DIY Hanging Concrete Planter – With Ombre Spray Paint Effect
Learn how to make a DIY hanging concrete planter and give it a pretty ombre effect using Rust-Oleum spray paint. It makes the perfect hanging planter for any room.

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It has been a while since I worked with concrete.
And the best way to get back into working with concrete is to make a planter…
I decided to add a quick twist on the simple concrete planter by turning into a hanging concrete planter using chain.
To add character, I spray painted it for a gorgeous ombre effect with some of Rust-Oleum’s rich colors.
Materials for a Hanging Concrete Planter
- Fast setting concrete
- Plastic bowls of various size. (Hit up your local dollar shop or thrift store)
- Cooking oil spray
- S-hooks
- Decorator Chain
- Spray Paint. I used –
- Rust-Oleum Comfort Grip
- Random Orbital sander and 220 grit sandpaper
- 3/8″ masonry bit.
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DIY Hanging Concrete Planter
Below is the video of how to make the hanging concrete planter. Step by step instructions follow below.
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How to Make a Hanging DIY Concrete Planter
I got all my supplies including concrete, hardware and spray paint at The Home Depot.
Below are the colors I used. Aren’t they gorgeous?
Let’s build the hanging concrete planter!
Step 1: Pour the Concrete Planter
Important – Be sure to wear gloves, mask and eye protection while mixing concrete.
- Mix a batch of concrete well to pancake batter-like consistency.
- Pick a couple of plastic bowls that are close in size and grease them well with cooking oil.
Tip – It is very important to grease the bowls well. It can be tough to get the concrete out of the molds, so take some time and grease them up well.
- Pour the concrete mix about halfway in the bigger bowl.
- Place the small bowl in the middle and weight it down. Be sure to balance it so the sides are equally thick.
- Using a sander, vibrate the bowls and get the bubbles out.
- 24 hours later (if you used the quick setting concrete), remove the plastic bowls and sand any rough edges with a sanding block.
Step 2: Spray Paint the Planter
- Place the planter upside down on a lazy susan.
- Spray the base color. I used Rust-Oleum Smokey Beige. Let dry for an hour.
- For the ombre effect, spray short bursts of Rust-Oleum Midnight Blue with the nozzle level with the edge of the planter. Rotate the lazy susan while spraying to get an even ombre coat all around the planter.
Step 3: Spray Paint the Hardware
- Spray paint the S-hooks and chain. I used Rust-Oleum Univeral Satin Bronze. It is a very pretty metallic!
Spray painting hack – To spray paint the chain, I added a few eye hooks to scrap 4×4 posts and used them to hang the chains as I spray painted them. After I sprayed from both sides, and the paint was dry to touch, I just turned them over to spray any spots I had missed.
Step 4: Hang up the Planter
- Mark half an inch down from the lip and drill a hole using a 3/8″ masonry bit.
- Insert S-hooks and attach the chain to it. I added an S-hook to the top too.
- Add your favorite plant and hang it up.
The planter has no holes for drainage, so I added a few rocks and added string of bananas.
I love the combination of the Smokey Beige and Midnight Blue along with the Satin Bronze.
DIY Concrete Bowl
I couldn’t help myself, so I made another concrete bowl. This time using one of the patterned bowls as the inside mold.
This gave me a gorgeous striped interior.
I spray painted this with Rust-Oleum Deep Forest Green and added an ombre lip with the Satin Bronze.
I can’t stop staring at this gorgeous combination.
Isn’t it amazing how you can completely transform a simple object with just a few coats of spray paint?!
Take a look at Rust-Oleum’s 2019 color watch palette – bright deep hues to simple neutrals. Which one is your favorite?
RELATED: See all my tips for using spray paint
If you make this, I would love to see! Feel free to email photos to me at anika@anikasdiylife.com or tag me on Instagram @anikasdiylife for a chance to be featured on social media! I can’t wait to see what you build!
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How to make a DIY hanging concrete planter and give it a pretty ombre effect using spray paint. It makes the perfect hanging planter for any room.
Materials
- Fast setting concrete
- Plastic bowls of various size. (Hit up your local dollar shop or thrift store)
- Cooking oil spray
- S-hooks
- Decorator Chain
- Rust-Oleum 2X Satin Smokey Beige
- Rust-Oleum 2X Satin Midnight Blue
- Rust-Oleum 2X Satin Deep Forest Green
- Rust-Oleum Universal Metallic Satin Bronze
Tools
- Rust-Oleum Comfort Grip
- Random Orbital sander
- 220 grit sandpaper
- 3/8" masonry bit.
Instructions
- Mix a batch of concrete well to pancake batter-like consistency.
- Pick a couple of plastic bowls that are close in size and grease them well with cooking oil. It is very important to grease the bowls well. It can be tough to get the concrete out of the molds, so take some time and grease them up well.
- Pour the concrete mix about halfway in the bigger bowl.
- Place the small bowl in the middle and weight it down. Be sure to balance it so the sides are equally thick.
- Using a sander, vibrate the bowls and get the bubbles out.
- 24 hours later (if you used the quick setting concrete), remove the plastic bowls and sand any rough edges with a sanding block.
- Place the planter upside down on a lazy susan. Spray the base color.
- I used Rust-Oleum Smokey Beige. Let dry for an hour.
- For the ombre effect, spray short bursts of Rust-Oleum Midnight Blue with the nozzle level with the edge of the planter. Rotate the lazy susan while spraying to get an even ombre coat all around the planter.
- Spray paint the S-hooks and chain. I used Rust-Oleum Univeral Satin Bronze. It is a very pretty metallic!
- Mark half an inch down from the lip and drill a hole using a 3/8" masonry bit.
- Insert S-hooks and attach the chain to it. I added an S-hook to the top too.
- Add your favorite plant and hang it up.
Important - Be sure to wear gloves, mask and eye protection while mixing concrete.
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You give me confidence to try something like this. I like the bowl. Maybe just a planter for my plants that I don’t have bigger pots for. I like the blue and the green colors but maybe the color lagoon.
Gorgeous ombre affect! I love it, I’m going to make the concrete planter for the few plants that I’m bringing inside for the winter! Thanks for the great idea! I love that midnite blue by Rust-Oleum, I think I’ll spray it with my that and my favorite Rust-Oleum Metallic Aged Copper 🙂 My daughter and I had so much fun this summer making your Hammock Stand, thanks again for all the nifty hacks and wood working plans! You’re a rock star!
I love following you and seeing all the awesome projects you are doing. Thank you for sharing your skills with us!!!
WOW< this is something that I can make good use of. Thanks for sharing.