How to make Chalkboard Planters

Are you looking for an Inexpensive Teacher Gift for a great year!! Check out this adorable and easy DIY Chalkboard Planter gift idea! You can include seeds and soil for or fill it with gummy worms for fun 🙂

How to make Chalkboard Planters

Supplies:

• Chalkboard Paint
• Outdoor Acrylic Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Newspaper
• Potting Soil
• Packets of Seeds
• Gummy Worms, Optional
• Twine
• Card stock for Tags
• Chalk to write names on the pots or Thank You on the pots

Directions:

• Paint the base of the pot with chalkboard paint.  Allow to dry.
• Paint the top rim and base with an outdoor acrylic so it has a sealer already in it because you can’t use a spray sealer on chalkboard paint.
• Allow to dry.
• Fill with potting soil.
• Use the base as a lid and tie with twine.
• Add a note with card stock and add seeds.

Cost:

• $1.50 for the pot and saucer.
• Can of chalk paint was $3.50.
• The outdoor acrylic was $1.20 per color.
• I had the potting soil on hand but it runs around $3.00.
• I purchased seeds for only $.10 a pack (had 11 seeds in packet).

The grand total averaged out to be around $2.00 a gift!   This would make a really cute herb garden too!   I hope you enjoy this really cute DIY.

Thanks to my friend Tiffany for sharing this idea and her pictures!  I am so loving this and will be making my own chalkboard planters for gifts and myself!

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Melissa Jennings

Melissa is a soccer mom who has been married to her best friend for 20 years. She loves sharing recipes, travel reviews and tips that focus on helping busy families make memories.