How To Make a Basket Weave Planter

6 Materials
$35
90 Minutes
Easy

Beautiful DIY basket weave planters that serve up all of the Boho vibes.

Start by placing a drop cloth to cover and protect your work surface. Mine is my living room floor.


Heat up your glue gun and get your glue sticks ready.


Note: I like to cover my hands to protect them from the hot glue. While this is optional, I strongly recommend it!


Starting at the bottom of the planter, put glue on the tip of the end of the rope and press and hold it firmly along the bottom edge of the plastic planter. Allow it to dry for a minute or two

Glue a line along the bottom edge of the planter and line the rope around the plastic. 


When you reach the starting point, start a new line right above the placed rope, continue to lay the rope a push closely together.


Continue this until you reach the top of the plastic just under the lip at the very top.

When you get to the very top, my pot had a lip, so I clipped the end of the rope and glued it in the same fashion as I did in the beginning.


Using the scissors, clean up the excess rope that is sticking out all over the planter.


Place favorite plant and enjoy!


I chose this new Yucca plant I grabbed from Walmart. I am working on my green thumb and this is supposed to be a minimal needs plant. Keep ya fingers crossed for me!


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  • C Crow C Crow on Jul 30, 2020

    Is your plant actually within a smaller pot placed within the rope-wrapped pot? Thank you. Love the look.

  • Belkis Belkis on Jul 31, 2020

    How tick is the rope you used?

  • Melva Jean Shelby Melva Jean Shelby on Sep 23, 2020

    My kitchen cabinets have 3 layers of paint, so would I be able to put wallpaper over them without using any paint?

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  • Shelly Moore Shelly Moore on Oct 20, 2022

    Yucca is a Very easy, Very Hardy plant. Water occasionally give it sunlight, it will grow!!! East plant. Love mine! It's actually even been outside in the Kansas wind All Summer!! Even lived through a few below 40° nights and still growing. I've used hot glue for years. Many years ago I also discovered cool melt glue guns!!! I now use both!!! The cool melt glue is NOT so hot it burns you!!! Perfect for things that you'll have to fiddle with a lot. Even Better? It's Awesome for letting kids, "Do it themselves!!!". Taught kindergarten kids used them with No problems.

  • Katen Katen on Sep 13, 2023

    Enjoy look and not just for plants either! Best part. It’s fall 2033 and stores are clearing out pots at a fantastic price. I’ve been picking up here and there for many different uses that don’t include dirt or a plant. Last “snag” was $5.00, round, with feet after saucer removed (saucer hid). Viola a witches cauldron

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