I love St. Patty's Day! I always have - I don't know if it's the color, the time of year, the parades or the celebration of my Irish heritage that I love the most! I put together a number of Pinterest ideas and created this adorable leprechaun hat (sorry about the blurry picture - my lens was scratched!).
I took a basic clay pot & saucer and painted the outside with Rustoleum's Black Chalkboard paint. After about three coats, it was ready to write on!
I them taped off a 1 inch band just under the rim of the pot. Using an 8 oz. Behr Ultra sample tinted to an Irish green. That only too one coat. When I flipped the pot over onto the saucer, I had a leprechaun's hat!
I used chalk to draw a shamrock tucked into the green "ribbon." I couldn't stop there...I then used Rustoleum Gold Glitter Spray and sprayed rocks to look like gold pieces and even a "buckle" that I make out of cardboard. It was a super easy and cute decoration for St. Patty's Day!
Afterwards, I was wondering what else I could do with this adorable clay pot. I realized it would be an adorable gift for Easter or Mother's day!
I flipped it back over and added some purple polka dots using a Glidden Dup paint sample that was tinted purple. I used the rounded end of the paintbrush to make the festive dots! I then used purple chalk to draw flowers and write a message for the gift receiver! Inside, I tucked some garden tools, seeds and garden gloves! What an adorable gift!
Just an added note about the picture above...I have also used chalk paint on a coffee container (to write the flavor), around the base of a glass so people can write their names on them and on the glass of every old picture frame I have to create an inexpensive, portable and easy chalkboard!
Happy Spring, Everyone!
