How to Make a Leaf Imprint Concrete Planter

Making your own concrete plant pots is a fun and creative way to save money, decorate your space, and use your imagination. This video shows you how to make a planter out of cement mortar finished with textured leaf imprints made from real leaves!

Learn about the materials used, the mortar mix recipe for sculpting this pot, painting techniques to complete this fun DIY project. Through airbrush painting techniques, a unique and colorful leaf finish is adorned on the outside of this concrete planter.

Follow along with this tutorial to make your very own concrete plant pot. The great thing is, with these basics, you can create your very own unique planter.

00:00 - Introduction to Making a Leaf Imprinted Concrete Planter
00:49 - What is being made and how to make it
03:37 - Making the Sculpting Mix
04:13 - Applying Mortar Mix to the Form
05:46 - Troweling Concrete Mortar
08:95 - Letting It Set Up
09:05 - Finishing before Imprinting
12:08 - Imprinting Leaf Textures
16:30 - Curing Begins
17:07 - After 3 days of curing
19:54 - Photos at Day 3
20:55 - Demold and Scrape
22:13 - Remove Inner Mold
25:25 - How you can parge interior surface
26:30 - How it will be painted
27:13 - Sanding
27:44 - Drilling a Drainage Hole
29:35 - Paint Prep - Taping
33:22 - Painting with an airbrush
37:52 - Pulling off the tape
39:10 - The Big Reveal
40:31 - Using a Concrete Sealer
43:57 - Finished Product
45:07 - Pictures and The End

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