How To Make Light Concrete Planters

Quick setting concrete mix already has the perfect balance of cement and fine sand you need to make a concrete planter.

How to make light concrete planters. Using less sand can make the product lighter but it can also make the concrete weaker structurally. 4 scoops of each cement peat moss and perlite. Create lightweight planters with the look of antique stone sinks and troughs with little more than lightweight hypertufa concrete mix and built or improvised molds. Mix cement peat perlite before adding the water.

Once the concrete dries you can remove the mold to reveal your planter. Seperate pieces of packing foam with a serrated knife and or glue foam sections together to get the desired shape for the container. To make the planters you need magazines scissors empty tea light holders tape cement water a bowl and a spoon. If you re using a wood mold be sure to line it with plastic first so the mixture doesn t stick.

Then you ll have to fill the mold with concrete and allow it to harden for 24 hours. Making your own large round concrete flower pot. A simple recipe for basic lightweight concrete is to combine 8 parts sand 8 parts cement and 8 parts perlite to 5 parts water. Cheryl measures out dry ingredients in a galvanized container.

In this diy video i ll show you how to make a large concrete planter using 2 buckets and a bag of concrete. First you ll have to create the mold with boxes or plastic containers. For various neutral tones blend powdered cement into the tufa mix before casting your planters being careful to use exact quantities to get exact color matches. Carve drainage holes in the bottom of the container.

You can create your own planter at home with 2 containers and a few tools. Specialty products like shapecrete are formulated to work more like clay so they can be molded and shaped to create more interesting designs. Here you can also find a template for the mold. That made two small troughs.

To make your planter with a divot in the middle for the plants make a square out of cardboard or styrofoam and then put a smaller square inside of it.