DIY Garden Bucket with Free SVG for Tool Storage

Make a custom garden bucket to hold your gardening supplies and tools using this easy tutorial and free SVG.

Black garden bucket with orange handle featuring a gardening design and phrase, surrounded by hand tools and stacked plant pots.

If your gardening tools seem to disappear the second you set them down, you're not alone.

I've spent more time than I'd like to admit searching for my trowel before repotting a plant.

This easy storage project turns an ordinary bucket into a cute, personalized catch-all for your tools, whether you use five-gallon buckets or smaller pails.

Grab the free SVG included in this post, plus 13 more designs at the bottom to keep creating.

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Craft Tutorial Video
Supply List
Measure Your Bucket
Resize in Cricut Design Space
Prepare Vinyl Decal
Apply the Vinyl to the Bucket
And You're Done
More Free Gardening SVGs

Skill Level: Beginner

Total Time: 30 minutes

Craft Tutorial Video

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Supply List

Cricut cutting mat with scissors, weeding tool, roll of adhesive vinyl, and transfer tape arranged neatly on top.

Grab the Free SVG

Garden-themed SVG design reading “Hoeing ain’t easy” with a watering can, potted plant, rake, shovel, flowers, and hand tools arranged in a circle.

Measure Your Bucket

If your bucket has a sticker or label, remove that first.

Use a ruler to measure the flat area on the front of the bucket where your design will go. This will determine how large to size your SVG.

Hands holding a ruler across the front of a rectangular garden bucket to measure its width.

I set my design height to 4 inches to fit my bucket. Your measurements may be different, especially if you're using one of the taller five-gallon buckets.

Resize in Cricut Design Space

I'm using Cricut Design Space for this project. If you're using another cutting program, your screens may look a little different, but the overall process is the same.

Upload the SVG into Cricut Design Space.
Add it to your Canvas.
Resize it based on your measurements.
Click Make.

Cricut Design Space screen showing a gardening SVG resized to 4.77 by 4 inches with the Position panel open for placement settings.

On the mat preview screen, confirm that everything looks correct, then click Next.

Choose adhesive vinyl as your material.

Place your vinyl on a StandardGrip mat, load it into your Cricut, and start the cut.

Hands load a sheet onto a Cricut cutting machine mat and press the start button to begin cutting a vinyl design.

Prepare Vinyl Decal

Once your design is cut:

Use a weeding tool to remove the excess vinyl.
Start from a corner and slowly peel away the background.
Remove the small inner pieces from the letters or design.

Hands use a weeding tool to remove excess vinyl from a small cut design while scraps sit to the side.

Cut a piece of transfer tape slightly larger than your design.

Place the transfer tape over the decal and use a scraper tool to firmly press it down.

Hands apply transfer tape over a weeded vinyl decal, smoothing it down with a scraper tool to prepare for application.

Tip: If small pieces aren't lifting, flip the design over and gently burnish from the back.

Apply the Vinyl to the Bucket

Before applying the decal, clean the bucket's surface with isopropyl alcohol. This removes dust and oils so the vinyl sticks well.

Peel the liner off the back of the vinyl, making sure the design remains on the transfer tape.

To help center the design:

Mark the center of your bucket with a small piece of painter's tape if needed
Lightly fold the non-sticky edges together to find the middle

Hands hold a small vinyl decal with transfer tape in front of a black garden bucket, lining it up to find the center before applying.

Place the decal onto the bucket and press it down with your scraper tool.

Hands position a gardening-themed vinyl decal with transfer tape onto the front of a black garden bucket before pressing it in place.

Slowly peel the transfer tape straight back, making sure all vinyl pieces stay on the bucket.

If something lifts, lay the tape back down and burnish again.

And You're Done

That's it. Your new DIY garden bucket is ready to use.

Black garden bucket with orange handle featuring a gardening-themed vinyl decal on the front with flowers, tools, and a watering can design.

I don't spend hours in a big vegetable garden, but I do have plenty of houseplants that seem to multiply overnight.

Having one dedicated bucket for tools and supplies keeps everything within reach and makes repotting feel less chaotic.

You can use yours for:

Hand trowels and pruners
Seed packets
Plant markers
Gloves
Twine
Small bags of soil

It's simple, practical, and actually makes organizing your gardening supplies feel fun.

Now tell me… what are you putting in your garden bucket?

More Free Gardening SVGs

Love this one? Here are even more free gardening SVGs to label, decorate, and personalize all your favorite garden projects.

Gray T-shirt with floral graphic and the phrase hands in the dirt face in the sun heart happy, styled with sunglasses, pink flowers, gloves, and a garden trowel. — **Hands In The Dirt Face In The Sun SVG**

Close-up of a woman wearing a T-shirt that says Dirt Nerd with garden tool and plant icons including a fork, sprout, watering can, and shovel. — **Dirt Nerd SVG**

Garden sign mounted on a wooden fence that reads Happiness grows here with small sprout illustrations above a patch of soil. — **Happiness Grows Here SVG**

Woman standing outdoors holding garden tools, wearing a T-shirt that says In My Garden Era with colorful flower graphics. — **In My Garden Era SVG**

Canvas tote bag hanging on a wooden bench with flowers nearby, printed with the phrase My garden is my happy place. — **My Garden is My Happy Place SVG**

Wooden plant marker labeled Rosemary placed in soil beside a growing rosemary plant in a raised garden bed. — **Herb Garden Labels SVG**

Flat lay of a graphic T-shirt reading I tried it died with a sad potted plant design, styled with jeans, sneakers, and a small houseplant. — **I Tried, It Died SVG**

Flat lay of a T-shirt featuring crossed shovel and rake graphic with leafy accents, styled on a rustic table with gardening tools and seed packets. — **Shovel and Rake SVG**

Woman wearing a T-shirt that says — **I'd Rather Be Playing in the Dirt SVG**

Person holding a canvas tote bag that reads — **You're Never Too Old to Play in the Dirt SVG**

Flat lay of a beige T-shirt with the phrase — **Good Plot SVG**

Flat lay of a white T-shirt with a floral design and the phrase — **Plays with Dirt SVG**

Close-up of a woman wearing a T-shirt that reads — **Heirloom Seed Society SVG**

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