Decorate Your Garden with Terra Cotta People
June 26th, 2007
I spotted Clay Pot-People a number of years ago at a regional gift show and loved them on sight. Unfortunately at the time, the inventors were looking for large distributor partnerships and I was unable to bring a smaller quantity into my store for resale. I’ve found them again and yes, they are available for retail! Clay Pot-People™ are whimsical figures made from combining those inexpensive, standard terra cotta pots of various sizes.
Legend has it that Annie Bones (yes, that’s her name), was driving along a country road in Indiana a few years back when she spotted her first Clay Pot-Person and tried to make her own. After several failed attempts to make one the old-fashioned way, she developed Annie’s Bag-of-Bones™, a new, patent-pending product. With the Bag of Bones kit, an assortment of clay pots and a sturdy chair for the figurine, anyone can assemble a Clay Pot-Person™ in less than one hour.
The Annie’s Bag-of-Bones™ kit ($19.99) consists of nine segmented bones and thirty-five discs as well as a total of thirty-one terra cotta pots to build your own personalized Clay Pot Person. You’ll also need a decorative plant for the “head” – the leaves become the hair! They can be made in different shapes and sizes from kid-sized versions to seasonal figurines and animals. Complete illustrated directions are included. Once complete, they can be propped up in the midst of your garden, on a front porch rocking chair or on a bench under a shady tree. One thing’s for certain – they’ll make you smile every time you spot them… and isn’t that just worth its weight in clay?
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I’ve had one of these for years. Not this brand but same concept.
When I moved to New York, I bought it from Australia with me. No-one here seemed to have ever seen them before. I loved it so much that when it broke, I made my mother ship me two more. One for display and one for “parts”. I used to have it outside and at Christmas he got to wear a little Santa hat.
Now I am in an apartment he sits on my kitchen windowsill. I find myself talking to him. Sad, I know. But given I am a Bill and Ben fan (UK kids program), what can I say?
Posted: June 27th, 2007 at 9:55 am by Kym
You are absolutely right. I’ve never seen them in Canada either! Don’t worry - I always discuss my posts with my two “associates” Sassy and Sparky, my Westies. So talking to a terra cotta pot person is no big deal!
Posted: June 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm by Hope
I can not find how to buy them. The local dealer buttons only give an email address for the clay pot people company and not local places to buy them.
These are soooo cute!
Posted: July 1st, 2007 at 6:19 pm by Carol
Hi Carol!
If you look on the site and go to the bottom left hand corner where it says PayPal, click on and you can order directly from the company on-line.
Hope this helps!
Posted: July 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm by Hope