DIY ice-cream cone wall planters

The coolest way to display your plants this summer

If you like your home décor cool, kookie and kitsch, we have found the DIY planter project for you. A fresh new way to display your houseplants this summer, these whimsical plant holders can be wall-mounted or dropped into a wire ice-cream cone holder and placed pride of place on your coffee table.

What you’ll need:

  • Modeling clay (around 1.75lbs to make 3 planters)
  • Rolling pin 
  • Party hat 
  • Circle relative to the size you will want your planter (Mine was 8" in diameter)
  • Clay tools or a knife
  • Ruler
  • Metal cookie sheet
  • Aluminum foil
  • Oven 
  • Acrylic paint

For the fully illustrated step-by-step instructions, head to the blog original post at Aww Sam.

Which plants work best?

As you can see from the pictures, these covetable cones make a cute foil for cacti (particularly the spherical kind that looks a bit like a scoop of spiky ice-cream). Succulents would also work well – or why not opt for a trailing plant, such as a ‘string of pearls’.