With Valentine’s Day coming up, I wanted to make something cute and easy to pass out to friends and teachers. I settled on these sweet DIY Succulent Valentines, and I just love how cute they are!
DIY Succulent Valentines
Supplies:
All of these supplies are from Hobby Lobby, unless otherwise stated.
- A real or fake succulent (I used real potted succulents from the grocery store.)
- A small terra-cotta pot that fits the size of your succulents
- Craft paint in the color you wish to paint your pot. I used Aviary Blue from Folk Art
- A paint brush
- Cupcake picks with burlap flag
- Heart stickers
- Letter stickers (I made mine on my Silhouette Cameo using vinyl.)
To make your DIY Succulent Valentines, begin by dry-brushing your terra cotta pot. When I say “dry brush” I mean to dip the tips of your paint brush into the paint, dab off the excess, and lightly sweep the paint onto the pot. The idea is to have a distressed finish, so you’re just barely covering the pot with the paint, leaving brush strokes and some terra cotta showing through.
After the paint has dried, add letter stickers to the front of the pot. I chose “I’m a succ-er for you” for these Valentine’s Day gifts! 🙂
I wanted these DIY Succulent Valentines to have some definite Valentine flare, so I painted these little wooden heart stickers pink and stuck them onto the cupcake picks.
I placed a few pebbles at the bottom of my terra cotta pot before sticking my succulent into it. The pebbles will allow for good drainage. Since the succulents already came potted, I just transferred them (soile and all) from their little plastic grocery-store pots into my terra cotta pots. I stuck the cupcake pick right into the soil.
Aren’t they cute?! I can’t wait to pass them out for Valentine’s Day!
If you love this idea, don’t forget to pin it for later! 🙂
AND…I’m so excited, because I’m rolling out my first ever video-tutorial today! Creating videos is something I’ve been interested in for awhile, and I just dove right into making one for this craft project. Let me know what you think! 😉
MONDAY
Town and Country Living | Finding Silver Pennies | Duke Manor Farm | Maison de Pax | Shabbyfufu
Making It in the Mountains | Tidbits | Taryn Whitaker | House by Hoff | Clean and Scentsible
TUESDAY
So Much Better with Age | The Happy Housie | Shabby Art Boutique | Paint Me Pink | VinYet Etc.
Unskinny Boppy | Sincerely Marie Designs | A Burst of Beautiful | The Wicker House | Zevy Joy
WEDNESDAY
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia | In My Own Style | Golden Boys and Me | Seeking Lavender Lane
On Sutton Place | Happy Happy Nester | The Chronicles of Home | Craftberry Bush
These are beyond adorable, April! I love the play on words and the little banners are a nice detail. Your video turned out great! Thanks so much for joining Heartfelt and Handmade!
Thank you, Jennifer! And thank you so much for inviting me to join you today! xo
april, this is such a darling idea. I tried to play the video. i got the ad but then black screen. Not sure if it’s me but wanted to let you know in case it’s not.
Thank you so much, Laura! Not sure why the video didn’t play…? Thank you for the feedback, and I’m going to keep an eye on it! 🙂 xo
Super Cute Idea, April! I loved the video too 🙂
Thank you so much, Emily! 🙂
These are so adorable and I loved your video too.
Thank you, Danielle! 🙂
These are so cute, love the words on the planters, what a great gift these would make!
Thank you, Kristin! Yes, I definitely plan on gifting these to some of my favorite people! 🙂
These are so adorable, your photography is amazing, and a video?!? Wow, props to you!! Fantastic!
Thank you so much, Krista! The video was totally on a whim, but I really like how it turned out!
So cute! Love these!
Thank you, Kris! 🙂
These are suuuuuper cute. Love this idea!
Thank you, Beth! xo
These are adorable, April! Such an awesome idea!! LOVE! And I love your video too.
Hugs, Jamie
Thank you, Jamie! xo
So adorable, I’m a succ-er for succulents! I love this idea, pinning! xo