Monday, February 27, 2012

Craft Ideas For The Home-Flower Pot Porch Bell

Craft Ideas For The Home-Flower Pot Porch Bell
makemoneywithcraftfairs.com Craft Ideas For The Home How To Make A Porch Bell From Clay Flower Pots People who visit craft shows are often looking for gift ideas or things to decorate their homes with or they're looking for craft ideas for the home for themselves. If you're looking for some easy crafts to add to your collection to sell at craft shows, try your hand at making a clay porch bell. What you'll need: One clay flower pot about 5" to 6" in diameter One clay smaller flower pot that will fit inside of the larger one Decorative cord about 2 feet long Two large wooden beads: must be larger in diameter than the holes in the bottoms of the pots. Craft paint Optional: craft jewels to glue to the outside for some added color and decoration First, paint and decorate the flower pots in a holiday theme, seasonal theme or whatever theme you like. Allow the craft paints and ornament glues to dry for a few hours before working with the pots. Bell Assembly Instructions: Make a loo! p on one end of the cord to hang the bell from. Turn the larger flower pot upside down. Push the loose end of the cord down through the hole in the pot. Place the pot on its side and slide one of the wooden beads about 10 inches up the cord. Tie the cord around the bead so it can't slip. Make sure you can lift the pot up by the loop without it slipping off the cord. Now slide the smaller pot up the cord so that it's inside of the larger pot. Tie the second large bead to the bottom of the cord. When you ...