Make your own styrofoam planter

Advantages of a styrofoam planter

• in contrast to planters stone or concrete extreme easy
• inexpensive material
• Any size can be selected
• children can also do handicrafts

Build your own styrofoam planter

Did you just recently received a package? Perfect, instead of throwing away the useful craft material, better use it to make your own planter to manufacture from it. Depending on whether the styrofoam is already in a box shape or you only have surfaces that you glue together, you can freely choose the capacity.

1. Cut the styrofoam to the size you want.
2. Line the box with a foil.
3. Press the foil firmly in the corners.
4. Cut off the excess film at the upper edge.
5. Cut into the ground Hole for the drainage of the irrigation water in the foil and the styrofoam.
6. Now fill the box with Potting soil.
7. Put any plants in the planter.

Design planters out of styrofoam

For the design of a planter made of styrofoam, painting with color is rather unsuitable. Often the color does not cover properly and soaks into the material. That it is "only" about Styrofoam is then unfortunately clearly visible. Instead, you should better use your planter

disguise. To do this, cut wooden slats to the right size and glue them to the outside of the planter - we have many more inspirations for designing a planter here worn together for you.