Decorating your flower pots is an easy way to decorate your patio or garden. They are like little blank canvases that are asking to be painted or treated with decoupage. You can also glue things onto flower pots to make them textured.

It is important to seal any clay pots that you buy before you paint them. Sand them down and then paint them with weather-resistant polyurethane to prevent them from absorbing water. This way the colors won’t fade.

The easiest thing to paint on a pot is stripes. Use masking tape to make bands around the waist of the pot for an even attractive effect. You can look up complimentary colors on a color wheel online to see what colors go together.

You can also add a nice design to your pot if you are talented. You can freehand draw flowers, animals or any figures that you like on the pots.

Another great technique you can use is sponging. Simply take a sponge and dab it on the pot to create a colorful effect.

If you are not that great a painting you can always use stencils to paint words or shapes onto your flower pots. You can also use this technique to label what is in your pots such as “chives” or “rosemary.” You can also use stencil to put names and labels on the clay pots as well. Positive affirmations look nice stenciled on pots. You can also make your own stenciled designs out of stiff cardboard stencils and apply them on the side of the pots.

Another way to decorate pots is with decoupage. You can cut out words and images from magazines or images printed out from the internet and use it to create a collage. A good glue to use for this is mod podge.

For a transparent look you can use mod podge and light colored tissue paper. This creates an effect that is similar to stained glass.

You can also add accents such as 3D sparkle paint. Bits of broken mirror also look
good. You can also consider decorating a flower pot with beach glass or found stones.

You can also embellish pots with broken ceramics, shells or buttons. Simply glue them in a nice design on the pot. Yet another techniques is to take yarn or twine and tightly wrap it around a pot to give it an interesting look.