Hanging planter

DIY String Hanging Planter

I made 1 large planter and 1 long planter with 3 mini pots.

Materials:

• Clay pots (large pot Walmart- $1.50 & 3 mini pots $1 at Dollar Tree)
• Strong outdoor string ($2.87 at Walmart)
• Scissors
• Plants (I bought a stawflower cactus & a grafted cactus from Walmart- $3 each)

 Cut 8 pieces of string as long as you desire but make sure its long so you can hang the pots from the ceiling (approx 2 feet or longer)

 Double knot the end 

 Separate the string into four groups of two and knot each strand, making the knots at the same length when comparing the groups together.

 Tie together 1 string from 1 group to another string in the neighboring group. Repeat for all remaining 6 strings.

 While tying each string make sure to check that the knot lines up in length with all the other knots so the hanger has an even look. 

 Take a break between each knot layer and pull the hanger onto the pot to make sure it fits.

 Knot the excess string about 8 inches up from the pot.

 Hang to make sure the length of the excess string is long enough, I braided extra string and added it to make it long enough to hang from the ceiling. 

 Adding the cacti. Small rocks placed on the bottom on the pot.

 Added dirt

 Add cacti!

Hang!

 

 For the 3 mini pots cut 8 pieces of string, about 3 feet long. Repeat the same steps for tying the 4 groups together. When done with the first pot tie the excess string about 3-6 inches up from the pot. Pictured here looks about 3 inches, my string was not long enough (about 2 feet) so I definitely suggest cutting the string longer. 

 Repeat each group step for each pot. 

Continuation for Hexagon Shelf

Previously I made a hexagon shelf but I wanted more to go with it and larger in size.

Last time I only used 1 pack (100 count) for one hexagon and it wasn't as wide as I wanted for a shelf so I also added on to the previous shelf.

Materials:

• Popsicle sticks 100 ct packs- $1 each at Dollar Tree (I used around 200-300 sticks per hexagon depending on the shape)
• Paper and marker to draw out stencil 
• Glue
• Paint (I used gold spray paint)- $3.68 at Walmart

 Tape together paper 

 and draw out your design

 When laying out the Popsicle sticks make sure you alternate between laying them down on the bottom and then gluing the next layer on top. 

 Glue, Glue, Glue

Building each layer

Each shape is 20 sticks wide.

I added on more Popsicle sticks to the previous shelf to make it wider.

My third design

Spray paint your desired color

And hang!

 I only spray painted 2 of the 3 shelves because the third design need to dry more.

 

 

Valentine's hanging hearts decoration

 Hanging hearts decorations

 

I'll be hanging mine around our bed for Valentines day. I wanted to get a head start on it now so I wouldn't run out of time like usual. Ill update the blog with the pictures of them hanging when the day comes.

All you need is colored paper, scissors, string, tape!

Grab your colored paper. I made more red hearts than the white since its more about the red.

About 4-8 sheets of paper per color, depending on what color you want to stand out more, 

Then fold a sheet in four.

Cut the four squares.

 Fold 1 of the 4 cut squares & cut out the heart.

Ta-daa, and repeat until you have enough (maybe 50 hearts- I forgot to count)

Cut out all your colors & have different shapes.

 Tape the red string down & cut your line when they are about 3-4 ft long, depending on your ceiling height & how far down you want them to hang. 

 For now I pinned them on a hanger for hassle free storage until the big day! (I also had to hide them so Keith wouldn't see)

 Finished product!