47 Easy-to-Make Upcycled Planter Ideas

This is a fab list of crafty activities and makes for kids. I hope this bumper list of upcycled planter ideas will spark your imagination and get you upcycling and repurposing your way to a fabulous little green patch.

Upcycled Plastic Bottle Planters

You and your kids or grandkids can have tons of fun making all kinds of upcycled planters out of your empty soda bottles!

License Plate Planter

This is probably not one for the kids as it involves bending a license plate! But Salvage Sister and Mister have a great tutorial to talk you through how to do this yourself.

Upcycled Drinking Straws Planter

Make a trendy geometric hanging planter using upcycled drinking straws.

Paint Can Planter

This is another one of those things a lot of people aren’t sure what to do with a paint can.

Upcycled Smudge Pot Planter

A smudge pot is an old round lantern, that kind of looks like a bomb. They were used in the ’30s and ’40s in the U.S. to light roads and railroads while men were working on them.

Swipe up for MORE!