These colourful clay pot toadstools are made with terra-cotta pots and saucers which can be adorned with shiny and cheery paint colours. They’re an attractive addition to your backyard decor and are literally fairly easy to create.
Why we love this mission
Making your out of doors area really feel whimsical and welcoming may be so simple as including a number of assertion items all through. That’s the place these cute clay pot toadstools are available!
Along with another enjoyable backyard crafts like a watering can that pours crystals and even some beaded backyard sparklers, you’re yard might be swimming with DIY tasks that’ll spark some enjoyable dialog.
Helpful Project Information:
- Age Level: 12 and up
- Mess Factor: Medium (paint)
- Level of Difficulty: Medium
- Time to Complete: Less than 1 hour lively
- Cost Estimate: Less than $15.00 relying on what provides you could have readily available
Craft provides you will have
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- Remove all labels from the pots and saucers.
- Determine format by turning the pots the wrong way up and start stacking the saucers the wrong way up on prime of the pots. Stack the saucers from largest to smallest on the very prime.
- Once proud of the position, determine on the colour for every mushroom after which separate the saucers in order that they don’t get blended up whereas portray.
- Apply a coat of white multi-floor paint to the entire pots utilizing the biggest paintbrush. Paint the within of the pots as effectively to seal all surfaces of the terracotta clay. Let the paint dry absolutely earlier than making use of a second coat of paint and add as many coats of paint as wanted till desired protection is achieved.
- Paint the saucers in numerous multi-floor paints. Let the paint dry absolutely earlier than making use of a second coat of paint and add as many coats of paint as wanted till desired protection is achieved.
- Once dry, stack the saucers by colour to kind mushroom tops and paint white polka-dots in various sizes throughout. Apply a second coat for higher protection.
- Turn the now painted pots the wrong way up and start assembling the mushrooms. Working shortly, apply hot glue between every layer of pot and saucers till the toadstool mushroom is shaped. Gently press the items collectively because the glue dries. Repeat for remaining terracotta pot mushrooms.
- Place them in your backyard to get pleasure from.
Expert Crafting Tips
- If you’d like, use various sizes of clay pots and switch them the wrong way up on prime of eachother to attain a mushroom form as an alternative of stacking saucers collectively. If you will discover the spherical clay pots close to you, this might work good as effectively!
- You could apply a transparent coat on prime of the completed product if desired.
- Instead of portray circles with paintbrushes, you possibly can use varied sizes of spouncer sponges for a faster end result.
Add a colourful pop to your out of doors area with these cute clay pot toadstools. Out of all of our clay pot crafts, these little mushrooms are positively amongst our favorites!
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Clay Pot Toadstools
Add a colourful pop to your out of doors area with these cute clay pot toadstools!
Makes: 5 toadstools
Supplies
Blue Toadstool
- 1 5.5” pot
- 5” saucer
- 1 6” saucer
- 1 7.5” saucer
Large Red Toadstool
- 1 4.5” pot with one 6” saucer
- 1 4” saucer
Small Red Toadstool
- 1 3” pot
- 1 4.5” saucer
Large Green Toadstool
- 1 4” pot
- 1 6” saucer
- 1 4” saucer
Yellow Toadstool
- 1 3.5” pot
- 2 4” saucers
DecoArt Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paints
- Cottonball
- Lipstick
- Canary
- Sky Blue
- Soft Jade
Instructions
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Remove all labels from the pots and saucers.
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Determine format by turning the pots the wrong way up and start stacking the saucers the wrong way up on prime of the pots. Stack the saucers from largest to smallest on the very prime.
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Once proud of the position, determine on the colour for every mushroom after which separate the saucers in order that they don’t get blended up whereas portray.
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Apply a coat of white multi-floor paint to the entire pots utilizing the biggest paintbrush.
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Paint the within of the pots as effectively to seal all surfaces of the terracotta clay. Let the paint dry absolutely earlier than making use of a second coat of paint and add as many coats of paint as wanted till desired protection is achieved.
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Paint the saucers in numerous multi-floor paints. Let the paint dry absolutely earlier than making use of a second coat of paint and add as many coats of paint as wanted till desired protection is achieved.
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Once dry, stack the saucers by colour to kind mushroom tops and paint white polka-dots in various sizes throughout. Apply a second coat for higher protection.
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Turn the now painted pots the wrong way up and start assembling the mushrooms. Working shortly, apply scorching glue between every layer of pot and saucers till the toadstool mushroom is shaped. Gently press the items collectively because the glue dries. Repeat for remaining terracotta pot mushrooms.
Expert Tips & FAQs
- For the paintbrushes, we used assorted sizes (fantastic tip, fantastic angled tip, 1⁄2” flat, and a pair of” flat).
