The coming of spring ushers fresh blooms which means it is that time of the year where you can decorate your space with freshly cut flowers. If you’re quite fond of flowers, you’ve probably cut quite a lot of them from your garden, too much in fact for your vases to hold. If you’ve run out of vases at home, don’t worry. There are a lot of ways for you to create your own vases using existing items at home.
1. Old floppy disks.
Floppy disks can be used to create a small vase. Gather all the floppy disks in your drawer, put them together to create a small vase, add a small glass inside to hold water, and then add your favorite blooms. Simple but effective and you’ll even have a funky looking flower vase to boot.
2. Old wine bottles.
Wine bottles can come in handy if you’ve run out of vases. Just remove the label for a more streamlined look. This is perfect for long stemmed flowers too.
3. Unused mugs.
Mugs are quite versatile because they can be used as pen holders, paper weight, and they can even be used as instant vases. Plain mugs are good but those with design can lend more beauty to your fresh flowers. You only need to choose which flowers will go for each mug for a more unifying effect.
4. Paper bags.
Paper bags aren’t just for holding your groceries or shopping. They can also be converted into DIY vases. Of course, the material will get wet if you pour water directly onto it so make sure that you add a jar inside to hold your flowers and water. This is a fun idea and one that is easy to make.
5. Milk bottles.
Milk bottles will work nicely as vases especially when they’re made from glass. You can leave them as is or add a bit of decorative effect to them if you like.
6. Concrete vases.
Before you throw away your old bottles, why not transform them into concrete vases? This requires a little bit of effort in your part as well as know-how in the use of cement to come up with concrete vases. Still, your effort will be well worth it once you see the end result. If the vase made from concrete looks a bit dull to you, get your paint brush and dab some colors onto its surface.
7. Mason jars.
Mason jars are making a comeback these days which means you too can take advantage of their presence by converting them into flower vases. Spray paint them if you like to add more punch to their design before adding flowers in them.
8. Metal canisters.
Any metal canisters that you no longer use can be repurposed into flower vases. It doesn’t matter whether they come in different heights, sizes, or shapes, as long as they are sturdy and that they don’t have any holes in them you can use them as instant flower vases.
9. Tin cans.
Canned goods are also a good source for DIY vases. Remove the labels, clean them up inside and out, and paint them in bronze, gold, or even silver if you like depending on your style. Put them on display as flower vases along with your favorite blooms.
10. Baby food jars.
Like it was mentioned before, you can convert any old item at home into usable products once more. Take for example baby food jars. They can still be of use especially when you convert them into small vases. You can install them on a piece of wood and hang them up for added decorative effect.
11. Old jars.
If you have extra jars at home, like cookie jar, or flour jar, why not use them as vases? You can paint them, add stencils, or stickers to redesign them then add flowers. They can also double as decorations when flowers aren’t available.
12. Plastic bottles.
Recycling plastic bottles is a good idea and one way to reuse them is to transform them into vases for your flowers. Of course, a little creativity is required to spruce up plastic bottles but with a bit of craft paper, paint, and some strings, you can create DIY flower vases in no time.
