There is no question that clay pots are not only practical in the garden, they also have a high-quality look. But it gets even better: with the ideas and inspiration on this page you can beautify your garden in no time at all. Use your clay pots not only as planters, but also as impressive decorative objects.

Clay pots are great for crafting

Small table decoration

ladybug

  1. Paint a small clay pot red first…
  2. and later with black dots.
  3. Paint a round rock black.
  4. Glue eyes to the stone.
  5. Turn the clay pot upside down and glue the head to the bottom rim.
  6. Your ladybug is ready.

Little Males

  1. Place two clay pots on top of each other so that the bottoms touch.
  2. Draw a face on the top pot.
  3. Make arms and legs from other small clay pots that you thread on a string.
  4. Attach these to the "body".
  5. Plant the top clay pot with herbs.

crocodile

  1. Paint several small clay pots dark green.
  2. Plug them into each other.
  3. A slightly smaller clay pot serves as the snout, which you place all the way to the front.
  4. Glue small googly eyes to the crocodile and make legs out of wooden sticks.

nest boxes and insect hotels

beehive

  1. Cut a small hole at the top of the clay pot.
  2. Seal the hole at the bottom.
  3. Paint the clay pot like a beehive.
  4. If you like, you can make small bees yourself.
  5. Place the "beehive" upside down near a bed.

bird feeder

  1. Tie a wooden stick to a piece of string.
  2. Thread this through the hole in the bottom of a clay pot so the wooden stick is inside.
  3. Of course, this must be longer than the hole diameter.
  4. Fix a fat ball (€9.99) in the pot in the same way.
  5. Now the wooden stick must be on the outside and the fat ball should be dangling from the inside.
  6. Now hang the clay pot in a tree.

In the bed

plant stick

  1. Put several clay pots over a metal rod.
  2. Fill the pots with soil.
  3. Plant the pots with succulents.
  4. Insert the metal rod into the bed.

lighthouse

  1. Paint a couple of clay pots each red or white.
  2. Put them on top of each other alternately.
  3. Also paint windows on your lighthouse.
  4. Tip: the lighthouse looks particularly beautiful in a bowl filled with gravel or sand.

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Garden design