I am willing spring to come with this project. Willing the cold cold cold air of yesterday to go away and the warmth that we enjoyed just on Monday to return. Living in the Tennessee valley, you literally never know what the weather may bring.
And now, I just realized I sound like an old man talking about the weather.
Let’s move on to the snazzy painted planter pots, shall we?
I actually made these toward the end of last summer. Thus why, when you see the images, it’s all bright and sunny. However, when I went to post them, the weather had quickly changed and I decided it would be best to wait – so here they are now, getting thrown into internet land along with a little wish for spring.
Snazzy Painted Planter Pots
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Materials & Supplies Needed:
- Basic Planters in Your Choice of Size (I used these larger ones because I needed to transfer my fiddle leaf figs to bigger pots. You can use whatever size though.)
- Spray Paint – I used this gold, but once more, go with whatever floats your boat.
- FrogTape® Multi-Surface 0.94″ size
- FrogTape® Multi-Surface 1.88″ size
- Craft Knife
Step 1:
To make the planter that has vertical triangles that meet in the middle, start by creating the pattern below with the smaller width FrogTape®.
I didn’t really measure on these much, just eyeballed it.
Step 2:
Next, you will want to use your craft knife to trim up all the edges of the tape.
For the largest triangle, you will want to cut out the section where the triangles meet as shown below.
Step 3:
Begin creating the same pattern as you did at the top, except on the bottom of the pot now.
Step 4:
After you have created the pattern, tape off the surrounding area of the planter with the larger width FrogTape®.
Use your fingernail to firmly adhere the FrogTape® edges to the planter.
Step 5:
For the other planter, simply place six strips of the 0.94″ FrogTape® on the side of the planter in triangle formations as shown below.
Step 6:
Even up your edges with a craft knife and tape off the rest of the planter with the 1.88″ FrogTape®.
Step 7:
Use your fingernail to firmly apply pressure to all the edges of the FrogTape® to create a good seal.
Step 8:
Spray paint your designs.
Step 9:
After your last coat of spray paint (I did two coats), immediately remove the FrogTape®.
Let the planters fully dry, then fill them with your favorite plants.
Instead of paying $50 a pop, you’ve spent about $15 per planter.
Not too shabby.
Now, come on spring!!
Do you have any great pattern ideas for planters?
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Love these! I too am willing spring to come so maybe some DIYs will give it a push!
Perhaps a mass making of spring-isn DIY projects will force winter into submission and spring to rise! haha!
These look great Jenna! Love the gold 🙂
Thanks, Emily! You know I can’t get enough gold!
Looks awesome my dear – great job! I’m thrilled just painting the pot another color and pretty much have done that to most of my pots. Looks very colorful on the patio that’s for sure. Thanks for sharing this idea.
Thanks, gal! Definitely – just painting one a bright color helps too!
These are great! If only it would warm up!
I know!! It’s. So. Cold. Brrrrrr
You and Frog Tape are an awesome duo! What a pretty way to make those plain ole pots look amazing. Love seeing your ideas….most are things even ‘I’ could do!!
Thanks, Pam! I do love me some Frogtape and paint! haha! And girl, you can do anything! 🙂
How lovely! This is such a great idea!
Hope all is well with you, Jenna,
Helen H
Thanks, Helen!
Wow, I was surprised at the prices. I guess I’m a cheapskate, lol. I use empty pots from buying trees or bushes but you really want to paint them a lighter color if using them outdoor, the black sucks in heat and isn’t good for the roots. Love the designs though!
Thanks, Mary! These pots are actually inside most all the time, it was just much easier to photograph them outside. 🙂
Cute idea. Can’t beat the price. It looks so much better then the plastic pots that I have right now.
Thanks!
What a great way to spice up a plain ol plastic plant planter. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Charlene!
Those are gorgeous! They are also perfect when you don’t want to splurge on expensive planters!
Tania
Thanks, Tania!
These are perfect for me! I love a paint DIY project and after finishing my kitchen remodel and feeling like I was hemorrhaging dollar bills, I am looking for some affordable accessories to complete our look and these are right up my alley. Thanks for sharing. Visiting via Share It One More Time
Awesome, Pamela! Glad you like them!
Love this!
Jenna, I am featuring your planter pots tomorrow at Totally Terrific Tuesday. Thank you for linking up with us.
Oh that’s great! Thanks so much, Sherry!
I wanted you to know that I featured this project on the Create Link INspire party that you linked up to. It’s such a great DIY. Thanks for including it.
Awesome! Thanks so much, Rachel!
I have a question. How do you paint the space between the gold lines?
Are you talking about the black space? The planters came black, so I just didn’t paint that part.
These are gorgeous, I think they come off almost navy blue in the pictures. I really like the pattern that you created! So fancy 😉
Thank you!
Those look great!!
Thank you, Ali!
What a great way to update on pots. Thanks so much for sharing with Funtastic Friday.
Thanks, Shea!
So cute! Great way to dress them up!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Very nice and very impressive!
Thanks, Cindy!
I love the creation of the planters, really so easy but they look amazing!!!
And have your post featured on Friday Features Linkup this week and Pinned to share!!
Hope you’ll stop by and linkup again.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Karren~