These fingerprint flower pots make the perfect keepsake gift idea for spring! Plant seeds or flowers in them to give for Mother's Day or for a birthday.
Crafting Time40 minutesmins
5 minutes dry time5 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: Spring
Makes: 1pot
Supplies
16-inchTerracotta pot with tray
Acrylic paint in assorted colorsfor the flowers
White and yellow acrylic paintfor the pot
Green permanent marker or paint pen
Craft tools
Paint palette
paintbrushes
Tablecloth or newspaper
Instructions
How to Make a Fingerprint Pot:
Make sure the flower pots are clean. Wash and dry as needed.
Use the white acrylic paint to paint the outside of the pot and the dish. Dry with hair dryer on low setting. Repeat these steps until you have a nice white dry surface. It took me 4 coats of paint to get a good coat.
Mix a light yellow by adding yellow acrylic to the white in small amounts and mix with brush. Paint the rim of the terra cotta pot and the dish, or the bottom part of the plastic pot (or rim). It took 2 coats of yellow for each part that I painted. Dry with hair dryer.
In the palette, mix up the colors you want to use for the finger print flowers.
Choose 1 color and lightly press a finger into the paint and then “stamp” flower designs on the pot. Wash or wipe paint off that finger and choose a different color and “stamp” additional designs on the pot. You can layer multiple colors on top for petals, and use your thumb and a different color for the center of flower. Dry with hair dryer.
Using the green marker, add stems and leaves to the flowers
Expert Tips & FAQs
As an alternative to using newspaper to cover my work surface, I use an old window shade. It is easy to clean and once dry, I roll it back up to use next time!
To dry paint quickly, use a hair dryer on low setting If the acrylic paint is too thick, mix in a couple drops of water to thin it out.
If you have old plastic pots, use a fine grit sandpaper and gently scuff up the outside so the paint sticks to the pot.