Chalkboard Herb Pots
These Chalkboard Herb Pots are great for labeling your herbs so you don't forget what you are growing in them. The chalk paint is erasable, too, so when you want to plant a different herb in a pot, you can change the name easily. You can expand this idea to larger potted plants and label them accordingly. This intermediate level garden craft only takes as long as the paint needs to dry, so you can use these pots on the same day you paint them. Now you have a fun gardening craft for the spring or summer.
Primary TechniquePainting
SeasonSpring
Materials:
- Martha Stewart Crafts ® Basic Brush Set - 5pc
- Martha Stewart Crafts ® 2oz Multi-Surface Chalkboard Paint Acrylic Craft Paint - Classroom Green
- Martha Stewart Crafts ® 2oz Multi-Surface Chalkboard Paint Acrylic Craft Paint - Ink
- Martha Stewart Crafts ® Adhesive Silkscreens - Bodoni Alphabet
- (optional) Martha Stewart Crafts ® 2oz Erasable Liquid Chalk, White
- Various Size Terra Cotta Pots
- Chalk
Instructions:
- Paint your plain pot with one coat of chalkboard paint, let dry, and paint a second coat.
- Once the second coat dries, condition the surface by rubbing chalk over the newly painted pot. Wipe away the excess chalk and adhere the silkscreen to the area you’d like to label.
- Once you have laid out the text of your label or message, dab a small amount of the Erasable Liquid Chalk over the silkscreen.
- Remove the silkscreen while the Erasable Liquid Chalk is still wet. Your label will not smudge like normal chalk, but you can erase your message with a damp cloth if you would like to write a new message.
Why You'll Love This Gardening Craft
1. Organization: Keeping track of which herbs are growing in which pots can be a challenge, especially as your garden expands. These Chalkboard Herb Pots make it easy to label and relabel your plants, helping you stay organized and ensuring you always know what you're growing.
2. Customization: With the erasable chalk paint, you can easily customize the labels on your herb pots to suit your preferences. Change up the font, add doodles, or switch out herbs as needed. This level of customization allows you to truly make these pots your own.
3. Versatility: While this craft project is designed for herb pots, you can easily expand the idea to larger potted plants as well. Whether you're labeling flowers, vegetables, or succulents, the chalkboard paint adds a fun and functional touch to any potted plant in your garden. This versatility makes the Chalkboard Herb Pots a great addition to any gardener's repertoire.
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Michele
Aug 04, 2016
This is so cute and totally do-able! It makes something functional into a decoration at the same time, and I love the idea to use chalk so you can switch the herbs around.
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