Painted Planter Tutorial and FREE teacher appreciation printable!

You can smell it in the air… summer is coming! If your little ones are still finishing out their school year, chances are you’ll need a teacher gift or two. As a former elementary school teacher, I can tell you how wonderful it is to feel so appreciated at the end of a long school year! This easy DIY painted planter is something that teachers can enjoy year-round, and if you don’t have a teacher to buy for, make one for yourself! Add a succulent and you have a great gift for teachers, Mother’s Day, or Christmas.

Supplies:

• succulent planter (I found these fabulous ceramic hanging planters at Target. Here is a similar set of three.)
• paint {or a Sharpie marker!}
• paintbrush
• Free Thank You Printable

1. Choose the color and find a paint that is appropriate for the material of your planter.

2. Begin to paint your design! I began with polka dots:

3. Continue to paint all around the planter until you’ve covered it as much or as little as you want. Experiment with fun designs, like these plus signs:

4. Fill with succulents and the appropriate dirt/rocks.

5. Then, if you’re giving these to a teacher, print off these easy thank you cards that say “Thank You for helping me grow” – I love a good punny thank you note!

Download the Free Teacher Appreciation Printable Thank You for Helping me Grow cards now

Each page has four cards, so you can print them out on card stock and have ready made cards for each teacher in your child’s life or print them onto regular paper and glue to the front of a card that your child colors. I found that they print perfectly on these postcards, which are perforated to it super easy if you have multiple teachers!

And if you aren’t in need of a teacher gift, just hang them up and enjoy them yourself!

Or maybe do both? Because let’s be honest, you just can’t have too many succulents around! So fresh and bright – great for a gift or great for your own home.

This is really one of my absolute favorite non-sewing crafts I’ve made lately, and I just couldn’t part with these two. So I had to make a different one to send with my oldest for his last day of his homeschool group. And hopefully my black thumb will be able to keep these lovelies alive. :)