Make Your Own Concrete Planters

Transform molds from your pantry and easy-to-use concrete into a variety of planters that will add texture and charm to your outdoor spaces.

Let Spring Blooms Add Color Contrast
Concrete planters are made using a small container and a large container as molds. How far you push in the interior container will affect the thickness of the walls of your finished concrete planter. Once finished, the foliage and bright blooms of your plants create vivid contrast with the textured gray container.
These projects are excerpted from Concrete Garden Projects, by Malin Nilsson and Camilla Arvidsson (Timber Press, available through Amazon.com).

Oil the Larger Container First

To make a concrete planter, choose two containers to use as molds. Use a paintbrush to thoroughly coat the inside of the larger mold with cooking oil.

Oil the Outside of the Small Interior Container
Use a paintbrush to thoroughly coat the outside of the smaller mold with cooking oil.

Fill with Concrete
Fill the larger mold with concrete to about 1 inch from the top. Shake to eliminate air bubbles; level the surface.

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