What can be made from a plastic balloon. What can be made from plastic bottles. Containers for cosmetic accessories

Don’t rush to throw away your used plastic containers, because they can still be put to good use. In a new review, the author has collected the most interesting and practical examples of what else you can use unnecessary plastic bottles for.

1. Decoration in a marine style

To create a unique decoration in nautical style you will need a small plastic or Glass bottle, which should be filled with plain water and attributes of the seabed: sand, shells, large pearl-like beads, coins, shiny beads and glass fragments. When all the components of the composition are folded, drop a drop of blue food coloring into the bottle, a few drops vegetable oil and some glitter. All that remains is to tighten the cork well and the stunning decoration is ready.

2. Stand for books and magazines

Simple manipulations will allow you to turn an unnecessary milk or juice canister into convenient stand for books, newspapers and magazines.

3. Faucet attachment

You can cut out a convenient faucet attachment from a shampoo bottle, which will allow your child to wash their hands or wash themselves without outside help without flooding the entire floor.

4. Napkin holder

A detergent bottle can be used to create a bright and practical napkin holder, the design of which is limited only by your imagination.

5. Stationery organizer

Instead of just throwing out regular bottles of shampoo and shower gel, make them into bright and cheerful coasters in the form of funny monsters. To begin, simply cut off the necks of the bottles and mark the locations of future cuts. You can cut out a variety of decorative elements, such as eyes, teeth and ears, from colored paper or fabric and attach them to the bottles using superglue. Finished goods It is best to attach it to the wall using double-sided tape.

6. Containers for cosmetic accessories

Cut-down plastic bottles are perfect for creating adorable containers for storing makeup brushes, makeup, ear sticks and other small items.

7. Poof

From large quantity plastic containers you can make a charming pouf, the creation process of which is quite simple and straightforward. First you need to make a circle from plastic bottles the same height and secure it with tape. The resulting structure must be well wrapped with a sheet of foamed polyethylene, securing all joints with tape. The base of the ottoman is ready, all that remains is to sew a suitable cover for it.

8. Bracelets

Plastic bottles are an excellent basis for creating original bracelets. Use fabric, thread, leather and any other materials to decorate the unsightly plastic base.

9. Stand for sweets

The bottoms of plastic bottles of different sizes, painted in the desired shade, can be used to create an impressive multi-level stand for convenient and beautiful storage of sweets.

10. Scoop and spatula

Plastic milk and juice canisters can be used to create a practical scoop and handy little spatula.

11. Protective cap

A simple cap, which can be made in no time from an ordinary plastic bottle, will help protect your phone from snow or rain.

12. Lamp

A small plastic canister can be a wonderful base for creating an original lamp.

13. Jewelry organizer

An amazing multi-level organizer that can be made from several bottoms of plastic bottles strung on a metal knitting needle.

14. Pots

Containers for storing spare parts.

Capacious containers made from unnecessary plastic canisters, which are perfect for storing small parts, nails, screws and other small items, will help you clean up and maintain order in your garage.

17. Toy

Armed with scissors, felt-tip pens and paints, you can turn unnecessary plastic containers into fun toys, the creation process of which, as well as the result itself, will undoubtedly attract the attention of children.

Continuing the theme with your own hands.

The amount of garbage that each person “produces” is growing every year. The problem is becoming global, as flying plastic bags and plastic bottles lying everywhere have become an eyesore for everyone. I’m grieving, it turns out that you can help, and even for your own benefit. In any case, this applies to plastic bottles. You will be surprised how diverse and, importantly, useful crafts You can make one from plastic bottles in just a few minutes. Well, or a watch... Depends on the scale.

The buildings

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic from which bottles are made. It will be useful to know its physical properties:

• density - 1.38-1.4 g/cm³,
• softening temperature (t size) - 245 °C,
• melting temperature (t pl.) - 260 °C,
• glass transition temperature (t st.) - 70 °C,
• decomposition temperature - 350 °C.

Plastic bottles are very convenient to use, but are harmful to the environment, since the polyethylene from which they are made takes more than 200 years to decompose. This same property allows the use of practically waste raw materials as building material. Craftsmen Even houses are already being built from plastic bottles, as well as sheds, dachas, greenhouses, greenhouses, fences. Worked out various technologies- the approach is quite serious.

How to build a house from plastic bottles

The main idea is to pour into bottles bulk material, screw them on with lids and use them as bricks. Fill the bottles with sand and soil. Sand is preferable because there is too much plant debris in the soil that can rot. It must be sifted, dried, filled into bottles, compacted well, and topped up. The result is a kind of brick.

To build a house from plastic bottles, you will need a solution that fills the gaps between the “bricks”. There are options here too. This can be a regular mortar, which is used when laying brick walls, or you can make a clay mortar. To keep the “bricks” in the wall until the mortar sets, they are tied with twine on the side of the lids. Later, these “grids” will come in handy when you plaster the walls. They turn out uneven, so you can’t do without leveling.

We make a greenhouse, barn, greenhouse

You can build a greenhouse or greenhouse from plastic bottles. In this case, only transparent plastic is used, since it is necessary for sufficient light to pass through. For the construction of a shed, on the contrary, it makes sense to choose darker plastic - it will be less visible what’s inside.

The first technology - one to one

The second requirement for bottles as a building material is an even shape. This one, you know, without recesses. Otherwise, folding the walls so that they retain heat will not work - it will “siphon” into the curly cutouts. Remove labels from bottles and dry. You also need to prepare pins or rods - bottles are strung on them. Their diameter is small so that the neck passes freely. Now you can start building a greenhouse/shed from plastic bottles.

To build a greenhouse or shed, pillars are dug in the corners. Frames are assembled from timber according to the size of the walls. These frames will be the base for the bottle walls. We collect them (frames) on the ground and in finished form We attach it to the dug-in pillars. When you make the frames, don't forget the doorway and windows.

We build a frame, cut off the bottom of the bottles, and string them onto a pin. From such “columns” we assemble walls, roof

The construction process begins with cutting the bottom. We string the cut bottles onto pins, pointing the necks in one direction. We insert the bottles with force so that they become very tight. Having collected a row of the required height, we attach it to the frame. You can fasten it with clamps, strips cut from metal, nails... In any way available to you. We press the second row against the first so that there is a slight deformation. We fasten it in this position. So, row by row, we assemble all the walls, then the roof.

Using the same technology you can make a gazebo. But here there is no need for tightness, so you can collect shaped and colored containers. This will make it even more interesting (example in the photo).

Second technology - sewing plastic

Bottles will also need to be smooth, transparent or yellow. The central part is cut out of them, resulting in a square-shaped piece of plastic. The pieces are sewn together into long strips. In the strip, the pieces are placed so that they curl in one direction. Then the strips are sewn into canvases. To make the canvas even, the strips are positioned so that they curl in different directions. As a result, they equalize each other. The finished canvases are nailed to the frame. This completes the construction of the greenhouse for plastic bottles.

This type of “cladding” for greenhouses withstands winters well; it does not need to be removed. Due to the firmware (many small holes), there is no absolute tightness, which allows you to regulate humidity. You won’t be able to heat such a greenhouse, but it will delay autumn for you and speed up the arrival of spring.

You can sew plastic for a greenhouse by hand, but it is not easy. It will be easier for those who have non-capricious Sewing machines. Old Podolsk machines cope with this task. There may be problems with others.

Fence and enclosure

You can make a fence from plastic bottles different ways. If you need a serious monolithic fence, you can use bottles as bricks. The technology is the same as when building a house. To avoid plaster (after all, there is a high risk that it will collapse) - select the color of the plastic to obtain the required Rusinka. But in this case you will have to look for “building materials” of the same diameter or from different sizes lay out patterns. In general, the process is creative, no matter how you look at it.

You can also make filling for the fence from plastic bottles. Make a frame, say, from wood, and come up with a beautiful filling from shaped containers and their parts.

Furniture from scrap materials: recycling plastic bottles

Not only can you make a house and a fence from plastic bottles, they are also used as a basis for upholstered furniture. The idea is to use plastic containers rather than wood for the frame. With the lids tightly screwed on, they have a high load-bearing capacity, and when assembled into blocks, they are quite capable of withstanding loads of up to 100 kg or more.

A bed made of plastic bottles... you need a good mattress, and the base is not too difficult to make

Although the furniture is made differently, the general algorithm of actions is the same:

• Select “building material” that is the same height and tighten the lids well.
• Collecting blocks the right size, fastening them with tape.
• Having assembled the base of the required shape, sew the cover. For softness, adding furniture foam.

The trick is to ensure that the bottles fit very tightly against each other and do not move. The slightest play can lead to destruction of the structure. Therefore, assemble the blocks slowly, carefully securing them. You can stack bottles in layers, securing each layer in several places. For the inner layers, it is better to use double-sided tape - the fixation will be more reliable.

Ottomans/banquettes

The easiest way is to make an ottoman or banquette from plastic bottles. We proceed in the order described above. You need to find bottles of the same height. It’s better if they are the same shape - it’s easier to assemble. From plastic containers With the lids tightly screwed on, we assemble the base in the form of a cylinder. It is advisable that the radius of the base be greater than the height of the bottles - this way the bench will not tip over.

Next, you need to cut out two circles from fiberboard, which will be slightly larger than the resulting radius of the base - this is the “bottom” and the base of the seat. We secure them with tape. We take furniture foam rubber and, according to the obtained dimensions, cut out the necessary parts. We sew a cover from furniture fabric, colors that suit the interior.

Such a banquette can be not only round. It is quite possible to make it square. And so that this furniture is not too light, it can be made heavier by pouring water. But water is not very reliable. It's better to pour sand. Both heavier and more reliable.

Sofas, chairs, armchairs

If you need furniture higher than one bottle, proceed as when creating walls for a house. Find “material” of the same shape and height. Leave the first bottle intact, screw the cap tightly (you can add sand to prevent it from turning over). The bottom of the other is cut off and one is placed on top of the other. The bottle goes a certain distance and does not move further, no matter how much effort you make. If the resulting height is enough, great; if not, put on the next one. This is how you assemble rows of the required height, then fasten them into blocks.

There is another way. It is more reliable in the sense that the bottles are held not by compressed air, but by a mechanical stop. And they have double walls, which is also important. Disadvantage - more work, more raw materials are needed. The whole process is illustrated step by step.

1. Take the bottle, cut it approximately in the middle of the height ( top part with a smaller neck).
2. We insert the upper part of the neck (the lid is screwed on) until it stops into the lower part.
3. We take a whole one, the same size and shape, and insert it bottom down into the prepared structure.
4. Cut the third approximately in half and bottom part put on top (with lid).

From such modules we assemble blocks of the required configuration, fastening them with tape. Don't skimp on scotch tape. You can first fasten two bottles together, then assemble larger blocks from the double ones.

As you understand, with this technology there are a lot of bottle tops left (half of the third bottle). They can be used to make other crafts from plastic bottles: flowers, more practical things for the household.

Flower making methods

The most common crafts made from plastic bottles are garden figurines and flowers. About garden figurines read There are other interesting ideas, but there are a lot of collected interesting animals and insects. And we’ll tell you about flowers made from plastic bottles below - these are probably the crafts made from plastic bottles that bring the most pleasure. The process is simple, there are a lot of possibilities, the result is amazing.

You've probably noticed that the bottom of a PET bottle looks like a flower. All you have to do is find the bottle beautiful color, cut off the bottom of it. Now you have a nice flower. In the middle you can add petals cut from the central part, a core from plastic strips cut into noodles, or glue beads inside, but more on that in a little more detail.

Using the power of fire

To work, you will need a marker, a lighter or a candle (it’s more convenient with a candle). If available, take pliers, tweezers or pliers to hold the workpiece while processing. You will also need acrylic paints, glue and beads may be needed. The entire manufacturing process comes down to a few steps:

There are a lot of options here. Just start doing it. It may not work out perfectly right away, but you will understand what and how you can fix it. Check out some more pictures from step by step photos process of making flowers from plastic bottles.

The simplest

For beginner crafters, you can try making flowers from plastic bottles in simple shapes to decorate the garden. In this case, you can also use milk containers. To avoid painting plastic, look for colored ones. And it doesn’t matter so much whether they are transparent or not. They can be combined to produce flowers of different shapes.

To create such flowers, use the part near the neck. It is cut to form petals. Next - warm it up a little, giving the desired bend to the petals, a little paint, the core from a melted piece with a thread (a bottle of a smaller diameter, a pharmacy bottle will do). So it turned out to be a buttercup.

Another option is to cut from the neck into strips of equal width - 1-1.5 cm, bend them (warm up a little at the base). Make a middle whisk from the side of a milk bottle or paint clear plastic with acrylic paint.

The middle is any bright. Here is a piece of cork, but you can cut it into thin noodles, roll it up and then heat it. You will get a shaggy core.

It's all about the form... Despite the imperfections, they decorate the site

The topic is actually inexhaustible. A variety of flowers are made from plastic bottles. From simple and uncomplicated to very realistic. It's not so much a matter of skill as different tastes and desires.

Useful ideas for the home

PET containers turned out to be such a good material that many useful things are made from them. In this section we have collected useful crafts made from plastic bottles that can be used around the house.

For the kitchen and more

If you cut off the bottom of a bottle with a capacity of 2–3 liters, you get a bowl or a bowl, and so that its edges are even, they can be melted on a heated iron. But so that you don’t have to clean the sole later, use a special silicone pad. If you don't have one, you can do this through a sheet of baking parchment.

Container for food. The plastic is food grade...

From the same bottle we cut off the threaded part. There should be 1-2 cm of plastic left around the thread (we melt the edges using a well-known technology). Now it won’t be difficult to seal any package hermetically: we pass it through the cut neck, wrap it outward, and screw on the lid.

The bottom of the bottles attached to the bar makes an excellent newspaper shelf (photo on the right). You can also store umbrellas.

You can weave containers of different shapes from plastic cut into strips. Bottles need an even shape, with thick walls. They are cut into strips of a certain thickness. You need to cut in a spiral - the result is quite long strips. If their length is not enough, they are sewn perfectly.

Lampshades

You can even make a lampshade, but under one condition: you will use similar crafts from plastic bottles in lamps - only they hardly heat up. Plastic is incompatible with other lamps. We will describe three ways to make a lampshade from a plastic bottle.

First. You need a large capacity bottle. We draw it into strips of equal width. At the beginning and at the end of each strip, we make holes with a heated soldering iron or a nail heated on fire. We insert scissors into this hole and cut. The result is smooth stripes.

When the strips are cut, we also make a hole in the bottom, pass a thick fishing line through the neck, take it out through the hole in the bottom, and attach the decor to the back side. Maybe a button, maybe a pebble suitable color. Now, by pulling the fishing line, we get an interesting shaped lampshade. You can put a low power light bulb in it.

Another lampshade was made using a similar technology. But then they cut part of the bottle with the neck into strips, wrapped the strips and secured them to the neck. To give the desired shape, the bend can be slightly warmed over the flame of a candle or lighter. We attach the resulting “flowers” ​​to the base. So we get an unusual design.

They also make lampshades from the bottoms. You need to find a sufficient number of identical bottles, cut off the bottom of them, and glue them together using universal glue (choose transparent). The main thing is that it glues the plastic and hardens quickly.

Flower vases

Making a vase from a plastic bottle - what could be easier... Just cut off the neck and you're done. But there is a technique that allows you to get patterned walls. You will need a soldering iron with the thinnest tip possible. Its power should not be too high. Then everything is simple: use a heated tip to burn out the patterns.

Magically! To make the drawing appear brighter, take acrylic paint and paint the resulting beauty. The paint can be in a regular can, but it’s faster and more convenient to work with a spray can.

These are the options...

Photo ideas

Crafts from plastic bottles is such a broad topic that it is impossible to talk about everything. What’s nice is that if you know a few tricks, you can easily find out how and what to do just by looking at photographs. So here we have collected a few ideas that we found interesting.

You can even make a boat...

And this is just decoration...

Waste disposal is one of the most acute problems facing owners summer cottages, especially since most dacha communities are, in principle, not equipped with garbage containers. Undoubtedly, paper and some household waste can be burned, and organic matter can be buried in the beds or sent directly to compost pit. But what to do with the well-known plastic bottles, which are strictly prohibited from being burned in a stove or fireplace, and burying is useless, since it will take hundreds of years for the plastic to decompose? There is only one way out - to use it for good. How to use plastic bottles at home will be discussed in this publication.

The use of PET containers in a summer cottage

What is a plastic container? This is, first of all, polymer material and ready-made containers. From this angle, any summer resident with a creative vision and straight hands will be able to make a lot of useful devices for the household from ordinary PET bottles, create elements of garden decor and turn empty containers into necessary things.

The main advantage of plastic containers is the lack of cost. In addition, PET is light, plastic, resistant to atmospheric influences and UV radiation, and can be easily processed. A plastic bottle filled with water can withstand enormous external pressure and can act as a heat accumulator. And most importantly: in any variation, all plastic containers have a threaded section and a lid. And this is a very important thing for any master to do, which will help fasten products if such a need arises. Let's consider several options for using plastic containers in the garden.

Plastic bottles for watering the garden

The first thing you can use ready-made PET containers for is for watering. Irrigation of the site is generally a pressing issue for most summer residents, especially for those who receive water on a schedule or visit suburban area exclusively on weekends. In such a situation, useless plastic bottles will help, which will help create for the entire site without any financial costs. Let's look at three easy-to-implement options for creating a system drip irrigation based on plastic bottles of various capacities.

Simple root irrigation system

In order to water plants in doses and automatically, you will need:

• PET containers with a volume of 2 liters at the rate of one bottle - one plant.
• foam rubber (any scraps).

Pour water into each container to 4/5 of its volume. Insert a piece of foam rubber into the neck instead of a cork. Place the bottle under the plant so that the neck is in close proximity to the plant's root. As you empty, simply add water to the container.

Drip irrigation

For this irrigation system, the size and shape of the containers does not matter. According to reviews from summer residents: the more, the better. Bottles need to have their bottoms cut off. In a cork with a hot awl or thin drill make 3-5 holes, 1-2 mm in diameter. Screw the stopper tightly onto the neck.

Dig such a container vertically (neck down) near each plant and fill it with water. Such a stationary root irrigation system requires only timely filling with water.

Hanging irrigation system

In this option, whole bottles with a capacity of 2 to 5 liters should be used. depending on the reliability of the fastening system. As when creating a drip system, make several holes in the plug with a diameter of 1 mm.

Now you need to build a support. Spears should be dug at different ends of the bed, with a jumper (slat, timber) placed on top of them. Hang the filled containers, neck down, from the top bar.

To prevent water from eroding the ground, the area where water drops fall should be mulched.

The advantages of a watering system made from plastic bottles are undeniable:

• the soil is moistened directly in the root zone of the plant;
• Irrigation is carried out with water heated by the sun;
• possibility of adding fertilizers directly to water;
• variability of application.

But the most important advantage of such watering is that it does not require human presence.

Agricultural technology using PET bottles

Any container can be used to grow greens. The main thing is to ensure timely watering and avoid stagnation of water in the lower part of the container. This can be done by creating one from plastic bottles, which will not take up much space, but will decorate your fence, balcony railing, or house wall.

Vertical garden with horizontal bottle mount

For such a structure you will need:

• PET bottles, capacity 2 -5 l;
• soft wire.

1/3 of the side of the bottle is cut out. The plug is screwed onto the neck. On the side opposite to the cutout, a mass of drainage holes is made with an awl (nail, drill).

The bottles are filled with a substrate, inside which seedlings or plant seeds are located. Soft wire an improvised pot is attached to a vertical surface. The remaining containers can be fastened one below the other or in a checkerboard pattern.

Garden made from vertically installed PET containers

This design is more complex than the previous one, but is much more efficient and is relatively autonomous. So, to create such a design you will need:

• PET bottles, volume 1-3 l.
• rubber or silicone hose ½ inch.
• a section of sewer pipe with plugs, diameter - at the discretion of the owner.

The bottles are cut approximately in half. The upper part will be used to create a vertical garden, the lower part will be used to create decorations, which will be discussed below. The top parts of the bottles are attached to each other with the neck down. A hose with holes for irrigation is laid through each vertical row. The free space is filled with earth or substrate. The upper part of the hoses is secured in the low tide using necks and caps from plastic bottles.

Water is supplied to the system from the water supply, and a section of the sewer pipe will act as a liquid storage tank. This design allows for rational use of water for drip irrigation. A vertical garden made from plastic bottles will not require any space or large financial expenses from the summer resident. You can always make a design from unnecessary containers that is best suited directly to your dacha.

In the section on agricultural crafts, only options for creating a vertical garden were considered. In fact, there are dozens more ways to use TET containers for agricultural purposes. From plastic bottles You can make light, plastic and durable containers, which are widely used as pots, containers for seedlings.

PET bottles for decorating a summer cottage

Due to their properties, plastic containers have long been successfully used by our summer residents to create garden decor. Next, let's look at several examples of the successful use of plastic bottles of various sizes in garden decoration.

Fencing beds and flower beds

Most simple design fencing made of plastic containers - palisade. In order to make a continuous fence of such a design, you will need a mass of bottles of the same volume and shape, filled with earth (sand, clay)

Now the small matter is small: we assemble the structure. We dig each container into the ground halfway, creating a “bottle picket fence.” After construction. You can leave it as is, or you can paint the resulting border in any color of the rainbow.

You can take a simpler route: do not dig in the elements of the palisade, but fasten them together with tape.

The structure is simply placed on the grass, outlining the boundaries of a flower bed or bed.

garden path

To create a garden path you will need bottoms from PET bottles with a capacity of 2 liters.

• the soil is leveled.
• covered with a layer of wet sand, layer thickness 70-100 mm.

The bottoms are laid out on the future path and carefully driven into the sand until completely filled. The joints between the bottoms are filled with dry sand, and for better fixation - with sand-cement mortar.

Flowers from PET bottles

You can simply decorate your summer cottage using “plantings” of plastic flowers.

Making such a composition is extremely simple: you just need to awaken your imagination, pick up a knife, several plastic bottles and a coil of thick wire.

From the tapering part of the bottle you can create beautiful flowers, which will be used to create bouquets and decorate crafts for the home and garden.

We cut the neck lengthwise, forming six petals. We round each one with scissors. We melt the edges of the petals over an open flame to give them volume. The inner part of the flower can be cut out of plastic of a different color. We glue (sew together) the structure using polymer glue or thin wire.

Animal figurines for garden decoration

The Internet is replete with photographs of funny animals made from plastic bottles. If you decide to decorate your garden with funny little animals from PET containers, then the easiest option is funny pigs and bunnies.

The bunny is made simply:

• in the tapering part two cuts are made for the “ears”;
• The ears themselves are cut from a plastic bottle.

The structure is assembled using glue.

Pigs are made similarly, but only horizontally. The main thing is to color your creation correctly and make it recognizable.

Household supplies made from plastic bottles

What can be useful for a domestic gardener? Broom, dustpans, pest traps, washbasins, various containers for storing small items. But a simple rope is recognized by most summer residents as one of the most functional and useful materials in the household.

Rope made from PET bottles

A rope made from a plastic bottle will help out in an unforeseen situation and will become an indispensable assistant summer resident How to make a strong rope from a plastic bottle with your own hands? To create a tape from PET bottles (on an industrial scale), you will need to make the simplest machine, consisting of:

• blades from a stationery knife;
• 4-8 metal washers with an outer diameter of 25-30 mm and a thickness of 2 mm;
• 2 bolts with nuts, diameter 4-6 mm, length 40-50 mm;
• board (piece of plywood, chipboard), 16-25 mm thick.

We assemble the structure. We drill through holes in the board for the bolts. The washers will be put on them. The distance between the bolts should be such that there is a distance between the washers equal to half the diameter of the washer. Now install the washers on the bolts. The height of the “pyramid” from the stand will correspond to the width of the tape. Place the blade on the top washer, cover it with the washer, and secure it with nuts.

To obtain the tape, cut off the bottom of the bottle (it is useful for making garden decorations), push the edge of the bottle between the blade and the stand.

There are many options for using rope made from plastic bottles. Durable and lightweight tape is used by domestic gardeners for tying vegetables, trees, creating supports for climbing plants, furniture weaving, handle braiding garden tools etc. A feature of this tape is shrinkage when exposed to high temperatures. When heated, the PET tape assembly self-tightens!

Garden broom

In terms of its performance characteristics, a broom made from plastic bottles is not inferior to its commercial counterparts. For self-creation For such a useful household product you will need:

• 7 PET bottles, volume 2 l;
• shovel handle;
• wire;
• two self-tapping screws (nails);
• awl, scissors, knife.

Cut off the necks and bottoms of six bottles. Using scissors, cut strips on each piece, not reaching the top edge of 5-6 cm. The width of the strip is 0.5 cm. Cut the bottom from the untouched container (do not touch the neck!). Next, repeat the operation similar to the previous blanks.

We assemble the structure. We place the rest of the blanks on the bottle with the neck. We compress the resulting product from the sides and fix the position of the blanks with wire. All that remains is to attach and secure the holder.

A broom made from plastic bottles is ready for use. The whole process is shown in detail in the figure.

Scoop made from plastic containers

This product will be an excellent addition to a broom made from PET containers. Everything is simple here: take a plastic container and use a marker to mark the shape of the future scoop.

Cut strictly along the line using a stationery knife. Such a scoop from plastic canister will last long enough.

The simplest washstand

To make the simplest one from a plastic bottle, you need to cut off the bottom of the container, turn it upside down, and make holes for attaching to a vertical surface.

You can wash your hands by unscrewing the cap a little so that water flows through the loose connection.

Containers for storing small items

Any dacha owner has a lot of little things in his household. One problem is that they all need to be sorted and available when needed. To store small items, you can easily make containers from plastic containers. Any one you have on hand will do:

1. We make a hole in the upper side part, the size of which should allow you to easily remove objects from the container.
2. We drill a hole in the lid and screw in a bolt with a diameter of 2 mm.
3. Place a washer under the bolt head.
4. Secure it on the reverse side with a nut.

We assemble the structure. We run the ends of a piece of wire under the washer and form a loop. Screw the lid with a loop onto the container. Now it can be easily placed on a vertical surface. As an element hanging mount container, a regular nail may protrude on the vertical surface.

If you use plastic containers for household chemicals or machine oil, you can use a similar method to assemble an entire chest of drawers for storing small items.

Insect trap

Mosquitoes and flies are the eternal “neighbors” of humans, and it is almost impossible to get rid of them. However, their population can be reduced by using the well-known PET container as a trap material.

We cut off the tapering part of the plastic bottle, turn it over and insert it into the remaining part with the neck down. Can be used as bait sugar syrup. If you add a little yeast to the composition, you can get rid of not only flies and ants, but also wild wasps.

A simple weather vane made from a PET bottle will help scare birds away from fresh crops and drive moles out of the area.

The design is simple: we cut out and bend the side sections of the container in the shape of blades. We place the resulting product on a thick wire or stick. The wind rotates the weather vane. Vibration is transmitted along the guide, which (according to experts) is very disliked by moles and feared by birds.

Bird feeders

The simplest feeder on personal plot, will attract birds that will help the owner summer cottage fight pests and insects.

They are not difficult to make: just cut out windows in the side of five-liter plastic bottles. The handle is useful for hanging the feeder on a branch.

Greenhouses made from PET containers

, discussed above, can be easily done by any summer resident. But if you have experience in carpentry, then with the help of PET containers you can create an excellent greenhouse, without which in our climatic zone It is impossible to grow an early harvest.

Such structures have many advantages, the main one being low cost. PET is much stronger than polyethylene film and much cheaper than traditional polycarbonate. The construction made from plastic bottles is warm and light. It can always be repaired by simply replacing the damaged element.

There are two technologies for constructing greenhouses and gazebos:

1. From plates.
2. From whole elements.

Frame

Almost any material is suitable for its creation:

• The metal profile is durable and strong, but expensive.
• Wood is available and easy to process, but is short-lived.
• PVC pipes s – great option, if you already have enough pipes and fittings that you don't need to buy.

In any case, if you decide to make a greenhouse from plastic bottles with your own hands, then make the frame from the material that is most accessible to you.

It should be understood: metal carcass will require the creation of a capital foundation, which significantly increases the cost of the project. The PVC pipe support structure does not require a foundation, but does require reinforcement to withstand wind gusts.

Filling

As building material for enclosing structures, it is better to use identical PET bottles with a capacity of 2 liters, from which the label must be removed.

For a greenhouse measuring 1.5 by 2.5, you may need from 400 to 600 PET elements.

Construction technology

The greenhouse is assembled from elements that are collected from PET bottles. The bottom of each building element (bottle) is cut off. The elements are then placed on top of each other, creating an improvised “plastic log”. To secure this element, a cord or rail is pulled through the middle. Ready block vertically fixed to the frame. The construction process continues until the frame is completely filled: in this way the walls are built and the roof is covered.

Buildings made from plastic bottles

More serious buildings than gazebos and greenhouses can be erected from PET containers. Next, we will consider a method for constructing an outbuilding from plastic bottles, using the experience of Bolivian builders in practice:

1. A pit is dug and a foundation is erected.
2. We are creating a replacement for bricks, instead of which PET bottles of the same volume will be used. They are filled with sand, clay or earth, which is often left after digging a pit.
3. The elements are connected to each other and laid in rows. A sand-cement mortar is used to connect the rows.
4. A reinforcing mesh is laid between the rows.

After installation, only the necks remain without mortar building elements. For additional fastening, builders recommend tying the necks together, creating a kind of plaster mesh. Now all that remains is to carefully plaster the walls, hiding the material that was used for construction.

This technology can be used to build capital buildings: fences, garages and one-story residential buildings, which, (according to the experts), are quite warm and strong.

This publication provided answers to the question of how plastic bottles can be used on the farm. In fact, new uses for this material are found every day, which cannot but please any normal person, because plastic is practically not recycled due to low profitability. By giving a “second life” to PET containers, we cleanse the planet of garbage that is simply buried in landfills or disposed of incineration plants, poisoning the environment.

Well, who among us doesn’t like to drink? Well, at least if he doesn’t love you, then you have to from time to time. Sometimes after fun get-togethers with friends or family celebrations, there are a lot of bottles of wine or other “fun” drinks left behind. The first thing that comes to mind is to throw it in the trash. But don't rush! You will be surprised, but empty bottles of the same wine can be much more useful than you think. Take a look at these usage ideas empty bottles on the farm - perhaps you will discover a lot useful little things and you can create one of these practical works of art with your own hands.

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Place one of these special terracotta things on the neck of the bottle and voila! Your plants will water themselves.

2. Bookshelf.

Sturdy boards + bottles = DIY bookhouse.

3. Candlesticks.

The long neck of the bottle will prevent the candle from going out, and the glass will protect from the wind.

4. Torches.

Fill these unique torches with citronella oil and stop mosquitoes from invading your property.

5. Hanging flowerbed.

It feels like the bottles grew from plants, and not the other way around.

6. Terrarium.

Clear or colored glass bottles are ideal for growing your own tiny garden.

Add some color and flair to your garden while still maintaining your personal space. This idea will work at home too.

8. Hummingbird feeder.

Tiny pollinators will love this awesome and eco-friendly feeder.

9. Chaise longue.

Looks cool, but is it comfortable?

10. Wind chime.

This distinctive wine bottle with cork sticks is ready to take on the wind.

11. Chandelier.

A luxurious detail that would suit even a ballroom interior.

12. Hat rack.

The idea was presented by Lucirmás in Milan. Partly art, but at the same time useful thing.

13. Necklace.

Handmade in the USA. A similar necklace can be made to suit your own color taste.

14. Glassware.

Wine bottles are the most durable due to annealing, which means they are ideal for making glassware.

15. LED lamp.

Looking for unique lamp at an affordable price? Simply insert the LED plug into wine bottle and voila!

16. Serving dish.

An affordable way to serve appetizers at your next party.

17. Bottle tree.

What they don't do skillful hands from unnecessary (junk) items. Crafts from bottles are made with your own hands for arranging summer cottages and children's playgrounds. Moreover, they look very attractive and original. Plastic is the cheapest and most accessible and very flexible material. You can use it to create figures of animals, flowers, dolls, children's transport, and borders. Some craftsmen use them in the construction of gazebos, fences, greenhouses, garden furniture and even boats.

Features of plastic as a material

Many people throw away plastic containers, considering them garbage, but this is a unique material for crafts that will certainly find use in the household. Its features as a material for creativity are that:

• To make crafts and work, you will not need any complex tools or devices other than those that every good owner has in the house: scissors, sharp knives, candles, glue, stapler, drills, glue gun, and so on.
• Not only the bottle itself will do the job. You can use the lids to create colorful panels, paths, and decorate old furniture with them.
• Thanks to the flexibility of the fusible bottle, you can even create bendable structures both indoors and outdoors.
• Crafts can have different shapes and sizes, so both very small bottles and large bottles will be useful in your work.
• Plastic is considered a safe material, so you can use it to create crafts for play at home or in kindergarten.

What bottles can be made for kindergarten or kindergarten

Creating characters and all sorts of figures for children is a special area of ​​amateur creativity. It is advisable to do them together with them. This makes it easier to teach them perseverance, to teach attentiveness, concentration, and to develop imagination. Let's look at the example of master classes on how to create simple figures and fairy-tale characters for children.

Chamomile

There are several options for making this delicate flower.

Option 1

To work you will need white bottles. They usually sell their milk and you should collect a little. As a last resort, you can use transparent, but then repaint it white. For each chamomile we need 3 bottles. They all must have the same neck diameter, otherwise we will not be able to put the lush parts together.

Cut off the upper part (neck with lid), just below the expansion point. We do this with only two bottles, leaving one. It is desirable that the lid be yellow.

Cut out about 8 petals on each neck. Just so that they hold on and don’t fall apart. Bend them one by one in the opposite direction.

Let's start assembling the flower: we put one of the blanks on top of the one that was left uncut.

Then the second one in exactly the same way.

We unfold and bend the petals so that the chamomile looks natural and lush.

We fix all three layers with a lid, trying to make it tighter.

Such flowers can be left as is, or after assembly they can be painted in different shades. They can be planted on a wire stem or attached to a fence.

Option 2

This daisy has a more complex design, but it also looks more natural and beautiful.

Cut circles from the cylinder of the bottle (about 8 cm in diameter, larger if you want to create a large daisy). Each one will require three mugs.

We subsequently cut each circle into 16 strips and form flower petals from them.

Using an awl heated over a fire, make a hole in the center.

A little later, when we assemble the workpiece, we need to hold it a little over the fire. So the petals curl themselves, creating correct form daisies.

We cut out the core of the flower from the yellow lid, pierce it and fasten it with wire to the inflorescence.

We make a sepal from a green bottle and melt it a little over the flame.

First we attach the sepal to the stem, then three blank petals, the core and bend it with pliers so that the chamomile does not fall apart. After bending, we pass the wire again through the sepal and twist it with the stem.

The stem will be a wire on which thin strips (about 5mm) of green plastic are wound. In order for the layers to bond well, they also need to be scorched.

If you want to create a whole composition, make leaves by cutting them out of green plastic, singe them a little, and wrap them around a stem.

You can diversify the bouquet by combining them with cornflowers. Here you will need blue plastic; the petals are cut out in the shape of cornflowers. The flower is assembled in the same way as a chamomile.

Using this technique you can make any type of wildflower, and even roses if you can roll them correctly.

Option 3

Now let's try to make a giant daisy.

As you can see, to create such wonderful decorative flowers, you only need a few hours of time, bottles, an awl, a candle, glue and scissors.

Penguin

Plastic Coke bottles are useful for creating a penguin; thanks to their narrowed shape in the middle and widening at the bottom, they create a believable penguin body.

Tools and materials:

• 2 bottles of the same size;
• scissors;
• cool gun with silicone pencils;
• brushes;
• black marker;
• a piece of thick fabric;
• white, black and red paints.

Step-by-step assembly of the penguin:

• We cut the container in this way: the first, acting as the lower part, is cut in the middle or a little closer to the bottom, the second is the top of the penguin, so we only need the bottom. Rice. 1
• Now we connect both parts with cuts facing each other. Fig.2
• When connected, secure with glue (you can use a silicone gun). Fig.3
• Next, according to the plan, we will paint the penguin's body. Choose a paint type that is resistant to moisture. We paint the future toy in several layers. Rice. 4
• When the paint coating dries, use a black marker to outline the chest and muzzle. Fig.5
• Paint the outer part (behind the contours) completely with black paint. We leave only the top - this will be the place of the cap. Riess 5. and 6.
• In principle, the penguin is almost ready. All that remains is to paint the space left under the hat with red paint. You can, as shown in Figure 8, decorate it with black dots.
• Draw eyes and beak on the muzzle. This can be done with a thin brush and paints, or use colored markers. Rice. 9.
• Cut a scarf from a small piece of fabric and tie it on the penguin.

Crocodile

Let's try to make another toy together for kindergarten- crocodile.

For work, prepare:

• two plastic bottles, 0.5 l;
• screw caps from the same container – 4 pcs;
• sharp knife;
• stationery scissors;
• thin cardboard;
• glue;
• brushes;
• waxed paper;
• paints for painting;
• buttons for eyes.

Manufacturing and assembly instructions:

First cut the bottles in half, then so that there is a distance of about 7 cm to the neck.

You need to shape the edges so that when assembling the crocodile's body is slightly bent. As shown in the photo.

Glue the covers in place of the legs.

Form dense balls from cardboard - eyes, attach to the body.

Cover the entire body of the alligator with green colored paper.

We cut out eyes, teeth, and paws from waxed paper.

Use a brush to paint the teeth (white), nostrils (black), eyes (also black) or use dark buttons as eyes.

Bees

These funny insects are very easy to make.

Option 1

Prepare in advance:

• plastic container with a capacity of 0.33 l;
• sharp scissors;
• acrylic paints;
• glass 0.5 l;
• brushes;
• glue;
• black electrical tape;
• wire;
• stationery knife.

Instructions for implementation:

Cut out the wings of a bee from a plastic glass, as shown in the photo.

There is no need to cut the bottle completely. We make only small cuts on the sides using a stationery knife. These will be the locations for the wings.

Insert the wings into place and glue them.

Next we start painting the bee. There are two ways of painting: paint the body black, then make yellow stripes, or vice versa, make it completely yellow, then draw black stripes. Let's use the first one - paint it dark.

Draw the eyes on the lid with white and the mouth with red.

Option 2

You can make it in one copy, you can create a whole hive

To create a hive, prepare:

• plastic bottles according to the expected number of bees;
• yellow enamel or paint;
• black electrical tape;
• wash brushes – 4 pcs;
• for the eyes - beads or buttons;
• glue gun;
• synthetic thread;
• leg-split.

We paint plastic bottles yellow. You can do it a little differently - pour yellow paint inside, twist the bottle so that the paint lies evenly on the entire inner surface.

This method is a little more difficult and takes longer, but the coloring will be more impressive and glossy. In addition, it will not wash out, break or deteriorate.

This should be done in several stages in order to paint the entire surface evenly. Pour paint into a bottle, shake it and place it on its side. As soon as the first layer of paint begins to set, twist it so that the next area is painted and so on until the end.

When the bees' bodies take on a yellow color, we use black electrical tape to make transverse stripes.

We glue eyes and a nose from pre-prepared beads and buttons onto the lid.

From another plastic container we cut out shapes that look like wings. At the same stage of work, we attach threads to them. For them we will then hang the bee from the tree.

Using the same glue gun, glue a thread with wings to the bee's body.

We also color it yellow. Again, you can use complex method painting. Or, so as not to waste a lot of time, just paint on top with a brush.

We will make the roof of the hive from brushes. We take them in a pile and tie them with twine.

On the lid of the bottle - this is the roof area, we apply a thick layer of glue. Place the washcloths on it so that they are distributed evenly on all sides. If they come off a little somewhere, we glue them back on.

Leave the craft at rest for a while to dry.

Everything is ready, bees and hive. All that remains is to take it to the kindergarten and hang it on a tree.

In a similar way, you can make many bees, but without a hive, and hang each one from a tree. Having thus created a real child Center beekeeping.

Creating bee crafts is an interesting activity, the work is not difficult. If the child makes it himself, under your strict guidance, it can be a good souvenir for grandparents. Such a craft will look very impressive against the backdrop of abundant tree foliage.

Butterflies

An easy-to-make and very interesting craft model.

Option 1

Let's prepare materials:

• plastic containers (a few pieces will be enough);
• paper, no smaller than A4 format;
• stationery scissors;
• silver and brown nail polish;
• glitter;
• red gel pen;
• rhinestones;
• butterfly in a stencil.

Let's start making an insect:

First, let's prepare the bottles for work: wash them, preferably with soap, remove the labels, and dry them.

On a blank sheet of paper, scan or transfer the shape of a butterfly using carbon paper. For this we need a stencil. You will find it at the end of this subsection.

Using a gel pen, you need to trace the contours of the insect onto the surface of the plastic and cut it out.

We have a figure with downward curved wings.

Let's turn it over, we need them to look up.

Take the gel pen again and draw all the lines as shown on the stencil.

Use silver nail polish to paint the middle (body) and antennae. Let's draw the contours of the wings in the same tone.

Now you need to use varnish to draw all the lines, including the smallest ones, which were previously drawn with a gel pen.

We put small dots (blotches) in front of the edges.

Against the background of the silver drawing of the wings, we also put dots, only in brown.

We decorate the body of the butterfly with rhinestones. To do this, use any nail polish, put drops and plant a pebble on top.

The butterfly is ready, for everything, we needed a little time and material, which, for sure, will be found at home in the household and at the mother’s.

Similar to the previous butterfly, we make another one, only this time it is monochromatic and without pebbles.

We got two plastic butterflies, painted in the same tone.

If you glue a magnet to them, they will serve as a nice decoration on the refrigerator or any other metal surface.

Option 2

Let's look at another implementation option. We will paint it not with nail polish, but with stained glass paints. In the first version, we drew a butterfly on plastic, cut it out, and only then started painting. The technology here is different. We will draw an insect on the bottle, and we will paint it on it.

Let's prepare everything that will be useful in the work:

• stencil drawing paper:
• plastic containers;
• stained glass paints;
• wire or thick fishing line;
• scissors;
• beads (several small pieces);
• awl.

Step-by-step instructions for implementation:

We transfer the butterfly from the stencil onto the paper.

Let's redraw the insect onto plastic. You can do it like this. We cut the bottle and adjust the design from the inside so that we can clearly see it from above. Using a gel pen, transfer the contours onto the plastic.

When we finish drawing, we can start coloring. Let us remind you that we paint without cutting out the insect; the paint goes on the bottle, along the contours. After painting, leave the workpiece to dry. After it dries well, cut it out. Use your fingers to give the desired shape.

We form a body. To do this, take the wire or fishing line that we have prepared and string several beads onto it. You can take the same color, or you can make it multi-colored, whatever your heart desires.

A butterfly, or more than one, if you made several of them, are ready. They can be used to decorate indoor flowerpots, hang it on the curtains, attaching a pin at the bottom, it’s better to glue it.

If the insect is made by a child’s hand, then it will be a pleasant surprise and a gift for March 8th for a mother, teacher or grandmother.

Stencils for making butterflies

Hedgehogs

Waste material has a lot of possibilities and ways to extend its life. Moreover, every family has at least something. Here you don’t need to buy or invent anything special, much less spend money on them. Let's try to make a hedgehog from the same waste material, which is used plastic containers.

For our work we will need:

• plastic bottle;
• pine cones, about a dozen, the main thing is that they are the same size;
• two covers white, from the same bottles;
• glue (you can use “Moment” or, if you have polyurethane foam);
• colored plasticine.

Technique for creating a hedgehog:

First, we put the container in proper shape: wash it, remove the label, wipe it and dry it.

On the prepared container, glue the pine cone directly on top with glue or foam (you can also use a glue gun if you have such an item on your household). We start from the center, this will be the back of the hedgehog. We glue each cone as a separate element, after making sure that the previous one is firmly held.

If at least one of them falls, and the neighboring ones hold on tightly, then it will be difficult to “put” it back in place. Take this into account and take your time.

When all the cones - the needles of our hedgehog - are put in place, we will begin to form the muzzle. To do this, cover the bottle cap with black plasticine.

For the eyes you will need white lids prepared by us. On them, in the center, we will glue circles from the same black plasticine - these will be the pupils of the hedgehog.

Glue the eyes to the animal's face.

Now let's embellish our craft a little. What is a real hedgehog without supplies? We will make mushrooms, leaves, fruits and berries from plasticine. Then we carefully lay it on his back.

You can create a baby for the company of an adult hedgehog by molding it from plasticine. And since its dimensions do not make it possible to experiment with pine cones, the needles on the body can be made from sunflower seeds.

Helicopter

An interesting craft that you can do with your son for kindergarten. This way you will teach him to use various waste materials as material for creating toys and other necessary things.

For work, prepare:

• a small plastic bottle, perhaps from a baby yogurt bottle;
• one tailor's pin;
• 3 juice straws;
• scissors;
• one ping pong ball;
• stapler

Step-by-step work:

First, make a hole in the lid so that the tube can fit in freely.

Cut the bottle so that the upper (thick) part remains intact.

Take the remaining 2 tubes and cut them to the length of the intended propeller blades.

Cross them and pin them in the middle with a pin. Insert the tail of the helicopter into the bottle cap. Make runners from the two remaining parts of the tubes, connect them with a strip cut from an unnecessary part of the bottle with a stapler.

Attach the main part of the helicopter with the skids also with a stapler. Insert a ping pong ball into the hole.

The helicopter is ready. A minimum of time is spent on it, and the child will have a lot of pleasure from a toy created with his own hands.

Matryoshka

Matryoshka is probably the only toy that more than one generation has grown up with. In addition, it is considered a symbol of Russia. Many foreign tourists, coming to our state, buy them as souvenirs. Is it possible to create such a complex figure with your own hands, and even from waste plastic? Yes, you can, even if it will not be as functional as modern ones in toy stores, but it will be personal and, for sure, the most beloved.

When creating such crafts, not only plastic food containers are suitable, we will look at this a little later. The toys that you see in the photo below are made only from the upper parts of flasks. This way they will be more stable. To prevent the edges from being too sharp, they can be treated with electrical tape.

In this photo, the upper part is inserted into the lower part, the middle one is completely removed. This nesting doll has a more respectable appearance, looks more natural and believable. Painted with acrylic paints. Children will not be able to make it in the same way, but there are many stickers and patterns of a similar image on the Internet. As a last resort, they have a lot of options to learn and draw on such a matryoshka doll model.

The next photo and the model itself can be considered multifunctional. Here you can find a custom-made nesting doll and a pencil case for storing pencils and pens. As you can see, it is not made from a food bottle, or from shampoo or cream containers.

Approximate drawings and diagrams for creating matryoshka dolls from plastic containers in kindergartens and at home.

Bottle cut diagram