Think a Tomato Cage Is Just for Growing Tomatoes? Look at These Hacks!
Even if you’ve never grown tomatoes, you know what these cages are:
Photo via Pam @House of Hawthornes
But do you know what else you can do with them? We scoured Hometalk, and then the rest of the internet, for the very best tomato cage hacks from crazy creative DIYers, and we found some amazing ideas. A bunch of these are summer specific, so grab your tomato cage and get to creating!
1. Add a plate to create a birdbath
Photo via Tammy @My Life Abundant
Take your love for bird watching into your flower bed, with this easy 2 step bath. This is a whole different way to bring beauty to your garden with a tomato cage.
2. Bend wire branches for a bottle tree
Photo via Pam @House of Hawthornes
This colorful garden sculpture (just a bent tomato cage and some upcycled glass bottles), is a great reason to raid your recycling bin.
3. Build the skirt of a glamorous garden girl
Photo via Shelley @Sow & Dipity
If you’re a gardening guru, step up your landscape display this summer, with a flowery garden girl crafted from a tomato cage skirt and a chicken wire bust.
4. Hang crystals to form an outdoor chandelier
Photo via Tara @Crafts Unleashed
Upgrade your warm nighttime soirees, by lighting up your yard with a tomato cage chandelier, trimmed with glassy crystals and hung with tiny lanterns.
5. Weave it into a basket
Photo via Lin @Hot for Houses
Put your weaving skills to work, with this simple basket design created from colorful threads and a basket form bent from a free tomato cage.
6. Use two cages as legs for a bigger table
Photo via Dehn Bloom Design
Need more table space? Flip two cages underneath a larger table top, to make a vast desk with plenty of room for work.
7. Clip on pictures to make a 3D gallery
Photo via Paper Crafts Connection
If you’re an Instagram junkie, display (some of) your best shots on a DIY gallery tower, made from a painted tomato cage lined with metal rings and clips.
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Great ideas!!! Thank you for sharing! Love all of the ideas.
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Yes!! Like the bird bath and wine bottle tree
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