Learn How To Decorate Flower Pots!

Manual activities are perfect for relaxing the mind. You can also use it to beautify everyday objects and redecorate your home. Not only the plants themselves, the flower pots also help you to create a pleasant atmosphere.

Today we have some ideas for you on how to decorate your flower pots. Get creative and forget everyday stress and worries through manual work!

Manual activities are perfect for relaxing the mind. You can also use it to beautify everyday objects and redecorate your home. Not only the plants themselves, the flower pots also help you to create a pleasant atmosphere.

Depending on whether you need the flower pots for the garden or indoors, you have to use appropriate materials. You may already have some of them in stock at home. So then let’s start!

Decorating flower pots: color elements for your home

There are endless possibilities to give new life to old flower pots with color. Let your imagination run wild and try out a wide variety of techniques.

Paint the pots one color.
Decorate the flower pot with a colorful border at the top and bottom.
Try different effects with glitter paints, opaque paints, or paint spray.
Draw strips on the pots.
First paint them in one color and then paint a pattern or motif on it.
Decorate them with geometric shapes.
How about some shades of color? For example, start with dark purple and then get lighter and lighter until you reach a soft purple.

Paint faces on the pots!

For example, you can paint a smiley face or emoticons on the flower pots. Thats is quite easy:

First paint the pot all white.
Then draw the eyes, nose and mouth with a black felt-tip pen.
You can also paint on freckles, a tongue, teeth, or glasses. Let your creativity flow!

Write quotes or sayings on the pots

You can use paint or felt-tip pens to write your favorite quotes or sayings on your flower pots. Sentences related to nature are ideal. But motivational quotes are also perfect because you will find inspiration every time you see them. We have a couple of ideas:

Let your dreams grow!
Love is like a plant: if you take care of it, it will grow!
When the roots are deep, there is no need to fear storms.

Decorate flower pots: use different textures

Coarse rope or thick threads

If you want to give your flower pots a rustic look, we recommend this technique. Use a clay pot or metal can for this.

Take a can and punch holes in the bottom.
Apply glue to the top third.
Wrap the coarse threads around the top third.

Decorate flower pots with decoupage

You can use napkins, colored paper, or cloth to decorate the surface of a flower pot with this method. You will enjoy the result every day!

First you select the pictures or drawings and cut them out. Use thin paper, such as napkins or special decoupage designs.
Then place the picture on the flower pot and coat it with paste.
Now all you have to do is let it dry and then apply varnish.

Decorate flower pots with lace

Use ribbons and tips for romantic flower pots.

Paint the flower pot with pastel paint, then let the paint dry.
Finally, glue a ribbon or a lace border to the upper edge.

Flower pots with mosaics

This technique takes patience, but the result is impressive. It is best to use rectangular flower pots to implement the following two ideas:

With mosaic particles

You can find these particles in various sizes and shapes in stores.
Simply glue the pattern you want on the flower pot and then let the glue dry.

With old records

Recycle your old records when you run out of a record player. It’s very easy:

Cut the plate into pieces.
Glue the pieces onto the flower pot.
The resulting mosaic looks great.

How to decorate broken flower pots

Even if a flowerpot breaks, you can still give it a chance. How about a creative mini garden?

Place smaller pots in the broken pot or use the large pieces as shown in the picture.
Then plant the mini garden with succulents, grass or moss and decorate with sand and stones.

There are many ways you can decorate flower pots. Get creative yourself, have fun and forget your everyday worries for a while. By recycling you can protect the environment at the same time!