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My Dad has been using paper pots for years but just uses a plastic pot as his mould.

His pot of choice is an old fish food container. It's the same one he's been using for donkey's years because once he found the right size, he stuck with it.

For nine months of the year there's an empty fish food container sat in his garage. Makes me smile when I see it.

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Posted by: alandove on January 21, 2010 at 11:42 AM

I've done it by rolling the paper around a form like this, and have also made origami pots (see this video). Overall, I prefer the origami method. The pots seem to hold up a bit better, they can be made in multiple sizes, and it requires no equipment at all, just the paper.

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or bigger pots can be made with a wine bottle. pretty much the same process but no need for the base.

http://mike-is-bored.blogspot.com/2010/01/making-pot-from-newspaper-using-wine.html

I like these little ones better though. I wonder if you could use a pepper shaker or something like it to make little ones.

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@alandove - Dont feel alone. I have abandoned all hope of posting a link intact after getting the 'message held for approval' reply each time before it is never seen again.

I have also been trained to copy the body of my reply so when the 'text was entered wrong' message appears, and I go back to try again, I dont have to type it all again. (Heh. try #2 on this one...)

Blog security must be a harsh mistress ;)

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