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Let your artistic talent blossom with the Resene Plant Pot Challenge!

22 Sep 2022

Spring has sprung and flowers are in bloom and what better way to celebrate than with a pop of colour for your garden.

The September issue of New Zealand Gardener magazine contains a pack of colourful wildflower seeds to pop into your spring garden. As you and your kids wait for the flowers to bloom, it’s time for your creativity to flourish!

Using Resene colours, let your imagination run wild and decorate your flowerpot. Creative uses of colour will be sure to make a buzz. A perfect activity to do with your kids or grandkids, they’ll think you’re the bees’ knees!

There are four age categories for the competition: 0-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16+.

To enter, send a picture of your DIY plant pot along with your category and details of what Resene colours you used to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before 30 September 2022. The winner of each category will win a $500 Resene voucher and $500 Prezzy card, with loads of spot prizes also up for grabs!

Pick up a copy of September’s NZ Gardener magazine to find your Resene testpot voucher and wildflower seeds.

How to make a dribble plant pot

Step one: Apply one coat of Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer to the inside and outside of the pot and allow it to dry.

Step two: Paint the outside and inner top rim of the pot with two coats of Resene Tango. Allow at least two hours for each coat to dry.

Step three: Place the old 1 litre paint tin on the piece of cardboard and then place the pot upside down on the paint tin, as shown.

Step four: Carefully dribble Resene Rocket onto the side of the pot and allow it to run down.

Step five: Carefully dribble Resene Kermit onto the wet red paint and allow it to run down.

Step six
Carefully dribble Resene Space Cadet onto the previous layers of wet paint and allow it to run down.

Step seven: Carefully dribble Resene Fizz onto the previous layers of wet paint and allow it to run down.

Step eight: Carefully dribble a few smaller amounts of Resene Rocket and Resene Guru. Leave the pot turned upside down overnight to dry before turning the right way up. How neat is that?

 

Published: 22 Sep 2022