June 15th, 2017
Plastic products are used everywhere because they require less investment to create than products made from other materials. However, discarded plastic can take hundreds or even thousands of years to decompose, so it is important to recycle it or avoid plastic altogether.
The second option is very difficult to implement today, so recycling comes to the fore. Plastic can be sent to special factories for recycling it, or you can make useful things out of it. In this collection you will learn how to plastic bottles make various useful things for the home and garden.
1. DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles step by step
You will need:
Plastic bottles
Foam rubber
Knitting needles
Ruler
Scissors
Sewing machine
1. Wash and dry several plastic bottles covered with caps. Gather all the bottles in a circle and secure them together with tape.
2. Cut two circles from cardboard so that they cover the top and bottom part of all connected bottles. Tape these circles to the connected bottles.
3. Prepare two rectangular pieces of foam rubber and one round piece. Rectangular pieces should be used to cover the side of the collected bottles, and a round piece should be used to cover the top part. Secure everything with tape.
4. Make a cover for your seat from any fabric. If you like to knit, you can knit a cover.
2. We make a faucet extension from plastic bottles with our own hands
It will be more convenient for children to wash their hands.
3. DIY products made from plastic bottles: pocket for a rag/sponge
1. Cut the bottle into the desired shape.
2. Finish the edges sandpaper.
3. Hang on the faucet.
4. How to make a bag from plastic bottles
Photo instructions
Video instruction
5. What can be made from plastic bottles: cups for storing cosmetics
6. Feeder made of plastic bottles for a cat or dog
There are many ways to make bird feeders, but this one is designed for cats and dogs.
You will need:
2 large plastic bottles
Scissors
1. In the middle of one bottle you need to make holes slightly larger than the neck of the other bottle.
2. The second bottle needs to be cut in half crosswise.
3. Fill the bottom with food.
4. Connect the parts and open the lid.
7. Vase for sweets: master class on crafts from plastic bottles
You will need:
Plate, round plastic or thick cardboard
6 two-liter plastic bottles
Wooden or plastic rod (you can use a straight branch of suitable diameter and length)
Super glue
Spray paint and glitter (optional)
1. Making the base for the craft. To do this you need a plate, ceramic or glass plate. In the middle of the plate you need to enlarge the hole to 10 mm using a drill.
2. You will also need to use a drill to make holes in the center of the three plastic bottle pieces you will be using. It's easier to drill from the inside out.
3. Cut off the bottom of each of the 6 plastic bottles. Place 3 parts on the rod and secure with glue. Glue the remaining parts to the base (plate) around the rod. If you wish, you can spray paint everything.
It is worth noting that the rod is held on the base thanks to a plastic part that is glued to the plate, as well as to the rod itself.
4. If you wish, you can decorate your vase.
8. DIY wicker baskets from plastic bottles (master class)
And here is a version of a wicker basket made from plastic cocktail tubes:
9. Garden crafts made from plastic bottles (photo): broom
1. Remove the label from the plastic bottle.
2. Using a utility knife, cut off the bottom of the bottle.
3. Start making cuts on the bottle, leaving 1 cm between each.
4. Cut off the neck of the bottle.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 with 3 more bottles. Leave one bottle with a neck.
6. Place all the cut neckless bottles on top of one necked bottle. You will have a blank for a broom.
7. Cut off the top of one bottle and place it over the resulting blank.
8. Make two holes through all the bottles and insert wire into them and wrap the ends.
9. Insert a stick or rod into the neck and secure with a nail. You can also use glue.
Video instruction
10. Modular boxes: description of crafts made from plastic bottles
You will need:
Several large plastic bottles or canisters
Stationery knife
Scissors
Marker or pencil
Strong thread.
1. Cut a suitable hole from a bottle or canister using a utility knife and/or scissors. It should not be too small for everything to fit, or too large for the plastic structure to fall apart.
2. Start connecting the bottles with a strong thread. Start with two, then add two more already connected to them, and so on. Tie strong knots. You can also try using hot glue or superglue (Moment glue).
3. Assemble a design that is convenient for you. You decide how many rows and “floors” to make. However, it is worth knowing that the higher the structure, the less stable it is. You may need to secure the entire structure with rope again.
4. It's time to put scattered things on the shelf.
11. DIY house made from plastic bottles (video)
12. How to make a house/greenhouse from plastic bottles with your own hands
1. Remove labels and wash bottles.
2. Cut off the bottom of each bottle and unscrew the caps.
3. Place the bottles on a long, straight branch, stick or rod.
4. Do wooden frame house (greenhouse).
5. Repeat steps 1-3, making required amount rods with bottles. After this, all the rods need to be attached to the frame of the house.
*Alternatively, you can simply wire the required number of bottles together and attach the rows of bottles to the frame of the house. In this case, there is no need for a rod and no need to remove the caps from the bottles.
* The greenhouse can be made more airtight by covering it with bubble wrap.
Video instruction
At first glance, plastic bottles are absolutely ordinary containers, of which there is plenty in every yard. But don’t underestimate these products – in fact, they can bring a lot of benefits to your garden. Flower beds, paths, irrigation structures, decorative installations - all this can be made from ordinary plastic bottles with your own hands. Next we will share original ideas fakes for the garden and vegetable garden, we’ll tell you how to make them yourself and show in the photo how amazingly they can transform a site.
Flower beds
Of course, the main decoration of any summer cottage- flower beds. But for them to give the maximum aesthetic effect, it is not enough to simply plant the plants you like - they need a “cut” that will put the structure in order. An interesting and at the same time affordable solution is a flower bed made from plastic containers.
Classic version plastic flower bed- a “fence” of bottles. To make it, prepare containers of approximately the same size. The color can be any. Next, cut all the bottles at the same height from the bottom. And then, one by one, dig them into the ground upside down, constructing a “fence” of the desired shape.
Flower garden made of plastic bottles
More difficult decision- flower bed. The scheme for its manufacture is as follows:
- cut all containers to half;
- take the top parts of the bottles and cut out the “petals” from the neck - use a knife or scissors for this;
- carefully bend the “petals”;
- dig the parts into the ground with the neck down.
Advice. To do ready-made flower beds To make them even more spectacular, paint them. Use oil compounds intended specifically for outdoor use - they withstand precipitation better. You can plant flowers immediately after the paint has dried.
Garden paths
Arranging garden paths in a summer cottage is not an easy task, because you need to fix the soil, buy material and lay it correctly. Agree, the costs and efforts are considerable. But on the other hand, there is no desire to walk through mud. What to do in this case? An excellent solution to the problem is garden paths made from bottles. Naturally, this is a temporary solution, but cheap and non-trivial.
Any bottles are suitable for paths
Arrangement garden paths from plastic containers will not cause any difficulties:
- Dig a trench 1.5 spade deep and install wooden formwork.
- Fill the trench with crushed stone and a 3 cm layer of sand, and then compact it.
- Prepare the bottles and fill them with sand.
- Place the containers horizontally in the prepared trench - the necks should be directed towards the edges of the garden path.
- Prepare a small amount cement mortar and pour a thin layer of it into the spaces between the containers.
- When cement mixture grab, remove the formwork.
Advice. To level plastic bottles, before pouring cement, place a board on them and walk on it - this will compact the structure.
Don't forget about the lids - they can be used to close the gaps between the bottles.
Decorative installations
A very popular trend in garden decor is voluminous installations made from plastic containers. But here you need to have considerable patience and dexterity, because cutting out figures is not very easy. The best decision for those who will be making such decorations for the first time - installations in the form of animal figurines, since they can be done by an inexperienced gardener.
The most common decor is a plastic pig. Take: a 5-liter eggplant for the body, four necks from a half-liter container for the legs, and the neck of a convex 1.5-liter bottle cut in half for the ears. Fill the container for the body with sand so that it does not blow away with the wind. Make slits for the legs and ears and insert the corresponding elements, securing them with glue or tape. Eyes can be made from beads. Then dig in the product and color it to your liking.
Figurine made from plastic bottles
Another affordable option- plastic bunny. Here you will need an oblong bottle for the body and two 1.5 liter bottles for the ears. Connect the elements and draw legs and a muzzle on the resulting structure. Then pour sand into the eggplant and dig it into the ground.
Containers for growing and watering plants
Plastic bottles can be used not only to decorate the area, but also with specific practical purposes– for growing and watering plants. Cut the container into two parts, take the bottom one, pour soil into it and plant the plants - here you have a ready-made “pot”. Be sure to drill small holes in the bottom of the newly made flower growing container for drainage. Do you want to decorate the "pot"? There are a lot of options: glue corks to it and get a cheerful little man, color it oil paints– get a bright garden art object.
Another original version– vertical gardening: hang the “pots” on the wall of the house, securing them with ordinary fishing line.
Plastic containers will serve good service and in watering plants. Everything is simple here: punch 4-8 neat holes in the bottom of the bottle and attach it top part to the hose - this way you will get a rather peculiar, but effective water sprayer.
Watering plants with a plastic bottle
The bottles can also be used for subsoil watering of garden crops:
- take a 2 liter container and cut off its bottom;
- make 2-4 holes in the bottle cap with a diameter of no more than 2 mm;
- under the selected plant, at a distance of at least 10-15 cm from the stem, dig a container 10 cm deep;
- Insert a plastic bottle into the resulting hole, neck down, at an angle of 30-45 degrees and dig in a little;
- fill the container with water - through small holes it will flow slowly and evenly to the roots of the plant.
As you can see, there are several interesting ways use seemingly unnecessary plastic bottles to the maximum benefit for your summer cottage. If you want, make decorative figures, if you want, arrange flower beds and paths, or if you want, design tools for watering. The main thing is that all the proposed fakes can be easily made with your own hands, so you have no restrictions.
Crafts from plastic bottles: video
Crafts for the garden and cottage: photos
Plastic bottles In everyone's life, they have firmly taken a place as disposable containers and their use is only in the form of containers, but we can get much more benefits without throwing them away. For most people, a bottle is a useless thing, but with some ingenuity you can find many ways to make your life easier and save money using bottles. You can make it from a plastic bottle almost everything, you just need the bottles themselves and a little imagination.
Sprinkler for the garden.
One of the simplest ways is useful apply the bottle in the garden or garden- make it out of garden sprinkler, it couldn’t be easier to make. We attach a plastic container to the garden hose and make several small holes, then tightly seal the hose with the neck. This is how we made a garden watering system.
Advice.For convenience, use a square container or secure a round one with a weighty object.
Not a rare case, wire charger missing from the outlet to the place where you can put your mobile phone, everything can be fixed by making a clumsy holder for your mobile phone. You need to cut the bottle diagonally, take the bottom and cut out the top round hole under the socket. Now the phone will lie in the bottom using a socket.
Advice.It is better to cut the bottle as close to the top as possible, this will allow you to hold the phone more securely.
You lose every time stationery, you have to look for them, you need to make them easy to make stand. In addition to the bottle, you will need a bolt and nut. You need to cut off the top and bottom, then drill a hole in the plug and bottom and connect it with a bolt and nut. It will be convenient to use this since it turns out to be 2 sections. The upper compartment will accommodate pens and pencils, and the lower compartment will hold paper clips, buttons, graters, and you won’t have to take out your pens for small things.
Advice.Tighten the bolt and nut loosely, then the top will be able to rotate.
Empty canister with a manual one you don’t have to throw it away, it can be useful if you don’t need it or have become unusable, it will work scoop. It is necessary to mark the canister with a marker as in the photo and cut it.
Advice.For convenience, make the nose of the scoop square.
Laminating a glass jar.
We use glass jars for different purposes and you have to mark them in all ways, but the inscription on the glass does not stick well, and the glued pieces of paper quickly become unusable, and laminate no possibility. With an industrial hair dryer, this problem will be solved forever, and the strength of the cookware will increase. If you break it, you won't have to pick up the pieces and cut your hands. Using your imagination, you can decorate the jar well. It’s easy to do, you just need one bottle of suitable size and color and a piece of paper with an inscription or design that we want to attach. However, there is a way to do without an industrial hair dryer.
Method one.
Cut off the top of the bottle and place it on the bottom with the cork facing up, then place the jar with the inscription on the cork, put on gloves and start heating the industrial hairdryer. When the hairdryer is hot, you can begin to gently heat the jar in a circle, without stopping in one place. You need to take a reserve, the plastic will settle both in width and height. When the jar is tightly sealed with plastic, cut off the excess and heat the angular parts again, if all parts have become even, the jar is ready.
Advice.Start heating the plastic from the bottom, gradually rising.
Method two.
Cut off the top of the bottle and place a jar with an inscription glued to the bottom. To heat the plastic in this case, we need a tall pan of water and kitchen stove. The pan should not be full, otherwise water will splash onto the stove. When everything is ready and the water is boiling, we lower the bottle into boiling water and begin to turn it slowly, holding the neck of the glass jar with tongs.
Advice.By holding the jar at an angle, the effect will be achieved faster.
Are you tired of balls of thread, getting tangled up with each other and getting stuck in knots, the way out is simple - we make a device from bottles of any size for holding threads in one place. At the same time, the balls will rub less, get tangled and get stuck. You can make a holder that can be attached to a chair or armchair. We cut the bottle closer to the neck, leaving a part that needs to be cut in the form of a rectangle to the bottom, after which we make a hole in the resulting tail according to the size of the lid and put it on.
Advice.The device can be hung by making holes on opposite edges and threading a thread through them.
With the onset of cold weather, everything in every home turns on possible types heaters and at the same time indoor air becomes dry, and we begin to experience discomfort. Headache, skin problems, irritation of the mucous membrane and other inconveniences can be avoided by making a silent, simple, convenient and reliable room humidifier. For this you will need:
- Adhesive tape
- Scissors or knife
- Strip of fabric or lace
- Two liter bottle
- gauze fabric
Advice.Pouring into a container essential oils, we will get an air freshener.
Instructions
- We make a 5×10 centimeter slot in the side of the bottle; errors are acceptable.
- Using strips or string, we hang the resulting bottle on the straight upper pipe entering the battery with the hole facing up and secure it tightly with tape so that the bottle does not jump out and spin.
- We fold the gauze several times to form a rectangle 10 centimeters wide and a meter long.
- We place the middle of the folded fabric in the hole, and wrap the ends around the battery pipe.
- Pour water into the resulting container and moisten the wound gauze, this is the maintenance of the device.
Mosquito trap
From a two liter bottle make a mosquito trap. The trap will attract small insects as a result of fermentation processes, namely carbon dioxide. To make it you will need:
- 1 gram baker's yeast
- two liter bottle
- dark fabric
- 50 grams of sugar
- 200 ml of water with a temperature of no more than 40 degrees
We begin production by cutting it so that the neck, upside down, fits tightly into the bottle and does not reach the water. Now that the container is ready, pour in sugar, yeast and fill it with forty-degree water, it should not be warmer or hotter. If the liquid is too hot, fermentation will not begin due to the death of the yeast bacteria. Pour the water slowly and stir the mixture. Now we insert the neck into the bottle like a funnel. To catch mosquitoes, the trap must be covered with thick fabric that does not allow light to pass through or with paper. Once caught in such a trap, mosquitoes will not escape. Insects will be caught in such a trap for up to a week, after which we will change the mixture.
Advice.After preparing the mixture, place it in a warm place.
Of several one and a half liter bottles we make it simple and extremely durable broom. This broom is convenient for sweeping floors and fleecy surfaces. The hardness of the broom depends on the number of pieces cut.
Manufacturing.
First, we make preparations. We cut off the neck and bottom, spread the middle into flaps to the middle, no wider than two centimeters. You will need 4 of these, and leave another one with the top and neck. Now we put everything together, and cut off the top from the next bottle, put it on what happened and squeeze it. We take a strong wire and thread it through all the bottles along the edges. We put everything on the handle through the cork and secure it with wire. For reliability, we drive a nail through the neck into the handle.
Advice.Use copper stranded wire.
If in nature we didn’t have mugs you can easily make it from a bottle. First, cut off the top, then use a knife or scissors to cut out a square, retreating 2-3 centimeters from the top cut. We cut it evenly and with the expectation that the width of the remaining jumper will be the handle. Turn the top ring inside out and push through the bottom. Now we have a mug that can help us out in nature.
Advice.Without cutting out a big square, you can roll middle part and put the cork ring on it.
Create self-watering flower pot just cut off the top of the bottle first, then the middle part, so that the top part fits in without touching the bottom. Then we carefully make a hole in the cork and thread a thread through it. The thread should extend 5 centimeters from both sides of the cork. Now that everything is ready, pour water and insert the top part that looks like a funnel. Now we fill in the soil, not forgetting to wet it. The plant will absorb the required amount of liquid, this will simplify plant care.
Advice.Fertilizers can be added to the tank.
Arriving in nature you forgot the cutlery there is nothing to notice them with. To save the situation, a bottle, a knife, and a lighter are enough. Cut out one of the five parts of the bottom and a little of the top in one piece after burning the edges with a lighter. You can use this spoon to eat and prepare food.
Advice.After burning, rinse the device.
Not all refrigerators have vegetable cells and you have to store vegetables in a variety of forms, while the food gets beaten, scratched and rolled all over the refrigerator. For convenience, use five-liter eggplants. Cut off the top part and fill with vegetables or fruits. In this form, the products will not wrinkle and free space there will be noticeably more in the refrigerator.
Advice.Store vegetables and fruits in separate containers.
During the cooking process it is required separate egg white or yolk. But they are not easy to separate, the yolk is very fragile and if you puncture it, it will mix with the white. You can cheat with a bottle. Crack the egg onto a plate, squeeze the bottle and bring it to the yolk. By unclenching, we will draw the yolk into it without damaging it. The method is suitable for preparing dishes whose recipe includes a lot of eggs, for example, the common French meringue dessert “Meringue”.
Advice.Rinse the bottle before use.
For people with imagination and skillful hands, it will not be difficult to turn unnecessary things into real masterpieces. Masters and beginners use crafts from plastic bottles for the interior, as garden decor and in the form practical furniture. Colored plastic bottle caps are an excellent material for mosaic panels on walls and fences. Best ideas With detailed instructions and the photo can be easily implemented at the dacha, turning a bare area into a “clearing of fairy tales”, and filling the house with useful little things.
Important advantages of crafts made from plastic containers
A well-made souvenir or trinket will eventually develop into a hobby, if there are no limits to your imagination. Summer residents who have moved from simple fences on wire to buildings that delight in scale never cease to amaze.
From available material that many throw away, someone builds:
- greenhouse;
- carport;
- Summer shower or a bathhouse;
- country toilet or a shed;
- summer gazebo or sun visor;
- a mansion for children or a playground;
- sandbox with decorative sides;
- various temporary buildings on the site.
The main advantage of such structures is available material. When the elements are securely fastened, the walls of the building are aesthetically pleasing and completely reliable. It all depends on the way the plastic bottles are connected. If you approach the matter thoroughly, the desired result will impress even experienced builders.
Over time, plastic becomes a real environmental disaster - it is difficult to recycle. But once you involve everyone who cares in cleaning the area, there will be a whole mountain of empty PET bottles for building a greenhouse, cascading flower bed or vertical gardening. The only drawback is the long collection of identical containers, since the containers are produced different color and volume.
Some manage to collect enough craft material in one season, while others involve neighbors and friends in collecting plastic. Someone decides to clear the area for picnics in order to improve the environment on the way to the dacha and collect material. As a result, the plastic bottles are in use and the area is clean.
Another advantage - plastic container soft and pliable, easy to cut, no complicated tools required. With little skill, the material itself “dictates” ideas.
For creating original decoration required:
- interesting idea;
- finished sample for imitation (illustration);
- material for crafts with tools;
- step by step guide training plan.
In the hands of a true master, plastic bottles take on a second life, becoming functional objects. It is better to make souvenirs on a seasonal basis. For example, New Year's toys they make crafts in the winter, practical country houses in the summer, and in spring and autumn all that remains is to build a “clearing of fairy tales” near the house for the children.
Recycling plastic containers is a fun activity for the family. It is easy to attract children to him by entrusting him with a simple part of the work. Don’t forget to remind them that you’re not just making a firebird or “Chunga-Changa island” with palm trees from bottles, but that you care about the environment. You can involve a yard or a school classroom in beautifying the area.
Furniture and interior items made from plastic bottles
Furniture made from plastic bottles looks like a masterpiece that is not accessible to everyone. They will require a lot of plastic containers of the same type. Sofas and poufs impress with their design and comfort, without compromising real furniture. There is nothing complicated if the sofa is made in blocks - seat, back, sides. If the container is not enough, the sofa blocks can be made one at a time. It’s better when you collect bottles from one drink, for example, two-liter kvass or lemonade.
The principle of “assembling” furniture from bottles is simple - they are placed in layers and tightly wrapped with tape. To make the furniture softer and more springy, a little air is released from each bottle and twisted tightly. At the place where the cap is, cut out a cap from another bottle and tape it with tape. It turns out to be a block with a bottom on both sides - this is the basis of the furniture.
Then it all depends on your imagination, the type of furniture and the number of bottles available. We wrapped 7 containers of the same volume with tape to create the base for an ottoman. What its appearance and style will be depends on the artist. For a soft seat, you will need a round pillow or a block of foam rubber that fits the size of the top. The cover is cut to the size of the ottoman in the form of a cylinder, and it is convenient to insert a zipper along the side seams, but it is easier to sew the upholstery tightly.
If there is not enough furniture for the summer, an ottoman for the cottage is made from an old wadded blanket and a baby pillow, wrapped in a block of bottles. Old curtains or a bedspread will be used for the lining. If the pouf should have a presentable appearance, choose newer and more expensive fabric or eco-leather.
For construction coffee table You will need 4 racks of plastic bottles and a plywood board as a table top, which can be hidden with a long tablecloth. They do it in a similar way convenient stand for a laptop or a remote table for the garden. For large furniture(sofa, chaise lounge or chair) from plastic bottles, you will need a lot of patience and source material.
Useful little things for the home from plastic bottles
Flowers and vases
Decorating a schoolchild's bedroom or children's room with crafts from plastic containers is not difficult. You can build a whole bouquet of artificial flowers. Place the resulting chrysanthemums, daisies or roses in a vase made of the same material, adding diode bulbs on an insulated wire to the centers. This is what a night light of extraordinary beauty will look like, where the faint light shimmers in the plastic petals.
Advice: To give the leaves a special shape, use heating the blanks and folding the corners with tongs!
To place a homemade bouquet you will need a suitable vessel; simply cutting off part of the bottle is not aesthetically pleasing. The edges of the cut are marked with a ruler to make the cut, securing the result by heating the bends. A small transparent bottle is cut off to the very top, and about half of a large container is cut off. We choose a material with a ribbed or “waist” in the middle to create an interesting base.
Then we do it as our imagination allows, but we bend the edges beautifully. A fringed cut is obtained from vertical or diagonal cuts plastic base. The resulting strips are evenly folded to the outside.
Note! It is important that all the notches and the depth of the slot are absolutely identical, then the entire product will come out neat.
Depending on which edge is desired, the strips of the vase (the edges of any other product) are secured in different ways:
- curly bend;
- staplers;
- fusing;
- gluing with transparent polymers.
Flowerpots, flower pots and containers for seedlings
Colored plastic containers in the form of bottles and bottles of different sizes are suitable as containers for growing living plants. It’s very easy to make a fragrant balcony from 3-liter tanks - cascade hanging petunias. Fragrant flowers hanging from cut containers will help make your dream of a beautiful piece of paradise come true.
Large bottles and tanks cut in half are hung with both the bottom down and the lid. It is recommended to place large pebbles at the bottom for drainage. Excess water after watering will go to the plants in the lower rows. In the same containers, plants are grown without soil - hydroponic method with the addition of fertilizers. Fresh greens and seedlings (in urban and country conditions) are also germinated in prepared plastic bottles.
Advice: Use the compact form and ability to hang containers for vertical gardening with automatic watering. In the absence of the owners, watering cans with water immersed in the ground will cope with moistening the plants.
Traps and feeders
Using plastic bottles you can repel pests or attract birds to your site. For this purpose, the tank is used as a feeder, and at the roots fruit trees place traps from bottles of chemicals. From double plastic containers, craftsmen build traps for wasps, where they fly into sweet water and cannot get back out.
Equipment for a summer cottage
At the dacha a quick fix» It’s easy to make crafts from plastic bottles in the form of an impromptu washbasin by hanging a full bottle upside down. Just unscrew the lid a little and a small stream of water will help you wash your face and hands. It is also worth making a bench and organizing lighting with beautiful owls or plastic gnomes. Any garden decor for inspiration - with interesting illustrations.
Multifunctional items for the home
Make an original cosmetic bag from 2 bottoms of plastic bottles, sewing the edges together with a zipper. This box can be used as multifunctional item– a piggy bank, a case for large beads, hairpins or jewelry.
It is convenient to knit from such a ball, suspended somewhere nearby, by pulling the thread from the ball inserted inside. It’s easier to find nail polish or a lipstick collection in a makeshift zippered box.
New Year's decor
Bright New Year's balls, garlands or toys made from plastic bottles are a worthy use for transparent containers. One bottle, cut into round strips, will produce a transparent ball. After securing the sphere with a stapler, decorate it in any way:
- “rain” winding;
- pasting with crushed polystyrene foam (snow);
- decoration with sequins, beads and stones.
New Year's decor made from white plastic bottles with a waist is suitable for snowmen or penguins. You can use black nail polish to draw eyes and other elements, cotton wool (snowball), glitter, small buttons, beads and whatever is at hand. Funny caps for characters - from colored socks without a pair, strips of knitwear are used as a scarf.
Advice: From homemade winter characters, a candle, ready-made tinsel and a couple of pine branches with cones, create an original New Year's composition so as not to buy a Christmas tree.
Curtains made of colored plastic caps and bottles
Space zoning is popular design technique, where a do-it-yourself translucent curtain is often used. Original curtain can decorate any living space, cottage or covered terrace. Original hanging partitions made from unusual materials are widely used in the interior.
IN modern decor Plastic is in demand, including bottles and bottle caps. There are options for curtains:
- from scraps from the bottoms of small containers - strips on a thick fishing line, swaying with the movement of air;
- from colored lids - a fantasy panel of tightly strung elements;
- a garland of plastic and lights to give the LED curtain more aesthetics.
Original all-season flower beds
The summer season is passing, and living flower beds are being replaced by homemade plastic flowers that are no less beautiful than real ones. Their advantage is the ability to decorate the territory at any time. These flower beds pale in comparison to living plants, but in early spring And late autumn only they attract admiring glances.
For daisies you will need small ones plastic containers white(petals), yellow (centers) and green (leaves). You will also need an awl and a candle (for heating), “liquid nails,” scissors and stiff wire in green insulation.
We cut the base of the white bottle to the center, marking 16 segments - these are the petals. We bend the neat edges over the candle flame, and also make 2-3 chamomile corollas, which we connect in the center with an awl. Here the stem with leaves is fixed on a green wire, closing with the middle. We fill the center of the flower with a yellow basket with small cuts from 2 finely dissected circles with a fringe bent over the candle. We supplement the flower with green sepals from the bottom, collect all the parts and fix them together.
From the remaining pieces of green plastic, cut out leaves with a hole at the base (for stringing) and give them the desired shape, heating them over a candle flame. We attach the leaves to the wire handle; they should bend around it slightly. All that remains is for the chamomile to make several “companions” and find a worthy place for the bouquet.
Using samples and imagination, it’s easy to make plastic lilies of the valley, roses, chrysanthemums or tulips. This requires plastic. suitable color, from which several layers of petals are made to achieve a resemblance to real flowers.
All-season flower beds include mosaic compositions made from containers filled with earth. The lids are used to make wall panels. "Butterfly" or " ladybug» – in different versions.
Crafts from plastic bottles for the playground
An incredibly beautiful bird with plastic plumage – a whole “clearing of fairy tales”. These are the peacock or firebird, swans, pigeons, bullfinches and parrots. All of them are made from empty PET bottles according to the general principle:
- Design an aesthetic bird's head with eyes and beak;
- Construct the torso and neck;
- String plastic plumage;
- Provide with wings and tail;
- Place on paws or secure to selected surface.
Plastic swans can be fenced off by a blue “lake” of upside down plastic bottles. Outlandish birds will decorate the trees in the corner of the garden, which is reserved for children's games. You can choose a themed decor, for example, desert island with palm trees and parrots.
Plastic animals, birds and insects, familiar to our latitudes, as well as favorite fairy-tale characters, are supplemented with other materials. Tires, wood and empty containers that can be easily painted will be used.
How to make decorations from plastic bottles for the cottage and garden
Original garden decor made from scrap material is another way to give the site some personality while the young plants come into their own. From green plastic bottles it is easy to make funny little frogs on the edge of the pond, watching dragonflies and butterflies from the same material.
Palm trees are a popular garden decoration, consisting of trunks (up to 15 brown bottles) and palm leaves (green plastic 5-10 pieces). This is a simple process that even children willingly participate in.
Prepared brown cups with notches are strung on a thick steel rod (bamboo fishing rod), after first piercing the base. It is better to use brown containers (1.5-2 l) entirely, cutting them in half, then you only have to punch through the bottom.
We leave the green bottles without a bottom and neck, with the exception of the last one with a neck, which will be needed as a loop. We cut these containers lengthwise into 3 parts up to the loop and dissect them like leaves. If longer leaves are required, staple the second half of the leaf. All parts of the stem are strung on the base and attached to the top, connecting with a common loop. All that remains is to reliably install “exotic guests” with a lush crown on the site.
The material is collected throughout the year, but it’s easier to involve neighbors and acquaintances in the “ecological” cleaning project. There are special containers for plastic in the yards - it’s much easier to collect.
Preparation for work - removing labels and glue residues from plastic bottles; it is important to rinse well and discard the deformed material.
If vertical fences are built, they need to be filled. Depending on the idea, sand, stone chips or dry soil are poured into PET bottles, burying them 1/3 of the way down.
For selected purposes, plastics of varying elasticity are used. Heat treatment required for filigree work (flowers). It is important not to overheat the fragments cut into strips.
Fairy-tale characters sometimes require additional painting. For example, it is better to cover pink piglets for a playground with an aerosol from a spray can and secure them with transparent acrylic paint.
Plastic bottles are an excellent material for in capable hands. Using them as a basis, it's easy to teach children a lesson environmental education and fill your home or yard with practical things. At creative approach The color, volume and shape of plastic bottles themselves will prompt new ideas for an exciting creative process.
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7. Lift the fabric and thread the string through it.
Master class from plastic bottles. Mobile phone holder.
You can also make a good and very useful holder from a plastic bottle. mobile phone. You need it when you urgently need to charge your phone, you find an outlet, but there is nowhere to put the phone.
Prepare a 0.5 liter plastic bottle and pierce a hole with a knife to further cut off the unnecessary part of the bottle.
Using scissors or a utility knife, cut out a circle for the fork.
All that remains is to insert the cord from the charger into the “neck” and plug it into the outlet.
Master class from a plastic bottle. Chandelier.
You will need:
50 plastic bottles (volume 0.5 l)
Flower wire
Regular wire
Bulb
Spray paint
Glue (preferably a glue gun)
Scissors
Stationery knife
1. Prepare plastic bottles and remove labels from them.
2. Cut each bottle into the shape of a flower (see picture). To do this, use a stationery knife.
3. Spread the "petals" of the flowers.
4. Once you've completed steps 1-3 with all 50 bottles, it's time to paint them. Use spray paint or you can take a little more time and paint each flower acrylic paints. You can choose any color. You can also vary the colors by making some flowers one color and others another.
5. Make a circle out of regular wire. Wind the jute and use glue gun glue it to the wire. You will have the base of the chandelier to which the flowers will be attached.
6. Using floral wire, attach each flower to the circle you made from the wire.
There are two ways to attach floral wire to a flower: wrap it around the neck, or glue it.
This is what the first layer looks like.
7. Repeat all steps to make several layers. IN in this example 3 layers were done.
8. Use jute to attach the chandelier to the ceiling (see picture).
What you can do from plastic bottles. Waterer.
Simply make holes in the cap of a plastic bottle with an awl or nail.
Products made from plastic bottles. Funnel.
Plastic products from bottles. Money box.
1. Prepare a plastic bottle. Rinse it hot water with soap and leave to dry.
2. From colored cardboard, cut out details such as ears, eyes, snout and nostrils.
3. Use glue or double tape to attach all the parts.
4. Wrap the bottle with patterned paper.
5. For the legs, you can use empty spools that need to be glued to the bottle.
6. Make a cut at the top for coins.
We make a dispenser for plastic bags from a plastic bottle
You will only need one 3-liter plastic bottle in which to store your plastic bags.
Simply cut off the bottom of the bottle so you can slide the bags in, and the neck so you can carefully remove one bag at a time.
You can use sandpaper to make the edges of the bottle more even and smooth.
Making bracelets from plastic bottles
You will need:
Plastic bottle
Adhesive tape (the width of the bracelet depends on the width of the tape)
Double-sided tape
Felt (or other material)
Scissors
Stationery knife
Decorations
1. First, wrap some adhesive tape around the bottle. Make several "rings" as shown in the picture. Everything needs to be done carefully and evenly, since it is the tape that will determine how smoothly you can cut the bracelet out of the bottle.
2. Using a utility knife, carefully cut off each ring.
3. Carefully remove the adhesive tape.
4. Glue double-sided tape to the resulting plastic bracelet.