DIY Copper and Wood Planter

Hey Hey!! Fall is my FAVORITE! I know y’all already knew that 😉 I have a cute little planter that I made last Fall and never shared here on the blog so I thought I’d share it now. My front porch probably will not look like that this year but isn’t it pretty?!?!

I wanted a planter for my Fall Mums but I didn’t want to spend a lot on it. I also didn’t want the boring planters I kept seeing in the stores. As is my usual process, I started riffling through all of my junk, ahem, I mean important and organized things. I wound up with some Cedar wood shims I had leftover from my Fall Sunburst Wreath, a cast off Amazon box and 4 copper pipe holders leftover from my Double-tiered Wood Slice Serving Platter.

First, I tucked the flaps inside the box to make it a little sturdier then I laid a few shims along one side of the box to see how long I needed them. I marked them with a pencil then trimmed the thin side of the shim with a pair of kitchen shears. Don’t laugh, they worked like a charm!

Once I had all of the shims trimmed down to size I added a little E6000 to the backs and stuck them on the box, alternating then end to thick end to add some interest. Once that dried for a few minutes I flipped the box so that I could see the inside and used my stapler to really make the shims stay in place. Repeat this process all around the box.

 

After stapling the shims in place I lined the box with a thick black trash bag. I knew I wanted to protect the cardboard from water damage but I also had no intention of planting directly into the box. I’ll talk more about that soon.

 

Once the box was all lined I flipped it over and glued the copper “hairpin legs” on. Seriously, these little copper pipe holders look just like hair pin legs and I’ve thought of 100 projects to use them on! I hot glued the copper legs on but then I also stapled them in place. They aren’t going anywhere 🙂

I bought a big 12″ Mum from Aldi’s for $7.99! SCORE! Instead of planting it in the box I just sat the whole thing, pot and all, inside the box. It’s pretty lightweight so the planter can handle it.

I love how this planter turned out! It’s not a permanent fixture of course, but just for a season in worked great and was super cute!

Are you decorating for fall yet? Enjoying the cool weather?