Small Wooden Planter Box

Who needs to spend an arm and a leg to create a beautiful wooden planter box for your desk or wall? Not you! You can make your own and here is how.....

For this project all you need is some scrap wood (my favorite item for making instructabules), a plant (I got this one at Lowes for $2), and a hole saw drill bit.

First cut the scrap wood that you have to fit your plant. I had a 4X4 piece of scrap Douglas Fur that I will be using for this project example.

Next Identify what size drill bit will be needed to fit your plant. In this example, a 2.5" drill bit was needed. I noticed that the drill bit would not drill down all the way though the wood. Because of this issue, I marked how far the drill bit could go and cut the wooden block in half; later to be put back together.

Next I identified the center of the wooden pieces by drawing diagonal lines from both corners to create n "X". Then I started drilling.

After that I clamped and glued the two pieces together.

Then checked that the plant would for sure fit and then started to sand down the wood to make it nice and smooth.

I used honey stain on the piece by applying the stain then wiping of any access with a rag.

After you let the stain dry, place your plant back in and enjoy!

I did not do it on this piece but I am currently creating another one with a key hole in the back so i can hang it on my wall and increase its versatility.