A couple of years ago, I bought a plant holder from
Value Village that was made from a cement form. These forms are made
from sturdy cardboard and they can be cut into a variety of sizes with a
hack saw.
So this was the year I
was going to create some new plant holders for plants in my classroom. I
started off with a rrrreally tall form and then cut it into 2 pieces
using a hack saw.
Next
I decided what colors I was going to spray paint each one. One planter
was going to be yellow and the other I decided was going to be orange.
Then I painted one with a base coat of white and it sorta covered the
writing.
The other one I painted black and I thought this one would have a really nice coverage.
Boy was I wrong. The one painted black had to have many coats to finally reach the coverage I was satisfied with.
I actually went out and bought different spray paint that would cover twice as much: Rustoleum did the trick. I am much happier with the coverage using this brand of paint.
Don't you think these turned out a nice color. See below for the final results.
Final results in the classroom.
The duck planter has a purple daisy in it (not sure it will last inside). The blue metal shelving and the bird house on the wall were all Goodwill finds.
