21 Unique DIY Concrete Planters (For You to Make!)

Mold cement around a balloon to make these unique round planters. With this easy step by step tutorial, they are much easier to make than they look!

These dark colored balloon planters were made with small round balloons and then were pigmented with a charcoal colorant.

Make this textured planter by making a silicone mold from a glass that was made for a candle.

This tutorial shows you how to even make the hole for drainage in the silicone.

Use PVC pipes to make any size round concrete planter mold. You can make these to be tall, short, wide or narrow.

There are so many possibilities for making concrete planters with PVC and silicone.

Don’t you love how the pink colored cement looks with the beautiful green of this succulent plant?

This is basically a cement bowl tutorial where I made a drainage hole using a straw for the mold.

You can make this marbled concrete planter by using white concrete and acrylic paint.

There’s nothing to this, it’s simply done by dividing the concrete in half and adding paint to one half. Then just blend it in!

This geometric shaped modern concrete planter was made using corrugated plastic as the mold.

You can build it to any size and shape. Add copper accents to make it truly artisan!

Once again, these adorable planters were simple to make and they make such great gifts!

If you are wondering which is the best concrete mix to choose, I wrote an article comparing six different concrete crafts mixes.

You’ll have to see the marbled version of these cement planters for this tutorial. Wait until you see them! Click on over for pics!

Did you know you can use a burlap bag to make a concrete planter out of?

The texture on this came out so fine, it feels just like burlap! Add some Christmas ribbon to give as a gift for the holidays.

Make cement planters from eggshells! Use hollowed-out eggshells as the mold for these stunning planters.

Place them around your Easter table and give them as guest gifts!

Here’s an example of an easy-to-make, unique concrete planter that was painted after curing.

Paint it with holiday colors to give as a decorative planter gift for the holidays. You should see what I used to get the ribbed texture!

Looks like a real rock, right? This is actually a lightweight planter where I used foam as the core and sculpted the cement around it.

I added a little color to make it look more realistic. Wait to try sculpting with cement. You’ll be addicted.

Another stone rock planter that’s made from cement. This DIY planter is made using a stocking to get the shape of a smooth stone. You can marble it or leave it black.

How about making a self watering concrete planter that gets moisture using a wicking method?

If you are going on vacation for a week, don’t let the neighbor kid water your orchid- this will take care of itself and get the proper amount of moisture.

This wood and concrete planter box was made with concrete tiles.

Make your own tiles using inexpensive plastic molds that were made for walls. And they come in lots of different patterns.

Here’s how you make a plastic pot look pretty. You turn it into a concrete planter! The decorative outside is a decoupage napkin that has held up under the elements.

Use any printed napkin to decorate the outside of your Dollar Tree plastic pot- turned durable planter.

Create any kind of inset design into a DIY concrete planter by using silicone material as an applique on the concrete planter mold!

Here’s a unique DIY concrete planter to make. The mold for this came from Dollar Tree and is meant to be used for chips and dip!

But I like it better for making a multi-compartment succulent planter!

Making a concrete planter by dipping towels, t-shirts or scrap fabric is really quite easy.

If you are in a hurry, you can skip the use of balloons to get the curved gathers. The folds will happen on their own and can be curved with a little fussing.

These little concrete cork planters are unbelievably good for single stem succulents. For some of these, I didn’t even use soil.

The succulents that were in these cork planters that I placed outside, lived forever!

Is a Converse sneaker unique enough? This crazy looking cement sneaker planter has actually held up well and even the plants seem happy.