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Terra Cotta Pot DIY Lighthouse Garden Project Courtney, Crafts by Courtney
4. Add your Light - I found a solar
Supplies Needed for Your DIY Lighthouse Project:
light at Wal-Mart to place at the top
• Clay Pots in various sizes
of the Lighthouse. I used a small
• Solar Light
hack saw to cut the bottom of the
• E6000 Glue
solar light off, so that it would sit
• Paint Brush
flush on the top of the lighthouse. I added a little E6000 glue to this part
• Americana Decor Outdoor Liv-
as well, and let sit overnight.
ing 2oz – Picket Fence
5. Add Windows - For the window
• Americana Decor Outdoor Liv-
I decided to change this step last
ing 2oz – Poolside
minute. I was originally going to use Getting Started
the black Iron gate paint. But I cut
1. Paint Pots White – I needed
out my window shape in black vinyl
a total of three coat, letting
to use as a stencil. Then I decided
each coat dry 5 minutes. I only
to just stick with the black vinyl as
needed to use one bottle of this
my window.
paint, to paint all three pots!
anywhere. But you can always paint
That vinyl won’t go
in your window as well. Both op2.
Add Your Blue Accent Color
tions will work.
- I went around the bottom of each pot with the Poolside
I’m very excited with how this
color. I didn’t tape it off, just
DIY Lighthouse turned out, I really
freehanded it. I needed a total
wanted to keep it simple with the de-
of two coats for this step. This
tails. But you can get pretty detailed
paint dries really fast, so by the
with a project like this as well
time I’m finished with the last
A few people have asked me
pot, I’m can go over the first pot
where I got the base for the light-
again.
house. The base at the bottom of the lighthouse is a round paver I
3. Glue Pots Together - Now
found at Wal-Mart. I used the out-
let’s stick our pots together. I
door paint to paint that as well.
pulled out my “handy dandy” E6000 glue to connect the pots. I added a little glue on the inside
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edge of the pots and firmly placed them together. For this step I let the pots dry overnight.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3A
Step 3B
Step 4
