Create a Beautiful Wood Mushroom Pot With Scrap Wood

Create a cool mushroom pot!

Take the Wood to Create the Mushroom Body

i am using a cheap plank of pine wood, with a circular saw i ve cut 6 pieces to create a body to my mushroom, sure that you can modify that and make your own design and even use nicer wood!

Turning, Sanding and Boring

after gluing all pieces together you going to get a body, but very rough piece of body, now we need to smooth things out, i decide to use my homemade lathe, but if you dont have any lathe, just sand the wood untill it gets nice to touch, after that , im boring in my drill press than after turning inside with my lathe

Create the Mushroom Head or Lid of the Wood Pot

that part are more like the last part, i didnt have more wood so i have to use mdf material.

i did the same thing cut 4 bigger parts and 2 smaller with my hole saw and glue it up, than form the mushroom shape on the lathe

Measuring the Lid and Finishing

while turn the head of the pot use a caliper or a ruler to measure the fit diameter of the two than, it just finishing.

For this project i ve used plastic eva paint and lacquer.

Making the eyes: That part is optional, i did because look cute and remember mario´s games!

Measure the middle of the body of the mushroom than trace with a pencil, and drill two holes, one up and other down than just trimm with a file the eye profile!

Thats It!

I find those mushroom pots, very cute and i want to gave them as a gift to my sister who is making birthday that month! I hope you enjoy! and make your own! with finer wood, and away better! my goal was to use cheap a no cost wood to make that project! But you are free to do your own! I hope i ve inspired you!