Cat lovers will adore this DIY Cat Grass Planter. It’s easily made from an upcycled soda bottle and the perfect place to grow cat grass.

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Recycling is so important to me. Ever since I was in middle school and our school got recycle bins, I made a point of recycling everything I could. A few years ago, that turned into a passion for upcycling. I never see garbage; I always see a future craft, like this DIY Cat Grass Planter made from an upcycled soda bottle.

I’ll wash something and keep it around for a while until inspiration hits. Just like with this soda bottle. I wasn’t exactly sure what I would use it for at first, but I knew it would turn into something fantastic.

And then I stumbled onto a photo of a soda bottle cut to look like a cat. I thought it was an adorable. But what could I do with that? It still felt a little bit like garbage on display.

It finally hit me! I would buy cat grass seeds, “plant” them in the cat-shaped soda bottle, and give it to my parents’ cat Sox as a gift.

Because yes, I’m the kind of person who gives gifts to people’s pets.

Eh, there are worse things I could be.

DIY Cat Grass Planter

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DIY Cat Grass Planter Supplies:

• 2-liter soda bottle, washed and dried
• Permanent ink marker
• Scissors
• White spray paint
• Drawing paper
• Cat grass seeds

How To Make A DIY Cat Grass Planter:

Use your marker to draw the outline of the cat face on your bottle. You’re only drawing the line for where you are going to cut, not the actual face.

Using the scissors, puncture a hole in your bottle. Then, use your lines as a guide to cut out the cat face.

Discard the top of the bottle.

Spray paint the bottle whatever color you want your cat to be.

Side note: You should always spray paint outdoors.

I actually ended up cutting two of these: one from a 2-liter bottle and another from a 20 oz. bottle, so that’s why you see two of them above. But the rest of the tutorial just shows the 2-liter bottle one. Honestly, either size is fine. It really just depends on what you prefer.

Now, here’s my spray paint tip that will save you lots of headaches. When you are spray painting something smooth, a thick coat will drip down your surface. So you need to very lightly spray a coat, let it dry completely, spray another light coat, let it dry, on and on until you achieve the color you’re looking for.

Use your marker to draw a cat face on the front of the painted soda bottle. You can add other colors or just go with black. Be creative.

Open the cat grass seeds and set them up according to the package. Our package came with cat grass seeds and a container to grow the seeds in, but the container didn’t fit in the bottle. So instead, since our package also came with soil for organic growing, I just dumped the soil into the soda bottle, then planted the seeds.

If you don’t want to deal with dirt, and you know how to grow cat grass without soil (using a wet paper towel or coffee filter), go that route. Chances are, when this starts growing, you cat will forcefully chew the cat grass and knock the entire cat grass planter on the ground, leaving you with lots of dirt to clean up.

Be diligent about watering the cat grass seeds — and keeping it away from your cat until the grass starts to grow. You don’t want the cat digging in the soda bottle before the grass has grown.

When the grass starts to grow, set it somewhere your cat can get to it. She’ll love nibbling at it. The grass will continue to grow, so it’s a natural and self-sufficient treat for your furry friend.

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Want more upcycled cat-themed projects?

Believe it or not, this DIY Cat Grass Planter is not the only upcycled cat-themed project we have on Drugstore Divas. We also have a DIY Cat Food Can Christmas Ornament tutorial post. You should check that one out right meow.

Want another grass planter tutorial?

Another shocker. This isn’t our only grass planter tutorial on Drugstore Divas.

Check out our DIY Grass Head Photo Planter.