Simple Country Crafts to Make for Garden & Patio

Simple country crafts can make a patio or garden seem whimsical and personal. There are many easy and inexpensive ways to create useful country decorations. You will find that simple items around your home can become interesting and fun decorations to use in your garden.

When you want to make easy crafts to dress up your garden or patio, first look around your home or garage to see what you have on hand. With a bit of imagination, you can create cute country décor to dress up your outdoor space.

• Utensils make wonderful garden markers. Hammer them flat and then use a permanent marker to write the name of plants on the utensil. If you have a metal stamp set, you can also use those to stamp the plant names. Add some wire with beads wrapped around each piece to add a little extra decoration.


• Save up your cans from the kitchen, these make wonderful containers for growing plants. Drill holes in the bottom and paint the outside to create unique and fun plant pots.


• Lumber scraps can easily become cute country signs to hang on your patio or stake into your garden. Paint the signs with fun sayings and then place in random spots.


• Use an old dresser, suitcase or boot and line it with plastic. Add some soil and plants and you now have an interesting planter.

Part of country décor is using what you have on hand so look around and start recycling items that are just lying around unused.