How to Make a Mothers Day Gift Flower Pot

Make a personalized flower pot for Mother's Day.

Flowers are a nice Mother’s Day gift, but they fade and only last for a short time. Instead of giving your mom a gift that will fade next Mother’s Day, give her a personalized flower pot. This is s gift that your mom will cherish for years to come.

Things You'll Need

• Pictures
• Decoupage finish
• Decoupage brush
• Flower pot
• Flowering plant
• Potting soil

Instructions

1. Select a flower pot to use for your Mother’s Day gift. These are available in almost any major department store.

2. Choose pictures of family members to decorate the flower pot with. For example, you could make a Mother's Day flower pot that was decorated with pictures of grandchildren or children.

3. Copy the pictures you have chosen onto paper. Apply the pictures you have chosen according to the directions on the decoupage finish you have selected.

4. Let it dry and apply the final coat of finish and then chose a flowering plant and some potting soil and place them in the pot.