15 Cute DIY Teacup Garden Ideas
Add some whimsy to your decor! Turn old teacups into charming mini gardens! Did you pick up a stray teacup at the thrift store? Do you have more teacups than you know what to do with? Looking for a unique DIY gift? Here are a few easy DIY miniature garden ideas to get you started.
DIY Teacup Gardens
- Gift Ideas. Find an old teacup that pops with color or something which would interest the person you are giving the gift and fill it with their favorite flower or plant.
- Succulent Planters. Teacups are the perfect planter for succulents. The cups are shallow and many succulents you will buy start out smaller, therefore, more than one may fit in the teacup.
- Be Inspired. Choose a teacup that is sentimental, perfectly matches your decor, or that simply speaks to your creative spirit. Let you imagination run wild on whether you want one, or many to make statement in any room in your home.
1. Spring under Glass
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Cottage at the Crossroads presentation of a teacup garden sends my mind straight into fairytale mindset. This display is simply magical and would be charming in a little girl’s room.
2. Mother’s Day Gift – Handmade Teacup Planter
Mothers and Grandmothers love to get flowers from their children. Hometalk offers an easy DIY for children to make for Mother’s Day.
3. Grapevine Wreath Cup and Saucer Planter
Looking for a unique and whimsical planter idea? Look no farther, Purple Hues and Me delivers just that with this grapevine wreath turned planter.
4. Tea Anyone – Teacup Garden
Here’s a super pretty way to grow a container herb garden! This teacup herb garden by The Brower Bird Stories is a beautiful way to grow herbs (and to also gift herbs).
5. Teacup Planter Pots
The simplicity of using white cups as a planter for these charming flowers is just lovely! Find out how to make this teacup planter pots via Go Make Me
6. DIY {Gift Idea} Gold Decoupaged Succulent Planters
What a cool and different twist on using a plain white teacup as a planter. You will find step by step instructions at The Happy Housie on exactly how to make your own.
7. Poppy Herb Teacup
Running With Sisters offers this pretty poppy teacup planter to bring vibrant colors to the kitchen. I will be looking for one for my living room shelf!
8. Mosaic Teacup Planter
Hometalk delivers and remarkable idea for not only and planter, but also wall art by using broken teacups for a mosaic mixed with planters.
9. 13 Creative Succulent Container Ideas
Succulents planted in a teacup by Kerry Michaels @ About. Com Container Garden Ideas
10. DIY Teacup Gardens and Planters
Succulents are extremely popular with those who have green thumbs and those who do not. The Garden Glove displays a stunning presentation using teacups and small rocks.
11. Build Your Own Miniature Garden
How creative is this! Little pond plants in a teacup via BuzzFeed
12. Oversized Teacup and Saucer Planter
An oversized teacup and saucer is the perfect idea to decorate the front porch or deck for the spring and summer seasons. This repurposed flower pot idea can be found at Petticoat Junktion.
13. Teacup Planter
Average But Inspired brings a teacup planter for the nature lovers. This simple yet attractive sets the mood for early spring.
14. Flower-Filled Vintage Teacup
I would have never thought of this clever idea for a teapot garden from The Turquoise Home, but it is absolutely beautiful and I have to try it!
15. Hang an Indoor Herb Garden
Herbs are a must in my kitchen and this is a remarkable idea for hanging herbs with teacups. You can find this idea at Hometalk.
What You Need To Make A Teacup Garden
To make a teacup garden, you’ll need: teacup, potting soil, small rocks to act as a drainage at the bottom of the cup, decorative moss or small rocks to cover the top of the soil around the plants (optional), plants, decorative fairy garden accessories of your choice (easy to find at any craft store as well as Amazon where you can buy a complete kit here.
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They are all so pretty, Manuela! A great way to use some of those pretty teacups that you can find at the thrift store.
These are so charming! After I stopped doing mosaics I donated all of my extra china to goodwill. Now I wish I had saved some tea cups!
They are cute. I did some succulents in one last year and I like to put my spring primroses in them too.
These are so adorable, you must have a very green thumb. Great idea to use cast off tea cups at yard sales and thrift stores. You’ve made them look so cute, pretty in a group. Happy weekend
These are all so precious! I have so many odds and ends of teacups and saucers – now, I know what to do with them. I especially like the last ones from HGTV.
Judy
Now wouldn’t that be a pretty addition to my teapot garden on the front porch? I’ll just have to dig about and see if I don’t have some spare cups!
Yes, that would be so cute!