LEGO Planter (updated)
A few days ago I posted about Park Planters which cost a steep $150. Well today I was browsing around Smith & Hawken on my lunch break and found the little air fern that was included in the $150 wallet rape. The fern only cost $5 so I decided to just build my own planter out of the the best building materials known to man, LEGOs. (The plant is actually in it's own pot inside the structure).
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UPDATE:
I just got an email from CharlesAndMarie.com telling me how much they loved my Lego Planter (how cool is that?!) and they will be retailing the original Park Planters for $100 not $150. They have some different designs then the original Science&Sons site. Their site has a lot of cool stuff on it so be sure to check it out.
/\ mine vs. theirs \/
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UPDATE:
I made another one...
UPDATE:
I just got an email from CharlesAndMarie.com telling me how much they loved my Lego Planter (how cool is that?!) and they will be retailing the original Park Planters for $100 not $150. They have some different designs then the original Science&Sons site. Their site has a lot of cool stuff on it so be sure to check it out.
UPDATE:
I made another one...
Labels: LEGO, Miscellaeneous
posted by TheBobBlog.com at
3/25/2008
16 Comments:
WOW! Can you please please please set up a tutorial on making this pot? It's absolutely amazing!
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Gary, at 3/25/2008
@ Gary : Tutorial is easy.
1. Buy Legos.
2. Build it.
Seriously, I am not kidding. Trial and error is the most entertaining way of learning to build with Legos. You're never too old to start it. :)
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Anonymous, at 3/26/2008
Very nice.. were they the original color or did you paint it afterwards? If so, what type of paint and how many coats. Thank you.
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Anonymous, at 3/26/2008
Wow, just when I thought I was too old for Legos - this is a great project! Gary is right: a quick tutorial about this would be amazing!
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HB, at 3/26/2008
brilliant.
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metaDAD, at 3/26/2008
Thanks so much for the feedback guys! To answer some questions, there was no painting involved, I just have a lot of white LEGOs, the white heads came from some skeleton lego people. I really don't have a tutorial for the build, it's just basically a hollow box with a drain hole at the bottom and a hole in the center for watering. I'll be building another planter soon as I just bought another mini tree plant. I be sure to take more pictures of the build process.
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TheBobBlog.com, at 3/26/2008
What a terrific project. Thanks for sharing it.
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Lady Skye Fyre, at 3/26/2008
I really think your LEGO planter is even BETTER than the Park Planter. Looks like i will be buying Legos this weekend. Thanks!!
trevor
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Anonymous, at 3/26/2008
I've always loved LEGO and this is so cute! I totally feel like making one, if I can get it done!
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Monique, at 3/27/2008
Bravo! What kind of plant is the second one? It's got a great shape!
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squidoo, at 3/27/2008
actually i like yours much better than "theirs" ;) nice work!
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Anonymous, at 3/27/2008
brilliant! yours, that is, not theirs :) - thanks for sharing!
vettiliveinnorthcote
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Anonymous, at 3/30/2008
Very cool, personal version. I like it!
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boliyou, at 4/01/2008
no, really, what kind of plant is the second one? I'm really curious!
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squidoo, at 4/06/2008
Squidoo,
The first plant I posted is an asparagus fern & the second is an Aralia. I bought both at Smith & Hawken for about $6 each.
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TheBobBlog.com, at 4/08/2008
Thank you! Too bad I don't get enough light to own one. But someday.
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squidoo, at 4/10/2008
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