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Flower pot gnomes kids craft.
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Flower Pot Gnomes

In today's post: Kids can make these adorable flower pot gnomes out of small terra cotta pots, paint, and wood dowel caps.
Prep Time30 minutes

Equipment

  • Hot Glue Gun

Ingredients

  • 2 Terrra Cotta Pots one slightly smaller than the other so they stack
  • Acrylic Craft Paint
  • Foam Paint brush
  • Small Paint brush
  • 1 Wood Dowel Cap

Instructions

  • Paint the larger pot whatever color you'd like the body to be and the smaller pot whatever color you'd like the hat to be. Allow to dry and add a second coat of paint if desired. A hair dryer can be used to speed drying.
    Smaller pot painted red and larger pot painted blue.
  • Turn the larger flower pot upside down and paint a white beard using a small paintbrush or by adding fingerprints in a beard shape.
    Painting a beard on the larger pot.
  • Hot glue the smaller pot on top of the larger pot (both pots should be upside down).
    Gluing the small pot on as a hat.
  • Hot glue the wood dowel cap on for a nose. Hold the nose in place for 5-10 seconds until it is secure.
    Gluing on the wood knob for a nose.
  • The gnome is complete and ready to display.
    Hands holding flower pot gnome.