Upcycled Candle Jar Planter
21 April
Have you seen the cute little faux cactus plants made from rocks? They are all over Pinterest and I love them!
I've been wanting to try making some so when I burned the last of a YUMMY smelling Food Network candle, I knew it would make a cute little planter for some faux cactus plants!
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The candle jar I had is white ceramic with a wooden lid. I picked out some round river rocks from my landscaping (when you are choosing rocks, try to pick some that are relatively flat so you'll have room for several little plants in your "planter").
Once I had burned the whole candle, I put what was left in the freezer overnight. The frozen candle remnants just popped right out with a butter knife!
You'll need something to "plant" your little faux cactus plants in, I found a bag of white decorative rocks at the Dollar Store.
Fill up the candle jar with these pretty decorative rocks.
Paint the river rocks with different shades of green paint.
If you have several different shades that's great! But if you don't, no worries, you can mix some white paint in for lighter shades and black paint in for darker shades.
Add some prickly's to your cactus. I used some yellow paint I had but white would be just fine too.
Once they are dry, stick them down into the rocks. It may take a little wiggling to get them down in there so they'll stand up by themselves. I had to remove some of the decorative rocks and then fill in around the cactus once I got them positioned.
I used a green Sharpie marker to freehand a little scallop design along the top edge of the candle jar just for a cute accent.
Now, for that adorable little sign made with the candle jar lid!
Paint the lid with the color of your choice, I chose green so it would coordinate with my cactus plants.
Print a saying you like. You'll need to play around with the size so it will fit your lid.
I looked up "cactus quotes" on Pinterest and picked one I liked. You can see my printer ink is being weird, that's ok though, I think it works for this project!
Trace around the lid on the paper and cut it out. I used decorative edge scissors to make a little scalloped circle.
Use Mod Podge to adhere the printed quote to the lid.
Isn't that cute? It fits perfectly on the little 4" picture stand!
Add a pink flower to one of the cactus rocks with a hot glue gun.
I just love that this upcycle project includes both the candle jar AND the lid!
Some other cute quotes I saw were:
Free Hugs
Can't Touch This (MC Hammer anyone?!)
Life is like a cactus, thorny but beautiful
I've been wanting to try making some so when I burned the last of a YUMMY smelling Food Network candle, I knew it would make a cute little planter for some faux cactus plants!
This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission which helps keep my blog up and running but it won't cost you a penny more)! Click here to read my full disclosure policy.
Supplies Needed:
- Recycled candle jar
- Decorative white rocks
- Round river rocks in varying sizes
- Craft paints in Green, Black, and White
- Hot glue gun
- Small picture stand
- Mod Podge
- Green Sharpie pen (optional)
- Decorative edge scissors (optional)
The candle jar I had is white ceramic with a wooden lid. I picked out some round river rocks from my landscaping (when you are choosing rocks, try to pick some that are relatively flat so you'll have room for several little plants in your "planter").
Once I had burned the whole candle, I put what was left in the freezer overnight. The frozen candle remnants just popped right out with a butter knife!
You'll need something to "plant" your little faux cactus plants in, I found a bag of white decorative rocks at the Dollar Store.
Fill up the candle jar with these pretty decorative rocks.
Paint the river rocks with different shades of green paint.
If you have several different shades that's great! But if you don't, no worries, you can mix some white paint in for lighter shades and black paint in for darker shades.
Add some prickly's to your cactus. I used some yellow paint I had but white would be just fine too.
Once they are dry, stick them down into the rocks. It may take a little wiggling to get them down in there so they'll stand up by themselves. I had to remove some of the decorative rocks and then fill in around the cactus once I got them positioned.
I used a green Sharpie marker to freehand a little scallop design along the top edge of the candle jar just for a cute accent.
Now, for that adorable little sign made with the candle jar lid!
Paint the lid with the color of your choice, I chose green so it would coordinate with my cactus plants.
Print a saying you like. You'll need to play around with the size so it will fit your lid.
I looked up "cactus quotes" on Pinterest and picked one I liked. You can see my printer ink is being weird, that's ok though, I think it works for this project!
Trace around the lid on the paper and cut it out. I used decorative edge scissors to make a little scalloped circle.
Use Mod Podge to adhere the printed quote to the lid.
Isn't that cute? It fits perfectly on the little 4" picture stand!
Add a pink flower to one of the cactus rocks with a hot glue gun.
I just love that this upcycle project includes both the candle jar AND the lid!
Some other cute quotes I saw were:
Free Hugs
Can't Touch This (MC Hammer anyone?!)
Life is like a cactus, thorny but beautiful
PIN ME!
Posted by: Tania | Little Vintage Cottage
at 21 April
Tag:
DIY & Crafts
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