How to recycle your empty Soda Bottles into 3D Character Flower Pots

Are you accumulating so much empty soda bottles? Why not turn them into something useful instead of just throwing them away?  Here's a simple way where you can recycle your empty soda bottles into 3D character flower pots.

Materials:


Plastic Bottles

NT Cutter

Scissors

Acrylic or Poster Paint

Crafts Glue

Paint Brushes

Soldering Iron

Old news papers/used coffee filters

Soil

Small plant or seed

Procedure:

1.  Thoroughly clean your empty plastic bottles with soap and water.

2.  Carefully cut the bottom parts of the plastic bottles using your cutter and scissors.  Towel dry to remove any excess water.

3. Use a soldering iron to make holes on the bottom of your plastic bottles to help drain the water. 

4.  Choose a design for your flower pot.  This can range from cartoon characters, fruits, & objects, it's up to you.  For this project, I chose to use a minion design. Cover the soda bottle with layers of news paper or coffee filters until you form your desired shape.  Crumpling or folding the news paper will make it faster to form the shapes. Just cover it up with layers of news paper to smoothen out the edges.

5.  You can now color the body of your flower pot using a mixture of acrylic paint and glue.  1 part paint  to 1 part glue should do. This will help protect the paint and the news paper from getting wet.

6.  While we're waiting for the paint to dry, We'll now be making the eyes for your minion. Using a piece of empty carton roll from your fax paper. Cut 2 pieces of about 1 inch long.

7. Apply glue on one end of your carton roll and stick it into a piece of paper and cut-off the excess.

8. Color the sides with silver colored acrylic paint and let it dry. 

9. For the eye balls you can put a dot in the middle using your permanent marker or can use googly eyes for added effect.

10. Glue the eyes onto your minion flower pot.

11. Using a mixture of glue and water. Paint your minion flower pot to protect it from getting wet.

12. Once dry, you can now add some soil into your flower pot and place your seed or plant inside. I chose a cactus for the plant as it is easy to maintain, can be placed inside the house or office, and is supposed to help reduce emissions from electronic devices.

13. Congratulations, your done...