Psst. Looking for a last minute Mother’s Day gift idea? Or maybe a housewarming gift?
I’ve got you covered with this super easy-to-make colander flower planter. Seriously, this takes 5 minutes to make once you get your materials rounded up.
It’s also the 10th of the month, which means I’ve partnered up with some other fantastic creative bloggers for a blog hop.
Appropriately enough, our theme this month is flowers, and we’ve got 10 amazing flower theme ideas. There are ways to display your flowers, ways to make flowers, quotes about flowers, and more. If you happen to come upon a broken link, just click HOME on each site to view the project.
Washtub Flower Planter from Simply Kierste
If Friends were Flowers Printable from 30 Days
Pretty Recycled Flower Pots from Eighteen25
DIY Gold Mason Jar Flower Vases from Your Homebased Mom
Fabric Pom Pom Flowers from Little Miss Momma
Colander Flower Planter from Two Twenty One
Floral Curtain Hanging Tip from Lolly Jane
Flower Quote Printable from Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
Button Bouquet from LandeeLu
DIY Quick Flower Favors Gift from Or So She Says
Alright, now onto how make your very own colander flower planter.
Here’s what you’ll need:
colander… HomeGoods
flowers… Lowes
landscape fabric… Lowes
potting soil… Lowes
Cut out a circle of landscape fabric and put it inside the colander.
This will keep the potting soil from spilling out of the holes, but will also allow excess water to drain out of the colander.
Add some potting soil.
Don’t add too much because the roots and soil from your plants will take up quite a bit of space.
Put in your flowers. Add soil where needed. Give your colander flower planter a little water and you’re set.
This is the perfect gift for many occasions. Housewarming. Birthday. Hostess gift. The possibilities are endless.
And you don’t have to go with flowers, you can also make it into a mini colander herb garden.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Lolly Jane says
May 10, 2014 at 5:26 PMLove the shade of the colander. Looks fantastic! xo
Mel says
May 10, 2014 at 11:38 PMOk, this is genius! I love colored colanders but would never had thought to use it for a flower pot. It’s the perfect easy idea. So Fun being a part of the Blog Hop with you this month.
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capturing joy with kristen duke says
May 11, 2014 at 1:33 AMI love this! I pretty much love anything with a colander though, have you seen my colander light in my kitchen? Pinning!
Landee says
May 11, 2014 at 1:49 AMSuch a fun use of a colander! Love this idea!
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May 11, 2014 at 4:14 PMThis is adorable. I actually just threw a shower yesterday and two of the floral arrangements were in colanders. So now I have these two cutie pie colanders for my kitchen (darn) You are inspiring me to put some plants in there, too.
[email protected] says
May 12, 2014 at 10:06 AMSuch a cute idea! And it would look super cute in a kitchen! Looks like I need to find a colander!
Leigh Anne Wilkes @YourHomebasedMom says
May 12, 2014 at 11:55 AMWhat a fun idea – I’m thinking it would be a great thing to put an herb garden in!
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May 14, 2014 at 7:04 AMI love tea and I plant some herbs I can add to my tea like clove. This is a very good idea for growing plants in your balcony, thanks. As it happens I have two colander anyway.
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Charlene Asay says
April 20, 2016 at 7:12 PMVery cute idea. Thanks for sharing with us all.
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April 20, 2016 at 10:50 PMThank you!
JaneEllen says
April 21, 2016 at 2:29 AMThat is so pretty and looks simple, just have to get supplies .Payday is next Wed. so hope can make it to Lowes for what is needed to make this. Want to find some smaller colanders for similar project saw yesterday on blogland. Need to keep up so dog/cat can’t get to plants. So glad you shared this, will be really nice to have out on front porch, gets too hot on back deck as it faces due West, sun will cremate plants when it gets hotter. Have to keep plants in containers as our ground has so much alkali in it.
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Emily says
April 25, 2016 at 8:53 AMThis is a creative idea, and I love the bright orange colander – it adds such a fun pop of color. Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday last week; I chose your colander planter as my party Feature for this week. Please stop by and link up with us again!