DIY TEAPOT PLANTER / Garden Ideas / How to make and plant in a teapot & teacup

Hi everyone, so today's video is going to be on how to create flower teapots and a tea set. So in my previous video I mentioned how you can use different household objects as planters and one of my favourite ways of doing this is using things like teapots or little teacups and saucers to make planters with. So I'm going to show you how I do that today. So when you are choosing the teapot or the tea set that you want to use, think about what sort of flowers you're going to put into it. So if you are using a teapot, make sure that the hole for the teapot is big enough for you to fit a plant in because some of these teapots can be quite narrow so it's going to be quite difficult to fit a flower in there but we can try and make it work. It's best to use kind of like an old tea set that you're not too worried about if it does break because there can be a few mistakes with this way of planting. You can also use the teapot and the tea set for houseplants. That works really well as well but today I'm going to use outdoor plants for this. So you want to start by placing the teapot face down onto a flat surface. Now for this you'll definitely need a pair of goggles and a drill and if you're not confident at using one definitely have someone help you because it is quite difficult. So you want to place a tiny bit of water where you're about to drill the hole to stop the dust and help keep the drill cool. Then all you need to do is drill down to create a hole. Now it definitely isn't as easy as it looks and you do need a bit of patience with this but it's so worth it. It does go with a bit of force when you finally get the drill through too. If you're using a china cup or a cup which feels thinner it's a good idea to add some tape just to stop the porcelain from smashing. We had a couple of broken cups before using this method. So once you've made the holes in your tea set you want to start by putting the flowers inside it. So the first thing you want to do is just add a little bit of gravel or again a bit of smashed ceramic pot just to help the drainage at the bottom of your teapot or tea set whatever you've used. Not too many just enough to kind of give that bit of texture and then a tiny bit of compost again. Now because our pots are so small you don't really need too much of this at all. Like that and then take the plant you're going to be using add a little bit of water to it. I've already added it to this plant and when you take it out make sure you squeeze the pot so it falls out gently rather than you know tugging at the stems because that can break it. I've actually cut this down a little bit just so it fits better in our teacup and then just push it in the teacup as gently as you can. So when you finish it should look something like this and honestly I'm really happy with how they turned out. I think they look really cute very kind of Cath Kidson English country home style. I just think they look amazing and especially that you can do them with old tea sets and stuff that you have. I just think it's really personalized and yeah I just love the overall effect. So I really hope you enjoyed this video. If you did please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel because it really would help me out and tag me in your photos as well on Instagram because I'd love to see if you recreate any of these and how yours turned out. I just think it looks so cute. So yeah have a great day and I'll speak to you all in my next video. Bye guys!