Bamboo Skewer DIY Planter Box

I feel like I say this a lot, but I really mean it – I had so much fun making this Bamboo Skewer DIY Planter Box!

I wanted to make something that was different, and I think I really hit the nail on the head with this one!

Watch the DIY Tutorial

I recorded the how-to steps of making this Bamboo Skewer DIY Planter Box during two LIVE videos on my Facebook page.

Some bad weather came through in the middle of the video, so I had to finish up the DIY project in a second video.

WATCH THE DIY TUTORIAL – PART ONE

WATCH THE DIY TUTORIAL – PART TWO

For this project, I will be using these items but you can substitute where you want.

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• Dollar Tree Bamboo Skewers
• Dollar Tree Wood Craft Cubes
• Jute Twine
• Dollar Tree Tumbling Tower Blocks
• Dollar Tree Burlap Ribbon
• Apple Barrel Burnt Umber Acrylic Paint
• Dollar Tree Foliage
• Dollar Tree Floral Foam
• Apple Barrel Black Acrylic Paint
• Dollar Tree Box
• Apple Barrel Snow White Acrylic Paint
• Hot Glue gun
• Glue Sticks

How to Make a Bamboo Skewer DIY Planter Box

The Dollar Tree box that I used for this adorable DIY farmhouse planter had some string on the lid, so I had to remove that first.

Then, I painted the box with brown paint. I like to use Apple Barrel paints because they’re easy to find, affordable, and of great quality for my DIY projects.

You don’t have to worry about getting full coverage of paint because you’re going to hot glue the bamboo skewers onto the sides to make the planter box. Paint the box lid brown as well.

Stain eight of the Dollar Tree Tumbling Tower blocks and 12 of the Dollar Tree wood craft cubes. To do that, mix a bit of brown paint with water and use a wet wipe to spread the mixture on the wood.

Make your bamboo skewer planter

Once the paint is dry on your Dollar Tree box, go ahead and start hot gluing the bamboo skewers onto the sides of the box.

You can trim the skewers so they don’t hang over the top of the planter box as you are hot gluing them in place. Once you have them all secured to the box, you need to stain them brown.

Use a paintbrush to apply a brown paint/water mixture to the bamboo skewers, then wipe them with a wet wipe to remove any excess paint.

Then, hot glue the wood craft cubes to the bottom of the box. I did twelve wood craft cubes around the outer edge on the bottom of the planter box.

Next, I lightly sanded the lid and hot glued two stained blocks together (I stained 8, so I created 4 legs) and hot glued them in each corner inside the box lid.

Bring it all together

I hot glued the Dollar Tree burlap ribbon around the box lid and the middle of the bamboo skewer planter box.

Then, I painted a black line below the burlap ribbon with Apple Barrel black acrylic paint. Hot glue the bamboo skewer planter box to the top of the box lid.

Paint a black line around the bottom and top of the planter box and paint the Tumbling Tower block legs black as well.

Hot glue half wood beads in two lines on each side of the planter box. Then, just put your floral foam in the planter box and push your foliage into the foam!

I hope you enjoyed this Bamboo Skewer DIY Planter Box as much as I did and decide to make it for yourself! If you do, I would love to see how yours turns out!

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If you loved this DIY, you might also like these DIY ideas!

• Hot Glue Mold DIY Home Decor
• Dollar Tree Trophy DIY Farmhouse Decor
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• Simple Buffalo Check Farmhouse Plant Jar

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