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Our quick and easy tutorial shows you how to transform plain terracotta flower pots into adorable ones. Graduation caps for the table.
Perfect for festive centerpieces, party favors or clever balloon weights, this cheap and cheerful DIY is the ultimate way to add a personal, A handmade touch to your graduation party table!
Why You’ll Love These DIY Graduation Caps
- Fun and festive party decorations without stretching the budget – terracotta pots and simple craft supplies cost just a few dollars per piece.
- With terracotta’s built-in weight and durability, these caps stay firmly planted on picnic tables and buffets, making them stress-free for outdoor hosting.
- Easily customized with paint colors and yarn tassels to perfectly replicate the graduate’s school colors.
- Unlike cheap plastic or paper decorations that get tossed in the trash at the end of the night, these terracotta caps are beautiful keepsakes.
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Materials needed
- Terracotta pots, 2” (or smaller)
- A square wooden cutout (4″ wide) with a circle hole in the middle.
- Black paint (we used Rustoleum spray paint)
- Golden yellow yarn or embroidery thread
- Hot glue gun (optional)
Substitute craft supplies
If you don’t have a square cubed cutout, you can easily swap it out for a piece of black cardstock or cardboard. Punch a hole in the center with an awl or sharp object.
How to make graduation caps using terracotta flower pots
Paint the pot and the wooden cutout black and leave it to dry completely.
Make tassels. If you’ve never made a puff before you go through our step-by-step A tutorial on how to make tassels And we’ll show you how!
Thread the long loose end of the tassel through the wooden cutout and then again through the bottom of the pot.
Tie a knot at the end so it doesn’t come loose.
And voila! Cheap and cheerful grad party decor is ready!
How to style these finished graduation caps
Festival centerpiece
Instead of placing just one pot in the center of the table, style them in groups of three. Make each of the grad caps in different sizes using different sized terracotta pots and square cutouts. So with a 4″ square instead of a 2″ pot; Use a 1″ pot with a 3″ square or a 4″ pot with an 8″ square.
Balloon weight
Since the terracotta has some weight, these caps make the perfect anchor for a balloon bouquet.
Graduation table number or place card holders
If you’re setting up multiple tables to seat guests, turn the pots into functional cues.
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Cheap and easy DIY graduation caps using terracotta flower pots
Our quick and easy tutorial shows you how to transform plain terracotta flower pots into adorable, boutique-quality graduation caps.
- Terracotta pots 2”
- Square wooden cutout With a circle hole in the center
- Black paint We used Rustoleum spray paint
- Golden yellow yarn
- Hot glue gun
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Paint the pot and the wooden cutout black and leave it to dry completely.
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Make tassels
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Thread the long end of the tassel through the wooden cutout and then again through the bottom of the pot.
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Tie a knot at the end so it doesn’t come loose.
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