Easy 10 Minute Craft: Crushed Tin Can DIY Planters
I’ve been trawling the shops looking for some lovely planters to match my fun pineapple stenciled table upcycle. (That’s a bit of an exaggeration, I looked in 2 shops!). Could I find any in my price range that I actually liked? NO! Therefore, the only way to go was to make my own DIY planters.
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this in the first place, as it only took me 10 minutes. And the bonus, they cost me almost nothing as I had all the stuff already.
I love my shabby glam table and wanted to accessorise it with a cute succulent in a shabby glam planter. As these days no home seems to be complete without some succulents on display. Well in blog land anyway!
By the way, I’m not sure shabby glam is a thing or something I made up. It’s, however, I knick name I’ve given to the upcycled chippy crafts that I try to add glam to by spraying them with chrome gold paint.
These DIY planters are shabby in that the tin cans are crushed and the glam bit is the chrome gold spray paint. This is such a ridiculously easy, quick and cheap craft.
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What you need to make crushed gold DIY planters
- Tin cans
- Hammer
- Chrome gold spray paint – I had some left over from my pineapple stenciled table upcycle.
How to make your DIY Planters
- To achieve a sort of crumpled bag look with your tin cans you will need a hammer. I bashed the tin cans in the middle to crush them. Rotating them as I bashed away. This was fun but don’t get too carried away taking your frustrations out on a tin can, you want them to be useable and not a crumpled mess.
- Once you are happy with the way your tin cans look, simply spray with the gold paint.
- Once dry your DIY planters are ready for your succulents. To help with drainage like with my colourful tin can planters, I put a layer of gravel in the cans before adding compost and plants.
If you are looking for a particular kind of gold look then you might want to check out this review of gold paints.
I love my shabby glam DIY planters. Especially with the combination of the gold and the spiky succulents as they kind of look like pineapples. Which makes them perfect for my pineapple stenciled console table.
I think they look great on my stencilled console table. I’m really pleased how they turned out, plus I can spend the money on something else now.
If you liked this you may want to check out my colourful tin can planters and my upcycled window herb planter.
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Marie|The Interior Frugalista
25th March 2017 at 3:14 pmI just love this idea! So simple with so much WOW factor. Pinning and sharing ☺
Claire Armstrong
25th March 2017 at 5:41 pmThank you Marie! and thanks for the pin.
Tanya derrey-bingham
19th March 2017 at 7:19 pmHere from Nifty Thrifty Things and now following 🙂 I love this idea they are SO cool!!
Claire Armstrong
19th March 2017 at 8:23 pmThank you so much and thanks for the follow.
Sandra
17th March 2017 at 8:24 pmThese are perfect on top of your table and they do resemble pineapples. Instead of having a cookie the next time I’m frustrated I’ll give some tin cans a whack or two! Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story, have a great weekend.
Claire Armstrong
17th March 2017 at 9:08 pmThanks, I like the idea of reaching for the hammer rather than chocolate in times of stress.
Julie
17th March 2017 at 5:41 pmThese are brilliant, and for next to nothing too – bonus!
I love your definition of trawling the shops – hyperbole is the best thing ever!
Claire Armstrong
17th March 2017 at 9:07 pmThank you Julie. I love a free craft.
Shirley
17th March 2017 at 3:40 pmI never would have thought to crush the can. Love the gold! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday. We love your creativity.
Claire Armstrong
17th March 2017 at 5:10 pmThank you so much!
Mary-the boondocks blog
17th March 2017 at 3:10 pmClaire these are so quirky fun! And you’re right they look perfect on top of your pineapple table. Who doesn’t love easy peasy?
Claire Armstrong
17th March 2017 at 5:10 pmThank you Mary!
Maisy
17th March 2017 at 12:09 pmWow, Claire, these look SOO good! And it’s so easy! Love it. I featured your post on the Friday Favorites linky party, come have a look: https://be-alice.blogspot.com/2017/03/friday-favorites-week-364.html
I’m looking forward to your next projects!
*Maisy
Claire Armstrong
17th March 2017 at 5:08 pmThank you, thanks for the feature that’s awesome!
creativejewishmom/sara
16th March 2017 at 10:52 amAnother fantastic project Claire, and love that table too, wow! thanks for sharing on craft schooling sunday!
Claire Armstrong
16th March 2017 at 2:39 pmThank you, Sara!
Renee
14th March 2017 at 1:26 pmThis is so smart, cute, an inexpensive! I love how it looks like a crumpled bag. Great idea! I will have to do this and share you post. Thanks for the great idea!
Claire Armstrong
14th March 2017 at 1:37 pmThank you! The crumpled bag look was what I was going for.
debbie
14th March 2017 at 4:11 amI love your wallpaper btw! Shabby glam? Why not, Shabby Chic sort of the same idea. Truthfully the smashed part is not something I could live with, but I love the idea of it for someone else and what a great conversation piece, right? They look lovely on your table.
Claire Armstrong
14th March 2017 at 7:30 amThank you Debbie. I kind of think of Shabby chic as more French white chippy furniture but both kind of very similar. But the end of the day it doesn’t really matter what you call it. I actually have some drinking glasses which are molded into that crumpled bag look which gave me the idea.
Jeannee
14th March 2017 at 1:42 amThose are so trendy and modern looking! Very creative of you! Thanks for sharing @ #HomeMattersParty
Jeannee
Claire Armstrong
14th March 2017 at 7:31 amThank you Jeanne, and thanks for hosting.
Cecilia
13th March 2017 at 9:07 pmThese are so fun, Claire–thanks for sharing @Vintage Charm!
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 9:22 pmThanks and thanks for hosting.
Amber
13th March 2017 at 8:45 pmWould never of thought of spraying the cans gold – they look perfect with your Pineapple unit Claire
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 9:22 pmThank you so much!
Lindsay
13th March 2017 at 5:48 pmI love these! I have been on a kick of taking products and repurposing them. These are perfect! Inexpensive, easy and glam!
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 8:10 pmThank you! Yes very cheap and quick and easy.
Maria | Pastels and Macarons
13th March 2017 at 1:33 pmGreat craft Claire! Saw it on HT. Great work. 🙂
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 3:20 pmThank you Maria.
Helen at Pleasures of the NW
13th March 2017 at 12:53 pmThat is so incredibly creative! And it goes perfect on the dresser! Thanks for sharing at the Pleasures of the NW’s DIY party!
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 3:20 pmThank you so much and thanks for hosting.
Caroline
13th March 2017 at 7:18 amBrilliant idea and look so effective
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 7:27 amCheers and thank you so much!
Spanish to english
13th March 2017 at 6:07 amAwesome! I love it!I love it I am gonna bookmark this page, thanks for sharing. I actually appreciate your own page and I will be sure to come back here. This is a really good post.
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2017 at 7:27 amThank you so much and thank you for visiting my page.
Katy SkipTheBag
11th March 2017 at 10:45 pmI love these! And the gold color is perfect (and gold isn’t even my color!) I may have to figure out a way to add these to my guest room. Thanks for sharing on the Waste Less Wednesday Blog Hop!
Claire Armstrong
12th March 2017 at 8:29 amThank you! Gold isn’t really my colour either but it has grown on me lately and I love just a hint. You can always try copper.
Holly
11th March 2017 at 11:27 amGood idea! Looking forward to a spray paint project as soon as the weather gets warmer.
Claire Armstrong
11th March 2017 at 3:09 pmThank you, yes I’m looking forward to crafting outside too.
Leanna
11th March 2017 at 3:50 amFun, fast, inexpensive and Gold. These would make a really cute gift, to a teacher or girlfriend. What a fun way to share succulent plants that grow in bunches as they mature.
Claire Armstrong
11th March 2017 at 9:32 amThank you, very fun, very fast and very cheap.
Natasha
11th March 2017 at 12:37 amSo cute! Gold spray paint is the best! I love those drawer pulls, too.
Claire Armstrong
11th March 2017 at 9:33 amThank you, the draw pulls were a Christmas present. I have a thing about pineapples!
Nadia
10th March 2017 at 3:27 amThey are sooo cool! pinning it for future! 🙂
Claire Armstrong
10th March 2017 at 11:00 amThank you, it’s got to be one of the quickest crafts ever.
Rachael@promisinglypennywise.com
9th March 2017 at 12:42 pmWhat a cute idea! I want to make some for my back porch! Pinning this
Claire Armstrong
9th March 2017 at 10:11 pmThank you! I think they would look great on a porch.
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled
9th March 2017 at 12:30 pmThese are great! I think I like these crushed cans better than the crushed bag planters that are trendy these days. Visiting from Tada Thursday party.
Claire Armstrong
9th March 2017 at 12:35 pmThank you, Victoria, and so ridiculously simple to do.
Linda at Mixed Kreations
9th March 2017 at 11:15 amWhat a fun way to add some glam to any room with your crushed gold cans. So simple, and you could paint them any color you wish, and they make super cute planters. Thanks for sgaring!
Claire Armstrong
9th March 2017 at 12:35 pmThank you!