A plastic bottle, it would seem, is a waste packaging, but a lot of different things can be made from it. This material has a number of positive properties: durable, well bending, durable, affordable. Most people have cottages and gardens, and many in their free time love to do needlework. During the summer holidays, you can perfectly decorate the cottage, front garden and the garden with your own products from plastic bottles.
The main task remains during the winter period to collect more materials at different sizes and colors, and there are plenty of ideas for crafts.
Palm tree
Several trees can decorate a piece of land near the house, and always delight with greenery, which is not afraid of snow, rain, sun and wind.
For work you will need:
- Plastic bottles (preferably brown and green). Their number depends on the height of the tree and the number of branches on it.
- Clerical knife.
- Metal or wooden rod.
- Scissors.
- Wire.
Instructions for the manufacture of products from plastic bottles in the form of a palm tree:
- Stick a wooden stick or metal rod into the ground.
- Trim the bottoms of brown bottles. At the edges, make shallow cuts and bend them out. They will be used for a tree trunk.
- On the rod, put on the cropped parts of the bottles, with their neck up. Finish the barrel with the neck of a smaller green bottle.
- Use green material for the leaves. The bottles are cut into identical strips to the neck and put on the wire. Each is closed with a stopper, having previously drilled a hole in it. To save bottles put on another cork. Using the same technology, several branches are made.
- Ready greens are inserted into the top of the trunk. To fix it, a small wooden wedge is driven into it.
The palm tree is ready. A few more trees can be made in the same way.
Master class: products from plastic bottles for the production of fly agaric
It is quite appropriate to place a colorful family of such mushrooms at the arbor in the grass or in the sand. She will decorate a nursery in a country house. It will not be difficult to make them, and very little material will be required. You can attract a baby to manufacture, he will be pleased.
To work, you need:
- two transparent plastic bottles of different sizes;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- stationery knife;
- brush;
- acrylic paints (white and red);
- candle.
Instructions on the steps for manufacturing a product from plastic bottles for a summer residence:
- Cut bottoms from the bottles, bend the edges, applying to a hot iron. Paint red from the inside and apply white spots on top in a chaotic manner.
- Cut the middle part of the bottle and paint with white paint.
- Put the bottoms on white plastic and circle.
- Cut the circles and stick to the bottom.
- Cut two trapeziums from painted white plastic for making legs. Trim the top of one of them to make it a little shorter.
- Glue both trapezes on the sides and attach the legs to the hats.
- Cut out two circles of white plastic, slightly cut the edges and bend a little, heating above the candle. Cut in the middle of the hole, and put on the mushroom legs "skirts", fixing with glue.
- Glue the legs to the hats, and the finished fly agarics to the plastic stand.
Plastic beehive and bees
It looks original and beautiful when yellow-black bees - products from plastic bottles are hung on a tree.
To make them, you will need:
- plastic bottles with a capacity of 0.5 l and 5 l;
- yellow water-repellent paint;
- black electrical tape;
- stationery knife;
- brush;
- glue gun;
- scissors;
- washcloth brushes 4 pcs.;
- twine;
- thick threads.
Step-by-step instructions for making products from plastic bottles, the photo of which is below:
- Cut a square hole from a large five-liter bottle, deviating from the bottom about 9 cm. This will be the blank for the hive.
- All bottles with lids should be painted yellow and allowed to dry.
- Glue strips of black electrical tape from the neck to the base on small bottles.
- Cut two wings from plastic together for each bee. In them, pierce two holes and pass a thread to form a loop, for which insects will be hung on a tree.
- Glue the wings to the body of the bees.
- Draw or glue the finished eyes and nose (you can also use buttons).
- The brushes are tightly tied with twine, straightened and glued on top of the hive. The roof turned out.
Hang the bees in the garden on a tree, and put a beehive nearby. You can walk and enjoy, especially children will be happy.
Pink flamingo
Unusually and brightly among the greenery, an exotic pink flamingo bird will look. It will take a little time and inspiration for such a product from plastic bottles.
For the manufacture of necessary:
- six liter plastic bottle (4 pcs.);
- a piece of foam;
- silicone hose;
- the wire is thick and flexible;
- stationery knife;
- glue gun;
- two metal rods or sticks;
- brush;
- scissors;
- water-repellent paints (red, pink, two shades, black, white).
Do it yourself step-by-step instruction of a product from plastic bottles:
- Take a six liter canister, cut off the neck. Gently glue the hole with plastic using a glue gun and got a torso.
- Cut the remaining bottles into 10 cm wide plates, rounding the edges on both sides. They should be enough for the plumage of a bird.
- Pink all future feathers using two shades of paint and let dry.
- Glue the finished body of the bird’s body, starting from the back (the bottom of the bottle) so that the plumage turns out.
- Cut the head with a foam beak, dye pink, draw eyes and paint the beak.
- Connect the head to the body. To do this, insert the wire into the silicone hose (neck). Insert one end of the wire into the head, and the other into the body, slightly below the taped neck. Glue the joints with glue and try to do it carefully.
- For legs choose metal twigs or wooden sticks. The legs are cut out of plastic and attached to the legs with wire.
- Paint the neck and legs pink.
- Make two holes in the trunk for the limbs and insert them, fix with glue.
The product from plastic bottles for the garden is completely ready, it remains to find a suitable place for a charming bird.
Pink pig-flowerpot
Plastic containers are quite suitable for the manufacture of jewelry for the playground where children play. It is easy to make figures in the form of animals, for example, a pink pig.
For manufacturing, you will need:
- two-liter and five-liter bottle;
- soft thick wire about 20 cm;
- water-repellent paint (pink and black);
- brush;
- glue gun;
- stationery knife.
Production Instruction:
- Cut the side of the five-liter bottle, leaving the front (muzzle) and the back of the bottle unchanged.
- From the two-liter bottle, cut the ears and insert them into the slots on the head, glue with glue for strength.
- Paint the product pink and allow it to dry.
- Draw eyes and nostrils.
- The tail is made of wire and inserted into the body.
The little pig-flowerpot is ready. It is made using plastic bottles (product photo above).
Mat for the bathroom and curtains to the cottage
Wine corks are a valuable material for the manufacture of not only decor, but also useful things for the home and garden. The value of this material is that it is resistant to moisture, does not mold and does not rot. Cork products are durable and do not require additional processing. For the manufacture of rugs, you can use them whole or cut into halves. It is made both solid and with holes. Connect the cork with a fishing line. Cork curtains in a country house will also look effective. They are collected very simply like ordinary beads on a fishing line. These are just two examples of cork products. From plastic bottles you can use caps and also do rugs, curtains and a host of other things.
Vases from a plastic bottle
For such crafts, any sizes and shapes of the source material are suitable. And for the manufacture of the final product, in addition to the bottle, you need scissors, a stationery knife, glue or scotch tape and acrylic paints.
Procedure:
- Cut off the neck. Apply the lower border of the petals.
- Cut vertical strips of the same width to the marked line and bend them out.
- Glue the petals to the bottle using glue or tape.
- Paint the finished product with any paint. For decoration, glue beads, beads, buttons.
And here is another version of the product for flowers:
- Cut off the neck.
- Heat the end of the screwdriver and make holes in the top of the bottle in a chaotic manner and of different sizes.
- Paint the finished craft.
As you can see, vases and other products from plastic bottles are made quickly and practically for nothing. It remains to put flowers in the container made. In the summer, it will be a bouquet of living plants, and in winter they can be made from the same plastic bottles. This is done as follows:
- Cut the bottom off the bottle.
- Cut it to the middle, along the available lines into petals. To give shape to melt them on fire, paint in any color.
- Make a core of cork, beads or beads.
- Cut a strip of green plastic for the stem and twist it, heating over a fire.
- For leaves, apply a contour to the plastic, cut, heat and shape them. Glue to the stem.
Crafts in the form of flowers are also used to design a summer cottage and near the territory of the house. They do not require material costs, they are simply assembled, therefore, their manufacture can be done by beginner craftsmen.
Products from plastic covers
Many people like to needlework: some sew, others knit, and others work wonders by making a variety of plastic bottle caps to decorate the garden and garden. It is difficult to collect a large amount of material from the desired color, so it is purchased at wholesale stores or ordered via the Internet. Various patterns are laid out from lids, like from mosaics, decorating country fences, walls of houses, and even furniture is made. To decorate the borders of paths and flower beds, they are pressed into the cement mass. And to protect the bushes, the covers are strung on a wire, making a hole in the center of each. A colored hoop is attached to wooden poles, and the branches do not fall to the ground. It turns out original and beautiful.
Bright curtains for summer cottages are another alternative to using plastic covers. To make them, on each cover two holes are made opposite each other. A fishing line is inserted into them and its end is fixed with two nodes, which are fused with a match. After a complete set of series, make a mark and begin to dial a new one from the other end. The last plug is fastened again, like the first. On the cloves, the line should be hung over the middle that was marked. The remaining rows are done by analogy.
Penguin family
Such a product from plastic bottles for the garden is a real find. After working on the beds, you can sit on the bench and enjoy the penguin family. And to make them very simple, for this you will need:
- plastic bottles, with a capacity of 6 l, 5 l, 2 l and 1 l;
- water-repellent paints: black, white, red;
- brush;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- stationery knife.
Step-by-step instruction:
- To paint a little less than half a six-liter bottle in white is the penguin's abdomen, the rest of it in black. Do not cut off the neck of the bottle.
- For the head, cut off the top of the two-liter capacity a little diagonally, paint it black and stick it to the body.
- Cut the nose cone, paint red, insert into the neck of the head. Draw eyes or stick.
- Draw the contour of the wings, cut and paint them black. After drying, stick to the body.
- To paint two liter bottles with red paint, flatten and glue with the necks back to the bottom of a large bottle, we get the penguin's paws.
The figure was completed so that he would not be bored. Using the same technology, two more figures of guests can be made from the coastal waters of the Antarctic Southern Hemisphere.
Plastic broom
Bottles from different drinks often accumulate in the apartment and at the cottage. And from them they make a lot of useful and necessary things. To clean the territory of a personal plot, a broom is often required, which is not cheap in a store. And this product from plastic bottles can be made with your own hands.
For the manufacture of necessary:
- cuttings (wood, plastic or metal);
- two-liter bottles (7 pieces, any color);
- soft wire;
- scissors or knife;
- awl;
- pliers.
Detailed steps instructions:
- Five bottles cut off bottoms.
- Cut the lower part into strips no more than 2 cm wide. Their length should not reach the shoulders in order to give it rigidity.
- Cut off the neck of four bottles with a knife.
- Insert all the blanks into each other, put on top with a neck.
- Cut off the upper part from the remaining two bottles and put them on the workpiece to give the broomstick strength and durability.
- Pierce the workpiece with an awl in two places and secure with wire using pliers.
- Fasten the handle.
A broom can be used to clean the area.
Finally
Cool and fun products from plastic bottles for the garden are considered a great decoration. They are also used for growing seedlings and flowers. In addition, from them you can make a flowerbed, flowers on which do not require watering.
They are great for decorating the dacha, gazebos and terraces. Crafts are simple in execution, practical and unique. In addition, children may well take part in their manufacture. A little time, maximum imagination and desire - this is all that is needed for creativity.