Mother's Day Spa Gift Pot

Mother's Day Spa Gift Pot

Posted by DecoArt on Dec 5th 2014

Give her beauty supplies in a softly-colored terra cotta pot for a unique Mother's Day gift.

SUPPLIES

    • water container
    • palette or plastic plate
    • paper towels
    • pencil
    • burlap
    • hot glue gun
    • 3/4" flat brush
    • #8 round brush
    • terra cotta pot
    • twine
    • wooden dowel rods

    INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Using a 3/4" flat brush, paint the top rim of the pot in Melonball.
    2. Instruction #1
    3. Using a 3/4" flat brush, begin painting the pot starting at the top with Melonball and go down approximately 1/3 of the way. While the paint is still wet, use the same brush (no need to rinse) and brush on Turquoise Waters around the middle, making sure to overlap with Melonball.
    4. Instruction #2
    5. While the paint is still wet, use the same brush (no need to rinse) and brush on Deep Turquoise around the bottom, making sure to overlap with Turquoise Waters.
    6. Instruction #3
    7. Using a 3/4" flat brush, paint the two wooden dowels in Melonball.
    8. Using the pattern, cut three pennants/triangle shapes from the burlap.
    9. Instruction #5
    10. Using a 3/4" flat brush, loosely paint the pennants with Deep Turquoise. (Do not paint to the edges.)
    11. Instruction #6
    12. Use a pencil to loosely draw "MOM", with one letter on each pennant. Using a #8 round brush, paint the shape of the letter "block style" in Melonball. Rinse brush and paint "MOM" in Cobalt. Use a hot glue gun to adhere the pennants to a piece of twine. Tie knots in between the pennants. Tie the pennants to the painted dowels.
    13. Instruction #7
    14. Fill the pot with beauty supplies/spa items. Stand the dowels inside on either side of the pot. (Refer to photo for placement.)

    DOWNLOADS

    "mom" And Banner Pattern