20+ Creative Plant Markers To Make

Clay: Cute! You will need polymer clay, armature wire, stamps (to press into the clay for the herb names) and acrylic paint for the lettering.

Chalkboard Style: Made with wooden paint stirrers, chalkboard paint and labeled with a white china marker (grease pencil) & nope, it won’t wash off in the rain.

Polymer Clay: Cute! Project similar to the one above but with some differences.

Glass Tops: Made with glass aquarium pebbles, sticks, raffia, glue, fruit and vegetable illustrations (free printable via pdf).

Metal Spoons: Repurpose a few large spoons, magazine clippings (with pictures of vegetables and plants), glue and polyurethane.

Stamped Spoons: Requires a metal stamping kit and permanent marker. A few of these swirling around the net but I think this one’s the original DIY.

Labeled Stones: Find several flat, smooth stones, and label each one with the name of a plant using alphabet stamps and dye-based (permanent) ink.

Painted Stones: These super-easy but functional and reliable labels require only a few large, smooth stones, acrylic paint, and a waterproof marker.

Soda Can Tags: If pretty isn’t your thing, make these tags with soda cans, wire and permanent marker.

Terra Cotta: Made by painting broken pieces of a terra cotta pot and attaching to metal stakes.

Vinyl Blind Slats: Easy peasy! Just label the plant name onto the slats with permanent marker and they’re good to go.

Printables: These are editable and come in two different sizes. Download is in .doc format.

Copper: Made with 36-gauge copper sheets, 12-gauge wire, a paint marker and clear enamel spray.

Juice Can Tops: Made with juice can tops & bottoms, a wire coat hanger and embellished with pretty beads.

Stamped Clay: Simple yet lovely! These are made with polymer clay and rubber letter stamps and then baked to harden.

Engraved Aluminum Tape: The tape is wrapped around plastic knives and then “engraved” with the plant name using a dull ballpoint pen.

Wine Corks: A hole is drilled into the bottom of a cork and then a bamboo skewer inserted. Write the plant name on the cork with a permanent marker.

Recycled Plastic: Tags are made with strips cut from plastic lids (from ice cream pails, etc.) then marked with an old school DYMO label maker.

Rustic French Style: Made with small pieces of wood, bamboo, raffia or string and labeled with a felt pen or Sharpie.

Juice Lid Markers: Clippings from seed catalogues are glued to recycled juice lids, sealed with Mod Podge then attached to wooden garden spikes.

Broken Crockery: Broken pieces of terra cotta pots are labeled with a permanent marker and dug into the ground a bit.

Painted Scratch Boarding Style: Colored paints are mixed with a bit of water to achieve a very thin consistency then used to cover cheap markers, a wooden skewer is used to scrape off letters for plant names.

Bricks: A pencil is first used to print the plant name then use a permanent marker to go over top.

Milk Jug Plastic: Great idea! Split open an empty, clean milk jug and use the plastic to make the tags.

Decorative Wooden Spoons: These are painted white, covered with a bit of decorative paper and Mod Podge, words are alphabet stickers.