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Jack O’Lantern Flower Pots! An Alternative To Using a Pumpkin for Halloween!

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I went to Home Depot the other day and saw orange self watering flower pots. Since I was in an Autumn state of mind, I realized that these looked very similar to fake pumpkins.

Of course I took it one step further, and the craftiness grabbed a hold of me.

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I had bought a set of permanent markers the other day and as I looked at the containers I thought, “These would probably look great as Jack ‘O Lanterns.” I was right.

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This craft was really simple to make, and I pretty much freestyled the “Stencils” from seeing other scary Halloween faces.

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I also tested out artificial tea lights to see if these would show up at night, and they did.  I was so excited.

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In the end though, I decided to put various purple flowers into the pots to give my Jack “O Lanterns “Hair”.

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I used Mexican Heather, Coleus, and a some funky looking flowers called Celosia (they remind me of a Dr. Seuss character).

I even had a little help as well with the watering.

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Of course what is really awesome, is once Halloween is over I can simply turn them around and use them as Fall Pots.

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Have you made a similar craft before?  What are the multiple uses you found for your container?

I am so happy about the outcome of this craft.  If you make it as well, enjoy!

FFM

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  1. Love this clever idea! How fun! I'd probably be tempted to keep the pumpkin side facing out all year, they would simply make me smile every time I looked at them :)
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  3. these would be GREAT for my little daisy troop to do. we could put little plants in them and donate to a senior center or where my dad lives. i love it!
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  6. I love this idea! It's simple enough that I can do it on my limited time but super cute for the season, too! I wish I were creative! lol Thanks for sharing your creativeness! :)
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  10. These are really cute and I love things that don't decompose and I have to throw them away. How clever to use the tea lights. Love it.
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