Sometimes it’s just amazing what creative a pair of hands can be. In this next trick from the DIY world, you will see how to improve the décor of your garden in a few simple steps. The project will result into cute and creative a garden pony or horse with clay pots. In order to make a similar sculpture like the one shown in the pictures, you will require these materials: for the legs – 16 pieces of 4″ pots, the body – 2 pieces of 10″ pots, neck – 2 azalea pots of 8″ azalea, and one 8″ regular pot for the face of the horse. Follow the instructions on the next website to find out how they all stick together; hint it requires a special kind of glue. The finishing touches are done by using twine and rope. Good luck decorating your garden with a few of these lovely DIY clay pot horses!

You’ll need:

Pot on right is holding the neck in proper position on face while glue sets.

J-B Weld – Use a bucket or blocks or whatever you have handy to hold the head/neck in the position you like while the glue dries.

Building your own smoker can have a lot of benefits. For instance, the costs of a homemade smoker will be much smaller than those of a store-bought one. Also, by making the smoker yourself, you have total control over its size, shape and quality. So to make outdoor cooking more enjoyable and delicious, you should build your smoker out of a clay pot. Just go to the closest store and purchase a clay pot, a clay pot tray, an electrical hot plate, cooking grate (circular), some bricks, a metal pie pan, an oven thermometer, bolts and nuts and a wood dowel. After that take a look at the tutorial below and start building your very own clay pot smoker! Install it outdoors, once you are done, and enjoy the all the delicious smoked flavors.

• Clay Pot (12 to 16″ diameter)
• Smaller Clay Pot or Tray
• Circular Cooking Grate

Giving your garden a great look means hard work and dedication. It also means some degree of inspiration. Decorating with gnomes is becoming outdated. What’s hip right now is all sorts of DIY projects, like this creative clay pot lighthouse. Here is what you’ll need to do and have:

• some clay pots with saucers;
• ceramic adhesive;
• white and black acrylic gloss enamel;
• paint and paintbrush;

Before you get started, make sure all the pots and saucers don’t have any residue on them. In other words, they are clean. Beginning with the biggest of the pots turned upside down, pour some adhesive on the outer rim, and then place a smaller (also turned upside down) clay pot onto it. Next put adhesive on this pot and place a saucer on it. Glue the rim of the saucer and the one of a smaller clay pot (turned upside down as well). They should fit together. Let them stick for a couple of hours, or over the night to be certain.

Now it’s time for your artistic skills to kick in. Paint the clay pots white and black, as you would see in a real lighthouse. Be creative and do some windows or door on your object. Finally, to act like a lighthouse, place a lamp on top or a candle. In fact, let your imagination run wild and use it as bird feeder. Anything you picture will make your garden look great.

source: eHow