Making fruit pots

Welcome to a magical craft tutorial that will bring a breath of fresh air into your home! These self-designed fruit pots are perfect for bringing color and joie de vivre into your four walls. From the kitchen to the living room - the handmade pots are not only an eye-catcher, but also a testament to your creativity. Whether for yourself or as an original gift, these instructions will guide you step by step through the creative process. Let's bring a little sunshine into your home right away!

Fresh fruit for your home: make your own creative fruit pots

Step 1: Priming the pots and plates

First, take four terracotta-pots and four corresponding plates. Using stippling brushes, apply an even layer of white paint to the surface. This serves as a primer to make the colors appear brighter later. Allow the paint to dry completely before repeating the process twice. This will ensure that the base color covers well and that the subsequent color scheme is shown to its best advantage.

Step 2: Color scheme of your choice

Now comes the creative part! Choose the colors you want for your pots and plates and dab them on again with the brush. Let your imagination run wild - whether strawberry, apple or lemon, you decide the design! Repeat the application of the colors until you have achieved the desired shade and allow everything to dry well after each application.

Step 3: Decoration with FIMOair

First, print out the templates for your fruit decoration and cut them out carefully. These will serve as templates for decorating your pots. Roll out some FIMOair with a FIMO acrylic Roller to the desired thickness. Now place your cut-out templates on the rolled-out mass and cut out the shape with a modeling stick. FIMOair is an air-drying modelling clay, that is easy to work with.

Step 4: Shape the stems and leaves

For the stems, form a 'roll' out of FIMOair and cut four pieces of equal length out of it to serve as stems. Model the previously cut out leaves around the stems and allow all parts to dry thoroughly.

Step 5: Painting and attaching

Once the FIMOair elements are completely dry, paint them with acrylic paint in the appropriate colors. Give the stems and leaves a lively coat of paint and leave them to dry completely again. Now you can attach the painted parts to the respective fruit pots using hot glue. This will create beautiful leaves and stems that will give your pots that certain something.

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