Spring is almost here! Well, in this part of California it feels like spring IS here. No matter what the weather feels like where you live, I think we’re all a little excited to spend more time outside! Today I’ve collected some creative outdoor ideas that you can use this season or all year long. Some ideas are simply gorgeous, others are downright brilliant!
Creative Outdoor Ideas
1. Metal washtub hanging planter
This is so gorgeous, don’t you think? Best of all, it is SO SIMPLE to do! You can even accomplish this look with silk flowers.
2. Chicken Tunnels
The tunnels are like a road network system that chickens are allowed to navigate through and then emerge at their designated “work zone” in the garden, usually an area covered in weeds or an old garden bed that needs some attention.The tunnels are also a great way to keep chickens safe from dangerous critters. However, the older parts of your garden are great for chickens to roam around because there are usually tasty treats for the chickens hidden under the soil just waiting to be scratched up. In return the chickens deposit a little fertilizer and do a lot of the physical work of turning the soil over preparing the garden bed for you. Your chickens and garden will appreciate this outdoor idea!
3. Raised and Enclosed Garden Bed
They are perfect for keeping critters out of your beautiful garden. I just LOVE the front door! Here is a kit from Amazon that includes the materials for building one. With some lumber, chicken wire, staples, and a door, you too can create a raised and enclosed garden bed just like this! (Source Unknown)
4. DIY Outdoor Patio Set made with Pallets
So neat!
5. Disney Garden
Make a Disney inspired garden. So cute! Use some landscaping pavers to create the shape of the Mickey Head. Fill the center with soil, then place some outdoor Disney decorations inside. After that, you can plant whatever your heart wishes! Made by Tiffany Piatkowski.
6. DIY Water Table for Kids
This is made from a thrift store kitchen sink! They used pallet wood around it and even put in a couple of knobs for the buckets on the side. My kids would love this! Made by Heather Toler.
7. Wagon wheel succulent garden
Beautiful idea! (source unknown)
8. Wheelbarrow Succulent Garden
Made by Wholesale Fairy Gardens. Neat!
9. Turtles made with Terra Cotta Pots
You can make them in about an hour because they dry quickly! Use 2-3 coats of green acrylic paint in various shades (get the terra cotta paint here). The turtle’s shell is made out of a terra cotta saucer (turned upside down).The legs are made out of terra cotta pots. Place the 4 terra cotta pots under the saucer. The face is made with these smooth styrofoam balls.Glue the legs and shell together using a strong craft glue, like this. (by Chef Ping Creates – source no longer available)
10. How To Make A Rock Covered Bucket Planter
Great idea!
11. Cinder Block Bench
Use painted cinder blocks to make a custom bench in your yard. Neat idea!
12. M&M Rocks
paint round rocks to make them look like huge M&M’s outside of your house – cute! Source Unknown
13. Painted outdoor rugs
Great idea! I’m thinking this could work in certain indoor spaces as well.
14. Bicycle Wheel Flowers
Old bicycle wheels turned garden art flowers – cute!
15. Watering Can With Lights
How beautiful is this glowing watering can? You will need a watering can, a hook to hang it on, and some fairy lights like these. Place the fairy lights inside the watering can and pull the fairy light strands through the holes. Watch how we made a glowing watering can!
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16. Terra Cotta Pot Elephant
17. Hubcap Flowers
Hubcap flower garden – such a cute idea! (source unknown)
Here is another GORGEOUS and NEAT Hubcap flower idea (source unknown, found on Pinterest). It looks like green garden hoses are used for the flower stems.
Robin Pelto made this hubcap garden! Here’s how she said what she did, “I made some colorful hubcaps & used lathe strips or something a little sturdier for the stems so they could be put in the ground. You wouldn’t need a fence. Here’s another idea I came across using easier accessed materials.” SO CUTE!
19. Painted Picnic Table
Now this is a creative idea! Easy, adorable, and fun for everyone. Via Deanna Smith
20. Stained Glass Bicycle Wheel
This would be beautiful in the garden! Made by Linda Timmons
21. Tipsy Stacked Flower Pots
What a great idea and it doesn’t look too difficult to do! (photo credit: Flickr)
I liv in a condo so I don’t really have places where I can hang bird feeders, but a friend of mine just bought a house and she and I will enjoy handing teapots in the trees in her backyard. Cute idea.
I love this.
Great DIY ideas there as always. I love the outdoor water table and sink, and given that I can easily get these materials, I am definitely goign to get my tools and start working on this. Thanks a lot for the great pieces of inspirations.
Cindy
Birds do not usually except this type of nest box. But it’s so pretty I’m putting several up! Hoping for the best!!!!
Love this a teeny tiny garden shed, so cute!