DIY paper pots

How to make paper plant pots

Try using a bottle and wrapping strips of paper tightly around it, several times, before folding over the base and sliding the paper off. There are also simple, wooden pot-making kits available to buy. If you're looking for more eco-friendly garden ideas, you could try creating tin can garden lights or make a home for stag beetlesusing old plastic pots.

Choose moulds of different sizes in order to make a range of pots suitable for all your seed sowing and plant raising activities.

Cut strips of newspaper wide enough to fold halfway across the mould base, and roll the paper round to make 4-6 layers per pot.

Wrap tightly to create firm pots, then start folding the paper over the base so there is no gap for any compost to fall through.

Wooden kits have a crimping block that helps create a crease to hold paper rigid, or just push the base firmly onto a flat surface.

Carefully slide the paper pot from the mould. Stand pots in a seed tray, ready for sowing.