Driftwood Pot Tutorial

While having a Spring clean of my garage last week I came across a bag of driftwood scraps from projects like my driftwood seahorse and pair of driftwood fish. There is nothing like a bag of junk to get the old creative juices flowing …just look what I conjured up!

How to make a driftwood pot

You will need

  • A large empty yogurt pot
  • Acrylic paint
  • Sponge brush
  • Scraps of driftwood…although any twigs would work
  • Hot glue gun

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Start by painting your pot. I used a brown acrylic paint and gave my pot a few coats dotting rather than brushing it on. As you can see you don’t have to be too fussy about getting everything covered up.

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Sort out driftwood pieces slightly taller than your pot. You can use a little hacksaw to trim them up a bit if your pieces are too long.

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Then simply glue them onto your pot working your way around.

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Then plop a pretty green house plant in and hey presto, a beautiful driftwood pot.

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Love from

Creative in Chicago

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5 thoughts on “Driftwood Pot Tutorial

  1. What an easy cute way to make an eye catching vase! I just started to work with drift wood on a serious level. I live in okla where I have it literally in my back yard. I have always loved the pieces I would drag home from the lake or creeks, but i didn’t know what I was ever gonna do with the stuff. When I told my boys I want to make driftwood art I had no idea it was a thing until I got on pintrest!! I’m gonna do this today. I have so many neat pierces. I love this idea. Thank you. Hopefully I will be posting my own ideas with my driftwood on here soon.

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