Colourful food tins

Turn your food tins into flowerpots

These pretty flowerpots are easy to make and can be personalised in any way you like. All you need are some empty food tins, a handful of wooden craft sticks and a selection of edding permanent sprays in fresh neon colours. With their vibrant appearance and fashionable mix of wood, metal and neon, these flowerpots are real eye-catchers. Even beginners will soon get amazing results with our spray paint. Our Spray Basics section gives you all the top tips and shows you how it's done, step-by-step. edding spray paint provides excellent coverage and dries very quickly, making it perfect for decorating accessories for your garden or balcony.

Categories: Creative garden ideas
Home decor
Products: Permanent spray
Materials: Metal
Wood
Difficulty: A bit more challenging
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see everything you need at a glance in this photo. First of all, remove the label and give the can a thorough clean. For the spraying, you'll need edding 5200 permanent spray cans in the colours of your choice. In our example, we used white and neon green.

Step 2

Cover your work surface well with masking film or paper before you spray. Once you've finished preparing, start with a coat of white spray paint. As you can see in this photo, it makes the perfect undercoat for any of our dazzling neon colours. We recommend spraying at a distance of 25 cm, using horizontal and vertical strokes to ensure a more even coverage. Our Spray Basics section gives you handy tips for the perfect spraying technique.

Step 3

Once it has dried, spray on the neon green paint. Try not to spray too long in one spot. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly.

Step 4

Now you're nearly done. Take 3 of the small wooden sticks for the feet and use the hot glue gun to stick them on. If you want, you can also paint these in matching colours.

Step 5

Should you wish to decorate the pots in two or more colours, mask the area that you don't want painted, then spray the exposed section. Once everything's completely dry, continue in the same way with the other section(s).