Gardening With Kids: Make Pretty Painted Flower Pots!
Use craft paint and glitter to 'tie-dye' flower pots.
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Paula Bernstein
Paula Bernstein
If you like gardening with kids, involve them in planting from the early stage of the process— beginning with decorating the flower pots! Painting flower pots is a fun activity that will make your home a little brighter. Just be sure to dress your kid in clothes they can get dirty!
- Flower pots (of course!)
- Washable craft paint and glitter or glitter glue
- Paint brushes or old tooth brushes
- Paper towels or an old rag
- Potting soil
- Seeds or flowers
Paint your flower pot a solid color.
Before the paint dries take a paper towel or old rag and dip it in a different color paint and smudge it onto the pot to create a sponge-like effect.
Repeat with other colors until you've reached your desired look.
Let the paint dry (and wash your kid's hands!).
Add potting soil and plant your flowers.
- Painting flower pots is a fun way to get kids interested in gardening. Once they decorate a flower pot of their own, they'll be excited to plant a flower and watch it grow.
Don't feel that you and your kid need to follow our directions. Let your kid express themselves with glitter glue or even stickers.
It's a great rainy day activity—and the flower pots can make a great gift for grandma or a favorite teacher. You might find that you like the decorated flower pots so much that you want to keep them for your home. One thing's for sure: these "tie dye" decorated flower pots will make your home and garden look really groovy!
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