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DIY Upcycled Garden Art Flowers (Daisies)

Published on July 24, 2017Last updated October 9, 2021 ♛ By Melissa J. Will

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These easy garden art flowers (daisies) are made from parts found at thrift shops and dollar stores. It is a good inexpensive modern-style beginner project for those who love recycled or upcycled DIY crafts.

For more, also see How to Make Flowers from Dishes.

Garden art daisies made from old stove elements.

Upcycled Garden Junk Flowers

Decorative garden art daisies in a flower garden.

Ages ago I had an email from a reader asking if I had ideas for using stove-top heating elements or coils (also known as ‘hobs’ in the UK) in a garden art project. I don’t have the name of the reader anymore (let me know if it’s you!), but several ideas came to mind and I finally made the easiest one.

I like this project because there is serendipity involved: all of the pieces fit together without any fuss. It’s like they were made to be together. You’ll see what I mean in the instructions below.


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Upcycled garden art flowers made from old stove elements.

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Supplies and Materials

These easy garden art flowers are made from parts found at thrift shops and dollar stores.

For Each Flower You Will Need:

  • a stove-top heating element / coil / hob (the link goes to Amazon to show an example but please use an old one instead)
  • a wire hanging plant basket
  • a curtain rod (find one that fits the terminal on the stove element)
  • 2 cable ties (pick a color that matches your paint colors)
  • spray paint-exterior, all-purpose (I used yellow, white, and green like a daisy)

Check Before You Buy

When getting your materials, be sure that they work together:

  1. The terminals of the stove element must fit snugly into an open end of the curtain rod (may need a bit of convincing with pliers).
  2. The stove element must fit nicely inside the wire basket.

If both work, you’re good to go.


Giant homemade garden art coneflower.

Related: How to Make Coneflower Garden Art Flowers



Step-by-Step Instructions

1  Spray Paint

Spray-paint the stove element (yellow), wire hanging basket (white), and curtain rod (green).

I picked colors to represent a daisy but you could pick any flower you like and use those colors, of course.

Old stove element painted yellow to represent the middle of a garden art daisy flower.

Follow the instructions on the spray paint can. You will get best results if you shake thoroughly first, spray with the can in an upright position, and keep the recommended distance while spraying.

Wire flower basket painted white to form the petals of a modern daisy garden art flower.

I like to do thin layers and allow them to dry thoroughly between coats.

Spray into a cardboard box outdoors to protect your yard (and the life in it) and shield from the wind.

Metal curtain rod painted green to represent a flower stem.

Materials for making dish flowers.

Related: How to Make Garden Art Flowers from Dishes


2   Assemble Flower

Assembling the parts of a garden art daisy flower.

Use cable ties to secure the stove-top heating element to the wire basket. The elements I used had openings on the underside that lined up nicely with the basket wires.

Attaching a green stem to a daisy garden art flower.

Slide the terminal ends of the stove element into the curtain rod.

If your curtain rod has a curved end, put on safety gloves, and bend it back and forth repeatedly to weaken the metal until it breaks off.

Upcycled daisy garden art flower in garden.

Done!

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Decorative garden art daisies in a flower garden.
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Decorative garden art daisies in a flower garden.
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