Minion clay pot tutorial

Lately I've been seeing so much clay pot folk art from friends and different gardening sites that I thought I would give my hand at making some as well.

It is a great way to add a splash of color to your garden or entry way without breaking the bank.

Most of the clay pot crafts I've seen are pot people or lighthouses, both of which I love. I wanted to get my boys involved though, which meant finding something that would interest them as well. One of their favorite movies just happens to be despicable me so I thought it would be fitting to have some minions roaming our garden.


What You'll Need:

• 3 clay pots per minion. I used 6" pots for mine but you can use bigger or smaller. 
• Glue of some sort. I used PL Premium but gorilla glue or anything along that line should work. 
• A variety of paint to suit your minions. 
• Paint brushes.
• Scotch guard spray on waterproofing. 
• Minion hair ( I used a Petunia wave plant for the purple minion and a grass variety for the normal minion). 

First step is to glue your pots together! Take two pots and glue them together at the openings, this will create the body. Next take the third pot and glue it end to end to the body, this pot serves as the head. 

Let the glue set overnight or for a couple hours. 

Once the glue is set it's time for painting! I had to do two coats of each of the base colors. 

Let the paint dry overnight or until it is no longer tacky. 

Spray with scotch guard water proofing, you will need to do two coats of waterproofing.

The final step is to plant the hair! This was my oldest sons favorite part, he had a lot of fun walking around the garden centre searching for the perfect hair. 

Add a few rocks in the base of the head before adding dirt and the plant. This will help keep the dirt from falling through the draining hole. 

For the purple minion we used a six pack of petunia wave plants and for the yellow minion we used a grass variety.