Painting your own flower pots is such a simple and inexpensive way to personalize and spruce up a patio, garden or entryway. This painted flower pots diy project can easily be achieved in an afternoon. All it requires is some terracotta pots, chalk paints, stencils and a trip to the garden shop.
My Mom and I actually did this flower pot painting project together, which seems fitting since it was Mother’s Day weekend. She did the painting and stenciling and I did the planting. Love that teamwork!
Painting terracotta pots isn’t an original idea, but I love how these painted flower pots turned out by using chalky paints and old-world style stencils.
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I picked my stencils up at the local craft store, but there are some vert similar fleur de lis stencils available on Amazon that are perfect for this project. There are so many great stencil designs for painting flower pots.
Flower Pot Painting How-To
You can use our project for inspiration or duplicate it with the following supplies:
2 terracotta pots
chalk paint, in choice of colors
bronze acrylic craft paint
stencils
soft cloth
foam paint brushes
variety of plants
First, paint the pots with chalky paints. We used Anne Sloan Chalk Paints in the colors Versailles and Provence. However, there are less expensive brands of chalk paint that work just as well. We just happened to have some of this left over from another project. While the paint is still wet, use a soft cloth to gently wipe some of the paint off to give it an aged and distressed appearance. Allow the pots to dry completely.
Next, use your stencils and a bronze colored paint to add a design to the pots. We chose stencils that would give our flower pots and old world look. Let the paint dry completely, before planting.
I put a variety of flowering and non-flowering plants in these pots. I think the varied textures and color look great. What’s growing in your garden this spring?
You might also enjoy this diy kitchen herb garden! It’s a great gift idea.
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this is such a great idea , I just dug out a few smaller pots I had and was thinking of actually making something for Halloween/Thanksgiving with them,, still not sure but I do love what you did to yours..
These are beautiful! I have quite a few Terra Cotta pots that could use some decorating to help make my porch look more appealing 🙂
love them , very creative work . i cant wait to try thanks so much
These are so cute! I love gardening and this project looks like something fun to do with my niece.
these are so cute!
Those are such beautiful pots!
I love these flower pots and love the creativity that went into making them..I may see if I can do something like that to our flower pots.
I am absolutely in love with these cute planters! My daughter and I have been talking about doing something like this.
Looking forward to trying this with some stencils we have.
My daughter is an artist and would have lots of fun making these PAINTED FLOWER POTS. She would have terrific ideas also.