Create a Clay Pot Harvest Corn craft with the kiddos just in time for Thanksgiving. A simple Dollar Tree clay pot and felt transform with paint and wiggle eyes into the cutest harvest corn craft perfect for Autumn!
Read on below, and download the free printable patterns to see how easy this craft is to make with your kids. Also, be sure to check out all of our Dollar Tree Crafts for even more ideas!
Dollar Tree Flowerpot Harvest Corn
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DIY Terra Cotta Pot Corn Craft
- Clay Pot, 2.5” – Dollar Tree
- Kunin Classic Felt 9″ by 12″ Craft Cuts – Olive Green
- Wiggle Eyes – Dollar Tree
- Wooden Stems – Dollar Tree
- Natural Jute Twine – Dollar Tree
- DecoArt Americana Acrylic Craft Paint – Buttermilk, Mustard Seed, Spiced Pumpkin, Deep Burgundy, Honey Brown, Milk Chocolate, Bubblegum Pink
- MONO Twin Permanent Black Marker – Tombow
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Tree
- Basecoat Paintbrush Set – DecoArt
- Number 4 Flat Paintbrush
- Scissors – I love my Fiskars!
- Pencil with new Eraser
- CLAY POT HARVEST CORN PATTERNS – download from the bottom of this post
Clay Pot Harvest Corn Kids Craft
STEP ONE
Gather all supplies. Remove the paper tag from the clay pots. Basecoat the clay pot with Buttermilk acrylic craft paint. Let the paint dry and apply a second coat, if necessary. Dollar Tree has such a HUGE selection of materials that can be upcycled and good quality craft supplies which won’t blow your budget!
STEP TWO
Using a #4 small brush add corn kernels in rows with Mustard Seed acrylic craft paint in a random pattern around half of the clay pot harvest corn.
Add additional kernels with Spiced Pumpkin acrylic craft paint. Hold the clay pot at an angle and dab the paintbrush on the surface to create the kernels.
Using Honey Brown acrylic craft paint, add more kernels to the harvest corn in a random pattern around the top and sides of the clay pot. I love Americana Acrylics from DecoArt because they have one-coat coverage on most surfaces.
Repeat the above steps using Deep Burgundy acrylic craft paint and the #4 detail paintbrush. Don’t worry if the kernels aren’t exact, as a real cob of corn isn’t perfect.
Add the final kernels to the clay pot harvest corn using Milk Chocolate acrylic craft paint. Refer to a photo of an ear of multi-colored harvest corn for inspiration.
STEP THREE
Download, print, and cut out the CLAY POT HARVEST CORN PATTERNS from the bottom of this post. Trace the husk patterns onto Olive Green Kunin Classic Felt with the MONO Twin permanent black marker. Cut out inside the traced lines with scissors.
STEP FOUR
Attach the double husk to the back of the clay pot with a glue gun and glue sticks. Pinch the glue through the felt to create dimension. Use craft foam or colored cardstock instead of felt. You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
STEP FIVE
Place a small line of glue at the bottom of the single husk, and pinch in the center to create dimension. Attach to the back of the clay pot with a glue gun and glue sticks.
STEP SIX
Add a face to the harvest corn by attaching two wiggle eyes with a glue gun and glue sticks. Add cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser in Bubblegum Pink acrylic craft paint and dotting on either side of the face.
To finish the clay pot harvest corn, draw a mouth from cheek to cheek with the MONO Twin permanent black marker. I love drawing and tracing with the MONO Twin Permanent Marker from Tombow because it has a large bullet tip and a small extra fine tip.
Download the Harvest Corn Patterns HERE
DIY Flowerpot Harvest Corn
This is a fun activity to create with the kiddos in just about 30 minutes with limited supplies. It is the perfect size for a tiered tray display. Make ears of harvest corn in different sizes by using smaller and larger terra cotta flowerpots. Add a name to the multi-colored Autumn corn to create place cards for your Thanksgiving table.
More Thanksgiving Crafts
Learn how to make a Clay Pot Acorn Craft with the kiddos. A simple Dollar Tree terra cotta pot and saucer transform with paint and wiggle eyes into the cutest acorn craft perfect for Fall!
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My FREE Printable Thankful Tree and Leaves to Color is perfect to print out for the kiddos to color, but can also be colored by adults and shared around the dinner table. I love the tradition of showing and sharing gratitude on Thanksgiving Day and every day.
Create a Dollar Tree Craft Stick Thankful Bucket Turkey to get everyone talking about what they are grateful for this Thanksgiving. This quick and easy Bucket Turkey goes together in just about 30 minutes. I love crafting with the kiddos but when it's with Dollar Tree supplies that makes it a win-win. Affordable and simple supplies that you can keep on hand and create with the kids whenever the mood strikes. Think outside the box and add names to the Turkey Buckets to make them the cutest place cards for Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanksgiving is all about traditions, family, and pie, especially PIE! Instead of choosing just one type of pie for this DIY Thanksgiving Pie Banner, let's “bake” up a Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, and Blueberry Pie! Whip up a batch of these yummy “to look at” pies from easy-to-use Kunin Felt and keep the kitchen CLEAN! Free printable patterns are included below to make this project quick and easy to complete in about an hour.
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