Sunday, January 22, 2017

Faux Plant Pot using a "Pringles" box

A very Happy New Year to all of you!!! Hope everyone had an amazing one. 

In this post I will be sharing a recent DIY potted plant I made using a Pringles chips box. It was an extremely low-cost, quick and fun project. 


Materials Required:
  1. Pringles box (I bought one from Dollar Tree)
  2. Any colored yarn or jute
  3. A lace or ribbon
  4. Glue gun
  5. Faux plant assortments 


 Procedure:
  1. Start by covering the cleaned box with yarn in any pattern you like using glue gun. I went with two bands of brick red colored yarn with white jute in between. Glue every few inches to make sure that the jute/yarn stays in place, keeping as less space between the layers as possible. Just a quick note: Glue cools off fast, so don't put a lot of it at once. otherwise by the time you try to stick the jute/yarn to it, it won't catch on (I learned that the hard way). 

  2. Once the box is covered, use any lace or ribbon to cover the top and bottom rims of the box. 
  3. Easiest of all steps, arrange the faux plant assortments in the box. I got these small branches and a few stems for less than a dollar each from Hobby Lobby in a sale. Without a sale/coupon, each stem might cost a maximum of $2 and you will not require more than 5-6 for a box with a similar radius. Usually the stems will hold in place because of the weight and also they get stuck with each other. However I taped the first two stems to the inside of the box using an adhesive tape just to give it strength. The rest just stayed once I started arranging.
The faux potted plant is ready!

Please let me know how did you like making this potted plant or if you have any suggestions!

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