Slate Plant Pots

A very low cost and very easy project anyone can make, great activity to get your kids involved in as they are soooo proud of making a quality gift that looks like it was professionally made. 

All you need is the following

Materials:
Reclaimed slate tiles 30p each (reclamation yard, ebay, old roof)
Wood batons £ free (scrap wood, off cuts or DIY store)
Screws 30p

Total cost = £2 - £2.50 per pot

Tools:
Ruler
Saw
Screw driver
Drill + masonry or tile drill bit + Screwdriver bit

Step 1 Drilling Tiles

• Stack four tiles on top of each other, ensuring the nail holes and edges are aligned
• Measure and mark three holes for the screws (the nail holes count as one hole)
• Drill through all the tiles at once, be careful not move the tiles whist drilling. If they do move realign them immediately

Comments

[www.microbike.ie]

AEG drill? lithium? RU Happy?

[CatTrampoline]

Outstanding! Even if you had to buy the slate tiles new, it would still be cheaper than plastic pots and 100x nicer.

[jonnyd55]

Thanks :) originaly i did that, it cost approx £6-7 per pot......as you quite rightly say, still a bargain :)

[vincent7520]

Excellent … your pots are truly beautiful and I have a number of unused slates which now have a good reason to sit in the back of my basement until I make my own pots ! … 
thank you for posting this inst'

[jonnyd55]

That's great, send me a pic when you have made them :)