Twine-wrapped Plant Pot & Bottle

Do you have any unwanted items like empty bottles, instant noodles cups or cans? What would you do with these unwanted items? Throw them away or keep them for other purposes?  We usually throw away what we no longer make use of. Do you know these "useless" items can be used to make a lot of great DIY projects?

I have some empty instant noodles cups stuffed into a drawer that I purposely keep for my DIY projects. I used these empty cups to make two rustic-looking plant pots in different designs. This is an inexpensive and easy craft, you can finish it in less than half an hour's time.

You can grow flowers or herbs in the twine-wrapped plant pot. Anyway, I prefer a low-maintenance greenery like a cactus.

Let's start with the simple materials that stated below...


Materials: 
1. Empty cups/ bottles
2. Twine
3. Super glue/ hot glue
4 Self-adhesive tape (ribbon)
5. Buttons 

This craft does not require any special skill. What you need to do is wrap the cup in twine and put on your decorative accessories.

By referring to the above photo, you can see two different designs of twine-wrapped plant pots. The first one is decorated with a piece of self-adhesive tape and a twine-braided bow. You can braid the twine and knot the both ends before you tie it on the pot. The second pot is decorated with a piece of self-adhesive tape and a button flower. It is very easy to make a button flower. You just need to get ready four pieces of twine and a four-hole button. Do cross stitch on top of the button and make two bows with the twine's' ends at the bottom of the button. Arrange the loops evenly and attach to your desired point of the pot.

The above twine-wrapped bottles are my daughter's masterpieces. These are her own ideas. She finished this project during her school holiday a few months ago. Making this kind of craft is simple, easy and inexpensive. Furthermore, it is suitable for younger children and adults. Do you agree on training a child to reuse some unwanted items is a great way to reduce the environmental issues? Let's make some unique home decors for ourselves and at the same time make some effort to protect our earth.