Yo-yo Flower Pot

These flower pots {yo-yo pots} are super easy to make, extremely versatile and super adorable. You can customize the flower/yo-yo pots to suit your style and/or needs.

Step 1 Fail at Gardening

So you bought seeds to plant and they grew, but then one of the following scenarios happened:

• They shriveled up despite proper watering
• The guy that cuts the lawn at your apartment air-headedly decapitated your two-foot tall zinnias
• Some mysterious insect decided to nom-nom the leaves
• You decided to skip the seeds, get some, say, red bell peppers, dahlias and lilies from your local hardware store on separate occasions; after the third plant dies you have decided that growing plants isn't your thing--or that the hardware store's greenhouse doesn't know what they're doing.

Either way, you decide to maybe try again next year. But this year, right now, you like flowers and you have a bunch of ceramic pots and decorative planters now empty or full of shriveling plant remains. (This is when you also realize that you have minimal storage space and decide to utilize what you do have.)

Thus, the first step: admit you have multiple problems. Then trash the dry, potentially molding, bug-infested soil from those planters and sanitize!

Comments

[tnfamtree]

First of all, I just discovered this site & I love the ingenuity! Regarding the Yo-Yo Flower Pot...this is a very cute idea!. A few years ago, I attempted to make a yo-yo freehand...after an hour and a pathetic looking yoyo...I gave up. Then I discovered one of the best inventions... a yoyo maker! Avail. in several round sizes, a heart shape, & a 5-petal flower for about $5 at Hobby Lobby. I can stitch up a yoyo in less than a minute and they are all so cute and uniform in size. :) I have about 800 now.. working towards putting them in a quilt or other craft ideas!

[ksassily]

Thanks for the info! I do know about the yo-yo maker but I have never tried it; I have a feeling it would make things more difficult, for me at least. But holy cow....800?! Way to go. How long did that take you?

[marypatmike]

this is the absolute cutest idea i've seen, I am definately getting the material tomorrow and "attempting" to make these, hope they turn out as cute as the one's you made!

[ksassily]

:-) I'd be happy to see what you make. Let me know how they turn out!

[horseback]

my mom would love these, she can't grow a real thing! ha ha ha

[ksassily]

That's the beauty of the yo-yo pot: no gardening skills necessary.

[scoochmaroo]

Step 1: Check!