I had these two flower pots which were great for summer but not so great for fall. I picked up some chalkboard spray paint and gave them a little facelift.
I used small paper cups to elevate the pots so that they didn’t stick to the paper.
I applied two coats of paint to the entire outside of the pot. When I turned it over it looked like this. It would have been perfect if the inside had been orange.
So I sprayed just the top part of the inside, the part not covered by plants and soil.
I then let the pots dry overnight. Once they were completely dry I broke-in the surface as you have to do with any new chalkboard. Breaking-in the surface is done by rubbing the entire area with the side of the chalk and then erasing the surface. I did it twice in some spots because the chalk wasn’t going on very smoothly.
Next the girls and I added some bling. We brushed on a thin layer of Elmer’s glue and sprinkled with Martha Stewart’s glitter in Bronze.
We drew and wrote on the pots.
Pumpkin art by Taylor
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- “Beware” scrawled backwards by Kendall because that’s really spooky.
And finally we planted our fall/winter plants and flowers.
It will be fun to change them out this spring. But in the meantime I am enjoying my new fall planters.
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