As you might know we’re making over Bella’s room this month and she has requested lots of plants in the room. I love the idea of ‘living walls’ and
so I decided to DIY these adorable wall planters using Dollar Store cookie tins.
I love how they turned out and I specially love how affordable it was to make them.
Here is a little video of the process for you to see:
You will need:
Cookie metal tins (I got mine from the Dollar Store)
Pliers
Utility knife
Scissors
Metal cutters
Soda can tab
Felt
Hot glue
Ruler
Spray paint
Faux or real plants
Flip lid upside down and use a sharp knife to score using a ruler to guide you.
Use metal cutters or an old pair of scissors to cut along the scored line.
Cut in half. Please be careful, the edges are very sharp.
Score again right below edge.
Use pliers to bend metal towards the back along the scored line. Make sure it’s nice and flat.
Make sure seam is facing upwards.
Line metal tab to seam
Attach piece of felt over tab using hot glue. This will our hook to hang from.
Place a generous amount of industrial glue along edge.
Place lid over tin and allow to dry for 24hr.
Place faux plants or real plants if you wish. I would recommend keeping the plants in the plastic pots as these planters do not have holes to drain.
If you choose real plants, you can just remove the pot from the planter and water. 🙂 Because these are so light, I used a simple push pin to hang.
I think they look so adorable on the wall. Don’t you?
This fern is my absolute favourite. Here are links to the other plants.
Make sure you watch my video to see an alternative using wood as well.
I love how these turned out and I think I might make several more to hang all along the wall for Bella’s room.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a beautiful day.
much love,
Lucy
What a clever idea, Lucy. I love the fern too – couldn’t locate the link though.
Sheila
Hi Lucy
Lo ve all of the wall planters,neat idea..Can always find tins at hrift stores or garage sales ,upcycle
Genius! Love how this came out and how inexpensive it is, I have a bunch of Christmas tins left over this would look lovely on my gallery wall.
Such a cute idea, they look really cute.
They are adorable and so are you! Thank you again for a great turtorial, you are the bees knees and no one come close to your imagination and beauty. Blessings!
If you use a real plant, be sure to add some sort of bag or liner or the tin will quickly rust. This is a great idea for stuffed animals too.
hello Lucy
it seems you are very creative, these pots are so good and beautiful , i have some planets and will try your ideas to create new pots
This is such a great idea. I tried to put it on Pinterest but that madmimi thing will only let me pin a previous post. Tried 3 times. Wanted to let you know cause your idea is so Pin-worthy. Thanks, sue
Hi, Jumped over from the Cottage Market to see your coookie tin planter. I LOVE it!! Great idea. p.s. I’ve subscribed. yay!
Great info. Thank you for sharing this fascinating information together.
This exactly what I wanted to make for putting grit in for my chickens!!! I’m so glad you figured it out so I can just follow your directions! I had already pulled my cookie tins up from the basement and decided to see if anyone had already tried it, and you did! You might get a lot of traffic from chicken people if you posted one with chicken grit, lol. I got so frustrated because the most popular chicken grits dispenser DIY‘s were made from wine bottles, and who wants to spend time funneling a bunch of tiny stones into a wine bottle? Not me!
So, thank you! They are super cute!
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