Dollar Store Craft: Flower Planters

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not all that crafty, not only that but I usually find crafts to be time consuming and expensive. That’s why I love this dollar store craft idea! My three year old and I created these flower planters using supplies we brought home from the dollar store!

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

I was walking down the aisle of my local Dollarama looking for supplies for the DIY Hanging Basket I was making for The Canadian Mother Resource, when I spotted these cute mini planers. I figured these would be perfect for the little packages of planting herbs that I usually pick up from the grocery store so I grabbed three, some paint brushes and paint and went to checkout.

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

Since my son loves to paint (and he was already doing a few fun crafts) I thought it would be fun if we tackled this dollar store craft together. As you can tell in the photo, my herb idea transformed into a few pansies – the kid really liked the flowers and was adamant that we buy them.

I gave him some acrylic paint on a paper paint, handed him a paint brush and he went to town.

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

I even decided to paint one, don’t you think I should give up blogging and go into painting full time? That’s my best work people!

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

I set the dollar store craft planters outside and once they dried I sealed them with Country Chic Paint’s Tough Coat (but a poly acrylic would work just as well).

Looking for a fun craft to do with your toddler? Why not make some flower planters with this dollar store craft from The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

Next add your soil, the flower or herb and that’s it! It’s the perfect lazy-person craft. I love how this dollar store craft took no time, hardly any effort and it cost me under $15 (the planters were $1.50 each, the paint was $1 – the most expensive part were the flowers and soil).

Dollar Store Craft: Flower Planter Supplies:

  • 3 planters for the dollar store
  • Paint brushes 
  • Paper plates (to put the paint on)
  • Craft paper (or something to protect the surface you’re painting on)
  • Acrylic paint
  • Poly acrylic
  • Soil
  • Flowers and/or herbs of choice

That’s it!

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8 comments on “Dollar Store Craft: Flower Planters”

  1. I love getting the kids involved in crafting! And you can always find so much crafty stuff at the dollar tree. These planters are too cute! Great for the patio!

  2. I love shopping at the Dollar store because I always find great items for a Dollar. I really like your Dollar Store cute craft planters. What a great way to plant flowers and put them out for all to see.

  3. I am all about the lazy people crafts! Woot! Love the bumble bee one. I get the pansies too because they are super cheery plants. He has great taste.

  4. We love the dollar store, I have so much in my craft section in my office we need to get to. I actually have similar planters to those they are just plain metal silver from Dollarama and I will be letting the kids see this post and let them go wild! Such a cute idea for the kids!

  5. We’re going with all bright, light green accessories in our backyard this year and I can really see us adding in some of the yellows that you used – I’m gonna start getting more crafty back there!

  6. Your bee turned out super cute! And the Dollar Store is my favourite place to buy crafts too! Thanks for the idea, I think my kids would love this too!

  7. A perfect way to decorate a deck! This would be a great craft idea for a rainy day at the cottage too!

  8. This is a cute craft, it’s a great one to do with the little ones. Thank you fir sharing this post.

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