Looking for fun outdoor decorating ideas?
I love being outdoors and decorating my yard is one of my favorite things to do. Because I live in Florida, I am lucky enough to be able to spend time outside year-round. However, this time of year is just too hot for me most of the day. And after several rounds of skin cancer, I stay out of the mid-day sun, but the mornings and evenings are wonderful.
So, in this post I have collected some of my favorite outdoor decorating ideas that I really want to share with you, some practical and others just plain fun. Because if you like decorating and gardening like me, you just want to share all the awesome ideas you’ve found! I hope you find some inspiration among these.
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Fairy house.
Fairy houses are such a big thing now, and this DIY fairy house planter I made is super simple! It uses a terracotta pot, rocks, and moss from the dollar store and a resin door and window.
Reflecting balls.
My grandma had one in her yard when I was a kid and I loved looking in it and seeing how everything was distorted. 🙂 But, it was glass, and pretty fragile during Ohio winters. I really like these because you can either use a glass lamp globe or a bowling ball, which would be much more sturdy than those old ones.
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Easy walkway lights.
Believe it or not, this is a tuna fish can, a PVC pipe, a dollar store vase, and a candle! Ingenious!
Dressed-up cooler.
I love this idea. They’ve built a plain old Igloo cooler into a great conversation piece that looks good enough to be out all the time.
Tipsy planter.
I love these kinds of planters and they are so easy and cute. The flower pots are threaded onto a metal pole and stacked with the largest pot on the bottom.
Here’s a bonus one for Halloween time. 🙂
This one uses plastic jack-o-lanterns. So stock up in the Fall!
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Decorate the fence with whimsical hubcap flowers.
Oh my gosh! How cute are these??? You can pick up used hubcaps super cheap. Cut ’em up and spray paint them in summery colors.
Dress up the fence with old frames and hanging pots.
A lovely way to dress up a boring fence. Old picture frames painted with crisp white paint are hung on the fence and colorful pots of flowers are mounted inside each frame. Get pots with hangers here.
This cute wreath is made from old plastic flower pots!
Isn’t this clever? (Here is another post on how to declutter by re-using items like this!)
Here’s another fun summer wreath – made from flip-flops!
This wreath has summer-bright colors, comfy flip flops and takes just 15 minutes and $6 to make. So what are you waiting for? Make this colorful flip flop wreath and get your summer on!
Directions here: Easy Summer Flip Flop Wreath
Cozy Fire pit.
This is such an easy project, even I can do this! 😉 It simply uses retaining wall blocks that can be found at any home improvement store.
Firewood holder.
What a simple design to keep your firewood neat now that you have that fire pit! Concrete blocks and 2x4s. So easy!
Shovel pine cones.
I had to save my favorite for last because I love, love, love these!
Of course, you must have an awfully big space for these, but I think these pine cones made from shovels are SO neat! These were created by Floyd Elzinga. What a clever artist.
Do you have an outdoor decoration that has seen better days? Make it like new again!
Re-paint a faded lawn ornament with fun, new colors to give it a whole new look! Like our toad’s makeover.
Here’s how to refurbish your old wind chimes, too!
So, there you go. Some of my favorite fun outdoor decorating ideas.
I hope you found some inspiration. Please share some of your favorite outdoor decorating ideas, too. I’d love to hear from you!
Happy decorating!
~ Pam
P.S. Here are some great gift ideas for the avid gardener in your life (even if it’s YOU!).
Desde Cali, Valle, Colombia S.A. Gracias por compartir sus ideas, son maravillosas.
I really like the recommendation to update old lawn ornaments. It makes sense that using paint to decorate old lawn pieces could be fun while completely replacing them could be good too. For my yard, I don’t have many decorations as it is, so, getting new pieces and re-painting the ones I already have could be helpful to update the look this summer.
Thanks, Tyler. It’s a fun way to give your old items a new look and also helps in using up leftover paint, too! Let me know how your updates turn out! 🙂