diy halloween succulent planters
You guys… it’s official: FALL SEASON IS APPROACHING! We are so excited and for this blog, September 1st brings one of most favorite series, Spooktacular September! We love Eighteen25’s Spooktacular and look forward to it every year; this is our 4th year guest posting for them and we are super excited to have snagged the first project of the month to kick it off, whoop! We put together some not-so-spooky DIY Halloween succulent planters to display on our holiday mantel.
The best part is we used artificial pumpkins and succulents so you don’t have to worry about anything dying through the hustle and bustle of the holidays. 😉
You’ll need a handful of items to put these cuties together:
- Assorted artificial pumpkins. (Joann’s: polka dot, striped + paper mache pumpkins).
- Artificial succulent picks. (Michael’s, Joann’s)
- Fake moss. (Michael’s)
- Mini paper mache jack-o-lantern. (Joann’s)
- Paper mache skull. (Michael’s)
- White, black, gold + orange acrylic paint. (We prefer DecoArt brand)
- Foam brushes.
- Drill + 1/16-5/64 bit, depending on how thick your faux succulent pics are.
To get started we painted the paper mâché pumpkins our color of choice using Halloween colors of acrylic paint.
After everything was dried we drilled holes in the tops of the pumpkins then stuck the artificial succulents through, arranging them until we liked the display.
Easy peasy.
We added a few fake spiders to the bunch and ended up freaking ourselves out more than once! Haha!
This mini orange jack-o-lantern really steals the show, though. Isn’t he SO cute?
After Halloween is over we plan to turn the jack-o-lantern around, remove the skull planter and pair this bunch of pumpkins with our latest fall prints to make these pretties last longer. In the meantime, check out our brand new DIY Halloween EEK Sign that is making its debut this year!
Take a peek at more Halloween crafts & DIY’s like our BOO Fringe Letters we made last year, our Marquee EEK Letters, our Mr. & Mrs. Skull Plaques, our Skull Cupcake Stand tutorial and our easy Bat Treat Holders.
Another amazing idea. Love reading though your blog 🙂
Awesome ideas! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday!
Thanks so much, Dee 😀
The Halloween pumpkin planters are too cute! I also really like those bat treat holders.
Thanks so much, Keri!
Cute, cute crafts! Thanks for the ideas.
You’re welcome, Dorothy 😀
Super Cute Ideas. Love the succulent planters. Thanks for sharing at this week’s Inspiration Spotlight party. See you again soon. Pinned & shared.
I love the Halloween succulent planters! So cute! All of these projects look great. Pinning to my Halloween Board. Thanks for partying with us at Snickerdoodle.
Lovely ideas for Halloween!! Thank you so much for linking up at the Family Joy Blog Link-up Party! Pinning them to our Pinterest Party board. xoxo
-Shamira
These Halloween succulent planters are adorable! Pinned to share. Thanks for linking up with us this week for Brag About It!
~Laurie
Thanks so much, Laurie! They were fun to make!
You always share such fun ideas.
Thanks for sharing with SYC.
🙂 They’re all darling!! Thanks for sharing at Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
how fun these all look….here from Pink Sat
Great idea with the succulent planters, especially using fake ones so you don’t have to worry about repotting them when Halloween has passed! This is my first time stumbling across your blog, from Paula’s weekend party, and I just have to say it is adorable!
Kelsey
acupofteawithkelsey.blogspot.com
Yes!! Totally agree! Thanks, Kelsey!
this is such a cute idea!
I love this black and white look and the cute chalkboard, too! What a fun idea. I can’t believe that Halloween is just around the corner!
Thank you for sharing this week at Brag About It link party on VMG206 (Mondays at Midnight). I plan to feature you next week!
~ Megin of VMG206
These are so pretty Halloween decor ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Anita!!
I like the Mr and Mrs Skull plaques.
Thanks so much, Camille! They’re easy to make, hope you create a set!
Love the succulents–such a fun way to add seasonal decor! Thanks for linking up to the Talk of the Town party.
Such a great idea to decorate with succulents for Halloween. Thanks for the cute idea!
Lots of great Halloween ideas here! Thanks. Love those succulent pumpkin containers!