DIY Fall Porch Decorations - Two Southern Sweeties

Easy Beautiful DIY Fall Porch Decorations

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Fall is in the air and we are ready to decorate!!

We just love Fall!

So many beautiful colors, crisp cool days, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and of course Christmas around the corner.

If you are like us, we look through magazines, drive down streets and look at pictures on the net, seeing all these wonderful pictures of front porches all decorated for Fall and saying “Hey, we should do that!”

Well, today we are going to show you how you can get a couple of these looks very easily and inexpensively.

We found this beautiful DIY Fall Porch Decorations on My Home Ideas.

Look closely, do you see it……………..KALE!!!

In the South, not only do we eat Kale but we decorate with it as well.

We will be doing both potted and hanging kale with lights.

Option 1: Planted Kale

What You’ll Need
•3 terra-cotta pots (8-inch, 12-inch, and 16-inch)
•1 large bag of potting soil
•Fertilizer
•9 to 11 (1-gallon) kale plants
•3 strands battery-operated lights

Step 1:
Fill the largest pot two-thirds full with potting soil and fertilizer. Place the medium-sized pot in the center of the larger pot, and fill the medium pot as described above. Center the smallest pot in the medium-sized pot, and add soil and fertilizer. Water well.

Light the Container

Step 2:
Add several strings of lights throughout the kale. Conceal the battery pack in the base of the plants.

Option 2: Hanging Kale

What You’ll Need:
•1 (8- to 10-inch) pot
•1 medium-sized round wire form
•1 (410-cubic-inch) bag of dried decorative moss
•1 roll of wired plant tie (or several trash bag ties)
•1 small bag of potting soil with fertilizer or add Osmocote (2 tablespoons)
•8 to 12 (4-inch) kale plants
•2 strings of battery-operated lights
•4 C-size batteries
•Drill
•Chain
•Large J-hooks or hanging basket hooks

Fill the Form

Step 1:
Line the topiary form on all sides with sheet moss, securing it with pieces of covered wire.

Plant Your Kale

Step 2:
Gently tease off any excess soil from a kale plant. Beginning at the bottom of the form, pull moss apart to make a small opening and insert the plant.

Fertilize and Fill

Step 3:
As you plant, fill with soil and fertilizer until all sides are covered with kale, spacing plants about 3 inches apart. The plants will fill out in about 3 to 4 weeks.

Tip: We used an empty pot to balance the form. This allowed us to plant the lowest kale first without crushing it as we continued up the sides.

Light and Hang

Step 4:
Add strings of battery-operated lights, hiding the battery box inside the form, and hang from a sturdy hook.

We really hope y’all enjoyed this cute and easy tutorial on an inexpensive way to decorate your front entry!

Please tell us how this works for you and send us pictures of your front entry!

If you have any pictures and/or decorating tips for Fall please send them to us at tracey@twosouthernsweeties.com and we may feature them on our blog.

Make it a great day, you deserve it!

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