DIY Outdoor Christmas Planters with Fresh Greenery

Add a festive Christmas feeling to your front porch with these DIY outdoor Christmas planters! They can easily be customized with your favorite embellishments for your own personal creation!

There’s nothing that says Christmas quite like fresh greenery! These DIY outdoor Christmas planters create such a warm and festive welcome and add that fresh Christmas scent.

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DIY Outdoor Christmas Planter

The best thing about these planters is that you can’t really go wrong! They’re lots of fun to put together and can totally be customized with all of your favorite embellishments! Follow these simple guidelines and you’ll have your own outdoor Christmas planters in no time!

 

Materials

• various greenery {I used Douglas fir, silver fir, pine, and cedar branches}
• clean, sharp clippers
• soil
• birch logs or branches
• embellishments of your choice. This could include pine cones, decorative picks, ribbons/bows, twinkle lights, lighted branches, etc.

Directions

• Fill your pot with soil. If you have a larger planter, you can always place empty pop bottles in the bottom so you don’t have to use as much soil. Place your sturdiest branches first to form the backdrop of your planter. Since my planters were going to be placed against our wall {and not viewed from all angles}, I placed mine at the back of the planter.

• Insert the birch logs into your arrangement. Pack soil firmly around the logs to secure in place. If you’re going to use smaller branches instead of the birch, you can place these later in the process when you add your other embellishments.

• Continue to layer in boughs draping them over the sides of your planter. Trim the branches with sharp cutters when needed. Play around with the angle that you insert the bough into the soil until you achieve your desired look. Move from the back to the front, gradually decreasing the size.

• As you get close to completing the planter, add any embellishments that you would like. I used some pine cones and a cute wooden skis pick.

• Fill in any bare spaces with remaining greenery.

Add some twinkle.

My favorite thing about these planters is the lighted branches. They really make them pop and look so pretty at night. These lighted branches work for both indoors and outdoors. I have the white ones in a vase inside and really like that color too. The brown looks a little more natural though, so I think they work well in a more rustic planter.

What kind of fresh greenery should I use?

To provide more interest and texture to your planter, aim to use a mix of at least three or four different types tend to give you a nice variety of texture. It’s also nice to mix up the stiffness of the branches so you have some that provide more structure to the planter while others can fall more loosely.

 

Types of fresh greenery to use for decorating during the holidays.

There are lots of different options for fresh greenery. Check out local garden centers, Christmas tree lots, or try foraging yourself for your own fresh greenery! Here are some of the most popular options:

• cedar
• pine
• hemlock
• white fir
• Douglas fir
• fraser fir
• balsam fir
• cypress
• spruce

Beautiful accent boughs.

• juniper
• magnolia leaves
• boxwood
• holly
• eucalyptus

Add some twinkle.

My favorite thing about these planters is the lighted branches. They really make them pop and look so pretty at night. These lighted branches work for both indoors and outdoors. I have the white ones in a vase inside and really like that color too. The brown looks a little more natural though, so I think they work well in a more rustic planter.

I hope you can give them a go!

More Christmas Front Porch Ideas

If you’re still looking for more outdoor Christmas decor ideas, check out these posts:

DIY Fresh Christmas Wreath

Vintage Inspired Front Porch

Fresh Greenery Basket Wreath