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Craft Tutorials | Adult Crafts | Garden Crafts | Bird Cage Flower Planter

Bird Cage Flower Planter

Author by Amanda Davis on June 22, 2015 Updated on March 27, 2019

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Recently I planted a ton of flowers in the planter box outside of my studio, the same area I put my fairy garden each year. Shortly after that, I planted a bunch of flowers outside my house too, I’m a sucker for pretty flowers. As fate would have it, I had a birdcage sitting in a corner of the living room. It was a Christmas decoration that was accidentally forgotten and didn’t make it up to the attic. I decided instead to fill it with more flowers, and ended up making a Birdcage Flower Planter, it’s a great adult craft for the garden!

This birdcage flower planter is a beautiful staple for your garden or steps outside!

 

Here’s the original holiday project I did with this birdcage.

Birdcage Flower Planter

The birdcage is not huge, so one of my dilemmas was that if I used a potted plant, an actual flower pot would take up a lot of space and take away from the natural look that I wanted to achieve. I figured this would be the perfect garden craft so I had to use smaller plants instead for the birdcage flower planter, I just couldn’t pass it up because of one little dilemma.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

So instead I bought a few small pots of flowers and some sheet moss from the garden center in order to create a natural flower pot.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

My new studio space came with planter boxes that I am required to fill and care for. No problem here since I love flowers, this leaves me with a great opportunity to make this birdcage flower planter!

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

I picked up pansies, daisies and several other types of flowers. For this planter, I actually bought several hanging baskets since they are already so full and established and planted them in the box.

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Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

What you will need

  • Birdcage
  • Small potted flowers (you can use artificial if you’d like it indoors)
  • Roll of moss
  • Scissors


Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

I found this bird cage at Michaels during the holiday season, but this one is pretty similar. I went to the garden center and looked for flowers that would grow outward instead of up.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

The garden center had a big roll of moss, but I’m sure that peat moss or even the American or Spanish moss that you can buy at the craft store would work. It might just be more difficult to work with.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

I lined the bottom of the bird cage with moss and cut a strip about 4-inches high.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

I ran that strip around the inside of the bird cage to act as a natural flower pot.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

I removed the plant from the plastic pot and placed it inside the bird cage, gently and very carefully threading the stems through the cage bars. I had to fit all three plants into the cage, so I carefully pushed them against the sides of the cage to fit them all in.

Bird Cage Flower Planter by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

The last thing is to add water to your birdcage flower planter. Obviously, this won’t be ideal for an indoor plant as the water will drain through the moss and out the bottom of the cage. This plant is for the outdoors. I love the way this birdcage flower planter turned out, and I will be sure to update pictures as the flowers grow!

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Bird Cage Flower Planter

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • Birdcage
  • Small potted flowers you can use artificial if you'd like it indoors
  • Roll of moss
  • Scissors

Instructions

  • Line the bottom of the bird cage with moss and cut a strip about 4-inches high.
  • Run that strip around the inside of the bird cage to act as a Remove the plant from the plastic pot and placed it inside the bird cage, gently and very carefully threading the stems through the cage bars. I had to fit three plants into the cage, so I carefully pushed them against the sides of the cage to fit them all in.
  • The last thing is to add water to your birdcage flower planter. Obviously, this won't be ideal for an indoor plant as the water will drain through the moss and out the bottom of the cage. This plant is for the outdoors.

 

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Deb says

    June 13, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    I just bought a bircage and hung it in the tree outside. I was looking for trailing (garland) artificial roses to hang through the wires, gently blowing in the breeze. This is a much nicer alternative to my idea, real alive flowers growing and changing all summer. I love your pictures. Enjoy!!!

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  2. Cindy says

    June 30, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    Love your beautiful bird cage planter! What a wonderful idea for recycling the cage into a wonderful planter. Your flowers outside your new studio such look nice.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      July 2, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      Thanks so much Cindy! it gives me great joy just going outside and watering them each day :) I’ll be sad to see summer end after they’ve grown and filled out so much!

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  3. Dena says

    June 25, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    This is lovely! I love bacopa. Are you concerned at all about the water damaging the bird cage? Myself I have several baskets with flowers in outside and know they’ll only last a few years before falling apart but I still love using them :)

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      July 2, 2015 at 2:21 pm

      Hi Dena! I figure that the water may rust and eventually rot the birdcage. But I like the worn and rusty look so I’m okay with it :)

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