Painting Terra Cotta Pots

Painted little terra cotta pots with three to five year olds today. We set the pots on a paper plate so that we could keep pur work table clean and easily move them to a safe place for drying. We used sponge brushes and acrylic paint. I imagine that if we wanted them to hold up outdoors we would have to coat them with a sealant. We planted a lemon seed in each pot. One child pointed out that they would probably need to be transplanted if we expected the seed to grown into a tree. Agreed!