Are you one of those new plant parents who can’t get enough? Follow along in this tutorial on how to paint a watermelon pot with a cheap terracotta pot you can find at so many places. This post contains affiliate links.

Are you a new plant parent? My college age daughter has fallen head first into raising plants since the pandemic started.

She’s recently moved back home to finish up her last semester of college, and her room is completely covered in plants. She just loves it. And, one of her favorite things is creating new pots from painting them to turning all kinds of jars and things into pots for her plants.

Did you know there are Facebook groups for things like take a plant, leave a plant groups? Locally, there is a lady who has a plant stand on the curb by her house where people leave all kinds of things from plants to cuttings to supplies for plants like pots.

In those groups, there’s plant purges where people sell their plants and meet up. I’ve probably driven my daughter half a dozen times around town to meet up and buy plants from people.

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Where do you find terracotta pots?

You can find them at plant stores, craft stores, and Walmart. They have all sizes from big to teeny tiny terracotta pots at Walmart. And, they’re cheap at Walmart, too.

What do you need to paint a Watermelon Pot?

The supplies needed to make the Watermelon Pot with a terracotta pot, four green paints, one berry pink paint, a Sharpie, foam brush, and paintbrush.

Terra cotta pot
Green craft paint in several shades
Pink craft paint
Foam brush
Small paint brush
Black marker
White paint marker (optional for face)

Specifically in this tutorial we used Deco Art Americana:

Festive Green
Irish Moss
Pistachio Mint
Forest Green
Wild Berry

How do you paint a Watermelon Pot?

A collage of photos to show how to paint the rim of the terracotta pot to look like a watermelon.

Pour small amounts of several shades of green acrylic craft paint onto a paper plate. (You’ll want at least two shades, but I like it best with 4).

Cover the lip of the pot with a medium green. Don’t forget to cover the very top edge! Let this dry, and then apply a second coat.

Next, dab the tip of the foam brush in any of the other greens, and again onto a clean area of the plate to remove the excess.

Dab vertical lines on top of the base coat to create the striped outside pattern of the watermelon. Repeat with each additional green paint.

A collage of photos to show how to paint the body of the terracotta pot to look like a watermelon.

Once the top is dry, cover the lower section of the pot with pink paint. Let dry and apply a second coat if needed.

Use the small paint brush to apply a light green line where the pink and green areas meet.

Draw small teardrops with black marker to make the watermelon seeds.

A collage of photos to show how to add the seeds and face of the Watermelon Pot.

It’s optional if you want to add a little face.

Add eyes and a smile with a black marker.

Add a small white dot to the upper left of each eye with a white marker.

A large and a small pot both finished as Watermelon Pots.

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