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May 2, 2012 by Domestic Goddesque 7 Comments

Hand-painted flowerpot gifts

We made these painted plant pots for Easter, but they would also make great gifts for Mother’s Day, her birthday or a Teacher Appreciation Gift.

 

I work very hard to come up with hand-made items for my Little Misses to give to their grandparents on high days and holidays. I like to think that they appreciate the thought and are happy to show off these items to friends. I am buried daily by a flurry of ‘art’ that they bring home from school so don’t necessarily have the perspective to appreciate these mementos, but I know that grandparents do.

painting pots for granny

So when I knew that we would be seeing both Grannies during the Easter holidays, I spent a while thinking about what we could make for them. As spring looked like it was on it’s way, a flower pot seemed like a good ides. Ironically it’s done nothing but pour with rain since then. I wonder if we are to blame?

painted flower pots Easter gift

I bought a couple of plain terracotta pots, with saucers, from a garden centre and painted them white. Then I gave The Girls a couple of colours and let them loose. They used finger and thumb prints to make the flowers, and with a little help they smeared green paint around the base. Then they went mad and painted the saucers in layers of paint that took two days to dry and was the colour of sludge. That’s what you get when you let children paint: they like to mix all the colours together!

mixing paint

But once the pots were dry, I added detail in black marker, and put their names and date on the bottom. Then all we needed to do was pop in a plant, et voila- the perfect Easter visiting gift.

painted plant pot Mother's Day gift

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  1. Krissi says

    May 1, 2013 at 19:10

    What kind of paint did you use for these? I love the marker detail you added – great idea!

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    • Domestic Goddesque says

      May 1, 2013 at 19:29

      Hi Krissi- I just used regular acrylic paint actually. I added the detail with marker and that was it but you could varnish if you wanted to display it outside.

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  2. creativejewishmom/sara says

    May 7, 2012 at 22:11

    Adorable! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

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  3. Bicycle Plant Stand says

    May 7, 2012 at 19:22

    Oh my gosh, did you guys have fun or what. I agree with Krissy, too…the marker details give the perfect touch.

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  4. Krissy @ B.Inspired Mama says

    May 7, 2012 at 15:23

    The way you added the marker detail is awesome! Such a nice combination of kiddo creativity and mama love, too. 🙂 I’ve pinned it to the Kids Co-Op board. Thanks for linking up with us!

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  5. Brittany says

    May 3, 2012 at 04:00

    Darling! Grandma is sure to love those pretty pots!

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