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Craft Tutorials | Adult Crafts | Garden Crafts | Faux Chalkboard Herb Pots
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Faux Chalkboard Herb Pots

Author by Amanda Davis on April 3, 2019 Updated on April 3, 2019

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These chalkboard herb pots are a simple project with a bright and cheery outcome! They make great gifts for grandparents, Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or just for your own kitchen.
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These chalkboard herb pots are a simple project with a bright and cheery outcome! They make great gifts for grandparents, Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or just for your own kitchen.
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These chalkboard herb pots are a simple project with a bright and cheery outcome! They make great gifts for grandparents, Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or just for your own kitchen.

Faux Chalkboard Herb Pots

 

Faux Chalkboard Herb Pots

You might be wondering why I would make faux chalkboard herb pots instead of just using chalkboard paint. While you certainly can use chalkboard paint and make yours so you can erase and rewrite, I had to use certain types of paint for this project, and chalkboard wasn’t one of them. However, I love that look, so I came up with something else instead.

Chalkboard Herb Pots Tutorial

I made these little chalkboard herb pots for Michael’s craft stores via my designer gig with DecoArt. Michaels carries a line of paint called Craft Smart that DecoArt makes exclusively for the craft supply chain.

The Craft Smart paint line includes outdoor paint, similar to DecoArt’s Patio Paint, which I absolutely LOVE. So I used three bright but fairly earthy colors of outdoor paint for the pots and black outdoor paint for the name tags. A simple paint marker is used to write the herb names on the pots.

What you’ll need to make faux chalkboard herb pots

  • 3 4″ terracotta pots
  • Craft Smart Outdoor paint in Orange, Saffron Yellow, and Citrus Green
  • Silver paint pen
  • Paintbrushes



Chalkboard Herb Pots, parsley and dill

Remember, you can use black chalkboard paint if you prefer and chalk markers to write the names, which can then be wiped off with a damp cloth and rewritten.

Chalkboard Herb Pots

If you have any extra terracotta pots and are wondering what to do with them next, check out our Terracotta Pot Wind Chimes! This wind chime is a one of a kind and adds character to your garden space. Or for a larger terra cotta pot, try this beautiful Sea Glass Planter. Using sea glass found on the beach you can make your own gorgeous sea glass planter for indoors or outdoors.

These chalkboard herb pots are a simple project with a bright and cheery outcome! They make great gifts for grandparents, Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or just for your own kitchen.
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Faux Chalkboard Herb Pots

These chalkboard herb pots are a simple project with a bright and cheery outcome! They make great gifts for grandparents, Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or just for your own kitchen.
Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • 3 4 "-terra cotta pots
  • Outdoor paint orange, green, yellow, black
  • Silver paint pen

Instructions

  • Paint each terra cotta pot with Craft Smart outdoor paint (Orange, Saffron Yellow, and Citrus Green).
  • Paint a strip of black outdoor paint on the brim of each pot.
  • Use a silver paint marker to write the names of herbs on each black strip.
  • Fill the pot with a potted herb.

This post was originally published on this blog on March 10, 2012.

faux chalkboard herb pots

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  1. Kathy Lewis says

    April 21, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Many of you ideas are very neat. I am actuallu looking for the tutorial of your paint chips projects. It is outstanding and if you dont mind I would love to make it.They look almost like diamonds. Can you tell me where I can find the directions?
    Thanks Kathy

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    • Amanda says

      April 21, 2012 at 11:29 am

      Hi Kathy, and thanks for the compliments! The only paint chip project I have though is the paint chip clock which is here https://craftsbyamanda.com/2011/02/paint-chip-clock.html Maybe you are thinking of another medium, or perhaps a different blog?

      Reply
  2. Julie says

    March 24, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    I was disappointed to get a “page not found” when I tried to print the directions :(

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    • admin says

      March 24, 2012 at 6:46 pm

      Hi julie. Sorry that happened. I just tried it and it worked fine for me. Here’s the direct link to the printable instructions. Please let me know if you continue to have trouble https://craftsbyamanda.com/2012/03/faux-chalkboard-herb-pots.html?erprint&erformat

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  3. Julie says

    March 24, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    I love these cute pots! I have Orchids and use plastic plant markers with the info for each Orchid. The notes on the plastic plant markers fade quickly – your outdoor paint is the perfect solution!

    Reply
    • admin says

      March 24, 2012 at 5:53 pm

      Thank you Julie!

      Reply
  4. Betty says

    March 18, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    This is a great idea! I will try it! It’s a good DIY project to welcome spring ; )

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  5. TidyMom says

    March 18, 2012 at 3:22 am

    I love this idea!
    Thanks for linking up! I featured you post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/spring-crafts-food/
    Have a great rest of the weekend!

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  6. Trisha says

    March 15, 2012 at 2:29 am

    I love the look of these Amanda, so pretty!

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    • admin says

      March 24, 2012 at 12:47 am

      Thank you Trisha!

      Reply
  7. Linda @ it all started with paint says

    March 14, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    I came over through Google image seeking out your peeps wreath and just had to pin these pots too! Off to find those peeps …

    :)

    Linda

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    • admin says

      March 24, 2012 at 12:48 am

      Hi Linda! I don’t have a peeps wreath, but glad you stopped by anyway! :)

      Reply
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