. Here in Utah we don't have Goodwill (at least we don't by me) so D.I. or Savers is the best option. I usually find more at D.I. though. 

While shopping there not too long ago, I found this pretty banged up cork board. I think I only paid $1 for it.

 I knew this little beauty had potential. It even had a hook on the back so I didn't have to put one on myself. I had all kinds of ideas for it. Here is the before: 

What I chose to do is take out the cork and cover it with fabric. I used hot glue to glue the fabric on it. If the cork board was in worse condition, I could have gotten some cork at Hobby Lobby to replace it. Just FYI incase you ever need to replace yours.

 I decided to keep the color since I had some cute fabric that perfectly patched. I sanded it up a bit to add a distressed/vintage look to it since it would match the fabric better. 

This literally took me only 10 minutes. I love finding things like this. How cute would this be in a little girls room with some pictures pinned to it?! 

Thanks for following along! Get craftin'!