Animal planters - Arts, Crafts and DIY

133 Comments

These animal planters are a relatively quick project that make a lovely gift or addition to your own collection of plants. Love the fact that I was able to re-purpose out grown toys.

Material

1-4 New or used Plastic Animals
1 Sharp Stanley Knife
1 Marker Pen
1 Small amount of good quality soil
1 Small amount of pebbles
1-4 Combination of succulents
1 Pair safety gloves
1 Mask for when you are handling the soil

Method

Mark the area you wish to cut out on the top surface of the plastic toy with your pen.
With gloves on carefully cut out that shape with your knife.
Fill the now exposed hollow insides of the plastic toy with soil.
Pick which plant you feel suits each toy best, really cannot go wrong here.
Decorate with pebbles. ENJOY your miniature animal garden.

Notes

So far I have only used plastic animal toys but I am looking to try out other out grown objects to create an element of surprise in our garden.

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- mom70050
- 11 Jun 2015
  9:59 am

133 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 14 Apr 2022
    12:27 pm
Cute for a kids room.

- - mom465683 said
  - 03 Mar 2022
    2:56 pm
I got two of those elephants. Thanks for the inspiration ????

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 28 Feb 2022
    12:54 pm
I absolutely adore this idea! What a great way for children to enjoy a garden. Well done!

- - caramello said
  - 23 Sep 2021
    9:46 am
what a great idea on recycling old toys. thanks for sharing

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 04 Sep 2021
    9:05 am
Not sure if my kids are ready to give me their toys to make it.

- - rovermum said
  - 30 Aug 2021
    11:22 am
Cute and clever. A great way to get kids involved in gardening. And a great repurposing of toys.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 27 Aug 2021
    10:46 pm
Oooo I just gave away a huge sheep and a pig. They would have been great for this project.

- - mom461676 said
  - 27 Aug 2021
    7:47 pm
So cute! I’ll have to make these with my son.

- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 27 Aug 2021
    7:46 pm
That’s clever..I love a no waste mantra, used is great.

- - tessie said
  - 29 May 2021
    12:09 pm
What an inventive and brilliant way to recycle toys. They look great but how does the water drain?

- - shanika said
  - 21 May 2021
    12:06 pm
Love this idea. So beautiful and unique.

- - jodes71 said
  - 20 May 2021
    11:47 pm
These look great and a good project for school holidays

- - Mumofboys said
  - 20 May 2021
    10:00 pm
Not sure if cute or creepy. But I like them haha

- - mom460689 said
  - 20 May 2021
    9:38 pm
That is a cute project. I love kids projects that involve plants too.

- - Number One Mum said
  - 20 May 2021
    9:28 pm
These plastic planters are a wonderful idea my daughter still has a couple of them and l asked her if she would like to my planter’s out of them this weekend and she is really excited it’s a Great idea

- - mom101628 said
  - 20 May 2021
    6:27 pm
A great way to reuse toys that the kids have grown out of but still don’t want to throw away yet. Thanks for sharing your idea.

- - ella12 said
  - 20 May 2021
    3:02 pm
These are a great feature for around the garden.

- - mom324778 said
  - 20 May 2021
    12:36 pm
These look so good I have some horses me and my daughter are going to do this with now thanks for sharing

- - mom103778 said
  - 20 May 2021
    10:11 am
These Animal planters looks so good. I am going to look for some of these plastic animals on the weekend and make some.

- - rovermum said
  - 20 May 2021
    8:59 am
I love these. What a fantastic idea and a great upcycle.