DiY Terracotta Pots

Hidy ho crafters and green thumbers! Anyone else having beautiful weather today? It’s supposed to be nice here all week and I am extremely excited about that! I am still missing my lil bean but Lexi is getting better every day and today I was confident enough to run errands, which was a big boost to my mood (especially because I bought clothes for Soph!) I have been seeing pots on sale everywhere I go lately, which means it’s a great time to buy pots for next year’s spring lay-out OR to put some new greenery inside your home for the winter. I love how inexpensive terracotta is but never buy it because it cracks if left outside year round here in the midwest. I saw some small pots for $0.50 and couldn’t resist doing a little diy to bring some more green into our home.

Not pictured: me spray painting three coats of white Rustolium on the outsides of my pots. You never want to paint the insides of vases or pots where the dirt or water will get exposed to paint. The bare inside is never exposed once the plant is inside, so there’s no need to worry that it’ll look unfinished.

Materials Used:

• Terracotta Pots
• Terracotta Drip Trays
• Heidi Swapp Stencil
• Mailbox Letters
• Paint Tray (Or Paper Plate)
• Tape
• Sponge
• Acrylic Paint

I have a ton of these mailbox letters that I found at a local hardware store for a painting I’d done. I thought it’d be fitting to stencil the word GROW on the pot to encourage the little bugger to stay alive. I also thought it’d be fitting since I was going to put one pot in Sophie’s room. As you see, I had to overlap the letters to accommodate the taper at the bottom of the pot.

I used my sponge brush to dab pink paint onto the stencil. I used a sponge brush because I liked the textured effect it gives when applied thick.

With the confetti pot I taped a dot stencil onto the pot and did random colors around the pot. I used washi tape to hold the stencil, which was a terrible idea, because it kept coming off as I’d paint. We have at least 5 rolls of painters tape in the garage but I was too lazy to go get them and my project suffered. It turned out pretty cute in the end though. It’s a nod to Sophie’s 1st Birthday theme which will be ‘Confetti & Sprinkles.’ If you don’t have a dot stencil you could easily use the eraser end of a pencil as your dotting stamp.

For the X (kisses) pot I used a flat paint brush. I also used the same paint brush to paint the rim teal.

I think they turned out super sweet. I don’t use a lot of pastels in my decorating because I like bold colors, but I had Sophie in mind while painting these and wanted them to mimic her sweet personality.

Now to see how long I can keep them alive. 😉 They’re supposed to do well in shade so I’m hoping they’ll last longer inside than some of my previous plants. Have you ever made over a pot to have it match your decor? With ceramic pots being the price they are, I’m tempted to just spray paint all terracotta pots from now on! There are so many options of design and color I could implement, especially with Frog Tape having designer tape. Which pattern is your favorite? I think I like the kisses pot the best.