Below should be the most large bottles(2 and 1.5 liter bottles, in the middle there are liter bottles, and at the top there are 0.5 and 0.3 liter bottles. If you have bottles of the same volume, then adjust the length of the “branches” yourself by cutting the strips to required length.
Make a hole in the left bottom, which you secure to the lower end of the stick using a plastic bottle cap (you can hammer a nail in for strength).
Place the last, smallest piece, neck up, on the upper end of the stick and screw the green plug onto the neck, also securing it with a nail for strength.
A little patience, perseverance, effort and the forest beauty is ready!
Such Christmas trees can be used as New Year's decoration your houses!
Method 2. To make such a Christmas tree you need a minimum of time and expense. Master class on making a Christmas tree from plastic bottles, will tell you in detail how to make such an original New Year’s craft.
To make a decorative New Year's craft: a Christmas tree from plastic bottles, you will need the following:
- Plastic bottles - 3 pcs;
- Scotch;
- Sheet thick paper, ideally whatman paper (A4);
- Scissors;
| So, cut the bottle as shown in the photo. That is, it is necessary to cut off the bottom and neck so that a straight pipe from the bottle remains. | |
| Next you need to make blanks for the branches. In order for the tree to have a cone-shaped shape, the blanks must have different sizes. That is, you need to achieve the following: | |
| Cut each plastic bottle lengthwise into 3 equal parts and then adjust their sizes so that each subsequent tier is slightly smaller than the previous one. Then each workpiece must be “dissolved into needles.” The neck of one of the bottles will serve as a stand for our future New Year's craft. | |
| The next step is to roll the Whatman paper into a tube. We insert it into the bottleneck... | |
| ...and secure with tape. | |
| Now all that remains is to secure each tier of the tree with tape in a circle and a small New Year's craft: DIY Christmas tree is ready! | |
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The top of our New Year's tree you can decorate with a homemade Christmas tree decoration, or complete the Christmas tree the way we did. |
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| If you want to make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles more fluffy, like in the photo, when making the Christmas tree, you need to cut the needles as thinly as possible (more often). | |
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By the way, the Christmas tree also looks quite creative with larger “branches” - master class from the website Country of Masters. We cut the bottle in the same way as in the previous version into 3 parts. Only we make cuts in a circle towards the center, straight. |
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| A puncture is made in the center with an awl and the needles are bent up and down in order. A puncture is made in the lid of the cream or mineral water into which a skewer of the required length is inserted. | |
| The parts are strung in descending order, with a large bead placed on top of the glue. The Christmas tree can be decorated with polystyrene foam, rain, etc. | |
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Glue the Christmas tree onto the disk stand. The Christmas tree is ready! |
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You can put gifts or plant an animal nearby. These Christmas trees have been a constant success for many years. |
Method 3. And finally, the last option for today is a Christmas tree made from plastic milk bottles (what decorative New Year trees are not made from...). The design is completely collapsible, has the maximum resemblance to the original, does not require particularly complex technologies or specific work skills, there are no problems with bottles either, and a holiday is just around the corner...
Materials and tools
The material for making the Christmas tree is a milk plastic bottle or part of it (Fig. 1). To make a homemade tabletop Christmas tree, you will need 5-20 milk/kefir plastic bottles with corrugation at the bottom. The number of bottles determines the number of branches and tiers. The more branches, the more fluffy the Christmas tree is; the more tiers, the taller it is.
In addition to bottles, you only need scissors and plastic rivet technology
Plastic rivets
To implement the technology of plastic rivets, it is necessary to have a means for melting (installing) the rivets and the rivet itself. You need to manage to melt the head of the rivet using a hot nail or lighter. You can do this in the same way with a well-heated soldering iron. In addition, you will need clamps and tweezers to install rivets in hard-to-reach places.
For plastic rivets, it is very important to choose the material. After fumbling for about a year, through trial and error, taking into account the requirements of strength and availability, I identified several sources for obtaining plastic rivets:
1. Empty rods from ballpoint pens. Enough available material. They are good because they are colorless and the compound, with their help, turns out to be organically integrated into the product made from plastic bottles. Such a rivet turns out neat, with a round head, however, it has a slightly reduced tensile strength. In addition, the rod from ballpoint pens is round in cross-section and completely fills the drilled hole in the parts being connected. By the way, the walls of the rods come in different thicknesses; for rivets it is better to use rods with thicker walls.
2. Chupa Chups sticks. Similar to option No. 1 only in color. The connection is more cumbersome, and the rivet head melts with difficulty (it either burns, becomes ugly, or unreliable).
3. The most perfect option, and it’s very convenient (I’m giving the world a proposal) to use material from buckets of 3, 5, 10 liters of construction mixtures. There are quite a lot of them left after repairs, and even one lasts for a long time.
From the walls of such a bucket you need to cut a ring, and cut the ring along the generatrix (this is the only way) into strips 2...4 mm wide, length from 4 to 15 cm. These will be the blanks for rivets, and, moreover, the best and most affordable, in almost unlimited quantities quantity.
Obtaining a connection using such rivets is simple. It is more convenient for this to prepare rivets of the required length in advance, melting the head of the plastic rod on one side. To connect two parts with plastic rivets, we overlap the parts, melt them with the same burner, forming a hole of the desired profile and size, insert a rivet there and, by melting, form a head from the opposite end of the rivet rod. After practicing reflowing several times, the head turns out neat and tear-resistant.
Let's get started...
To implement the idea, a source material is required in the form of a part of a plastic milk bottle (Fig. 1a), which is cut along the circumference into two components (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, respectively). A trunk will be formed from the part adjacent to the neck (Fig. 1b), and branches of the future New Year tree will be cut out from the ring with a central groove (Fig. 1c). One whole plastic bottle produces two or three rings. The more rings you prepare, the fluffier and taller the Christmas tree you can assemble. I had at least 20 of these rings (10 full bottles).
Plastic rings with a groove in the middle need to be cut into several equal parts (Fig. 2) along the forming elements of the bottle cylinder. As a result, we get convex rectangles. If you cut into 2 parts, then from such long halves you will get long lower branches of the Christmas tree, if you cut into 3 equal parts, you will get branches of medium tiers and medium length, and cutting into 4-5 parts, you get small blanks for the upper tiers of a tabletop Christmas tree . It is not at all necessary to observe particular uniformity in the dimensions of the rectangles for one type of tiers.
Next begins the rather tedious work of forming the branch. From each plastic convex rectangle (Fig. 3a), a wedge-shaped blank should be cut out with scissors (Fig. 3b). The axis of symmetry of the wedge-shaped part should be located along the corrugation groove. Immediately after cutting the workpiece, “needles” should be formed on it, making cuts along the side edges at approximately 45 degrees to the groove and radially at the end of the “branch”. (Fig. 3c). The needles are alternately moved out from the plane of the workpiece, also at 45 degrees to each other. Placing the needles up and down relative to the plane of the branch provides fluffiness to the Christmas tree.
As a result of such painstaking work, several sets (Fig. 4) of branches are obtained different sizes for desktop homemade Christmas tree. Cutting branches and then needles is quite a long task, but you can entrust this to your family as part of a collective creativity to decorate life under New Year. It should be noted that it is difficult to accurately determine the number of branches forming a specific tier by eye, so you should always have several rings in stock (Fig. 1c) for cutting branches during the installation of tiers
The place for attaching branches is the trunk, which consists of several parts (logs). The top parts of plastic bottles (Fig. 1b) were considered waste during the separation of the rings (Fig. 1c), but now they are also used in tree making to create a trunk. The base of the trunk and the lower log is the full neck part of a plastic bottle (Fig. 5a). The upper logs are assembled from blanks obtained by cutting off the threaded part of a milk bottle with a flange, as well as removing a segment of plastic along the generatrices (Fig. 5b, 5c). The segments need to be rolled into a tube and secured on both sides with plastic rivets. In a similar way, it is necessary to create several logs to attach tiers of branches. In my case, these are 3 logs, but there could be more or less. For a miniature Christmas tree, 3-4 tiers of branches on just one log are enough.
Naturally, the diameter of the trunk should taper towards the top of the tabletop tree and the diameter of the upper log should be smaller than the lower one. The larger the cut of the segment, the higher the log obtained from the conical top of the plastic bottle. For the top you need a half segment, and for the middle part about two-thirds of the whole neck (Fig. 5b). The diameter of the lower hole of the upper log should be approximately 1 mm larger than the upper hole of the lower log forming the trunk.
It's time to attach the branches to the "logs". Each log will need to place 2-3 tiers of branches. A small number of tiers does not allow you to effectively cover the heads of the rivets with branches, and a large number spoils the aesthetic appearance of the Christmas tree. In each tier of this design you can install from 4 to 10 branches. Fastening is carried out using plastic rivets, since you will need quite a lot of plastic rivets, it is better to prepare them for future use. The easiest way is to place the branches in tiers on the lower logs (Fig. 6), since the neck of the plastic bottle is wide enough and it is convenient to hold the plastic rivet with inside finger.
If you place the branches closely along the circumference of the tier, then one rivet is enough to attach the branch to the trunk (Fig. 6-8). For those who like greater reliability, they can install two rivets side by side. The tiers of branches must be formed like the roof deck of a house - from the bottom up, then the branches of the upper tier will cover the rivets of the lower one and the heads of the rivets will be completely invisible.
In my case, in the lower (Fig. 6) and middle (Fig. 7) log of the trunk there are 2 tiers of branches, and in the upper one - 3 (Fig. 8). There are 5 tiers of branches in total. It’s quite enough to look amazingly similar to a real tree. Installation of plastic rivets on the upper tier, due to its small diameter, should be done using tweezers or a medical clamp.
After securing all tiers on all logs, you can begin final assembly. But first it is advisable to decide on the top. In my case, without thinking for a long time, I built the top using the same technology as the trunk (Fig. 5), that is, by rolling the plastic into a cone. But you can do this in another way, for example, in the form of an asterisk or a ball (I like the cone better). The top of the tree is attached to the upper element of the trunk also using a rivet, installed from the inside and melted from the outside. The upper part of the trunk, together with the top, is itself a miniature tabletop Christmas tree (Fig. 9). You can install it on your monitor and enhance the holiday feeling...
A living Christmas tree grows from the bottom up, in the same order, and we collect logs with tiers of branches by adding “logs” (Fig. 10) to the already existing Christmas tree. It is better to connect the trunk elements together in a place covered by a branch, at three points along the circumference of the trunk. In this case, the trunk becomes rigid and will not break if the Christmas tree accidentally falls to the floor from the table, the Christmas tree is a tabletop one...
And if you insert a dynamic light part (for example, a garland) inside the Christmas tree, then New Year's Eve she will amaze those around her with her charm:
Here is such a master class. Of course, it’s a little complicated, but what a beauty it turns out!
Useful tips
To become the owner of a Christmas tree,you don't have to buy it- you just have to look into useful tips and find out how you can do itbeautiful Christmas tree with your own hands.
Today you can findmany Christmas treesin shops and on the street.
You can put it in the house a natural Christmas tree or branches from a Christmas tree for scent, but you can decorate a house or a gift for a loved one if you know a few interesting tricks.
On our website you will also find:
- 20 small DIY Christmas trees that will decorate any home
- How to make a Christmas tree from pine cones
- How to make a Christmas tree
Find out how to make a Christmas tree frompaper, food, fabric and even pasta.
Make a craft like this not difficult at all, and your home will be decorated with unique decor, and friends and acquaintances will be happy to receive a Christmas tree made by you as a present.
DIY paper Christmas tree. Christmas tree made from scraps of magazine pages.
You will need:
Unnecessary magazine or book with bright drawings
Cardboard or thick sheet of paper
Glue gun or PVA glue
Shaped hole punch, optional
Pencil or pen
1. Make a cone out of a thick sheet of paper and secure it with glue.
2. Prepare pages from a magazine with bright pictures and cut out many circles of the same diameter from them. If you have a shaped hole punch (shaped like a flower or a large circle) it will be easier.
3. Wrap the cut circles around a pencil so that they curl a little.
4. Starting from the bottom of the cone, begin gluing the folded circles.
Make neat rows. The circles should be tightly glued to each other so that the cardboard is not visible.
5. Make a small cone from one circle and glue it to the top of the cardboard cone.
The Christmas tree is ready!
DIY Christmas tree made from pine cones and dried citrus fruits
DIY Christmas tree (master class). Christmas trees made of wrapping paper.
You will need:
Large thick sheet of paper
Wrapping
Double tape
Scissors
Decorations
1. Make a cone out of a sheet of thick paper.
* If your wrapping paper is quite thick, you can bypass step 1 and make a cone out of wrapping paper.
1.1 Fold the paper diagonally, holding one end to keep it sharp.
1.2 Secure the paper rolled into a cone with tape. You don't need to do everything too carefully, since you will cover the cone with wrapping paper.
1.3 Trim off the excess at the bottom of the cone to create a smooth base.
2. Prepare colorful wrapping paper and cover the cone with it. To do this, place the paper on a flat surface with the pattern facing down.
2.1 Using tape, attach the end of the construction paper to the top of the cone.
2.2 Begin to slowly twist the cone while wrapping it in the wrapping paper. You need to wrap the cone tightly.
2.3 Measure the paper and cut it before completely wrapping it around the cone. Glue double tape to the edges and connect to the other end. You need to cut off the excess at the base so that the paper is even.
3. All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree as desired. You can make paper stars, use glitter, stickers, glue on beads and/or buttons, wrap with ribbon, etc.
Similar Christmas trees:
DIY fabric Christmas tree. How to make a Christmas tree from felt.
You will need:
Glue or double tape
Scissors
* Try using two colors of felt to make the Christmas tree even more beautiful. In this example, yellow and orange felt was used.
1. Make a cone out of cardboard. Secure the ends with glue or double tape.
2. Prepare felt and cut circles of different diameters from it, from small to large (see picture). You can use pre-prepared circle templates made from cardboard.
3. Glue Christmas tinsel to the bottom of the cone.
4. Now you need to make a crosswise cut in the center of each circle cut out of felt. Do not cut too much to prevent the felt garment from falling off. Make the cut just enough to fit the circle tightly onto the cone.
5. Start gradually putting circles on the cone. If you are using two colors, then put on the circles sequentially, first one color, then the other. Also worth noting. What to put on the next circle is not only on the cone, but also on top of the tips of the cuts of the previous circle.
6. We decorate the top of the Christmas tree. To do this, simply add tinsel, onto which you will need to add a pre-prepared small felt cone. Secure the tinsel and crown with glue.
* If you wish, you can hide a sweet gift inside the cone.
Original DIY Christmas trees. Glowing Christmas tree.
You will need:
Floral mesh (preferably several shades of green)
Scissors
Cardboard for cone
PVA glue
Cellophane
Pins
Garland
Floral wire
Decorations upon request
1. Make a cone out of cardboard.
2. Wrap the cone in cellophane.
3. Take any container and make a solution of PVA glue in it and not large quantity water
3. Prepare a floral mesh. Cut it into small pieces and place each one in a container with the solution.
4. Start gluing the pieces onto the cellophane-covered cone. Glue different shades grid segments in different directions. The joints should be coated with another layer of glue for a more durable attachment.
5. Secure the entire structure with pins and wait for the glue to dry.
6. You have now created the first layer of the Christmas tree. Now you need to make a second layer in the same style. After gluing the second layer, leave the structure to dry.
7. Now remove the Christmas tree from the cone - the glue should quickly come away from the cellophane.
8. Place a garland inside the tree, which must be secured with floral wire.
9. All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree to your liking.
DIY Christmas trees (photo). DIY pasta tree.
You will need:
A cone made of plastic or foam (or you can make it yourself from cardboard)
PVA glue
Pasta various forms and sizes
Spray paint, acrylic paint or gouache
Brush.
1. Prepare a cone and paint it the desired color. Wait for the paint to dry.
*If you are using spray paint, you can skip this step.
2. Prepare the pasta. Start applying glue to each piece and gluing the pieces to the cone. Design your Christmas tree as your imagination dictates.
After applying the glue, press the piece a little and hold it so that it sticks well to the cone. It's okay if the glue is visible from under the pasta.
Continue until you have covered the cone with pasta. Wait for the glue to dry.
3. Start adding color to the pasta. In this example, acrylic paint was used. Try to paint all the parts carefully so that there are no empty spots.
* It is advisable to paint in two layers.
* If you paint it with white paint, the Christmas tree will look like a porcelain product.
Helpful advice: If you want to remove the craft, then put it in a plastic bag first, so you can immediately find the part that might have come off the cone.
We make a Christmas tree with our own hands. Bright paper Christmas tree.
You will need:
Colored cardboard or designer paper
Thick cardboard
Glue moment or glue gun (with hot glue)
1. Cut a square base for the tree from thick cardboard.
2. Insert the skewer into the cardboard and secure with glue.
3. Now you need to cut out circles of different diameters from designer paper or colored cardboard. You need to make 3 circles of the same size.
For example, if you want to make 10 different sizes of circles, then you will need to cut out 30 circles (3 for each size).
*If you don't feel like cutting out a lot of circles, just shorten the skewer and you'll end up with a cute mini Christmas tree.
4. Make a small hole in the center of each circle.
5. Before you start putting the circles on the skewer, lubricate the hole in the middle with glue.
6. Start placing the circles on the skewer, leaving a little space between them.
7. Cut out stars from paper and attach them with glue to the top of the tree. You can use another part for the crown and not necessarily paper.
Crafts. DIY Christmas trees made from thread.
You will need:
Thick yarn
Yarn with pile
Cone (cardboard or foam)
Pins
Decorations, to taste.
1. Make a paper cone or buy a foam cone from specialized stores.
2. Take both strands and pin their ends at the base of the cone.
3. Start wrapping the threads around the base of the cone, securing with pins approximately every 5 cm.
4. Now start moving towards the top of the cone, carefully wrapping both threads around the future tree. At this stage there is no need to attach the thread to the cone.
5. When you have reached the crown, pin the threads again by wrapping the threads around the crown several times.
6. Both yarns now need to be pulled down, also wrapping the cone in a second layer.
7. At the base of the cone, cut the threads and secure them.
You can leave the tree like this or you can also decorate it.
In this example, artificial berries were used for decoration, but you can use colorful beads, snaps, buttons, etc.
Try also making a decoration for the top of your Christmas tree. The top of the head can be decorated the way you like.
You can leave the tree like this, or you can also decorate it.
You can make just a paper hat or a star, or you can make something more complicated. If you chose the last option, then below are instructions for you.
You will need:
Flower wire
Nippers (for wire)
Sequins
PVA glue
Fine wire (calibrated wire)
1. Bend the wire into a star shape (see pictures) and cut off the excess.
2. Cover the star with glue and sprinkle glitter on it.
3. Attach a thin wire to the star, as shown in the picture:
4. Attach a star to your Christmas tree.
Creative DIY Christmas tree
If you want something original, or you simply don’t have enough space for a large Christmas tree at home, you can try making such a simple design.
It is worth noting that such a Christmas tree is suitable for any room. It can be done both at home with children and at work.
This tree can rise 1.5-2 meters and takes up almost no space in the house. In addition, it is a good background for New Year's photography.
You will need:
Foam base or matte cardboard
Scissors
Corrugated paper
Masking tape
Adhesive tape
PVA glue
Stationery knife
Marker, optional
1. Lay out on flat surface foam or cardboard to make a large rectangle (see picture).
2. Use duct tape to connect all the parts.
*This example used black duct tape for better visibility, but white tape is better.
3. Mark the size of your future Christmas tree using masking tape.
4. Using a utility knife, carefully cut out the shape of the future tree.
5. Prepare corrugated paper, fold it in half and cut the fringe. You should have many sheets of fringed paper to cover the entire tree.
6. Begin carefully gluing the corrugated paper to the foam, starting at the base of the tree. The fringe should hang slightly below the base to cover the foam (or cardboard), and also slightly cover the top of the tree trunk, which we will make later.
7. Work your way up to the top, covering the entire tree with a bright green coat of crepe paper.
8. WITH reverse side Christmas tree, add a hook so that the tree can be hung. Instead of a hook, you can use double tape to cover the perimeter of the tree.
Making a Christmas tree from a plastic bottle. Step-by-step instruction with photo.
Master class on the topic “Christmas tree - green needle”
Lyubicheva Elena Konstantinovna, teacher of speech therapy group, MBDOU quarter No. 6, Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk region.
A DIY Christmas tree made from a plastic bottle is a manifestation of creativity on New Year's Eve. A master class on making a Christmas tree from used plastic bottles will demonstrate every step of this unusual New Year's craft and you will be able to make a festive Christmas tree with your own hands. This Christmas tree can be put up at home or given to friends. The master class is designed for older children school age, teachers and parents.
Dressed up the Christmas tree in a festive dress:
In colorful garlands, in bright lights,
And the Christmas tree stands, sparkling, in a lush hall,
Remembering with sadness the old days.
The tree dreams of an evening, monthly and starry,
Snowy meadow, sad cry of wolves
And the neighboring pine trees, in a frosty mantle,
Everything is covered in diamond sparkles and snow fluff.
And the neighbors stand in gloomy sadness,
They dream and drop white snow from the branches...
They dream of a Christmas tree in a lit hall,
Laughter and stories of joyful children. Konstantin Fofanov
Purpose of the master class: making a New Year's gift from waste material at no extra cost.
Tasks: learn the technology of making a Christmas tree from scrap materials,
promote the development of artistic taste, fine motor skills hands, precision in performing actions, observational imagination, eye
promote environmental education of children, cultivate the quality of accuracy and composure when performing practical work, hard work, communication skills, accuracy, work culture, respect for nature
Materials: plastic bottle, A4 landscape sheet, tape, scissors.
Progress:
The neck and bottom of the bottle need to be cut off, i.e. cut out the middle and cut it into pieces.
Then carefully cut each part with fringe - make blanks for the branches.
The bottle neck will serve as a stand for the barrel. Roll up a piece of paper and insert it into the neck.
Then we glue the first row of fringe with tape.
Then we attach the remaining rows in the same way. And we stick one part of the fringe into the top.
We decorate our Christmas tree with stars, snowflakes and bows made with a hole punch.
So our green beauty is ready!
Now let's hang beads or, if desired, garlands!
Thank you for your attention!!!
We consider green plastic bottles to be just trash. But on New Year's holidays and in capable hands they can turn into real forest beauties! The tree does not have to be live or purchased for a lot of money. In this article you will get acquainted with several options for creating a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands.
Tall artificial tree
From plastic bottles you can make not just a small craft, but a real tree that can be decorated. To do this you need to prepare a steel rod. Its length is equal to the height of the finished tree, it is best to take a piece of 0.5 m. Do not forget about the thickness of the rod, the structure must be stable. The ideal diameter is at least 5 mm. Also prepare a single-core aluminum wire, green plastic bottles (at least 30 pieces), scissors, hot glue and a craft stand.
To make the spruce, you only need the cylindrical part of the bottles, so cut off the neck and bottom of all of them at once. Carefully cut the resulting cylinders in a spiral.
You should get strips 2 cm wide. Now bend one edge about 5 mm, this will allow you to set the correct direction of the needles. Cut the fringe at 1mm intervals. You need a lot of fringe!
Christmas tree: large craft
When the blanks are made, proceed directly to creating the tree. Start from the top. Wind the strip about 8 cm around the rod and secure it glue gun. Now roll up a small piece of fringe and glue it inside the cylinder on the rod. Then we wrap the fringe onto a strip of plastic and glue it. When a piece of fringe runs out, just take the next one and continue gluing. The top of the Christmas tree made from plastic bottles is ready!
Let's start creating branches. The top ones are the shortest (about 6 cm). Bend the frame from the wire (a ring and three beams extending to the sides). Place it on the rod. Wrap the frame with fringe.
We are finishing work on a large spruce tree
When the first tier is ready, wrap the space underneath with fringe and move on to the second tier. It will consist of four branches, each of which has two small branches. The length of the branches is about 9 cm. Wrap the frame and the second spacer piece with plastic pine needles.
The branches of the third tier should be about 10 cm long, the lowest - 15 cm. But four tiers of the “New Year Tree” craft are not the limit. You can make the spruce much taller. The main thing is to make each tier wider and more branched.
All that remains is to make a stand. You can make it yourself from two planks or buy it ready-made in the store. Well, don’t forget to dress up the plastic beauty with beautiful New Year's toys. This craft requires perseverance and patience, but the result will please you very much!
Tall Christmas tree made from plastic bottles: instructions
If you are a fan of creative interior decorations or just want something to take your child to school, kindergarten a wonderful craft For an exhibition dedicated to the New Year, make a Christmas tree like this from PET. Prepare approximately 35 bottles, scissors, candles, a pot and a plastic tube.
35 green bottles are enough for a craft about 1.2 meters high.
Cut off the bottom of all bottles and cut the plastic along almost to the neck into strips 1.5 cm wide.
Now it’s time for the not-so-pleasant stage of creating a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands. Carry it out in a ventilated area. You need to pass each strip on each bottle over a candle flame every 2 cm. This will take time. Afterwards, heat each bottle over a candle and straighten the segments like the rays of the sun.
Attach a plastic tube to the base and place your workpieces on it. Now use scissors to trim the spruce so that it has a cone shape. This craft looks good on summer cottage, especially dusted with snow. But if you dress it up with tinsel and toys, a fluffy plastic spruce will decorate your apartment.
Small Christmas tree made of PET
You can decorate a table or shelf with a small craft. It doesn’t take as much time to make it as previous Christmas trees. And you only need six bottles. Also take plasticine, green paint, a brush, scissors, a 50 cm long rod and a pot. Cut the PET approximately in half and discard the bottom part. Cut the parts with the neck into 8 teeth, each of which is cut diagonally. Bend the strips upward, like the paws of a spruce tree. Paint the resulting blanks in green color and dry.
Strengthen the rod in the pot and use plasticine to strengthen the legs of your spruce one by one.
Trim the top branches. Then decorate the tree. Now you know how to make a Christmas tree from a plastic bottle. Naturally, such a tree does not look like a real one, but how many joyful moments can be given to children while working on a craft!
Christmas tree from two bottles
Above are crafts from a fairly large number plastic containers. How can you make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands if you don’t have a lot of them? Take two bottles, a sheet of paper, scissors and tape.
Cut off the neck and bottom of the bottles. Roll a piece of paper into a tube and insert it into the neck. Secure the upper end with tape, otherwise the tube will unwind. Be sure to trim the cut so that the craft stands firmly on the surface. Cut the remaining parts of the bottle into rings about 8 cm wide. Make a fringe out of them, without cutting 1 cm to the edge. The thinner the strips, the fluffier the spruce. Let all the stripes be equal in width, it looks neat. Attach the fringe to the paper stem using tape, starting with the widest strip.
After completing the formation of the spruce, decorate its top. You can use leftover bottles or a red or gold star. Place mini balls on the branches and the spruce is ready!
Original Christmas tree
Such an intricate craft will decorate the table during the New Year holidays, and during the rest of the year it can easily keep you company indoor plants on the windowsill. Take one plastic bottle, scissors, a candle, a cork stopper, a cup of baby yogurt or cottage cheese, glue and foam rubber (you can use a dishwashing sponge). Cut the bottle into squares of different sizes, from which you can then make stars (preferably not five-pointed ones). Thickly cut the ends of the stars into the fringe with scissors.
Then bring the edges of the blanks to the candle flame for a couple of seconds, so they will curl upward beautifully. Cut the foam into small pieces. Lubricate the largest piece with glue and attach a piece of sponge, place the next piece of plastic on top. Thus, assemble the craft completely. This DIY Christmas tree made from plastic bottles resembles a children’s pyramid in its assembly technique.
Then cut a bucket out of the cup and place a cork inside - this is the trunk of our tree. Glue the tree to the cork and the job is finished.
This is how you can create a real miracle from ordinary plastic bottles!
A DIY Christmas tree made from plastic bottles can be a great surprise for the New Year and Christmas holidays. This article will describe various ways making such a craft.
Materials and tools
First, let's look at the materials and tools that will be needed in the process of making such a magnificent decoration as a Christmas tree made from plastic bottles with your own hands. This list includes the following items:
Cardboard or Whatman paper.
Markers, pencils and paints.
Plastic bottles. Preferably green: after all, the natural color of the Christmas tree is green. But any other is possible. In this case, you will have to additionally purchase green paint and use it to properly decorate the final craft.
Stationery scissors and a knife for cutting plastic bottles.
Black marker for marking.
Glue and tape.
Wire.
Steel pipe.
Electric drill with drill bit.
Methods
There are several ways to make a Christmas tree with your own hands from plastic bottles. It could be:
Method one: big Christmas tree
This DIY Christmas tree made from plastic bottles is made from a fairly large amount of containers. Therefore, before starting work, it is necessary to collect an impressive supply of such bottles. There are two ways to create such a craft. The first of them consists of the following sequence:
We take a metal pipe of the required length and install it in the ground at the place where the Christmas tree is collected using a hammer.
Then, step by step, around this pipe we make circles of the “lower tier of the tree” from plastic bottles that fit tightly to each other. We fix them with tape.
Similarly, we create the next tiers of our tree and fix them using tape. We also take into account that with each subsequent tier the diameter of the formed circle decreases. That is, you should get a cone that looks like a New Year's beauty.
The topmost tier of the tree should consist of only one bottle mounted on a metal pipe.
Then you need to decorate the tree properly.
The key disadvantage of this method is that the New Year's beauty turns out to be motionless. Not everyone likes it. Therefore, some craftsmen use the second method, which consists of the following steps:
As in the previous case, we install a central supporting frame from metal pipe using a hammer at the place where the craft is created.
Using electric drill We drill holes in the pipe at the level of each tier of the tree.
IN drilled holes We install a straight wire, the length of which is equal to the diameter of the tier. Then we make a circle from the same wire. Again, the diameter of each is more than high level is reduced so that the end result is a cone.
We make the upper part from a single plastic bottle, which we put on the free end of a metal pipe.
Then we make a hole in the cap of each bottle into which we install a wire hook, which is then fixed on the ring.
By filling each of the tiers of the tree, we get the final result - a New Year's beauty.
At the next stage we decorate the Christmas tree.
Unlike the first case, here the bottles hang on a ring and can move.
Option two: a small Christmas tree on the table
You don't always need a big one Christmas tree from plastic bottles, as in the previous case. Then you can make petite beauty from a green plastic container with a capacity of 2 liters. The algorithm for making a Christmas tree in this case is as follows:
We retreat about 3 cm from the bottom of the neck of the bottle and use a stationery knife to cut off its upper part.
Then we roll up a sheet of whatman paper and place it in the neck. We fix this entire structure with tape. The frame of the Christmas tree is ready.
At the next stage, cut off the bottom of the container, and cut the rest into rings 3-4 cm wide.
Then we cut the bottom of each ring into thin strips, but leave the top untouched. After this, we cut the ring itself into 2 equal parts and screw it to whatman paper. Don't forget to use tape to secure it. So, step by step, we turn whatman paper into green branches and get a miniature New Year's beauty. We leave the top of the tree sharp and fix it with the same tape.
Another way
In the form of a three-dimensional applique, you can make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands (photos of some crafts, by the way, are presented in the review). In this case, we take a sheet of cardboard or whatman paper of the required size as a basis. Then we take 3-4 plastic bottles and mark them in the form of a three-dimensional model of a Christmas tree. For example, these could be triangles or trapezoids. Using stationery scissors and a knife, cut according to the markings of the model. Then we glue them to the base with glue. Then we properly design a sheet of cardboard or whatman paper. When finished, you can add a frame to this craft, and it will become an excellent decoration for your home.
Decorating the craft
Any DIY Christmas tree made from a plastic bottle must be decorated at the final stage. For these purposes, you can use the usual glass toys, garlands, and other available materials. In general, we do not limit the flight of imagination and use everything we deem necessary.
Summary
This article describes three main ways to make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands. Each of them is strictly suitable for one specific situation. The simplest is the last, third, which allows you to create a three-dimensional image of a Christmas tree. The most difficult is the first one. It requires a lot of material and is not that easy to implement.
