Use Fabric Softener Caps To Make A Cute Hanging Floral Display For Your Home

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You're a fan of fabric softener — you appreciate how it leaves your clothes feeling less stiff and staticky while making them smell nicer. You might be surprised to learn that this product's usefulness doesn't end when the bottle's empty. With a little creativity and a few basic craft supplies, you can turn your old fabric softener caps into an adorable hanging floral display. YouTuber diycomfabiananogueira hangs a trio of multicolored fabric softener caps filled with artificial flowers from wire attached to the ceiling.

We're big fans of this DIY for a couple of reasons. For one, it's a cute and clever way to repurpose items you already have instead of throwing them in the trash. That's a small win for the environment. At the same time, it adds an instant pop of color to your home — use one of Jenny Marrs' favorite hues: green. It's also a cheap and easy project that you can complete in an afternoon.

Ready to try this homemade decor project? Your first step is to gather your materials, including three or more fabric softener caps and a roll of Krastmon 18-Gauge Gold Aluminum Craft Wire for about $5. If you plan ahead, you can choose different bottles of fabric softener so each flower holder is a different color. You'll also need a craft knife, a Mutt Tools 4-Inch Scratch Awl, and some artificial flowers — or whatever else you want to put inside the caps. Finally, get a hot glue gun and some glass, acrylic, or wooden beads for decorating your creation.

Once you have your supplies, you're ready to assemble your trio of tiny hanging vases. First, use a craft knife to cut the rims off the fabric softener caps. This will make more of the flowers visible once you've popped them inside. Use the awl to poke three evenly spaced holes in the rims of the caps. Cut three equal lengths of wire and form a tiny hook at the end of each. Thread on a bead and secure it with a dot of hot glue, then thread each wire through the same hole in each cap. This will stop the wires from slipping through the holes in the caps when you hang your new floral display.

Now, your three caps should hang vertically with about 2 inches between each cap. Bundle the three wires together and wrap one of the wires tightly around the other two. The next step for successfully suspending these planters from the ceiling is to form the other two wires into a large hook. Fill each cap with artificial flowers and hang your creation in your living room, kitchen, or bedroom.

As you go through more bottles of fabric softener, save the caps. You can keep adding caps to your floral display. It's also a genius way to reuse laundry detergent caps in your home. They're often larger than fabric softener caps, so you can fit more flowers inside. If you punch a hole in the bottom of each cap for drainage, you could replace the artificial flowers with mini succulents. A 10-pack of The Succulent Cult Assorted Live Succulent Cuttings costs about $9. Or go for this pack of low-maintenance Ragnaroc Tillandsia Ionantha Air Plants and you won't even need drainage holes.