Disadvantages Of Cooking In Clay Pots

Rebecca is a retired special education teacher, a freelance writer, and an avid recycler.

This article will show you how to make your own fairy garden out of a broken pot.

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Fairy Garden Tutorial

It is easy to make a fairy garden! Just start with that old broken clay pot you found while getting the porch ready for spring. This article will break down how to do it.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Save Your Broken Pot
2. Clean the Pot
3. Let It Dry
4. Break Up One of the Larger Pot Shards
5. Fill the Pot With Soil
6. Prepare Your Plants
7. Arrange Plants and Shards
8. Add Steps
9. Add Fairies

Don't throw away that broken pot! You can turn it into a whimsical work of living art.

Step 1: Save Your Broken Pot

Save your broken clay pots and turn all you find into a charming fairy garden.

Give the pot a good scrub to remove all the old soil.

Step 2: Clean the Pot

Remove the old soil and scrub it clean.

You'll want your pot to be thoroughly dry before you start turning it into a fairy garden.

Step 3: Let It Dry

Leave it to dry out thoroughly.

If a large piece broke off your pot, smash it up into smaller pieces. You can use these to decorate the fairy garden!

Step 4: Break Up One of the Larger Pot Shards

Use a hammer to break one or two (or more) of the larger pieces into smaller pieces. It will depend on the size of your clay pot and how it is broken.

Refill the main piece of the broken pot with nice, fresh soil.

Step 5: Fill the Pot With Soil

Fill the remaining pot with fresh, clean potting soil.

Prep the plants you want to put in the fairy garden. Succulents are a good choice!

Step 6: Prepare Your Plants

Get your plants ready to plant. I used succulents.

Here's a shot of my blue lobelia, all ready to be planted.

I also used blue lobelia.

I used a large broken piece here to create a decorative wall in the garden.

Step 7: Arrange Plants and Shards

Arrange the plants and pieces of the broken clay pot.

Broken pieces of the pot can be magically transformed into fairy steps!

Step 8: Add Steps

Don't forget to add some steps.

Some fairy and gnome figurines turn the garden into a whimsical habitat.

Step 9: Add Fairies

Now magical beings can climb up to live in your fairy garden.

More Fairy Garden Ideas for Recycling Broken Planters

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 14, 2020:

I like the stairs too. Thanks, Peggy!

Peggy Woods from Houston, Texas on April 14, 2020:

That is such a cute idea for using broken clay pots. I particularly liked seeing what looks like steps or a stairway. Thanks for the idea!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 14, 2020:

You too, Heidi. Thanks!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 14, 2020:

I'm glad! Thank you!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 14, 2020:

They are fun to make. Thanks, Pamela!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 14, 2020:

Thanks! What a nice compliment!

Heidi Thorne from Chicago Area on April 13, 2020:

What a great way to repurpose a broken pot! Thanks for sharing this cute project with us. Hope you're staying safe and well!

Lora Hollings on April 13, 2020:

What a wonderful and creative idea to do with these broken pots! I've always wanted to make a fairy garden and your article has such detailed instructions that I now can make one! This is a wonderful article with great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Pamela Oglesby from Sunny Florida on April 13, 2020:

I have always thrown away by brokern pots. I never thought about being creastive with them and I like what you have done. They are very pretty.

Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on April 13, 2020:

What a beautiful creation! Inspirational too, when you think how many people and objects have been literally discarded by others who despised them for not being whole; when all that was needed was some creativity! Thanks for sharing!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 12, 2020:

Thanks, Linda!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 12, 2020:

Thanks so much!!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 12, 2020:

Glad to be of help! HAve fun!

Rebecca Mealey (author) from Northeastern Georgia, USA on April 12, 2020:

Thanks so much! It was fun!

FlourishAnyway from USA on April 12, 2020:

How creative! I've never seen anything like this! Very cute.

Linda Chechar from Arizona on April 12, 2020:

This is a great use for broken clay planters. It's such an adorable fairy garden!

Umesh Chandra Bhatt from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India on April 12, 2020:

Novel idea. Beauty from the broken pieces.

MG Singh emge from Singapore on April 12, 2020:

This is an excellent idea Rebecca. I have a large garden and I have been throwing away lots of pots. After reading your article I thought I would have been better off in using them for something exotic as brought out by you.

Disadvantages Of Cooking In Clay Pots

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