Don't know what to do with your spare terracotta pots? Transform them into amazing creations for your garden
When it comes to growing plants in pots, many say terracotta pots are the best choice. And often, plants are sold in terracotta containers. However, when a plant gets bigger and needs to be transplanted to open ground, what can we do the the now-empty terracotta pot?
There is a limit, after all, to how many cuttings and new plants we can have around, no?! Well, how about turning empty terracotta pots into decorations?
Terracotta vases that become cute characters
What a beautiful lady... in terracotta! Have you thought about painting a face on a pot? It could be very cute!
This woman is tipping us a wink... how can you resist her?
Pots for the birds
Tutorial via birdsandblooms.com
Old terracotta pots are perfect for creating bird-baths and feeders: using the pots, you can create a supporting column, and a saucer, old dish or tray can hold the water! Let's help out our feathered friends.
And, as mentioned, you could create a bird feeder using a terracotta pot. The important thing is that it is suspended so that, rodents or other animals cannot reach the feeder.
Terracotta wreaths
Find a rigid and sturdy support, and then lots of small terracotta pots which you can recycle... In a jiffy, you'll have a unique wreath to hang up.
Given that these wreaths will tend to be heavier than normal ones, choose a suitable place to hang them up, such as a sturdy wall.
Terracotta pots wind chimes
An object that is always fun to make, and then to look at - and listen to - is a wind chime that you can DIY with terracotta pots!
You can choose how long to make the chimes themselves, and how to decorate them. If you find them, you could even use mini terracotta pots as clappers!
A terracotta man in the garden
This will take a few pots, a little time and above all, finding a right spot for the new "tenant" in the garden: a man made entirely of terracotta pots!
He can sit on an old bench or fence, or even take a seat in a flowerbed. You are now free make up his identity and his back-story!
Adorable flowerbed decorations
A miniature fire hydrant made of terracotta pots: a cute and easy DIY decoration!
Wouldn't it be nice to have a few colorful gnomes living in your garden?
And how about a colorful crop of mushrooms?
Using terracotta pots for artworks in the garden
This uniqe and beautiful composition using terracotta pots is found in the Freeland Tanner's Garden in Napa (California) and is one of the many creative artworks adorning this site.
And terracotta pots can look beautiful even when they are just stacked up into columns and filled with plants.
A half sphere of vases, to be decorated as desired... There are several similar ideas that you can consider replicating!
Have you ever artistically recycled any old terracotta pots?
