Want to make your own Concrete Planters

Well we found this awesome post about how to make a concrete planter and written by  Rebekah-Greiman on Curbly ( which is a fantastic site and we find lots of interesting blogs there). Check it out. Any way Rebekah has a blog of her own called Potholes and Pantyhose, this site is filled with so many great articles that its hard to pick just a few to share with you. Anyway back to the DIY concrete planters post.

To the uninitiated, concrete might seem a bit intimidating. But, it’s got all kinds of fun, design-y uses in home decor projects. These planter project is inexpensive, easy to create and a great way to learn your way around working with a bag of the heavy stuff.  Just be sure to get someone to help you carry it.

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Here’s all that you’ll need:

• bucket and access to water
• rubber gloves
• sand/topping concrete mix
• hand shovel or garden trowel
• cooking oil and paintbrush
• Exterior mold container: paper bowl, milk carton, oatmeal container, etc
• Relief containerL plastic or styrofoam cup, plastic bottle, etc

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1. Prep your molds by painting a thin layer of cooking oil on the inside of the exterior mold and outside of the relief container. Then, pour several cups of dry concrete mix into a bucket and add a little water at a time.

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Mix the cement and water until the consistency is thick and stiff, like a very thick (and heavy) cookie dough. Pour the cement into the exterior mold and insert the relief in the center of the mold. Let dry overnight.

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Remove the relief and the exterior mold once the cement is dry. That’s it.

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That’s it? Yep, that’s it. You can use these as indoor/outdoor planters, candle/votive holders, or as a vase.

Photo: Rebekah Greiman

Experiment with different molds and shapes, and let us know how it goes!