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This tutorial shows how to turn over an onetime watering can into cosmetic garden art . With supplies like wire , marble , lamp crystals , and bead , create the effect of water pouring out .

Also see theWatering Can Garden Art Idea Galleryfor more ideas .

Watering can garden art.

Use lamp crystals and beads for faux water

Turn Your Old Watering Cans into Art

If I had to pluck a favorite collectable garden item , galvanized alloy watering cans would top the inclination .

If they work out really well , I use them for watering the flora . But spate of watering cans — former and new — are really poorly designed and do not balance decent when pouring weewee . But no trouble , the nonadaptive ones and the leak oldie are perfect for garden graphics .

Garden Art Watering Can Project

This watering can garden prowess project is very simple and lend a fun touch of whim to the garden . You ’ll take just a few materials and it should only take an time of day or so to complete .

Instead of wire and beads , you could also usemini LED light .

PROJECT TIME:1 60 minutes

Old watering can decorated with lamp crystals.

Here ’s how it works .

Wires are threaded through the spout and assure inside the watering can .

Crystals , beads , and marbles are attached to the telegram to look like piddle spilling out . That ’s it !

Watering can art with faux water made from beads and crystals

Choosing a Watering Can

Materials

Steps

1 . Cut wires for hanging crystal . Allow enough length to secure wire inside watering can and to pay heed crystal at various lengths from spout .

2 . Thread wires through spout and secure inside lacrimation can .

The wires will stay securely in position inside the watering can if you wrap the ends around a screw or nail that is longer ( all-embracing ) than the opening .

Lobelia planted into small galvanized watering can

3 . Attach crystal and pearl to spout wires .

Done !

Show Them Off

I like to display my garden fine art aggregation on old wooden ladders . I love the contrast of the agrestic ravel with the elegance of the crystals .

There are more ideas here in theWatering Can Garden Art Idea Gallery .

~Melissathe Empress of Dirt ♛

Collection of watering cans

Supplies for making watering can art

Assembling watering can art

Wrapping wire around screw

Galvanized watering cans with dripping crystal art

Got an old watering can? Turn it into garden art spilling faux water with wire, marbles, beads, and crystals.

Got an old watering can? Turn it into garden art spilling faux water with wire, marbles, beads, and crystals.