Paint a Pot!

All those flower pot crafts projects we’ve been posting on the website look like so much fun! Unfortunately I didn’t have any terra cotta pots to use, so instead I decided to brighten up some old plastic pots, just as fun and a lot cheaper!  This would be a great idea for a quick workshop, you could even put a plant in at the end!

I started out with some cheap plastic pots from the garden cente, removed the labels and gave them a wash to get rid of all the dirt!

I used DecoArt Patio Paint to do a base colour. This required several coats and some colours covered better than others so it's always worth experimenting. I then used a different colour patio paint to draw a letter. Again this may require a couple coats depending on the colour.

 

I finished them off with DecoArt Americana Gloss Varnish Spray to seal the paint.

A very cheap and easy way to brighten up old pots!

Tips

Make sure the paint has dried thoroughly between each coat, otherwise you end up wiping the first coat off.

I did the last pot in Americana Acrylics rather than patio paint as I ran out of colours, but actually found the Americana Acrylic stuck to the plastic better. I'm not sure if this is just the colour I chose or if the acrylics really do stick better so this may be worth a play.

Definitely use varnish at the end as the paint chips off very easily.