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Updated 1/13/2021

  

How To Make A Clay Pot Wreath featuring Patriotic colors and Succulents. The best part is that this is a Dollar Store DIY Summer Wreath for your door decor! Grab your glue gun! #wreath #diywreath #Americana

Our new Americana Clay Pot Wreath was a fun Dollar Tree door decor project. It’s amazing what you can make with Dollar store supplies if you use creativity and Pinterest.

We are in the process of giving our front porch a complete makeover. Americana decor is our theme. I had been wanting to make a flower pot wreath for some time so now is that time. The house is about to go on the  market and there is much to do.

See the finished BEFORE and AFTER Porch Makeover here.

Update: We sold the house to the very first person to view it! The porch makeover helped! We can’t help but to believe that first impression coming up the porch and being greeted with a nice welcoming wreath helped.

craft supplies for making a clay pot wreath. flower pots and faux succulents, grapevine wreath and other wreath making supplies

Americana Clay Pot Wreath supplies

This is my first time making a clay pot wreath and it was both fun and challenging at the same time. I wound up using the floral wire rather than the bulky flex tie pictured. The floral wire is easier to hide in the design. I changed my mind completely about using the yellow paint. We are using a yellow wreath holder instead to add that pop of a bright color.

Painting the Dollar Tree Flower Pots

Dollar Tree flower pots being painted in red white and blue colors

First, I painted all the pots.

Clay pots are very porous meaning they will absorb liquids and then dry back out. Knowing this, I decided to paint using a piece of cotton fabric soaked in water. I cut up an old t-shirt to use and simply threw away all the paint soaked pieces when I was done. 

I would wring out the cloth then dab a little paint on the tip and paint. Easy peasy! There is a total of 3 coats of paint on each pot. I told you, they soak it up and I just kept adding another coat until I got the tone I wanted.

gold craft paint in a milk cap and on the tip of a napkin

Milk jug caps are the perfect repurpose item for paint projects. I just add a little dab of paint into each cap which keeps me from using too much. Once the paint dries, you can peel it out and reuse the cap.

Adding the Styrofoam and Moss

floral Styrofoam being cut and inserted in to a flower pot and then Moss added on top

Once the paint was dry, I sprayed each pot with a sealer. This will help to prevent scratches which happen very easily.

Next, I began preparing each pot. First I measured the floral foam on the pot to see how to cut it. I wound up cutting it in half and then trimming to fit.

The floral foam is not hot glued into the pot. It wedged in nicely. 

Then I drizzled hot glue on the top of the foam and placed moss on until it was covered well.

Notice in the second photo above that the wire has already been inserted through the pot. This is important! Take my word for it, while you can insert the wire after adding the foam and moss, it is much easier to do first. The wire will be used to attach each pot to the wreath.

Adding the Succulents

a small clay flower pot painted blue with succulents being added to it

Now we are going to desecrate those adorable yet elusive Dollar Tree succulents! Popular seasonal decor and craft items sell out super fast at Dollar Tree. What’s the secret to becoming an owner? Shop Dollartree.com. You can buy online and pick up in the store. Yes! Problem solved. You are welcome.

Don’t worry about the cute little flower pots leftover after removing the succulent. You are sure to see those again. We always reuse and repurpose.

Attaching the Flower Pots to the Wreath

A grapevine wreath with succulent filled painted clay flower pots being affixed to it.

It is time to wire and hot glue the pots onto the wreath.

First, play around to determine your placement. The pots don’t balance well on a grapevine wreath as you might imagine but you will be able to get a good idea of where to place each pot.

Wire each pot to the wreath first and then add some hot glue onto the spot where the pot touches the wreath. These pretty succulent filled clay pots have a little weight to them so the glue helps keep them secure.

In order to get the wire as tight as possible, wrap both ends in opposite directions then twist on the top side of the wreath, just under the pot. Then wrap again and twist again. Secure the end by twisting a few times and tucking the end into the grapevine. 

A flower pot wreath on a wooden front door

In places where one pot touched another pot, I glued them together.

Be sure to turn your pots in all different directions and not all facing the same way.

Most wreaths have a bow. While there is no bow on our Americana Clay Pot wreath, the two swag succulents on one side add that bow type dimension to the overall look.

A flower pot wreath with succulents hanging on a front door

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  3. Erlene says

    You beat me to making a succulent wreath…lol. I plan on going to the Dollar Tree this year and wiping them out on the succulents to make a this 🙂

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    • Shirley Wood says

      Thank you Erlene. You should just order those succulents on the Dollar Tree site and pick them up in your store. Free shipping and you know you will get what you want that way! All my Dollar Tree stores sell them out as quick as they get them on the shelves!

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  9. Laurie says

    Shirley, This is as cute as can be! Love succulents in a wreath, and using the colored clay pots is just adorable! Pinned to share. Thanks so much for stopping in and sharing with us this week at Brag About It!

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  10. Julie says

    Hi Shirley,
    Wow I love how nice your wreath came out and it looks great. Thanks for sharing this at C&C with J&J.
    Enjoy the week.
    Julie

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  16. Paula says

    I love this idea! I am a big dollar tree shopper, but never would have thought of this. I am going to be the envy of my neighborhood. Thanks for a super project!

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  17. Zan says

    This is really cool, Shirley! I love how nice it turned out – so creative! I also love the swagging succulents and it’s great to know that the Dollar Tree is carrying succulents again. I had a fake few regular ones from there before because they are so pricier elsewhere. Those little clay planters are great too for decorating. I imagine your front porch will look great once you have everything made over!!

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  19. Lisa says

    This wreath is so cute. I had no idea that you could get things like faux succulents from the Dollar Store. Thanks for the info.

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  21. Emily says

    This is so cute! I love all of the colors on this! I have made some cute crafts from items from the dollar store, it is amazing what you can get from there!

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  22. Rebecca Bryant says

    I adore the Dollar Tree. They have the best stuff for crafts and parties. This is got to be the cutest thing ever.

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  23. Claudia Krusch says

    Dollar Tree is one of my favorite stores. I will have to go get the supplies I need to make this on the weekend. It will look great on the door.

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  27. Melanie says

    My daughter’s birthday is the 4th of July, so we tend to go big on that holiday. I love the wreath you made. It’ll be a great fit for our red, white, and blue decor.

    Reply

  29. Cathy says

    This looks and sounds like a craft project I might actually be able to handle and my front door is in desperate need of a decoration, so THANK YOU!

    Reply

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