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Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Can the many old iron cans such as milk powder cans and paint cans used at home be turned into treasure? The production department here shares a tutorial on how to turn old iron cans into treasures by DIY hand-making small flowerpots, especially those made of metal. After some modification, it can be turned into a simple and practical small flowerpot. Draw simple lines on the iron can. It’s great to put together into interesting patterns!

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Tutorial on DIY small flower pots from old iron cans:

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Tools used for DIY small flower pots: an old iron can (remove the outer wrapping paper, if you can’t remove it, you can find a piece of white paper to wrap the can), a paint pen or a marker pen (the pen must have strong adhesion , not easy to fade when exposed to water)

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Step 1: Roughly divide several areas on the jar.

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Step 2: Draw patterns in the areas you divided.

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Step 3: Gradually fill in the blanks in the divided area.

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

The old iron cans turned into treasures and the DIY small flowerpot is completed~just put your plants in it~

How to design a simple pattern:

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

In fact, pattern design is very simple, we only need to select a style.

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Then just repeat the arrangement.

Turn old iron cans into treasure with DIY handmade flowerpots

Extended reading:

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