I bought this terra cotta planter pot from IKEA a few months ago, but since I use it outside where it gets watered with the hose or rain, it needed to be able to drain, so I didn’t need the saucer underneath of it.

I’ve seen succulent planters in the plant section of hardware stores a lot and I always thought they were so cute. I decided to turn this terra cotta saucer into a succulent planter for my dad! He has so many succulents, I knew he’d be able to fill it.

I started by using a compass to measure and draw some squares evenly spaced across the outside for me to paint. I also used the compass to measure where to drill my holes in the bottom for drainage. I drilled about 6 holes in the bottom of my planter using these drill bits.

Next up, I picked out my colors. The paints that I used are called underglazes that get fired in the kiln.

(Typical 2020 picture with hand sanitizer in the background.)

Here is the planter after I painted all of the squares. You can see my pencil markings from mapping them out. Following this, I loaded it in the kiln, and that was it!

My dad has the cutest succulent/rock garden right outside of their basement door. I knew he’d have enough succulents to fill it up so I left that part for him. (I think he has fun mixing up different plants in the same planter!)

I think it turned out super cute and now I just want to paint more terra cotta pots!

Thanks for reading!

xxBrigit