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How to Make Mini Pickle Dish Garden Art Flowers

Published on May 5, 2018Last updated October 9, 2021 ♛ By Melissa J. Will

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With some clear serving plates, mini vases, and craft paints you can create these sweet garden art flowers.

You can find everything you need at a dollar store, thrift shop, or stuffed in the back of your kitchen cupboards. For more flower projects, see DIY Garden Art Flower Tutorials.

Mini decorative glass garden art flowers.

Make Garden Art Flowers

Mini garden art flowers made from clear, painted dishes.


It’s a fast and easy project that you can complete in an afternoon (unless you’re super slow at painting or an uber-perfectionist, and then you’re never really done, are you?).


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Basic Supplies

Supplies For DIY Pickle Dish Garden Flowers
  • Clear plates
  • Small crystal and fake crystal dishes
  • Tiny vases
  • Shot glasses
  • Salt and pepper shakers
  • BBQ skewers and tools
  • Adhesive: GE II Silicone Sealant
  • Glass craft pens: Craftsmart ® Paint Pens
  • Glass craft paints: Martha Stewart ® craft paints or Folk Art ® enamels
  • Craft paint brushes

Basic Steps

Garden art flowers made from pickle dishes and mini vases.

Start with the clear plate or pickle dish and then add on any smaller pieces you like.

Assembling pickle dish garden art flowers.

I choose tiny flower vases, sherry glasses, and salt and pepper shakers to form the middle of the flowers.

Painting clear dish

Make sure you choose a craft paint that works on glass surfaces. I like Martha Stewart ® craft paints as well as Folk Art ® enamels.

Vases painted to look like flower stamens and pistils.

The flower vases (above) are used to represent the flower stamens. A bit of glass marker and paint completes the look. I use Craftsmart ® Paint Pens.

Close up of mini vase.

Everything is held together with GE II Silicone Sealant (waterproof, clear, made for gutters and flashing).

Garden art flowers.
Painted dish flowers.
Attaching pen cap to back of flower plate.

Because the flowers are fairly lightweight, you can use old BBQ skewers as stems. I glue ballpoint pen caps onto the backs of the dishes and insert the stems that way.

If you want to make full-size ones (and who doesn’t?), see How to Make Glass Garden Art Flowers (and drill through glass).

Garden art flowers made from dishes and mini vases.

There you go! It’s a fun project for an afternoon.


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