Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle broken teapots?

By: Cappenz

Cappenz — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:41:14 +0000

I know this is an ancient thread, but when I recently found this site, I couldn’t stop poring over the archives. Maybe that’s true for some of you. If you want drainage in a planter made form an old teapot or mug, you can drill a hole in the bottom. The only problem is that it works better with a large masonry bit, and I hesitate to suggest that anyone go buy one for such a project. I hope you can borrow one, or just try a regular drill bit. If you placed the hole on the bottom of the pot, near the edge, just under the spout, you might be able to make a tipsy tower like this one, but with teapots. I believe this tower was cited in another RecycleThis post.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Tipsy-Pots-Tower-Planter/step4/Step-4-Finish-Stacking-and-Plant/

By: Philip Formby

Philip Formby — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:59:24 +0000

you could always have a game of Hillbilly Darts

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By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:13:53 +0000

Turn it into a bird feeder.

By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:12:38 +0000

Hang it by a handle on a branch ( without lid). Makes nice bird house.

By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:11:47 +0000

REuse the lid to cover something else.

By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:11:11 +0000

Use it to disperse seeds when planting.

By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:03:58 +0000

Keep yarn ball inside, with a yarn coming out of spout when you are knitting.

By: Vicki Jackson

Vicki Jackson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:01:08 +0000

Collect some broken teapots and make a teapot garden…place the pots, fill them with planting soil & plant them with forget-me-nots, zinnias, petunias etc.

By: Cipollina

Cipollina — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:40:47 +0000

Now you made me want to smash all my odd, worn, and cracked pottery – which will leave me without anything to eat on! :D

By: h.elizabeth

h.elizabeth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:30:44 +0000

If it still look reasonably nice, you could use it to store tea bags in. (We usually buy tea bags in bulk, and the larger boxes are awkward to put in a cupboard so we only have about half a box-worth out at a time.) That could be kind of cute, maybe.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:15 +0000

I can never think of broken pottery without thinking about pique assiette.. You can cover any object with broken pottery, use some grout to set it and voila you have an unique work of art/craft. I’ve seen birdbaths, garden benches, shelves, and even whole pieces of furniture covered with it. The teapot’s handle and spout could be unique features in a birdbath ! Just google pique assiette and you will be in for a treat!

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:05:26 +0000

Yeah, can I have the lid please? I’ve got a really nice teapot that’s been a plant pot all its life because it doesn’t have a lid :-(