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Yard Art Home Decor Garden Ideas made with Junk

Add some joy to your garden, porch, or yard with these fun DIY recycled homemade yard art and garden ideas. Most crafts are made with junk you already have at home!

DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard. Repurposed bikes, toys, tires and other fun junk.

26 Fun Yard Art Crafts Made From Junk

Love fun yard art? These cute DIY home decor garden ideas are perfect craft projects to make this spring for your yard, porch or anywhere around your home.

Spring is near and it's time to think about sprucing up the yard or garden with some fun yard art. A beautiful yard can take time, something most of us don't have much of these days. Pulling weeds and keeping plants fed is a full time job.

Don't sweat, we found some creative home decor crafts to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with these DIY yard art and garden ideas!

There are so many fun ways to jazz up a yard that don't take much time of effort. Using junk and re-purposed furniture can be a darling way to make a flower planter, or what about using vintage toys in the garden? The ideas are endless, all it takes is a little imagination!

Yard Art Home Decor Garden Ideas made with repurposed junk

Originally Published February 23, 2016

Fun Yard Art CRAFTS and Garden Decor Ideas

Enjoy these inspiring DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas that you can easily re-create at your home.

Bike Planter! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ LivingLocurto.com

Do you have an old bike in your attic you just can't part with? Try filling the front basket with flowers for an unusual bicycle planter. This is such a simple idea for DIY yard art for a garden. ~ image via Pinterest.

Cute Horse Planters! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ LivingLocurto.com

How darling are these horse planters?! They are sure to be a topic of conversation at your next barbecue. The kids will love to help with this project made with flower pots and spray paint.

Cute Frog Tire Planter! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ LivingLocurto.com

Words can not describe how much fun this frog tire planter is! Made from old tires and a little paint this afternoon project is almost free. This is sure to brighten your day right when you step outside! ~ image via Pinterest.

Rooster Tire for chicken lovers. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk.

This colorful rooster is another fun idea for recycling old tires! ~ image via Pinterest.

Tiny Chicken Coop. An Herb Fairy Garden is a fun container garden for your kitchen! Easy tutorial for how to make a mini fairy garden for your home.

Want more chickens in your yard? Learn how to make an herb fairy garden for your home or patio! Love this cute mini chicken coop!

golf ball lady bugs! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ LivingLocurto.com

Golf Ball Lady Bugs would be adorable and fun for any yard!!

DIY Garden Angel made from old shutter. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Everyone needs a garden angel watching over them. This angel made from an old shutter and other items you may have laying around the house or easily found at an antique market. This would be such a nice touch of DIY art to your garden or flowerbed.

Old Vintage Truck Flower Planter! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Do you have any old toy trucks that you just can't part with? Keep them forever in your flower bed as a truck planter. You may even save some tears from your kids when you clean out the toy bin! Even new toy trucks look adorable full of flowers! Try it this spring. ~ image via Pinterest.

Tree Stump Fairy and Gnome House! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Have a tree stump? Turn it into a gnome home or fairy house with a few simple garden accents! ~ image via Pinterest.

Glow in the dark flower planters! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

How cool is this for beautiful yard art? Illuminated planters add some light to your yard would add such amazing ambiance! This is a must on the to do list. Don't want to purchase new pots? Try painting them with glow in the dark paint. ~ image via Pinterest.

I love these –> flower pots that change colors or these the pots that glow in the dark (see here).

Glow in the dark LED Flower Pots that change colors! Great idea for a garden.

Repurposed Boot Bird House - Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Don't throw away those old shoes or boots, turn them into a boot bird house! This is such a cute and creative idea by In Envy Designs.

Repurposed Grill - Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Have you ever wondered what to do with an old BBQ pit? How about throw a coat of paint on it and turn it into a grill planter. Now this is fun!

Pretty Yard Art and Garden ideas. These recycled teacup and crystal homemade bird feeders are beautiful!

These recycled teacup and crystal homemade bird feeders are beautiful!

Dresser turned into a garden. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Who says you need an actual garden to make beautiful yard art? Most of us have old furniture that we just can not part with. Well now you don't have to! Fill up the old drawers with pretty plants and flowers and stick it outside. What a way to make a statement.

Log Train Flower Pots. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Have fun with logs for some DIY yard art with Log Train Planters! Make your own planters from real wood logs or buy ready made log planters for a super cute garden. ~ images via Pinterest.

Tin Man - Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

How darling would this little guy be in your yard? Not only is he cute but he has a big heart too. A Tin Man made from things you probably have at home already. No time to do it yourself? We found one on Amazon here -> Tin Man Garden Statue.

wishing well garden art - Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Make a wishing well planter from old tires! What a cute DIY yard art idea. It only takes some paint, wood and roof tiles. Pretty cute! ~ image via Pinterest.

mushroom yard art with bowls - Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

Make simple Mushroom Yard Art out of old mixing bowls! Spray paint them colors, add some dots and attach to tree branches. ~ image via Pinterest.

Toy Train garden in flower pots! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

How adorable would a toy train garden be for little ones! This would be a fun spring project with kids!

Bring the outdoors in with some beautiful rock and twig art! Find similar rock art –> here.

Owl Yard Art from Tree Stumps! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk.

These owls made from tree stumps are a HOOT!

Colander flower planter. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

A colander flower planter is such a fantastic idea! With the holes already in it you don't have to worry about drainage.

If you have an old one, a quick coat of paint in a bright color can bring it back to life! Adding spoons for a hanging wind chime planter is adorable too!

Colander wind chime flower pot. Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed ideas for the backyard. Fun ideas for flower gardens made from logs, bikes, toys, tires and other old junk. ~ featured at LivingLocurto.com

A DIY Hubcap Flower Garden can brighten up any yard!

A DIY Hubcap Flower Garden can brighten up any yard! (found via Pinterest source unknown)

DIY hedgehog succulent planters! Creative ways to add color and joy to a garden, porch, or yard with DIY Yard Art and Garden Ideas! Repurposed bikes, toys, tires and other fun junk.

Decorate your garden with a few funny DIY Hedgehog succulent planters.

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