Make a Clay Pot Cottage Ornament

The clay pot cottage ornament crafted by my older daughter for Christmas this year.

         To assemble this small clay pot cottage inexpensively, you may need to purchase materials from your local dollar store. However, some of you will probably have most of these supplies laying about a craft work bench or inside a cabinet for of odds and ends.

       You will also need a pair of pliers to take apart a pine cone for this craft. The roof of our pot cottage has faux tiles made of scales. 

Supply List:

• tiny clay pots

  

  Above are photos taken of the clay pot 

  cottage ornament from different angles.

  Click on the image to see it enlarged.

• acrylic paints
• faux plants
• a pinecone
• scrap fabric (hanger)
• oven bake clay
• wooden round (base)
• pebble
• hot glue gun and hot glue
• lead pencil

       Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Hot glue an inverted clay pot onto a cut wooden round to make the basic structure of the clay pot cottage.
2. You will not need to sand any of the surfaces before painting because of the "rustic" nature of the design. Just lightly draw out a tiny door and two windows using a soft lead pencil.
3. Then use acrylic paints to trim out the windows in white. Fill in the window panes using black and add tiny flowers to the window boxes. (see photos above)
4. After the paint dries, hot glue on a pebble for the front door step.
5. Then remove the scales from your dried pine cone using a tough set of pliers.
6. Invert the scales on top of the roof area of your inverted pot using small amounts of hot glue between each piece as you stack these. 
7. Now hot glue the faux plant trimmings with a ribbon or fabric hanger to the top of the roof. Then trim out the rest of the faux plant decorations on the sides of the clay pot.
8. My daughter sculpted two tiny mushrooms from oven bake clay and baked these according to the directions on the package. Then she painted them and attached these over the painted front door.

More Clay Pot Christmas Crafts:

• Clay Pot Advent Calendar
• Christmas ornament ideas from Flower Pot Crafts
• 20 DIY Christmas decorations you can make using flower pots