Pot Decoration: 50+ Pretty and Unique Ideas

Decoupage fabric on terra cotta in this fun DIY flower pot project. You’ll love the transformation from boring to fun and pretty!

Decoupage fabric on terra cotta in this fun DIY flower pot project. You’ll love the transformation from boring to fun and pretty!

This Mod Podge DIY flower pot is a great Mother’s Day gift for moms and grandparents alike – and would also make a great table centerpiece!

Learn how to decoupage flower pots using napkins and Mod Podge! This easy craft adds beauty to your home decor. Also makes a great gift.

Use a Sharpie to make dots in this unique flower pot craft! It’s so easy that it’s great for kids, for teens, and for adults. . . you just need a few simple supplies.

Learn how to make the cutest mushrooms using terra cotta pots! These are very easy to make, for kids or adults.

This pot decoration tutorial combines two of Lisa passions: indoor plants and fabulous ceramics. With some paint, the resulting planters are totally transformed and on trend, decorated with big painterly brush strokes.

These terracotta plant pots are unicorn inspired, with iridescent cello wrap applied with Mod Podge and confetti. Perfect for parties!

Use pretty fabric on these Mod Podge terra cotta pots for the perfect EASY spring craft project! Makes a great container garden – or gift idea.

Who are your favorite Star Wars characters? Commemorate them on the sides of some clay pots with a little bit of paint and some imagination.

If you've never used gold leaf, it's way easier than it looks. I love the idea of using gold leaf on plant pots - with any base color you like.

Learn how to make broken china mosaics using old plates. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to decorate mosaic flower pots for succulents or any other type of plant you'd like.

Teeny tiny pots are the cutest! Decorate them very easily using Mod Podge and glitter. You can use any color of glitter to make your pots bling!

You can decorate pots with lace and it looks really pretty! You won't believe how easy it is, and these will look great in any room of your home.

If you ever shopped for planters you know they can get on the pricey side, especially if you’re decorating a whole room or outside area. But, you can create your own with a simple makeover of a dollar store planter and Aimee's tutorial.

Use Mod Podge and acrylic paint to create a unique DIY planter with a faux ceramic glaze. It looks like beautiful, hand painted ceramic when done!

Learn how to make your own DIY mermaid flower pots with Texture Powder, Metallic Cream, and All-in-One Decor Paint!

I'm a big fan of pot decoration with bold colors - AND geometric shapes! These are so cute and colorful, and perfect with any style plants.

Learn how to turn a large pot into something a little bit more interesting for your front porch! Instead of just a field of white, you can make this ombre effect.

If you can believe it, the little triangle dots on this pot decor were made with the end of an eraser! It's really easy to turn into a stamp. This project is really easy to paint!

Add some Color Shift paint to your pots and then top with glitter paint! These pots are perfectly sparkly and great for giving as gifts to teachers, neighbors, friends and anyone else who needs a little plant action in their lives.

Buy inexpensive pots or grab some from your collection to reuse! Use shades of aqua paint for rustic pot decoration that will look great with multiple styles of decor, including farmhouse.

I love using painted flowers for pot decorating! These particular painted flowers look great on a background of black, for stunning results that are easy to achieve.

Chalk paint is perfect for whitewashing! It looks great on these simple decorated pots, with a simple black boho inspired design painted right on top.

Denise loves to propagate succulents from cuttings, so she dressed up some regular terra cotta pots to house them. These fresh colors add a perfectly modern touch to her patio.

These fun Waffle Cone Ice Cream Painted Flower Pots are a simple to make and even topped with a cherry! Perfect for summer decor, an ice cream social or to satisfy your DIY sweet tooth.

Decorated flower pots are easy to make with lace trim and an airbrush machine (you can also use spray paint). These flower pots are inexpensive and easy to paint, and a new flower or herb is always a welcome gift.

Terrazzo is hugely popular these days, and you can get the same effect on any surface with vinyl. Kara will show you how it's done.

Once you learn how to decoupage flower pots with napkins, you’ll never look at a pot the same way! The active time involved is minimal, though you should plan to wait about 20-30 minutes between coats and 3-7 days before placing your pots outdoors.

Covering plant pots with fabric is even easier when you use Mod Podge Ultra. Plus you can use them indoors or out, and the process is really easy.

Make your own cheerful and colorful stenciled flower pots using contact paper and outdoor craft paint! This is so cute and I love the potential messages I could try.

This geometric painted planter is actually super easy to make yourself by hand. It may look complicated but it’s actually really simple for beginners!

This pot decoration idea from Vanessa is pretty smart! Paint pots like normal, but add a chalkboard stencil that you can write on. Then you can label your plants.

If you're all about the galaxy trend, you're going to love this pretty pot decoration! You'll use a variety of paint colors plus a splash of glitter and white.

During Dia de los Muertos, sugar skulls and other decorated skull-like things are given to the living and the dead. These calaveras planters are perfect for painting and turning into a useful gift! The plants kinda look like hair.

It's fun buying new plant pots, but what if you want them a little more distressed to match your decor? This simple tutorial will show you how to do it! Perfect for decorating old pots too, that might have a few chips and scuffs.

Looking for an easy DIY project you can complete in an afternoon? These two geometric painted pots are simple but the payoff is big.

You're going to love this interesting pot decoration process that starts with one word! You can see images of the process at Jessica's blog, learn more about her art, and get a link to her Instagram for more inspiration.

This is one of my favorite pot decoration ideas ever! Lisa used clay and cookie cutters to make words that she could attach to her terra cotta, then she painted right over the top.

Nail polish marbling is a very cool technique that also works with plant pots! Use this nail polish pot decoration method to make all sorts of fun and pretty patterns.

Tear designs out of tissue paper or napkins to make the coolest plant pots! This is a beautiful idea.

Get some great ideas for Aztec themed pot decoration - they're super easy too! You'll also learn how to create your own stamp out of a sponge.

This pretty hand lettered flower pot is SO easy to make with Sharpie painting pens! The possibilities to create with these are endless, and you can use any words you like.

Sometimes a smile just brightens a day - and when it's painted on a pot, there is no exception! If you use paint pens, you can make the pots underneath any color you like.

There are so many ways to decorate pots as you've already seen - but how about using nail polish? It's unbelievably easy, and you can use colors you already have on hand.

Think tie dye is just for clothing? Nope, you can use it to decorate pots as well! Dip dye these ceramic pots to layer and make a cool ombre effect.

Don't have any painting skills? That's okay, you don't need any for this pot! In fact, it's so easy to make these splatters that even kids could do it. The trick is to pick some great color palettes and the rest is simple.

If you haven't used paint pens before, you're in for a treat! Paint pots any colors you like, then use paint markers to make some easy marks to accent.

Love the look of aged terra cotta pots? Find out how to create DIY aged black pottery from basic clay pots with just a few steps.

Frog Tape plus spray paint makes it easy to decorate basic pots! Jenna will show you how to do it the simple way, with basic planters.