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Chalk Paint Flower Pot Makeover and Hand Stamping

It’s about that time of year when you can step outside and grab some flowers from the nursery or grocery store. This is Jennifer Zuri from Town and Country Living and one of my favorites is fresh flowers. I don’t care if they’re cut flowers or a flowering plant, but I crave their beauty in my home. One thing I don’t crave is the plastic pots that cradle simple flowers like cyclamens so I’m always concocting ways to hide the plastic, or in this case, get rid of it all together. Today I’m sharing how to transform an ordinary grocery store cyclamen with a Chalk Paint Flower Pot Makeover and hand stamping.

A flower pot makeover brings new life to the potted plants with pink blooms, artfully arranged on a table amidst decorative eggs, corks, and crinkled paper accents.

Three pink cyclamen plants in revamped flower pots sit gracefully on a table adorned with a floral embroidered cloth.

And this is what I found at the store … adorable, miniature pink cyclamens in pink plastic pots. Although I like the color of the containers … they’re still plastic and that just rubs me the wrong way. I didn’t know why these pots were so tall.

A small pink self-watering pot, part of a recent flower pot makeover, contains a cyclamen plant with vibrant pink flowers and lush green leaves.

 

Once I turned them around and saw they have a self-watering function. So even though I’m not using these for my pretty pink cyclamens, I’m going to hang onto them to start herbs from seed.

Three terracotta pots are shown; two have undergone a flower pot makeover with white chalk paint, while one remains unpainted. A can of chalk paint and a brush are visible in the background.

Miniature cyclamens are dainty and feminine, so I wanted to off-set that with something a little more rustic.

Supplies For Chalk Painted Flower Pots

-Chalk Paint

-Clay Pot

-Water

-Brush

-Paper Towel

-Permanent Ink Pad (Stayz On)

-Stamp of Choice

-Small Plant

-Rocks for Drainage

Those  99-cent clay pots  work really well for this. I painted them with  a light coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White. Before the paint dried, I dabbed each pot with a slightly damp paper towel, removing some of the paint. Work with one pot at a time since the paint dries quickly. Repeat this procedure on the inside of the clay pots.

Stamped terracotta pot with dragonfly motifs, part of a charming flower pot makeover, sits next to an ink pad and stamp on a blue surface.

Thinking the white might be a little too stark and plain for the miniature pink cyclamens, I decided to apply a dragonfly stamp with black ink. If you don’t want to stamp the pots, you could also just tie a pretty ribbon or piece of jute around them.

Two small, whitewashed terracotta pots, freshly adorned from a flower pot makeover, each contain several rocks, placed on a windowsill.

Before transferring the mini-cyclamens to the whitewashed clay pots, I added a few stones to the bottom to provide additional drainage for the plant. This is a trick my mother taught me.

Four decorative pots, transformed through a flower pot makeover, showcase vibrant pink blooms. They're surrounded by an artful mix of paper shreds, quail eggs, corks, and cookies on a light-colored surface.

Then it was just a matter of carefully transferring the cyclamen to the clay pot, adding soil as needed. I lightly tapped down on the soil around the edge of the plant to remove any air bubbles, and watered them. And this is when the magic happens!

Potted pink cyclamen flowers with green leaves sit elegantly in decorated terra cotta pots, freshly rejuvenated by a flower pot makeover, all set on a wooden tray with shredded paper.

The clay pots will absorb some of the moisture out of the soil when the plant is watered, and the paint begins to take on a rusty hue making the pot look aged. I’m sure there’s a scientific explanation on how this happens, but I’m just happy that this transformation takes place without much effort on my part!

Three potted pink cyclamen plants on a wooden tray showcase a delightful flower pot makeover, complemented by a small pot filled with corks, decorative eggs, and shredded paper strips.

You can see in this photo that the clay pot without a plant is still white and clean, while the pots with the cyclamens are getting that crusty look to them. So for minimal cost and effort, you can transform an ordinary grocery store cyclamen into something completely pretty and unique!

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6 Comments

  1. I used to do something similar to pots as you’ve done. I’d almost forgotten.
    Thanks for the reminder; yours look wonderful. 🙂

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