January 29 2023

DIY Succulent Plant Hanger

I recently saw a succulent plant hanger and decided it was just what I needed for the empty corner of the basement. I made it my own, and I just had to share the idea with you!

floating succukent plant hanger — You can make this in an afternoon! The longest part of the process was waiting for the paint to dry!

Step 1: Gather Your Materials

I’m a self-proclaimed craft supplies hoarder, so I did actually have some of this on-hand. But, here is what you’ll need…

2 Sets of Embroidery Hoops (3 hoops needed)
1 Package of Walmart Floral Moss or Amazon Moss
Gold Spray Paint
Gold Paint
Hot Glue Gun & Sticks
A Selection of Succulents (I used 7 + a few smaller florals)
Fishing Line
One Tack

Step 2: Paint the Hoops

I started by spray painting the embroidery hoops with gold, since I knew I wanted this to be a quick process, and I had it already. (Doing the first coat as spray paint makes the entire process go really fast.) You can skip this step and just hand paint the hoops gold, which adds a little time, but saves you from spending extra money. I used an acrylic gold paint for the second coat so it would be a smooth finish.

painting wooden embroidery hoops with gold paint

Step 3: Assemble the Succulent Plant Hanger

Put the 2 pieces together that will make the interior of the hanger…both are standing upright, but they are pointing in opposite directions.

assembling diy hanging planter — If you were to stand the “sphere” up, looking down at the top, you should see an even “plus sign.”

The third hoop goes over the first two, held vertically, as if giving the sphere a hug. It will slide down to the middle. Once you have everything where you want it, you’ll carefully add a dollup of hot glue to each connecting spot, sliding the wood over a bit, adding the drop of glue, and putting back in place.

adding third embroidery hoop to make a sphere — This is a great time to touch up the paint, going over any spots that were missed, and you can paint the hot glue areas, as well.

Step 4: Add Moss

You’ll want to glue the moss to the “bottom” area, along all four sections of the hoops, on top and underneath. Put a line of hot glue, and stick the moss down, adding more as you go for your desired look.

hot gluing moss to hoop sphere — I chose to use the hoop tightener as the “bottom” of my succulent plant hanger, as a way to hide the hardware, covering it with moss.

Step 5: Add Succulents & Florals

Some of the succulents I used had been previously purchased at the Dollar Store, and they came with metal clips, which was helpful for the bottom portion. For the top, I simply added some glue at the base of each floral and placed it in the moss.

You’ll want to repeat the process for the bottom. In my case, I clipped the succulents on, then added hot glue to the clip, covering it with a little more moss.

arranging succulents in wooden sphere — The “top” of the arrangement started with 3 regular sized succulents, 1 in a soft color, 1 solid green, and 1 green with colored tips.

using small florals for succulent arrangement — I found some tiny florals in my collection, green & mauve, to cut and glue in the middle section, for a little extra dimension and color.

finished succulent arrangment — I finished the look by adding one more regular-sized succulent, in that mauve color, to the top collection.

Step 6: Hang It Up

I wanted it to look as though it was floating, so I chose to use fishing line to hang it, with a tack in the ceiling that was the same color as the ceiling. I laced the fishing line around one of the top X of the hoops, tied it with a double knot, then wrapped it around the top the opposite way and double-knotted it again. I took it to the spot where I wanted it hung, held it up to determine the height and double-knotted a loop. Then, I tacked it up in place.