Do you love an easy and inexpensive craft the kids can help you with? I am always on the hunt for a cute project the kids and I can make in a short time. I don’t know about your kids, but mine have an attention span of a gnat! I have to keep them busy and I have about an hour before they lost interest. This adorable Easy Minions Flower Pot Craft fits those needs perfectly!
My kids have loved the Minion gang since the first time they saw them. They could watch the Despicable Me movies over and over! I must admit, I could too! Each time we watch one, we uncover another joke or gag that cracks us up! After we planted our herb garden, we had a few Terracotta pots left over. We decided to make a cute Easy Minions Flower Pot Craft. Isn’t it adorable? And if you need a cute idea for a back to school craft, try this Teacher Appreciation Crayon Vase Craft.
The slideshow illustrates how easy this Easy Minions Flower Pot Craft is to make. It will cost about $10 and take about an hour to complete. Perfect for a rainy afternoon!
What you will need to make your Easy Minions Flower Pot Craft:
- One medium sized terracotta flower pot and saucer
- 1 mason jar ring
- 1 bottle of Minion yellow paint
- 1 bottle of Minion blue paint
- 1 bottle each of white, black and brown paint. You can also use a black and brown marker.
- 1 medium paintbrush for painting the flower pot and saucer
- 1 small paintbrush for painting the eye
- Pencil
- ¼ “ black grosgrain ribbon
- Tacky glue or a hot glue gun and glue sticks
Step One: Paint your flower pot with the yellow paint. You may need to do 2-3 coats. Allow to dry completely in between coats.
Step Two: Paint your saucer with the blue paint. You may need to do 2-3 coats. Allow to dry completely in between coats.
Step Three: Place your mason jar ring with the top against the flower pot. This is where the eye will be. Use a pencil to mark the circle of the eye, using the ring as a guide. Paint the eye circle white. Do at least 2 coats. Allow to dry completely in between coats. This is super important. If you don’t, the brown and black will run into the white.
Step Four: Using a pencil, make a circle, about the size of a half dollar, in the middle of the white part of the eye. This will be painted brown. You can also use a brown marker instead of paint. Repeat step five, but inside the brown circle. This will be painted black. You can also use a black marker instead of the paint.
Step Five: Glue the black ribbon around the bottom of the top part of the flower pot. The ends will be glued just inside where the mason jar ring will go.
Step Six: Glue the mason jar ring onto the flower pot.
Now you are ready to fill your DIY Minions Flower Pot Craft with a beautiful plant, school supplies or any other fun filling you can think of!
robin rue says
July 25, 2017 at 5:57 pmThat is so cute I can’t even stand it. I need to make one for my deck!!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
July 25, 2017 at 6:14 pmThat is so cute! We’re huge minion fans here, so I know my kids will love helping me do this.
Bill Sweeney says
July 25, 2017 at 6:15 pmThis is the perfect craft. It looks great, and it’s easy to make. That’s a winner!
Kelly Nicholson says
July 25, 2017 at 7:09 pmDo you enjoy doing crafts with that special kiddo in your life? What is one of your favorites?
i dont have kids,but i loved doing this as a kid myself..been awhile
Cheryl B says
July 25, 2017 at 7:12 pmI like to do crafts with my Granddaughter. We recently painted rocks to lay out at the park.
Kristen @ My 3 Little Kittens says
July 25, 2017 at 7:23 pmThis is ridiculously ADORABLE!!! Minions are a favourite of most kids as well!!!!!!
Diane Roark says
July 25, 2017 at 7:36 pmThis planter is extremely adorable. It would be perfect for my special needs son. I am going to have to get the supplies for him to make it.
Blessings,
Diane
Stacie says
July 25, 2017 at 7:42 pmWhat a cute idea for a flower pot. Any Minion fan would love this.
Sherry says
July 25, 2017 at 7:43 pmBelieve it or not, I have yet to see any of the Despicable Me movies.I know, I know I need to watch them. My cousin’s son would love this craft.
Pam says
July 25, 2017 at 7:44 pmThis is such a cute craft. I just love the Minions. They’re so cute.
Sarah says
July 25, 2017 at 7:49 pmHow cute are these? I love the Minions and I am always looking for fun craft ideas. I love painting flower pots, so many possibilities. When I was younger I made an entire Christmas village out of them.
Liz Mays says
July 25, 2017 at 8:04 pmThis is just too cute! You have to love the minions! I just love how you were able to do the goggle!
Jeanette says
July 25, 2017 at 8:26 pmThis is adorable! You are so creative! My kiddo loves Minions I think most of his room is Minions! This would be a fun project to do together.
monique s says
July 25, 2017 at 9:32 pmyes we love doing craft projects. OUr favorite was making indicator stakes for the garden that showed the vegetable. So cute
Sarah L says
July 25, 2017 at 10:38 pmNo kiddos in my life right now so no crafting with kids. This is a very cute craft.
Ann Bacciaglia says
July 25, 2017 at 10:51 pmLove this idea! A cute way to add something fun and colourful to the garden. I also love that it is an easy and inexpensive craft.
HS says
July 25, 2017 at 10:59 pmI love to make mason jar craft with kids for plants. We color mason jars and use them to plant herbs and flowers.
Sarah says
July 25, 2017 at 11:18 pmLove this idea! Huge minion fans in my house. My kids would love seeing this in our yard.
Seyma Shabbir says
July 25, 2017 at 11:35 pmHonestly I don’t like crafts because they are so hard. My husband is good at it! But I do love helping my kids and spending time with them.
Dawn Lopez says
July 25, 2017 at 11:49 pmMinions are so hilarious! I love this craft and I bet my niece and nephew would enjoy making one of these this summer.
Sarah L says
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AnnMarie John says
July 26, 2017 at 5:05 amThis is totally cool! I love the idea and my daughter’s a huge fan of the minions so I’m sure she’s going to love this arts and crafts! It’s not that difficult to make either!
mycraftingworld says
July 26, 2017 at 7:40 amI love doing crafts with the kids. We are painting rocks and learning to sew right now. It is fun.
Brianne says
July 26, 2017 at 8:46 amWhat a great idea! Your pot came out amazing!
Jenna Hudson says
July 26, 2017 at 9:33 amMy kids are young so we go with coloring with crayons. Nothing too messy.
Shelley R Zurek says
July 26, 2017 at 9:44 amThis craft had me smiling from the second I saw it! I love how you used the RING to make the eye surround. As usual, a fun useful craft created by Kelly!
Kim Avery says
July 26, 2017 at 9:53 amI do like doing crafts with my grandsons. Every year we do hand print stepping stones! It’s fun to see how big they have gotten and watching their creativity grow also!
Francine Anchondo says
July 26, 2017 at 1:32 pmYes we love to do crafts. We love to paint .
Hali @daytodayMOMents says
July 26, 2017 at 2:38 pmOH I think my kids will love this, we might do some mini pots in our apt. 🙂
kristin says
July 26, 2017 at 3:18 pmThis is s fun! My kiddos would love to make this, so easy and fun.
Steve Weber says
July 26, 2017 at 4:17 pmI love doing crafts with my nieces.. they are so talented and creative.
Natalie says
July 26, 2017 at 4:56 pmI love being creative and making crafts! I enjoy making gingerbread houses and Christmas ornaments with my niece.
Katie Bellamy says
July 26, 2017 at 5:55 pmI loved doing crafts with my mom when I was little! And I love doing crafts with my kids now!
Rosey says
July 26, 2017 at 5:58 pmThat is cute as can be. I like to do crafts with my son. Our latest was a terrarium. It turned out really nice.
Nancy says
July 26, 2017 at 7:32 pmYes, we like doing crafts. We like to do paper crafts. Cards are very fun to make.
Dawn says
July 26, 2017 at 8:49 pmI work with teen parents and their children and this looks like such a fun activity to do with them on a home visit!! Thank you for the idea! I will let you know how they all like it!!
TeaJay says
July 27, 2017 at 5:39 pmWe like to do seasonal crafts with the kids using different mediums. The kids like to make clay creations the best.
Billie Rowell says
July 27, 2017 at 7:36 pmMy son and I made tye dye shirts awhile back and he had a lot of fun with it. He still wears the shirts.
MAKEBA GILES says
July 27, 2017 at 11:39 pmNow this is all sorts of cute!!! I’m going to pick up the needed materials for my kids to make these pots during the weekend!
KENNETH OHL says
July 28, 2017 at 8:17 ammy niece is into crafting she loves all of it she made me a doll made out of tissue carry it with me in the car
Susan Smith says
July 28, 2017 at 8:13 pmI like to do crafts with my daughter. We recently made clay vases.
Teresa Organ says
July 28, 2017 at 10:20 pmI’m not very crafty but I would love to give this Minions Flower Planter a try. I know a few people who love the Minions so this would make a great gift for them.
Cheryl Chervitz says
July 29, 2017 at 9:15 amMy kids are grown and on their own, but we used to enjoy painting and DIY Christmas ornaments. Its fun to make your own stuff.
doug says
July 29, 2017 at 3:23 pmyes! I like to do crafts with that special person. Mostly painting like watercolors or pastels.
Amber Hites says
July 29, 2017 at 11:58 pmMy son loves to do projects, I need to be better about doing them! Maybe this would help motivate me. Thanks for having this giveaway!
Julie Bickham says
July 30, 2017 at 6:03 pmWe love doing crafts in my household. We enjoy scrap booking together.
Kristy Wolfgang says
July 30, 2017 at 7:42 pmMy nephew and I like rocks. We sort and polish them, and make new displays every now and then.
Kat says
July 30, 2017 at 7:42 pmRight now SLIME is all the rage here at our house. My kids seem to be able to come up with endless combinations and it is fun to see how each one turns out differently.
Kiwi says
August 2, 2017 at 7:26 amNow this is a cute Minion DIY! Love this and my 5 yr old cousin is a minion fan!
Kayla D. says
August 2, 2017 at 11:40 amI like to make crafts with my little brother. My favorite is when we make apple cinnamon ornaments at Christmastime!
Polly Hall says
August 2, 2017 at 5:56 pmI do not have a young one to crafts with but I use to love to make Xmas ornaments with my son, or in the summer we would get messy with finger paints out side.
Schmeka Legree says
August 2, 2017 at 8:53 pmMy 4 year old loves to make things, and I watch, she likes to do it on her own…she likes to draw pictures
Gin says
August 3, 2017 at 4:47 pmMy nephew likes to write, draw, and paint. When he is done painting or drawing, he would ask his mom to hang his picture in my sister’s house.
Dana Matthews says
August 3, 2017 at 8:11 pmI do enjoying doing crafts with my girls. They enjoy painting the most. Even in between projects they ask to paint on paper plates and construction paper!
Mary Songer says
August 4, 2017 at 12:07 amI don’t have any young kids around any more but I still love to do crafts. This pot is adorable. Painting flower pots is a great way to personalize my decor and certainly cheaper than buying pots someone else has decorated. Thanks for the ideas.
Janell Hawkins says
August 6, 2017 at 9:35 pmI’m not a very crafty person. This minion pot looks like something that might be fun to do with my grandson.
Heather B. says
August 7, 2017 at 1:46 pmI love doing crafts with my kids! Right now, are town is doing a fun rock painting/hiding/finding thing. It’s really fun!
Roy F. says
August 8, 2017 at 2:34 amWe love doing crafts. Our favorite is folding paper to make various origami figures like cranes, little boxes and various animals.
Michelle Coles says
August 9, 2017 at 8:32 amI do like doing crafts with my kids! They love to help me make holiday decorations, especially wreaths!
Breanne says
August 9, 2017 at 12:07 pmI enjoy doing crafts with my niece. We painted a bird house last week.
latoya says
August 10, 2017 at 2:56 amI’m not big into crafting, but I love seeing other peoples crafts. When my little cousins visit, we don’t really craft…but they do like to draw and color things.
Katara Harper says
August 11, 2017 at 11:58 amI really love doing crafts with my daughter. Halloween crafts are our favorite crafts to make because it is our favortie holiday
Melissa Storms says
August 14, 2017 at 2:23 pmMy son is 13 so he is not into the crafts that we used to do, He does however like a lot of the scincey craft projects to be found online.
kw says
August 14, 2017 at 8:10 pmNo. It usually ends in some kind of disaster!
Steve says
August 16, 2017 at 12:19 amNo kiddos in my life. Don’t bother with crafts.
Kaylene says
August 16, 2017 at 2:23 pmWhat an adorable flower pot. I can think of quite a few people who would love this as a gift! 😀
Diane J says
August 17, 2017 at 4:54 pmI do love crafts and coloring with kids. My kids are 16 and 21. The 16 year old is too cool for crafts but the 21 year old and I have fun doing projects. I am also lucky enough to have nieces and nephews that like to do crafts with me.
Mishelle Greening says
August 18, 2017 at 12:50 pmDo you enjoy doing crafts with that special kiddo in your life? What is one of your favorites?
I used to love doing crafts with my little kids but they’ve grown up to the point of not doing much with “Mom” but we do still paint rooms together when it’s time to change room colours – we do that every 2 years. We used to make plaster of paris crafty things and paint them – I loved doing that… plaster eggs, hand prints, walkway stones…
Mishelle
Robin Abrams says
August 21, 2017 at 7:57 pmI love doing crafts with my granddaughter. She loves doing any kind of crafts especially making jewelry
Pat says
August 24, 2017 at 4:36 pmMy granddaughter and I do crafts together. We like to make Christmas decorations.
Leela says
August 24, 2017 at 6:46 pmWe love doing crafts together. I love working with plastic canvas and cross stitch.
marty says
August 25, 2017 at 9:24 pmThis is so cute! I enjoy decorative pots/planters to liven up the plants!
Mary McCloy says
August 26, 2017 at 10:15 pmI have a friend who has a 6 yr. old girl,that loves to play with play dough 🙂 We make flowers , animals,etc. with all kinds of colors,and have a great time 🙂
April P. says
August 27, 2017 at 1:38 amWhen my kids were young, I did enjoy helping them with crafts. Our favorites were Christmas decorations! We still put them out every year.
Trista Garnett says
August 28, 2017 at 12:00 amyes, me and the 3 kids love spending time doing crafts. We love to get things ready for our annual agricultural fair exhibit hall 🙂
Cynthia Schmied says
August 28, 2017 at 8:57 amThe grandkids like to make wishing wells from my rock collection. Keeps them busy for hours.
Edye says
August 28, 2017 at 12:46 pmWe love doing craft projects! Our favorite is anything to do with painting!
Renee Rousseau says
August 28, 2017 at 7:30 pmOur favorite craft project is baking! Christmas cutout sugar cookies are our specialty. We make it a family affair and always share with friends.
.Christine L says
August 29, 2017 at 2:21 pmI am not as crafty as my daughter. She does a lot of stuff & is very artistic. I help her with sewing things & when she needs to use a hot glue gun
Angela Saver says
August 29, 2017 at 9:01 pmYes, I love crafting with our kiddos! I especially love to do tie-dye shirts! Thanks for the Minion ideas!!
Paol Trenny says
August 29, 2017 at 11:00 pmI love creating arts and doing crafts with my kids. They are still into making slime and I love creating my own to compete with theirs.
sandra says
August 30, 2017 at 8:32 amthat is adorable! I love doing crafts, some times with the kids.
Carol says
August 30, 2017 at 4:27 pmI like to do crafts with my grandson. I like the minions.
sherry fowler says
August 30, 2017 at 5:54 pmI love to do crafts with my grandbabies. we love drawing and coloring and really love fingerpainting
Kristen J. says
August 31, 2017 at 1:01 amI like doing crafts occasionally with the children in my family. It’s fun but it’s a lot of work keeping them focused, I don’t think they enjoy crafts as much as video games. oh well, I try.
Jennifer H. says
August 31, 2017 at 3:50 amYes, we do like to do crafts. We like to make our own cards.
nicole b says
August 31, 2017 at 12:14 pmYes, we love crafts! Minion banana stickers are a winner here,
Tammy Woodall says
August 31, 2017 at 11:25 pmI love doing DIY crafts with my little niece and nephew. Each has their favorites on what they like to do. With my nephew he loves to make (and do) anything relating to cars. With my niece, she loves to make jewelry and make doll clothes.
mycraftingworld says
March 22, 2018 at 7:13 amWe made one for my sister who loves Minions. She loved the pot. We put an artificial plant in it… she kills plants.
Peggy Nunn says
August 16, 2018 at 4:11 pmMy sister loves Minions. I need a gift for her soon. I am making one of these for her.