DIY Swan Pot Planter from Plastic Bottles

Here we are going to show you a plastic bottle garden project you can make from a plastic bottle to an beautiful swan pot planter. This will look amazing in your garden or even inside house. If you love concrete garden planter, you may want to try this with 5 liter plastic bottle, wire and cement as basic supplies. Cut one side of the plastic bottle and remove it. Fill the bottle with sand to prepare it for building the swan shape. Introduce a thick wire into the bottle, through its cap. Fix it into the sand then try to shape it in the form of a swan’s neck. Cover bottle with plaster and add two rectangular metal grates on the sides for wing bases. Cover the complete figure with plaster, modeling. Take a thin layer of bandage and wrap it around the swan’s neck and head. Make realistic forms of head, neck and wings by adding more plaster and modeling. Paint over the swan’s features and remove sand.

DIY Swan Pot Planter from Plastic Bottles Tutorial

Materials:

      • 5 liter plastic bottle
      • sand
      • Thick wire
      • Plaster or cement
      • 2 metal grates
      • Ribbon
      • Paint

Instructions:

Cut one side of the plastic bottle and remove it. Fill the bottle with sand to prepare it for building the swan shape. Introduce a thick wire into the bottle, through its cap. Fix it into the sand then try to shape it in the form of a swan’s neck.

DIY plastic Bottle swan planter Tutorial

Cover bottle with plaster and add two rectangular metal grates on the sides for wing bases. Cover the complete figure with plaster, modeling. Take a thin layer of bandage and wrap it around the swan’s neck and head. DIY plastic Bottle swan planter Tutorial

Make realistic forms of head, neck and wings by adding more plaster and modeling.

DIY plastic Bottle swan planter Tutorial DIY plastic Bottle swan planter Tutorial

Paint over the swan’s features and remove sand.

DIY plastic Bottle swan planter Tutorial

You may love the peacock planter without doing it yourself.

peacock succulent planter pot

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