Hi, everyone!
Welcome to another series of our Int’l Bloggers Challenge! That time when we meet together and share what we do from different parts of the world. Last month we did a fabric project and I shared my nautical uphostered bench
We are finally enjoying good weather and we love being outdoors rearranging plants and planter. Just the other day we went out with the girls to walk the dog and we found next to the garbage dumpster two tyres. Ahem, ahem.
Walking with two children and a dog, it seemed a bit excessive to pick up two tyres, but when they saw them they started jumping all excited and told me to took them home to be a companion for the lonely tyre our dog had adopted.
Here’s so good that even allows our daughters to put caps, sunglasses, tiaras…
Little Miss S loves to play with him… obvious, right?
I’m easy going regarding junk, I know … Well, being two girls and two wheels the process was simple, each of them rolled his own tyre its way home, with the added luck that we did not meet any neighbor. What more can we ask for?!
That afternoon we went shopping because we had already decided what to do with all three tyres. Yes, we left Pinxo (our dog) without his. We bought some spray paint and I must tell I am a fan because it is fast and the finish is perfect!
From here and throughout the whole process of spray painting I did it alone, as we only had a mask and security is our priority.
As you will see no explanation is needed because it is very simple, but I’ll give you anyway.
First thing to do is to protect the surface where you are going to paint the tyre, and protect it well without skimping on paper or plastic unless you want a nice stencil on the ground ….
You need to spray about 20 cm away, giving light passes. Do not let the spray fixed on a spot or you’ll end up with spirts of paint.
Repeat the process with all tyres.
On one of the tyres, we cut some newspaper to make a stencil and change the color in some areas.
As we had to wait for the paint to dry, we headed to a small forest we have very close to our house and that it has an abandoned house. The slats of the broken shutters would be great to fill our tyre, as well as some plastic bottles.
At home and once placed the timber, we filled the tyre with soil. Then we took a lid and draw a black circle. We were about to have our DIY Minion planter ready!
At home and once placed the timber, we filled the tyre with soil. After that, I painted a black circle in the middle of the lid.
The last thing was to attach the lid and a black ribbon around the tyre, and add some plants if I call them that… I know, I know, I need to improve my gardening skills!
And now we enjoy of our DIY Minion planter in a corner of our garden 🙂
I hope you like it as much as we do!
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Hugs,
Pili
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Aww this is so adorable. And you made it with the girls. The best kind of projects. Pili, I am amazed by your creativity.
Yes Mary, the best kind of projects. I love when we start with some idea and then we brainstorm and they imagine incredible things!!
Such a cute idea! Love it. Thanks for linking up to the creative craft challenge.
Many thanks, Cindy! See you at the party next week!
such a great idea, Pili…love to see the creative works you have done. And it’s super cuteee 🙂
The girls are really excited about it. Now there are three of us looking in dumpsters!
Thanks for stopping by!
I have tires waiting to be painted for planters – but this makes me think of how I could ‘decorate’ them. I don’t know if my Other Half would enjoy Minions all over the yard, lol. It’s cute!
Our yard is quite small so there’s no room to have too many planters. My “other half” is now used to my craziness lol
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for sharing with us at #JoyHopeLive!
My pleasure, Mary!
I love this Pili, so cute and imaginative.. 🙂 I love the photo of your dog sleeping in there.. so cute 🙂 my pleasure co-hosting the WW link party with such a talented young lady!! Have a great week xx
The pleasure is mine, Evija! You know I looove everything you do! My youngest girl which is 6 loves to play with Pinxo, and he loves her… That’s why he let her put a hat, pink glasses and even a princess crown!
[ Smiles ] I liked the way how you put those old tyres to good use.
Nicely done!
Thanks! My girls love it!
Pili, this is genius! Just too adorable and hilarious for words. Love how you think!
Thanks, Michelle!! Glad to find someone who thinks like me 🙂
Oh my, pic of your dog- so funny! What a cute, fluffy face 🙂
Love the minion- very creative and cute idea.
xx
Yes, he’s such a lovely dog! He loves kids…
Thanks for stopping by, Mila!
Great use of tyres! I’m making a minion birthday cake for my grandson – they are pretty popular at the moment. Thanks for sharing with us at #WednesdaysWisdom
Yes, Minions are really popular… although my mum has no idea what the are. She says the planter is a bit strange 😉
How fun and unique! Pinned! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday, hope to see you again Sunday night!
Hi! Thanks for stopping by! See you again Monday morning
This is SUCH a cute idea!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks so much, Jess!
I love that your daughters are getting in on the game of recycling, upcycling, using their imaginations to create! You are teaching them well, it looks like a fun project and a great statement in the garden!
They love to upcycle as well and inspire me most of the time.
What a creative way to celebrate minions!
Hi Joann! Minions are so fun!
Thanks for stopping by!
That is pretty cool.
Many thanks, Patrick!
your dog is so adorable haha. love this DIY – minions are so fun!
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Hi, Tianna! Our dog is an angel!
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Love this!! So cute 🙂
liz @ sundays with sophie
Liz Jo, thanks so much! It really seems cute to us
This would be the envy of any Minion fan…LOVE IT!
Thank you so much for sharing…really! Have this pinned in my to do Garden Pin Board =D
Joanita @ Snickerdoodle Sunday
Joanita, thank you so much for these kind words… Love you like it!
Hugs,
This is GREAT!! I just love how it turned out. Thank you for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- hope to see your latest makes & makes tonight!!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Thanks, Sarah!! My pleasure, I love all you do!
See you at the party this week, I have more to share!
Love the upcycling here! How can you not smile when looking at this? Cute idea!
Hi Amy! Thanks for stopping by!
This is so cute, what a great idea! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Joy! See you next week!
What a fun project. It turned out great! Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things!
It was fun indeed! Welcome to my crazy world, Jas 😉
I love this!!! So cute and so easy to make! Thank you so much for sharing on the Friday Funday blog hop!
My pleasure, Lissette! Thanks for stopping by!
This is so good! I love the minions! I wish I’d kept my old tyres now! Dam! Thanks for linking up to #frifree4all
Thank you so much for sharing your post with us at the #AnythingGoes Link Party! See you next week.
I love how you can see these random items on the side of the road and turn them into fantastic projects. Amazing creativity! Thanks for sharing with #GoodFriendsFriday
Tyres always make great repurposes. Thanks for stopping by, Heather!
This is super cute, Pili and my little Westin would love seeing this in our yard. Pinned 🙂
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