Painted Clay Pots Make Beautiful Accessory Holders

Painted clay pots are really pretty in your kitchen to hold your utensils. The picture below shows you how you can decorate a clay pot to be very functional.

To paint this pot you need pastel colors. First, paint the pot inside and out with your soft colors. The base color on this pot is a light blue and then I used a sponge to put the different colored highlights on the rim.

Either trace your pattern on the pot or freehand the design. A lot of the design I free hand but some of the design I trace on and then paint it. There are a lot of books with patterns that you can get. I use a lot of Folk Art books and paints. They have some beautiful designs that I like to work with.

The neat thing about painted clay pots is that you can do so much with them. You can paint any kind of theme on them. They make beautiful Christmas pots for holding your decorations. Fill the pot with wrapped candy to set on your table.

One thing you can do with them is to put a cloth inside the pot and put your warm buns in them to set on the table. If you do this it is best to seal the terra cotta pot with an acrylic sealer (available at craft stores).

I like to give them as gifts and people love them. Just use your imagination and you will be able to come up with all different kinds of things to use them for. They look great in bathrooms to hold artificial flowers to brighten up the room.

These crafts can be done by anybody. You may have to practice a little bit but you will get very good at painting these clay pots. You can use any size pot. It just depends on what you are going to use the painted flower pots for.

If you have any questions or any arts and crafts ideas please contact me and I will add it to my site.

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