How to make a craft from a tire with your own hands, detailed descriptions and step-by-step photos. How to make a swan from a car tire to decorate your garden

The use of car tires in the country is just as justified as the use of plastic bottles. This is a cheap and quite practical material for creating a wide variety of items and things that may be needed for work, recreation, and even landscaping a summer house.

Until recently, we talked about crafts in the country from improvised means, created TOPs of the most interesting things and determined rating and exclusive ideas for using old and used things to create something new. We have used wood, metal, plastic and glass bottles, but today it's the turn to pay attention to at least interesting stuff- car tires. Getting tires for use in the country is very simple, and working with them is not difficult at all. Therefore, we suggest taking a little time and exploring new ideas. Also, we immediately ask you to actively participate in the discussion of the article, because the opinion of each reader is very important to us!

Soft ottomans

For comfortable seats in the country during the holidays, you can use car tires. To do this, they are wrapped in ribbons of fabric or belts that are simply intertwined. There is nothing complicated in such a technique, and by a practical method we have established that the design soft ottoman it takes literally an hour from the tire.

Tires of almost any diameter and size can be used for the production of "country furniture", but try to choose not the most dilapidated ones so that the reinforcing fibers from the base material do not cause you trouble in the form of scratches and cuts.

Donkey with a cart made of tires

Remember, not so long ago we studied in detail the original works of some summer residents - wooden horses in the country? They were made of timber, logs, branches and other materials that you can not buy, but simply find in the country. Today we propose to consider the horse model in a new light. It will no longer be a horse, but a donkey from a car tire.

The production of such a creature takes only two tires, which simply take up space in the garage or shed. Using a sharp knife, a little knitting wire and imagination, you can build a nice decoration for the lawn in the country within a few hours. In addition, it is quite possible to create not only a small donkey, but also a wagon, and, for example, install flower pots, thereby creating a mobile flower bed.

Tire parrots

Starting a conversation about exotic birds, we immediately present you with an image of such a masterpiece.

In appearance, a real art, to which a professional had a hand. But if you look closely, then there are no difficulties in the production of such birds. If you systematize the work, make a simple drawing and pick up quality tool, you just have to follow our instructions:

• Make a cut of the tire on both sides, leaving only a small strip of the inner circumference. That is, you get a solid small radius of the product, and divide the large one in half;
• Next, cut along a small radius, on both sides, due to which you get the desired shape with which you can cut decorative works;
• Along the edges of the cut, you should make the head of a parrot and its tail. We dissolve the source material into several strips and sharpen them at the end, and also cut out from rubber a semblance of a parrot's head, only in shape;
• Do the rest bright colors, with the help of which a piece of black rubber acquires the desired shade and a clear image of a beautiful bird.

The frog princess from the wheels in the country

Do you have some old tires? Then on the territory of the dacha you can create a very pleasant and cheerful picture - a frog sitting on the edge of the lawn.

The whole process takes several hours, in terms of costs - you get only paint for decoration.

First, two tires are laid on the ground, next to each other, close. A third is laid on top of them, so we get a garden figure, somewhat reminiscent of a pedestal.

We fill the tires with earth from the inside and proceed to the design:

• Two shorter and thicker branches and two long but thinner ones form the legs of a frog;
• Specially shaped wooden bars, which can be cut with an ordinary hacksaw, complement the paws;
• From plastic bottles we cut out the eyes and the crown for our cute "princess", the rest is just finished with paint.

DIY tire crafts (video)

Flowerbeds from tires

Some time ago, when we talked about interesting ideas for giving, we stopped at creating flower beds from tires. Today we have only a reminder, as well as a call to use not only the rubber part, but also the metal rims from the wheels, on the basis of which you can build reliable and durable stands for flower beds.

Bird figures

Decoration for gardens and lawns can also be made from old tires. Today we have a rather cute white goose, the production of which only one car tire was spent on.

As you can see, it is laid on its side and cut off, its main part forms decoration slices, and the cut part forms the neck and head of the bird.

It is very difficult to make a head out of rubber alone, and therefore wood is used for stability and shape.

After the formation of the image, a new garden figure is painted.

It is also noteworthy that as a result we get not just a garden figure, but also an excellent flower bed for planting ornamental plants.

Swimming pool from an old tire

Of course, in order to make even the smallest pool, you will need to take a serious size tire, for example, from a tractor or a large loader, and so on.

It is difficult to work with dense material, but cutting will not be necessary, because we have a ready-made form that can be filled with water. It remains only to make a reliable bottom so that when filling such a pool, the water does not immediately leave.

Initially, you should choose a place for installation, cover it with a dense material that will create a base. It can be screenings or clay, but it can also be ordinary lawn land with grass, the main thing is that it be well-established.

Now we spread a piece of an awning or a special film at the installation site, which is used to construct artificial reservoirs in summer cottages. Along the perimeter of our wheel, we degrease the awning and lubricate it abundantly special glue. It can be rubber glue or even universal Velcro.

A wheel is laid on the awning, presses the awning with its weight, and remains in this position for a day. After that, the glued seam should be additionally treated with sealant from the inside and outside. After another day, you can pour water inside and use a completely sealed tire from special equipment in the form of a country pool.

Path in the country

If there is a slight slope on the territory of the cottage, a descent to the water or a passage through a ravine, it is tires that can be used to ensure maximum comfort on the way of movement. With their help, strong and durable steps are created, on which it is convenient and safe to walk.

Original garden figures

We have already studied some options, but now we are moving on to real fairy-tale characters that can appear in any country house.

First of all, we present bears made of car tires, which are organically formed and installed, decorated and endowed in a special way. As you can see, next to them are the pretty flowers made from plastic bottles, which we talked about recently.

Next in line is a caterpillar, which is really not simpler. This is a cute figure from upright installed tires, which fit snugly against each other at slightly different heights. Painting and simple decoration help to complete the look.

At the very beginning of the article, we mentioned wooden horses and showed you a donkey from tires, but now we have come to a horse from an old tire, the construction of which and the complete design will take you no more than a couple of hours. Agree, this is not so much to create a favorite country toy for children or grandchildren. The figure is formed very simply - a tire is installed in a small hole, which is concreted. Further, it is shaped and tinted, complemented by a head and mane, and immediately after that it becomes a pretty object in the exterior of the dacha.

Tire furniture

Oddly enough, but tires can play a role not only original jewelry for the landscape of the summer cottage, but to become really practical furniture. We already considered one of these examples at the beginning of the article, but here we came across some more very successful ideas.

Presented to your attention is a good summer cottage set, for the production of which tires and metal carcass. But as you can see, this is not a simple one, but wicker furniture, and therefore interest in it is increased.

A similar set and a little lower, but this is already cushioned furniture for giving. Naturally, not the most practical option and far from the ultimate dream, but very nice!

Use of tires for practical purposes

In conclusion, we present you the idea of ​​the device cesspool, a homemade septic tank or a special pit for country toilet from old tires. We will not talk in detail about the construction of a toilet or a cesspool, since the site already has thematic material, but we will simply present you with another useful direction in which tires from a car can be used.

What can be done from car tires (video)

Human imagination has no limits, and the desire to achieve maximum practicality in a summer cottage is often the main goal. This is what we consider the reason for the development of new opportunities and the implementation of even those ideas that may initially seem not very good. Today we have presented you a considerable list of decor items, furniture and even sewer elements from old tires, and therefore we are waiting for your reaction to the material below, in the comments.

Crafts for giving from car tires (20 photos)

Reviews and comments

(4 ratings, average: 3,62 out of 5)

Lydia 03/20/2014

Yes, of course ... But you cannot dispose of all car tires and tubes in this way. Tires must be recycled. First for heating oil, and then for gasoline or solarium and cord. We can help with additional purification of heating oil for gasoline.

Sasha 04.10.2014

By the way, I saw a bunch of fakes from tires at other dachas, but I myself never thought to do this, because I was too lazy, and I didn’t want to do something like that, but now I’ll make myself a couple of curious fakes in order to decorate my own country house)

Igor 07.12.2014

Flight of fancy, of course, pleased. And yet, I have a cool attitude towards this use of tires - this kind of aesthetics is still doubtful. It is interesting only in cases of a completely unexpected and original kind of application.

Dmitry Belokonny 21.09.2015

Very original, I learned a lot for myself, I liked the idea with ottomans, not only cute, but also functional, better than dragging chairs from home, or putting up an old bench. And the steps made of tires are also interesting, there is just a descent to the garage, and you have to go around it outside the yard (it’s very sharp), now I’m thinking of making the descent with tires to save time and not make a huge detour!

Alla 03.10.2015

In these photos, the tire shapes look interesting. I saw several similar figures at the neighbors, and I didn’t really like them: they look somehow clumsy. But the idea of ​​steps from tires is interesting and functional. We can do this down to the river. True, I do not know where to get so many tires.

Elena 10/14/2015

And in our city, such decorations are implemented on playgrounds in kindergartens! Cartoon characters: Krosh, Nyusha, Cheburashka, Masha and the Bear! And the kids really like it, and my Ryo as well.
During my childhood in kindergartens, old tires were used only under flower beds or buried sideways halfway into the ground, like, such a sports equipment. (((Is there really not enough imagination for more? After all, no supernatural materials are required for such crafts?
Haven't seen anything like this in our gardens yet. I think people do not want to install such structures, because there is barely enough land for planting on 5-6 acres. Alexander 11/27/2016

I have always loved doing handicrafts. The garage, I have, is fully equipped for one purpose only - to do crafts. Some time ago, I began to notice how in my city I begin to put such crafts on flower beds, in kindergartens and other cultural places. I liked this idea and I started to do it myself different kind crafts from tires, etc. I think that now I will make black swans from tires. When everything is ready, I will unsubscribe what happened.

Karrina 16.01.2017

And please tell me which better paint use for such “folk art”?) So that it doesn’t flow from the rain and the smell doesn’t have a sharp, there are a lot of options to choose from now, I would like it not to peel off in a month or two, I don’t understand anything about it, but tires from my father’s old car remained , children want to experiment) I want them not to be poisoned in respirators and do without consequences ...

Vova 14.02.2017

Class! We are waiting for the continuation of the digest of products from tires!

Masha 03/22/2017

We made four such swans of their tires and placed them in the garden. It turned out very nice, and the process itself is simple. Only with the wings we didn’t bother so much, it turned out rougher. And in the photo, the parrots just conquered, but it's very fine work both in terms of cutting out rubber and in terms of painting. My husband and I team of Crazy Hands is not yet capable of this)

I have never seen crafts that look really beautiful in a summer cottage, as for me it’s better to plant more flowers or let there be a smooth lawn than to litter the site.

Car owners know the value of tires. What a pity to throw them away after they have served their due date. Earlier, 20-30 years ago schoolyards one could see the old tires that were used for arranging flowerbeds and physical education. If you show imagination, you can independently make many interesting crafts from tires.

In the 80s and 90s of the last century, in rural areas, children rode on a swing made from old car tires. And this is not the only thing that can be built from this material. It is very easy to make crafts from car tires, the main thing is to arm yourself with patience, necessary tools and enough material.

Crafts from tires for the garden

The summer cottage is the place where you can make any dreams come true and make crafts from tires with your own hands. In order to make a figurine from an old tire, you must select appropriate place, decide on the task, prepare the tool and get to work. You can spend from 3 to 5 hours of free time on creating a simple craft, but on more complex structures will have to take a few days.

What materials and tools will be needed:

• sharp durable knife;
• hacksaw for metal;
• electric jigsaw;
• metal ruler;
• rope;
• paint brush;
• paints of different shades;
• strong wire;
• bolts;
• tires.

It is easier to work with imported tires - they are not so thick, they are easy to cut and bend well. When choosing tires, you should pay attention to the type of tires - a winter tire will turn out much easier than a summer one.

Tires can be used to make many useful items. For example, a tire hedge will look good in the garden, separating the site or dividing it into several zones: work, for games and recreation. Can be diversified landscape design beautiful elements or build a table and chairs from tires.

Look at this image, making such a kit yourself will not make great work. The only thing to adhere to is not to bring such furniture into the room, since even an old car tire will emit bad smell rubber. But for gatherings on outdoors- such furniture will come in handy:

You can also decorate the garden plot interesting crafts: make containers for growing from tires climbing plants, install small pots or adapt rubber buckets.

Look at this image - such a composition will decorate any garden and save space:

How to make a flower garden from a tire

A budget option for creating flower beds from tires can be found in almost any yard. Car tires are built into structures (ring, fence, wave) and painted multi-colored paints. There are many options for creating flower beds from tires. The technology is simple: the tires are buried halfway into the ground, and the middle is covered with earth and flowering plants are sown.

Complex structures, for example, a flower garden, can be done like this:

1. It is necessary to prepare car tires of different diameters. Large tires will be used as a flower bed, and small tires will serve as a fence.
2. Dig the tires into the ground, and set the small ones upright.
3. To prevent small tires from falling, they need to make a transverse incision and “plant” them on both sides in large tires. From below, to make the structure stronger, you can fasten the rubber with wire or metal staples.
4. You should get a chain of tires.

Small islands-beds of tires in the form of tulips look beautiful. To create such a flower bed, you need to prepare 1 car tire with a disk.

How to make a tulip flower bed:

1. Step back from the disk 1 cm and draw a contour with chalk (these will be the petals).
2. Cut the tire around the perimeter of the wheel (without removing it from the disk) along the contour.
3. Separate the parts and unscrew the tire - you will have a bowl on the stop.
4. To give beautiful view flower bed, paint the tire with multi-colored paints and draw patterns.
5. After complete drying, the flower bed will be ready.

It is easy enough to make a flower bed in the form of a swan. To create a figure, you need 1 car tire. Look at the diagram to understand how to cut a tire and make a swan neck:

The finished figure must be painted with white paint. After the paint has dried, earth is poured into the middle of the flower bed and plants are planted.

Another option for creating a decorative figurine from car tires. For work, it is better to use old "bald" car tires and a sharp knife. Use this diagram to draw lines with chalk along which it will be more convenient to cut out the shape.

Step by step creation of a swan figurine:

1. Cut out the wings of the swan along the lines with a sharp knife or electric jigsaw.
2. Since this part of the work is very difficult to perform, it is necessary to prepare a sharp knife with a wide blade in advance.
3. To make it easier to cut the rubber, during operation, you need to moisten it in a soapy solution.
4. We unscrew the cover. In the body of the swan and in the neck with a screwdriver or hand drill we make small holes to fasten the parts together with wire.
5. We give the figure a shape, cut out the eyes and beak. We attach the parts with screws.
6. Swan coloring in White color, we leave the eyes black, and paint the beak red.

How to make crafts from tires - watch the video:

Make 2 figures from tires and place them near a miniature pond, which can also be created from an old car tire.

To make a small pond yourself, prepare the following tools and materials:

• wide tire;
• electric jigsaw;
• shovel;
• building level;
• crushed stone and sand;
• waterproofing film.

How to make a mini pond:

1. Prepare the site - the site should be flat, without a slope.
2. Dig a hole with a shovel to place the tire in.
3. Lay the tire inside and check its location with a building level.
4. Sprinkle rubble on all sides.
5. Now you can use electric jigsaw cut off the sides.
6. Lay a waterproofing layer, lay crushed stone and sand along the contour of the tire, press the edges tightly.
7. To close the film, lay out the edges of the reservoir with a decorative stone.
8. It remains to fill the artificial reservoir with water.

Children's town from car tires

With the help of old car tires, you can build a whole children's town. Consider the popular options for using tires:

1. Children's sandbox. You don’t have to spend a lot of effort on creating a sandbox, you need to dig the tire halfway into the ground, revive the sandbox by painting it with bright colors and filling it with sand.

1. Children's swing. What else to do with the baby in the country? Of course, you can ride a swing, and you can make them from old car tires. Just cut the tire in half, cut out inner part, leaving a place to sit below, and hang the finished swing on a strong rope. Little kids will love the colorful hanging swing in the form of a flower or a horse.

1. Rocking chairs. You'll have to work hard to make a baby rocking chair. The work is divided into the following stages:

• tire preparation - cut the tire so as to get 2 identical parts;
• seat preparation - cut out the board right size, attach it to the tire;
• decor - paint the seat and base in bright colors.

1. Cars, boats, horses, caterpillars. Kids really like to explore new figures - turn the steering wheel, sit on a horse. From old car tires you can make a small car with a real steering wheel, headlights and seats.

Crafts from tires can be seen in the photo:

What else can you do with old tires?

Human fantasy has no limits. Incredibly, from old tires you can build not only beautiful figurines for the garden, flower beds and equip a playground. Tires are easy to make garden furniture or a dog bed. See how beautifully and tastefully you can decorate a cozy corner for relaxation:

Using the old bicycle tire you can make a stylish bracelet or a durable belt that will serve the owner for many years:

And here's another one interesting idea- can be beaten old chest rubber sheet from a car tire. Such furniture will look very original, and you won’t have to spend much effort. It is necessary to cut the canvas and nail it with small carnations. Get an exclusive item!

And in order to create such a figure, you need to familiarize yourself with the elements of artistic carving and be patient. Not everyone can make such a masterpiece:

It is always nice to make something useful out of a junk item, and if the craft turns out to be beautiful as well, the pleasure is double. One example is tire crafts. They make decorations for the country or garden plot, various flowerpots and flower girls, build children's attractions and even make country furniture- tables and chairs.

Flowerbeds and flower beds from tires

Let's start with the most, perhaps, simple flower beds and flower beds. Do you think it is difficult to make a multi-tiered one? Maybe, but not from tires. Take a few different sizes, paint in bright colors and fold in a slide - one on top of the other. To prevent your slide from falling apart, fasten the tires from the inside with a screwdriver and self-tapping screws. Two per connection will suffice. Inside you fill up the soil, plant the plants. So that the soil does not spill out, you can lay the tire inside with a piece. It will remove excess water, but will not allow the earth to get enough sleep. A beautiful tiered flower garden is ready.

If you like flower beds of the correct form, you can make these. For example, folding a flower bed in the form of a camomile out of tires. First, lay out and fasten the tires together in the lower tier. Fill the middle of the tires with earth, as well as the free space inside the circle. There for better drainage can be laid broken brick or other construction debris, sprinkle a little earth on top and tamp. On the prepared surface, stepping back from the edge by more than half the diameter of the tire, lay out the second tier. They are also fastened together, the middle is covered with soil, and the core is erected on top. At the very top, you can plant tall flowers, and on the lower tiers - curb or undersized.

Another option for flowerbeds of tires in the form of chamomile is in one tier. To do this, you will have to cut the tires.

How to cut tires

In general, when making crafts from tires, they often need to be cut. This is far from easy. More or less easy to cut side surface from protector. People with strong arms and good knives do it manually. Good, by the way, training for the hands and the entire shoulder girdle. If you already cut with a knife, lubricate the blade with grease: rubber constantly “jams” the metal, and the blade coated with grease slips well.

You can also cut off the sidewall with a jigsaw or grinder. Cutting with a grinder is relatively fast, but the stench is wild. Therefore, the grinder, even if there is one, only makes the first cut, so that you can introduce a jigsaw file. Further work with this tool. For cutting rubber, a blade with a reverse tooth made of good steel is taken.

If you have to cut the tread, it is useless to do it with a jigsaw or even more so with a knife. Anyway with an ordinary knife. Blades made of special steel can even cut iron cord, but hardly anyone wants to disfigure such a tool on an old tire. Therefore, most often they work as a grinder. To avoid trouble, the protector is fixed: always think about safety. If the sidewalls are already cut off, the tread band is quite elastic and can be compressed with a clamp. Cut, it does not spring.

Flowerpot from the wheel: turn out the tires

If there is a tire with an old rim, you can make a flowerpot on a leg out of it.

To do this, cut one sidewall along the tread. And they turn out. This is not an easy task: it takes a lot of physical strength and perseverance. The rubber is elastic and it is impossible to turn it out the first time. If not at all, notches are made on the outside across the tread. They should be quite deep, but not through. It will also help if you make cuts along the edge with a depth of at least 5-7 centimeters. They will look like fringes on an inverted tire.

Why turn out? Inner surface smoother, and the shape may turn out to be more interesting, especially if the edge is not linear, but jagged. You will get a gracefully bent decoration.

For details on how to turn a tire, see the video.

Similarly, you can turn out the tire without rim. The sequence of actions is the same. First, one of the sidewalls is cut off - straight or in a zigzag. In order for the "petals" to be even, it is desirable to mark them. It is convenient to do this with chalk. According to the mark, they are then cut with an electric jigsaw or a knife (if the cord is synthetic).

They twist it like this: they step on the inside of the tire, take the edge with their hands and pull it up and towards themselves. It is important to achieve the first result: when at least some part is arched. If the tire looks like the photo below, this is already a success. It is developed by consistently turning the edge inside out and standing on the part that has already been turned out so that it does not turn back out.

Watch the process again in the video. This time, the tire is turned out without a wheel (by the way, they cut it with a knife).

Even by itself, such an inside-out tire looks good. If you paint it, it gets even better. If desired, they can be combined - different colors, sizes, installed in different ways: on a tire or on legs.

A high flower bed always looks beautiful. Especially with ampelous plants. It can also be made from tires, and there are several possibilities. In the photo below, there are two ways to fix the cut tires at different levels. The first is to use stumps for this, to which flowerpots are attached with nails or self-tapping screws. The second is to use reinforcement - three or four rods, on which to put rubber. Putting on right level tier, it needs to be fixed, on metal this can only be done with the help of clamps.

It is not always possible to put a flowerpot on the ground: some areas are so developed that even one square meter is problematic to distinguish. In this case, people came up with various hanging flowerpots, and also from old tires. Only a small part of the whole tire remains, so there is a lot of cutting ... please be patient. For example, you can do hanging planters in the form of a dolphin, a parrot, a rooster and other outlandish birds. For a few ideas, see photos.

Tire planter - parrot, rooster and dolphin

All these tire crafts. Only a small part of them - the heads - are often made of dense foam. Cutting and sanding the part desired shape, it is fixed with self-tapping screws lubricated with glue (this is a secret, remember), and then they are painted. How to make a parrot from a tire, see the video.

Below are step by step photos, which depict the main stages of creating a table or ottoman from a tire. You will need two more circles of plywood or fiberboard of a suitable diameter, a hemp rope is used for finishing. Of the materials at hand, you will need glue and a glue gun, as well as varnish and a brush for applying it. To connect the circles with the tire, you will also need self-tapping screws - 8-10 pieces on each side.

Next we take glue gun and heating the glue, apply it to the sidewall. If there is no such luxury in the household, take the glue that is in the tube bigger size, like " liquid nails". They are easier to work with mounting gun. Apply the strip on the sidewall, glue the hemp rope. Yes, all the way to the top.

Using the same technology, we decorate the cover of the table (ottoman). You need to start laying from the middle: apply glue, lay the rope.

Finishing work - applying varnish. We do slowly, soaking well. Here is what should be the result. If you made a table, you can put glass on top - a rope, even varnished, is not the best best coverage for the table, although beautiful ...

Variety can be achieved through a cover. It can be sewn from a vending dense material.

Cute puff…

You can knit - large knitting looks interesting.

Large knitted knitted cover - looks interesting

If you don’t feel like sewing and knitting, you can use old knitwear cut into strips. They are cut into long strips 3-5 cm thick, wound into balls and then wrapped around an ottoman. It turns out interesting, especially if several colors are combined.

If you need a taller ottoman, twist the two tires together with self-tapping screws, and work on them in this form.

See the video for another option.

Decorating a summer cottage is not limited to bright drawings, flower beds and purchased sculptures. Small parts in general perception, gardens are no less important. Many of them can be made by hand, and tips for creating crafts from old tires will help you with this.

Sculptures from old tires

With the right color of tires in your garden, you can make many bright animals from all over the world. It is enough to prepare a few tires, allocate a little time and apply your imagination.

How to make a swan

Increasingly, swans can be seen not on ponds and other bodies of water, but in gardens and household plots. Our yards have been chosen by whole flocks of these beautiful birds made from waste tires. If you are also an admirer of such crafts, but do not know how to build them, then check out detailed master class to create swans from tires.

In order for similar swans to appear on your site, some materials and tools will not be enough, you will have to work hard.

Prepare some old tires, a jigsaw, an electric drill, a well-sharpened knife, metal rods, chalk for marking, and paints of different colors.

For work, choose worn tires from cars. They should be worn out, because the thinner they are, the easier it will be for you to work. Immediately discard and do not take into account the tires with spikes from foreign manufacturers. If you have the opportunity to choose, then give preference to tires with a nylon cord, they can be easily cut with an ordinary, well-sharpened knife. If you use tires with a metal cord, you cannot do without certain tools. Before starting work, the rubber must be washed and dried. And the work itself is best done outdoors.

The general view of the swan directly depends on the scheme by which you will mark the tire. First you need to chalk the markings on the tire, the diagram is shown below in the illustration. Define the head, tail and wings.

For your better understanding, we bring to your attention additional photo, which will explain the whole process of working on cutting a swan.

When marking the bird, keep in mind that the length of the neck together with the head should be more than half the circumference of the tire. Suppose if you use a wheelR13, then its circumference is 180 cm, then 95 cm will go to the neck, so that the head is proportional, its length should be 10 cm, and the beak - 9 cm.

After the markings are drawn, proceed to cutting the tire. If you have chosen an old tire with a nylon cord, then a knife will be enough for you. To make your job easier, prepare soap solution and periodically dip the knife into it.

First of all, cut the tire along the contours of the head and neck. The biggest mistake that almost all beginners make is that, when sawing out the neck, the tire is cut completely first along one line of the neck. In this case, the second side will be extremely difficult to cut. Make not very large cuts on one side or the other.

The next step is to work with the tail. Its length is 25 cm. It is decorative element, its manufacture will provide easier eversion of the tire. It is cut in the same way as the neck.

Now you have the laborious work of turning the tire inside out. This is done in this way: turn the tire with the cut side down, press it down with your foot and pull the side parts up, while turning them out. Push down the center piece.

Now general design began to resemble a bird. Next, lower down the side rings, which will serve as the wings of a swan. If you have chosen a tire with a steel cord, then in addition to additional difficulties in working with it, you will receive a product with protruding reinforcement. In any case, the edges need to be processed with a grinder. Please note that such a swan can only be used to decorate the garden, it is strictly forbidden to install them on playgrounds, anyone can get hurt.

After that, the bird must be given correct form. To do this, drill 2 holes every 15-20 cm of the neck length. You need to insert staples of thin wire into them and stretch another piece of wire along the entire length, which must be steel and strong. You will need it at least 1.5 m. The upper end must be fixed at the level of the head, the lower end at the base of the neck.

In general, the swan is ready. It remains to give the bird's neck a proper look and make rubber eyes that are screwed on with screws. To decorate the wings, you can make a shape in the form of teeth, so they will look like plumage. If you want, you can additionally make a crown from plastic bottle. Paint your sculpture. Most often, white or black colors are chosen for swans. But remember, in order for the paint to last longer, it must be applied to a clean and dry surface.

How to make a snail from a tire

As in the previous version, it is best to choose an old worn tire without a metal cord. It lends itself perfectly to cutting with an ordinary well-sharpened knife. If you have a jigsaw, then the work will be done much faster. Additionally, prepare a screwdriver, screws, a couple of metal rods, as well as gasoline with emulsion paint.

The washed tire first needs to be cut in such a way that one continuous strip is obtained from it - you must cut off the side parts.

Now, using the chalk and the photo as reference, you will sketch out the head and horns of the snail. According to this scheme, you will need to cut out the future sculpture. Next, thoroughly clean the rubber again, wash it and degrease it.

Twist the finished rubber tape as shown in the illustration. You should get a kind of shell. Fasten it using screws with a screwdriver.

To ensure that the head of the snail is always in an upright position, with reverse side you need to insert metal rods.

The sculpture remains to be painted in the most suitable color and shape her muzzle. Install the snail in a pre-prepared place so that it can become a real decoration of your garden.

Vases made from tires

Currently, there are many opportunities to purchase country decorative items in the store, and the flowerpot is no exception. However, it is much more pleasant and cheaper to make it with your own hands. In this case, absolutely any materials can be used. But today we will talk about how to make a flowerpot from an old tire. It looks no worse than those made of plastic, wood or plaster.

In addition to the tire itself, you will need cement, sand and a primer, crushed stone (pebbles) of not very large size, plaster mesh (wire), soapy water, and paint. Prepare a jigsaw, a grinder, a hard brush, a well-sharpened knife, a brush, a bucket and a trowel from the tools.

First, cut off the sides of the tire. Draw a curly border with chalk and cut the tire along this line. To facilitate this process, periodically dip the knife in a soapy solution, it will become much easier to cut rubber. If you want to make a more intricate pattern, then use an electric jigsaw.

Now the tire needs to be turned inside out. It will take quite a lot of effort and time. After that, proceed to grinding the edging of the flowerpot. For this you will need Grinder, so you give the product a more aesthetic look.

It remains to decorate the flowerpot. Apply a primer to the flowerpot and leg, and then you can paint the product. Choose lighter colors, because. they don't fade as much as the dark ones.

On this, the work on creating a flowerpot can be completed. However, if you want to give it a more original and attractive look, you can decorate the leg using pebbles and concrete.

Wrap the leg with wire. This is necessary so that the concrete is fixed on the flowerpot more reliably, the wire can be replaced with a special mesh used for plastering. Make a mortar of cement, water and sand (1:0.5:3). To better fix to the rubber, it should come out thick enough. Apply the solution with a trowel on the leg, throwing it. At this point, remove the flowerpot to the side, so it does not get smeared. Immediately start decorating the leg with pebbles (pebbles, broken glass, etc.). After adhesion has occurred, wash the stones by brushing off excess solution. So that the leg does not crack, it must be watered for the first 3 days.

The country flowerpot is ready, it remains to fill it with black soil and plant the seeds.

Tire swing

Well, what childhood can be imagined without swings. In the park and in the yard - this is an essential attribute for a bright and fun pastime. A small play corner for your child can be built at home on personal plot. To do this, you do not need a lot of money.

Near the house you can always find a suitable place to place the swing. There are a lot of options for their manufacture. However, the most budgetary and easiest way is to build a swing from a tire, especially in this case the use of materials will be minimal. The main thing is that there is a desire, and the number of variations is large enough, so you can always find the most suitable for yourself.

The safest for children are swings made of tires. With a possible impact, the strength of a rubber seat will be less than that of one made of wood or metal.

Making an outdoor swing is not so difficult, even if you do not have any specific skills. Sufficient will be the ability to deal with welding machine or with a hammer - it all depends on whether the swing will be metal or wooden.

In any case, two poles are installed (decide for yourself whether they will be made of wood or metal), where one aspect is important - the bars must be large enough in diameter, because. they will have to withstand significant loads. A crossbar cuts into the upper part. It is necessary to screw bolts with rings into it, on which the rope will be hung, its ends will be fixed on the tire.

A tire seat can be made in two ways. In the first case, one solid tire is used (holes for the rope are made on the sides), in the second case, cutting parts of two tires are used. If everything is clear in the first case, then the second option should be discussed in more detail.

Here you need to cut off the upper and lower parts, only the side ring is useful in the work. The other tire is processed in a similar way and folded in half - it must be placed across the first, covering the free area inside the first tire. From 2 tires you should get a cross. In this case, the tires are fixed to each other, use a bolt, a double washer and a nut. Just pre-drill holes for future fasteners. You can attach a tire seat with ropes or chains. Think about mounting holes in advance.

If you have growing on the site suitable tree to make a swing, then consider a few points. The minimum allowable diameter of a branch is 15 cm, its height must be within 1.8 - 3 m from the ground. If we talk about the strength of the rope, use a rope in your work, it will only be attached to the tire.

Furniture from old tires

Quite a lot of old tires are thrown away every year, although they can be a very good material for making many useful items. And furniture made from old tires is a perfect example.

Making an armchair

To make a chair, you will need car tires. Additionally, prepare a stapler for furniture, self-tapping screws, a screwdriver, and foam rubber.

First of all, prepare the tires for work by thoroughly washing and cleaning them of dirt. To make them last as long as possible, you can cover them with a special solution that will make the surface of the tire smooth to the touch or, conversely, velvety.

To complete the chair, proceed in accordance with the images presented in this article. most main job is the connection of tires with each other. For this, it is best to use self-tapping screws and a screwdriver. Two tires are placed one on one, and then the back is additionally made.

As for the seat, you can fix the chipboard on top, place foam rubber on it, felt is attached on top of it with a furniture stapler.

In general, it should be noted that the field for fantasy is quite large, you only need desire and perseverance.

Ottoman

How beautiful and unusual a set of furniture made from old tires can become. You won’t ride them anymore, but you will have a rest with pleasure.

This comfort can be easily provided to you old tire, screwdriver, furniture foam and flexible plywood.

Clean and wash the tire first. After that, it must be covered with burlap or felt. For these purposes, it is best to use construction stapler. To prevent the future pouf from deforming, several wooden blocks must be inserted inside for support. Screw the wooden circle on top with a screwdriver. Next, decorate the seat with foam rubber. You can make several circles for more comfort. Now the finished frame needs to be covered with fabric.

Using old tires country cottage area you can decorate with anything. In addition to furniture, animals and flowerpots, you can make a pool, all kinds of baskets, flower pots and much more.

Now you know how many crafts are made. With a little practice, you will master the technique of making various items from tires and will be able to create the brightest and most unusual items from old tires for your garden.

The desire of a person to decorate the territory of his dacha, to create a wonderful, cozy atmosphere there using things at hand, contributed to the emergence of many design ideas.

The original material for the implementation of extraordinary ideas is old car tires.

Entertaining crafts from tires for the garden will decorate both flower beds and playgrounds, as well as paths. Tires and tires can be used for more than just crafting items garden decor, but also for practical purposes - from them you can build a pool, furniture, swings, a sandbox, parking for bicycles.

The photo below shows extraordinary tire craft ideas.

Idea #1. Making a flower bed out of tires

The easiest scheme is to take an unnecessary tire, fill it with soil and plant plants. Of course, this will not be a unique decorative element of garden design.

To fix everything, we take bright colors (acrylic or on oil based) and paint the tires. Next, we put them on top of each other, resulting in a multi-tiered flower bed.

The original solution would be a vertically arranged flower bed, folded in the shape of a pyramid. We fall asleep inside the soil and plant curly flowers - petunias or strawberries. On top you can put a pot with a single plant.

You can also make a hanging flower bed out of tires. To do this, you need a steel chain - it will need to be attached to the tire and hang the entire structure on a tree.

In order to prevent the soil from waking up, cover the bottom of the tire with a dense sheet of rubber or other suitable material.

An unusual solution would be to make flower beds in the form of a teapot and cups. All you need is a few tires and scraps of metal tape and pipes.

Idea number 2. Tire figures

Another kind of tire crafts for the garden are a variety of unusual and intricate tire shapes. They will revive your garden and improve the mood of all household members.

The figure of a swan is very popular. To make it, you need a tire without a steel cord. It needs to be marked first.

For cutting, use a well-sharpened knife. We fix the swan neck with a metal rod. The final step is to cover the resulting product with white or black paint (depending on which swan you want - white or black).

It is enough just to create a funny horse, zebra or giraffe. Such figures will require installation in the ground wooden beam medium size with tire.

Crafts should be painted in colors corresponding to one or another representative of the fauna.

Old tires and basins are easy to turn into a frog or a cute turtle. A bit of imagination will help to make interesting and unusual installations.

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Idea number 3. Country furniture

In the garden, pieces of furniture made of tires will look great.

They can be made in various styles and the use of different upholstery materials, ranging from leather and textiles to wicker and wire.

The tires will make a comfortable chair, in which it will be wonderful to relax in the bosom of nature. To do this, take the tires, wrap them with interlaced straps and ribbons. It won't take long, and the result will be entertaining.

Furniture for summer cottages can be made from different-sized tires of medium and low hardness.

Tires make beautiful tables, ottomans, armchairs, chandeliers, fountains and wash basins.

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Idea number 4. Tire swing

Swings are an integral part of any playground. Tire swings are safer than wood or metal swings. It's easy enough to make them.

You will need:

• strong horizontal branch;
• sharp knife and jigsaw;
• chain or strong rope;
• tire.

We tie the end of the rope into a loop, the knots must be strong and reliable. We throw the loop over the branch, pass the rest of the rope through it and tighten it. Tires are placed perpendicular to the ground.

We pass a rope through them and fasten it at a height of approximately 0.9 m from the earth's surface. The swing is ready!

Idea number 5. Tire track

Paths created from unnecessary tires, or rather from their tread part, look unusual and original.

We bring to your attention a selection of photos various crafts from tires.

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Tires are a versatile material for creating a wide variety of things with your own hands.

Numerous tire craft workshops can be easily found on the Internet. Therefore, if you have unnecessary old tires lying around, feel free to put them into action, creating memorable elements of garden decor.

Photo crafts from tires