โ DIY Vases | Craft Tutorials For Making Your Own Vase โ
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On this page you will find the best tutorials on the web for making your own vases, often from household objects such as bottles and jars, and there are plenty of how-tos for simply decorating containers too. Most of the vases are completely different to what can be shop-bought, so you can own something unique as well as something cheaper...yay!
I hope you find these ideas inspiring :-)
Photo by WhiMSy Love.
DIY Jam Jar Vases
Click here to see how these vases were made.
Photo by The Green Gal.
Creative Vases to Make
- Lightbulb Vase
- A great way to recycle old bulbs.
- Birch Log
- Bring nature into your home with this DIY.
- Egg Shell Mosaic
- Interesting and unusual decoration technique.
- Cork Containers
- Make vases from just tin cans and cork.
- Tights Vase
- Cover votive candle holders with socks or tights.
- Milk Bottle Vases
- Use primer to make glass look like porcelain.
- Dice Cup Vase Trio
- A trio of vases clamped to a tree trunk slice.
- Flower Lab
- Group an assortment of clear jars together. You could also use scientific glassware.
- Faux Bois Vases
- Use silicone to draw a wood grain effect on your minimalist vases.
Concrete Pots
Click here for instructions on making your own trendy concrete pots.
Photo and planter by Home Beautiful.
Hanging Test Tube Vases
Photo by Design Dreams Japan.
Pretty Vase Projects
- Teapot Arrangement
- How to arrange a flower display in a teapot.
- Cocktail Shakers & Coffee Tins
- How to arrange flowers in these cool looking containers.
- Self Watering Vase
- Not pretty but it is a good recycling project with no fuss.
- Recycled Plastic Bottle
- All you need is a bottle and scissors for this free vase.
- Plastered Jars
- Interesting idea using old sweaters and plaster of Paris.
- Silver Leaf Vase
- Designed to look like Mercury glass.
- Painted Bottles
- I love the rainbow of colours used.
- Faux Porcelain Vases
- Transform glass bottles and tins into vases which look like they're ceramic.
- Framed Vases
- No tutorial, but it's an interesting idea for a DIY.
Mosaic Vase
Learn the art of mosaic making and you can make vases as cool as this one!
Photo and vase by Judit Bozsรกr.
Vase Tutorial Roundup
- Test Tube Vase
- Sleek and modern holders for single flowers.
- Wine Bottle Vases
- Stylish way to display flowers on the wall.
- Hanging Vases
- For indoor or outdoor use.
- Lightbulb Hanging Vases
- A few of these grouped together make a real statement.
- Beautiful Decorative Vases
- Gorgeous decorations to hang up at parties and weddings especially.
- Hanging Test Tubes
- Elegant and a perfect solution if you lack table space.
- Faux Foam Vases
- Use foam core to create different silhouettes.
- Embellished & Painted Vase
- Spray paint a glass jar and then decorate with fabric flowers.
Concrete & Lightbulb Vase
Photo and vase by Ray Alderman.
Decorating with Masking Tape
Click here for details on decorating bottles and jugs with tape.
Photo by How About Orange.
Decorative Vase How-Tos
- Argyle Sock Vases
- I love this super simple idea.
- Yarn Wrapped Vases
- I like the stripe accent on the example.
- Mason Jars
- With wire sections for hanging up.
- Enamel Bottles
- Transform bottles with enamel paint.
- Twig Vase
- Natural and rustic vase idea.
- Epsom Salt Bottles
- Textured wine bottles, perfect for christmas.
- Branch Vase
- Easy to make from natural materials.
- Chalkboard Vases
- A nice use for the popular paint.
- Spray Painted Jars
- Mask off a design first with stickers.
Etched Bottles
Click here to see how you can etch your own bottles.
Photo by Amanda Siska.
Vase Decoration Ideas
- Hollowed Tree Branch
- Bore out a hole to make a simple but effective vase.
- Tiny Framed Vases
- This display of little hanging vases really looks fantastic.
- Unusual Recycled Bottle Vase
- Very interesting technique using recycled materials.
- Paint Brush Vase
- Cool vase idea for a creative type.
- Recycled Valentine Vases
- Recycle old clear bottles into heart art.
- DIY White Bottles
- Classy vases made very easily from clear glass bottles.
- Mercury Glass
- Add silver leaf and an antique effect to make lovely shimmery vases.
- Burlap Vase Wrap
- Make an embellishment by stenciling burlap.
- Clay Petal Vase
- How to sculpt a clay flower to add to a plain vase.
Decoupage Vases
Layers of paper have been decoupaged onto vases, then varnished.
Photo and vases by Carol Ceramics.
Paper Mache Wall Vases
Photo by All The Luck In The World.
DIY Vases to Create
- Field of Flowers
- Gorgeous floral arrangment on the vase itself.
- Salt & Pepper Shaker Jars
- Turn shaker jars into mini vases by grouping them with wire.
- Shadow Box Wall Vases
- Cool box vases for making a wall display.
- Vivified Vases
- Cover your containers in slices of tree branch.
- Sweater Vases
- Recycle an old sweater into vase covers.
- Stacked Vases
- Create an eye-catching centrepiece by stacking bud vases together.
- Reading Book Vase
- Make an old or damaged book into an attractive decoration.
- Plastic Bag Vases
- Use a heat gun to mould plastic bags around a container - but beware the fumes!
Wellington Boots
Photo by WhiMSy Love.
More Vases For Your Home
- Jute Twine DIY
- Wrap a vase in natural colored twine.
- 17 Vase Arrangements
- Inspiring ideas from Martha Stewart.
- Recycled Bottle Vases
- Fun hanging vases made very easily from plastic bottles.
- Styrofoam Mosaic Tiles
- Cut foam tiles using a hotwire and then attach them to tin cans.
- Printed Photo Labels
- Just print out a photo on an adhesive label and stick it on a vase - simple!
- Font Vase
- Simply attach a random selection of letter stickers to a clear vase.
- Striped Glass
- Use window colour paint to add colourful stripes to glass.
- Creative Vase Gallery
- Photos of unusual vase designs to inspire you.
3-Tier Flower Tower
This lovely centrepiece has been made by drilling through 3 teacups and saucers and then stacking them on a metal rod.
Photo and tower by High Tea for Alice.
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funmate
Apr 3, 2012 @ 1:50 am | delete
- Very nice DIY ideas for home decoration and handmade gifts.
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acreativethinker
Apr 1, 2012 @ 7:37 pm | delete
- These are just lovely, really great ideas. Thanks for sharing. :)
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SquidooRocks55
Mar 28, 2012 @ 9:43 pm | delete
- Studentz - You've got all this great information! Great lens!
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LazyEasyFun
Mar 9, 2012 @ 4:25 pm | delete
- Your work is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Feb 12, 2012 @ 1:35 pm | delete
- Love the Wellington boots as flower pot or vase. The light bulb and test tube vases appeal to me also. Thanks for stimulating my creative impulses. Always appreciated.
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veryirie
Sep 27, 2011 @ 5:42 pm | delete
- Oodles of great ideas for DIY vases here! I made one of those small concrete pots for succulents this summer, but hopefully my second attempt will turn out better. ha
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daria369
Aug 27, 2011 @ 4:08 pm | delete
- Cute collection of ideas - something I do almost every day with the flowers that grow in my front yard. My favorite vases are unusually shaped bottles.
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