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    Make This Wheel Plant Stand : Easy Beginner Wood Project

    April 23, 2024 by Ashley Mayes 12 Comments

    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.

    DIY This Heavy-Duty Rolling Plant Stand out of A Tree Stump!
    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.

    Ready to see?

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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.

    scrap plywood template for base of planter stand with wheels
    Use a dinner plate as the planter pot base size to trace your circle to cut out with a jigsaw.

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

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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.

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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.

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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.

    adding glue to planter base to make it more sturdy
    clamping together pot base for extra sturdiness

    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).

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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).

    DIY Scrap Wood Plant Stand

    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.

    Simple wheel plant stand DIY project for under 5

    DIY planter stand on wheels for under $5

    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!

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    1. Julia@Cuckoo4Design

      April 06, 2016 at 6:32 am

      Love this idea and I'm sure your tree will perk up again. It happened to us and it looks better than ever now.

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        April 25, 2016 at 2:36 pm

        I hope so! It looks even worse now. I'm holding out hope though.

        Reply
    2. BJ Sagmoe

      June 02, 2016 at 11:11 am

      OH, MY GOSH!!! Now I have to find someone that has a tree to cut down! Lol... I love the 'Stump Roller'.

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        June 03, 2016 at 7:18 am

        lol! Yes, do it!

        Reply

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