Custom Search
Decorated Flower Pot
If you would like to find a use for the rest of the clay you did not use, be sure to check out the football coin holder project on the Father's Day page.
Things
Needed:
- Terra cotta flower pot (you can pick these up at the dollar store or craft store, usually for only $1)
- Air
hardening clay in Terra cotta color
(sold by the polymer clay in craft stores),
- Hot glue
- White acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Sandpaper
1. Begin your decorated flower pot by washing and drying the Terra cotta pot completely. Open up the package of air hardening clay. Follow the manufacturer's instructions on how to work with it and store it. Usually it is very soft right out of the package, ready to mold. Store unused clay tightly wrapped in plastic wrap and in an air-tight container. Begin to roll little balls of clay between your hands, to make the grapes. Make some large, some small.
2. Begin to assemble the bunch of grapes. Make the stem by rolling a small cylinder of clay, and then bending it. Make a leaf by rolling a ball, then pinching it at each end to make a football shape, then flatten slightly. Set up your work to dry on a piece of card stock.
3.
Allow to dry completely. Follow the manufacturer's
instructions. It usually takes a full day for the clay balls
to harden.
4. Take one grape at a time, and apply hot glue to each one. Then adhere the grape to the side of the flower pot. Try to maintain the design, working from the middle of the bunch of grapes, out.
4. Take one grape at a time, and apply hot glue to each one. Then adhere the grape to the side of the flower pot. Try to maintain the design, working from the middle of the bunch of grapes, out.
5.
Mix 1 part white acrylic paint to 8 parts water, in a
disposable bowl. Apply this whitewash with a large paint
brush to the entire pot, including the grape design. Allow
to dry.
6.
Sand the grape design lightly with the sand paper to lightly
buff off some of the whitewash from the grape design for a worn effect.
The decorated flower pot is now ready to use.
Did You Make This Craft? Do You Have Comments/Questions to Share?
How did you make your craft different? Please tell us! Do you have tips or ideas to make this craft better? Please share your story here! You can even upload a photo of your craft if you like. Feel free to give suggestions, or post any questions you may have related to this craft. I will post my answer for everyone to see.
Return from Decorated Flower Pot to Mother's Day Crafts
Return to the Crafts For All Seasons Home Page
