I love thinking of new ways to preserve all of my favorite pictures. They don’t really do me any good taking up space in my smartphone, or stuffed away in a drawer somewhere. I want to display them loud and proud. I was looking on Pinterest (I know…) for creative Mother’s Day ideas and I stumbled upon something similar to this flower pot craft idea and decided I would make my own version. It was super easy to make and looks beautiful once it’s finished. These make such a thoughtful gift idea. 
Materials needed: – Clay flower pot – A ton of your favorite pictures – Super glue or any other craft glue – Paint color of choice – Mod Podge – to seal your pictures and make them waterproof – Paint brush or sponges for painting 
Paint your clay pot the color of choice. Being that we are a family of all girls, naturally we went with pink… All pink everything! 
It took a few coats to completely cover the entire thing so that none of the clay color would show. We did paint some of the inside also, but not all the way down. While this is drying you can start figuring out how you would like your pictures arranged and cut them to size. 
Glue your first picture as a starting point and then work your way around covering as much of the pot as you would like. I covered almost the whole thing, letting some of the pink color show in a few places for pizzaz. Once you have all of your pictures glued on and they are completely dry, you can begin covering it in Mod Podge. You will want to do very thin coats making sure the pot is covered evenly. Let dry and apply another coat. I did this 3-4 times until I knew there weren’t any cracks or spots that weren’t covered. 
Plant your favorite flowers and enjoy! We gave this to MamaK for the front porch of her farm. It looks beautiful and has some of our favorite memories covering it. A gift that will last a lifetime. Those are my favorite! 
I think she liked it… 🙂 I would love to see all of your favorite picture craft ideas! Share them below:
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
May 26, 2015 at 7:57 amI absolutely love it. My mom’s birthday is coming up soon and this would be an awesome gift idea.
Sandy says
May 26, 2015 at 8:04 amI love decoupage, so I will have to try this with my girls! Fun idea! 🙂
Jeanine says
May 26, 2015 at 10:45 amI love this! What an adorable and easy idea. I could do this with my kiddos no problem. So creative!
BellaVidaLetty says
May 26, 2015 at 12:28 pmThis would make a fun activity for the summer.
Carol Cassara says
May 26, 2015 at 2:05 pmKids would love this summer activity craft!
Mama to 5 BLessings says
May 26, 2015 at 3:08 pmWhat a cute idea. This would be a great gift for grandparents to have their grandchildren on.
Liz Mays says
May 26, 2015 at 3:18 pmThat’s such a cool idea! I bet she’s so happy to have one of these for her porch!
Britney says
May 26, 2015 at 3:20 pmThis is so cute! What a fun summer activity to do with the kids!
vidya sudarsan says
May 26, 2015 at 11:33 pmSuch a fun idea! My daughter is graduating high school.. maybe I will surprise her with a flower pot like this 🙂
Bismah says
May 27, 2015 at 10:26 amThis is so beautiful! This would make a wonderful gift for any occasion!
Beth@FrugalFroggie says
May 27, 2015 at 11:09 amWhat a great idea. Both grandmas would have loved this for Mother’s Day. Maybe next year.
Laurie says
June 3, 2015 at 8:58 amSuch a fun idea! I love this idea for my girls going away to college, to bring some happy family times with them. Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It!
~Laurie
Joann Woolley says
June 3, 2015 at 11:55 pmWhat a cute idea for giving a personal gift too!
Elaine @cookinandcraftin.com says
June 4, 2015 at 7:44 amThis is a super cute idea!! Love it!! I would love if you stopped by My place and shared your stuff on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party!!
Have a great Weekend!!
Kristi says
June 9, 2015 at 3:27 pmWhat fun! I’m going to have to try this with my kiddos. Thanks for sharing at #homemattersparty
Edna Williams says
January 6, 2016 at 10:42 amI would love to do this! So great! Thanks for sharing!