If you’re celebrating something special during the summer, you’ve got the perfect excuse to get in the garden and host an outdoor party. But rather than your usual BBQ, why not host a plant pot painting party instead?
It’s a fun way to get creative and it can be enjoyed by all members of the family, so it suits many different occasions, from Mother’s Day and Easter to birthdays or hen parties. You’ll be decorating old or new pots and using outdoor garden paint, which is suitable for painting terracotta, wood and more.
In fact, plant pot painting makes a great birthday party activity for kids. If you have little sponges and foam shapes available to paint with, it allows even the littlest children in the group to (while supervised!) get creative and paint a pot of their own.
You don’t have to be an artist to create a beautifully painted terracotta pot – abstract designs look great in the garden and simple patterns like spots and stripes add a pop of colour. Dots can be combined to create petals and flowers, while a few brushstrokes or a marker pen can turn a yellow spot into a cute bumble bee.
I’ve shared the full step-by-step guide to painting terracotta pots over on the Do It With Cans website, where you can find a list of essentials you’ll need for your plant pot painting party, so be sure to check out my painting guide here.
Ideally, you’ll do the first couple of steps to prepare the pots in advance so that your guests at the pot painting party can focus on creating a fun design on their designated pot. You’ll also need to create a safe painting zone by laying out newspaper, old packaging or cardboard – and don’t forget the aprons in case you get messy.
When we held our party, it was a mix of adults and children, which was a lovely experience. The adults helped the youngest children to dollop paint on their own pots and even got involved in crafting their own floral designs, too.
After the painting session, you’ve got a natural break for food while the paint dries. After a lot of hand-washing, you can serve up party snacks or even a full lunch. If it’s a sunny day, the garden paint will be touch-dry within an hour or two (check the guidelines on the product tin), so you can include the planting process in the activity.
You can all add compost and pretty plug plants to your own pots. It’s another element to the activity with the added bonus that everyone goes home with a beautifully planted terracotta pot to brighten up their patio or windowsill – the perfect party favour.
We got a selection of low-cost seasonal plug plants in trays, which were easy for youngsters and adults alike to pop out of the trays and plop into the pots. You can choose flowers in hues that complement the paint shades you’ve used or just go for a riot of colour!
I hope you make use of this fun idea for a children’s birthday party, a bank holiday weekend, or a hen do activity in the future. If you do, please let me know what event you are celebrating in the comments below and I’d love to see your creations, so please tag me in your photos on Instagram @cassiefairy.
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