Make This Wheel Plant Stand : Easy Beginner Wood Project

Looking for a beginner wood project for your patio? Make this wheel plant stand to help move your heavy plants around.

I've tried a number of plant stands with wheels. I've bought the plastic one's from the hardware store and have also tried the wood planter roller stands that seem a bit more sturdy as well.

For about the price of what you can buy heavier duty planter rolling stands, you can make some of your own with some scrap wood. We've ended a few different types of moveable plant stands so I've actually done this project a few times now.

After an old tree fell, I cut some of the downed log to make this DIY Plant Stand.

Today's project has the same idea but is made using scrap wood. We tend to have scrap plywood around and I was curious to see if I could solve a problem and use some of it. The outcome isn't quite as cute as the DIY stump roller, but it's functional and definitely more heavy-duty than the plant stand rollers that you find at the hardware stores.

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Before we get into the tutorial, how sad is our money tree? I could never find a good home for it over the winter and it just lost more and more leaves. I'm hoping it will perk up over the summer.

As I'm sure you can tell though, the base of the wheel plant stand is just plywood. You could use any wood that you have and you could make this any size. You'd just want to make your planter rolling stand base close to the size of your plant base so it works.

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How To Make This Wheel Plant Stand

Step 1: Gather planter rolling stand supplies

• Scrap wood large enough for base (I used weather-treated plywood)
• Jigsaw
• Plate and pencil
• Clamps
• Wood glue
• Casters/Screws (under $7 for 4 or you could grab some at Harbor Freight)
• Drill (I have this exact one and love it because it's small enough for me to handle easily)
• Sanding pad
• Stain and poly

Step 2: Draw your base shape

I laid my plywood scrap piece over sawhorses.

I wanted the largest base pieces I could have, so I searched the house for circles for my template. I ended up using a dinner plate and drawing a circle around the plate onto the wood. I did this twice so that I would have two circles because I knew my planter pot weighed quite a bit. I decided that I was going to stack my circles on top of each other to, hopefully, let it hold more weight securely.

Make sure to clamp your scrap wood down to something before you cut!

Step 3: Cut out the planter pot wheel base

After making sure you have clamped your scrap wood to your sawhorses securely, start cutting on your circle markings using the jigsaw.

If you have a smaller scrap wood piece (like me), you may have to stop partway through and reposition your scrap piece so that you can continue your circle cuts.

Step 4: Glue and clamp planter bases together

Spread wood glue on top of one circle and place the other circle on top. Clamp together and let is sit a few hours to dry.

Step 5: Attach rolling wheels

Using a drill, attach four wheels to the bottom. Spread the wheels out so that they are to the edge of the stand (this will ensure the most stability).

Step 6: Stain and ply

I decided to leave mine naturally colored. You could apply a stain if you wanted yours to be a specific color. Then apply a poly over the top.

This part isn't hard and is a great project for kiddos (with adequate ventilation).

Make sure to get all sides. Let dry. Lightly sand and re-coat.

This wheel plant stand served a need for us and ended up costing around $5. Use what you have on hand, feel free to paint the stand if you'd rather have paint. You could even spray-paint it. Be creative.

For about $5 and under an hour, I'd say this is a winner. Plus, it's something Greyson could help with and was a perfect teachable moment. I try to grab those when I can.

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*If you have a larger scrap piece, feel free to make yours a bit larger. I think it could probably even look cuter if it overhung the planter a bit more than mine does, but work with what you have. Have fun!