RE: Decorating clay flower pots. Anyone do this?
When I taught first grade I had the kids do this for a mother's day present and they used tempera paint. However, you MUST spray with poly (generously) before planting anything in them or when you have a plant in there and water it, the paint will wash away (terra cotta is very porous and holds a lot of water). Any water-soluble paint will need to be polyurethaned before coming into contact with water. We used tempera because in a school setting we had a ton of it, but know that it does stain clothing! It was a cute project, though, the kids really enjoyed it and we attached a little card with a poem about growing up and blooming, it was very cute!
M, mommy to A 2005, E 2007, and L 2010