I mean, how often can you create something this cute for just pennies?

Peat is a natural and organic material that is shaped into flower pots. Peat pots are typically used for starting plants from seed. The pots can be planted right into your garden soil once seedlings are established because the pot itself is biodegradable and naturally breaks down over time.

However, peat pots are also great for crafting, as I'm showing you today with my Spring decorated flower pots! I love the organic texture of these inexpensive pots, and when you're looking to create something budget friendly for your home, they are a great alternative to pricier terracotta!

Let's transform the humble peat pot into Spring decor for our homes!

 

Supplies I used:

*vintage sheet music has a wonderful soft quality and beautiful color tones; if you print your own at home, be sure to use a lightweight copy paper to achieve a similar look

Use a foam craft brush to paint the pots white. The look you're after is entirely up to you. I like a vintage, distressed look so I left a little bit of the peat pot exposed. If you go too heavy with the paint, you can easily distress with a little sandpaper.

Once the paint has fully dried, use hot glue to add a decorative lace or ribbon trim around the rim. I recommend trim with scalloped edges or even slightly ruffled trims to achieve an even appearance around the round rim of the flower pots. 

You can combine trims for the look you're going for, and consider pleating the ribbon by hand as you glue in place. Here's a closer look at the trims I used and the results on the painted peat pots.

Making the filler for the pots using vintage sheet music or book pages is easy. Simply accordian fold the paper and then cut into narrow strips. This is a great way to repurpose old hymnals or books that might be damaged.

Now simply fill the painted pots with the filler and add some flowers or greenery for beautiful early Spring decor!  I had these pink peonies in my craft stash and love the soft and dreamy look they give to the painted pots.

I set up this simple but beautiful Spring vignette on the painted dresser in my office. I combined some white painted drawers (including THIS one I made from dollar store pieces), stained ironstone platters and a ruffled towel I made from inexpensive flour sack towels. 

Isn't this a charming early Spring vignette?

I love the strips of vintage sheet music spilling out of the pretty pots. I think it looks perfectly charming. 

These pretty Spring decorated peat pots cost me just pennies to make! I'll be sharing additional ideas for decorating with them in the next weeks.

Just remember that once you've painted peat pots, they're not safe to use in your garden! Keep these ones for decorative purposes only.

Check out the DIY peat pot wreath I made for Fall a few years ago.

And don't miss my super easy trick to make your own scalloped terracotta flower pots using hot glue!

Love this look? Check out my floral decoupaged flower pots.