Get ready for backyard entertaining this summer! Check out some of our favorite cheap and easy DIY projects that will transform your backyard for less!

1. Pallet Swing

2. Sod An Old Couch

3. Ball Jar and Pallet Chandelier

4. Fence Mirrors Expand Your Yard

5. Replace the light bulbs in an old chandelier with inexpensive solar lights. Hang it from a tree branch without needing to provide electricity.

6. Coat planters with glow-in-the-dark paint for instant night lighting.

7. Turn an old chair into a swing

8. Make mirrored lawn ornaments by spraying with looking glass spray paint.

9. Dig in-ground Trampoline

10. Outdoor Chalkboard or Chalkboard Wall

11. Spray paint Metal Chairs for Happy Seating

12. Make toadstools out of cut logs and repurposed wooden salad bowls.

13. Simple fence table/bar for food and drink

14. Outdoor Movie Theater

15. Pretty Umbrella base

16. Pop of color (even better if you add some green between squares)

17. Grow a bean fort for some edible shade

18. Wine Bottle Vases (flowers or candles)

19. Or fill with citronella oil for a mosquito free yard

20. Build a bar out of palettes or old barn wood