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    Home » Misc. » DIY & Hints » DIY

    Outdoor Christmas Planter

    Published: Aug 12, 2023 by Susan Moncrieff · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

    This year, I decided I wouldn't buy any outdoor Christmas decorations.  I have many planters, gardening supplies, and Christmas lights. So, I have been trying to make do with what I have.  I'm actually very pleased with the results.

    DIY Christmas Planter

    One of my main goals with any DIY Christmas planter is to have lights. I enjoy Christmas lights so much both inside my home and outside! I've modernized my Christmas village houses, which are all white (I LOVE them). I also have a Christmas glass block with white lights inside. It's so pretty in a darker corner of my home. It makes the fact that it's dark so early in December much less depressing.

    Table of contents

    • Why I Love this Outdoor Christmas Pot
    • Supplies
    • Instructions
    • Outdoor Christmas Planter Decor Tips
    • Other Christmas DIY Decor Ideas

    Why I Love this Outdoor Christmas Pot

    It is so pretty at night with the lights on! It truly cost me nothing to make because I used what I had in my yard or my Christmas bin. Most of what I used was repurposed from my summer planter!

    Supplies

    Large planter pot
    A tall trellis
    Branches from my spruce tree (ones on the ground that I was going to trim anyway)
    Branches from my arborvitae (again, ones on the ground that needed to be trimmed)
    1 string of 100 lights (green cord)
    2 large picks of red berries

    Instructions

    DIY Christmas Planter
    Step 1
    Place the tall trellis (obelisk) in a large pot.

    Step 2
    Take some of the smaller branches of arborvitae and spruce branches and put them inside the trellis.  

    Step 3
    Wrap a string of white lights (I used ones with a green cord) around the obelisk trellis)

    DIY Christmas Planter

    Step 4
    Start poking some of the branches into the dirt and also things like red picks of berries. I always love the combination of white lights and red decor!

    DIY Christmas Planter

    Outdoor Christmas Planter Decor Tips

    Keep adding branches in until it looks nice and full. Pretty much the only trick to making your Christmas planter look really good is to use lots of branches.  Also, use different types so there are different textures in your finished display.

    Step back and look and see how it looks during the day. Of course, there will be wires from the lights. They aren't really noticeable until you are up close.

    The height, the different textures, the lights, and the splash of color make it looks interesting.

    I had some big red berry picks, so I just bent those to spread them out and added them to the planter.

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    DIY Christmas Planter

    The red berries are actually my favorite part of my Christmas planter. It's what makes it look pretty during the daytime. That's something that I try to consider. Everything looks great in the dark with sparkly lights on it. But does it look good in the daytime?

    DIY Christmas Planter

    I used free tree branch clippings from trees in my yard. If you don't have those available to you, you can often get branches free from places that sell live Christmas trees.  Just ask them! Or, use some old garland that you already have.

    DIY Christmas Planter

    This is my Christmas planter at night.  I'm just waiting for a dusting of snow to make it perfect!  I love how tall the trellis is; it adds height to this Christmas porch planter display.  It's nice not always to use little Christmas trees in the planter!

    DIY Christmas Planter with pretty white lights.

    Other Christmas DIY Decor Ideas

    • Illuminated glass block
      Glass Block Light Ideas
    • Beautiful Christmas planters
      Christmas planters & window boxes.
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      White Christmas village houses
    • mercury glass and candles in my 100 year old dining room
      Dining Room Christmas Decor Tour

    Please pin the image below to your Pinterest board!

    Originally published Nov. 30, 2013.

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    1. Cathy Johnson

      August 12, 2022 at 12:01 pm

      Where did you purchase your obelisk?
      Thanks!

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    2. pestep81

      December 01, 2015 at 3:00 pm

      Wow, that turned out great. I also love it with the lights and your planter is beautiful and works so well with the trellis. Love it!

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    3. imarancher

      December 01, 2015 at 12:58 pm

      Beautiful!

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    4. Teresa B

      December 01, 2015 at 10:57 am

      I love it, especially with the lights on! Too bad I don't have a porch...

      Anyway, if you have time, I would love for you to share this post over at the Holidays Celebration link party that is live right now! It's such a neat idea, I'm sure our readers would love it too! (http://keepingitrreal.blogspot.com.es/2015/11/holidays-celebration-link-party-3-is.html)

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