The amount of garbage that each person “produces” is growing every year. The problem is becoming global as flying plastic bags and the plastic bottles lying everywhere have become an eyesore for everyone. I’m grieving, it turns out that you can help, and even for your own benefit. In any case, this applies to plastic bottles. You will be surprised how diverse and, importantly, useful crafts You can make one from plastic bottles in just a few minutes. Well, or a watch... Depends on the scale.
The buildings
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic from which bottles are made. It will be useful to know its physical properties:
- density - 1.38-1.4 g/cm³,
- softening temperature (t size) - 245 °C,
- melting temperature (t pl.) - 260 °C,
- glass transition temperature (t st.) - 70 °C,
- decomposition temperature - 350 °C.
Plastic bottles are very convenient to use, but are harmful to the environment, since the polyethylene from which they are made takes more than 200 years to decompose. This same property allows the use of practically waste raw materials as building material. Craftsmen already even build houses from plastic bottles, as well as sheds, dachas, greenhouses, greenhouses, and fences. Worked out various technologies- the approach is quite serious.
How to build a house from plastic bottles
The main idea is to pour into bottles bulk material, screw them on with lids and use them as bricks. Fill the bottles with sand and soil. Sand is preferable because there is too much plant debris in the soil that can rot. It must be sifted, dried, filled into bottles, compacted well, and topped up. The result is a kind of brick.
To build a house from plastic bottles, you will need a solution that fills the gaps between the “bricks”. There are options here too. This can be a regular mortar, which is used when laying brick walls, or you can make a clay mortar. To keep the “bricks” in the wall until the mortar sets, they are tied with twine on the side of the lids. Later, these “grids” will come in handy when you plaster the walls. They turn out uneven, so you can’t do without leveling.
We make a greenhouse, barn, greenhouse
You can build a greenhouse or greenhouse from plastic bottles. In this case, only transparent plastic is used, since it is necessary for sufficient light to pass through. For the construction of a shed, on the contrary, it makes sense to choose darker plastic - it will be less visible what’s inside.
The first technology - one to one
The second requirement for bottles as a building material is an even shape. This one, you know, without recesses. Otherwise, folding the walls so that they retain heat will not work - it will “siphon” into the curly cutouts. Remove labels from bottles and dry. You also need to prepare pins or rods - bottles are strung on them. Their diameter is small so that the neck passes freely. Now you can start building a greenhouse/shed from plastic bottles.
To build a greenhouse or shed, pillars are dug in the corners. Frames are assembled from timber according to the size of the walls. These frames will be the base for the bottle walls. We collect them (frames) on the ground and in finished form We attach it to the dug-in pillars. When you make the frames, don't forget the doorway and windows.
We build a frame, cut off the bottom of the bottles, and string them onto a pin. From such “columns” we assemble walls, roof
The construction process begins with cutting the bottom. We string the cut bottles onto pins, pointing the necks in one direction. We insert the bottles with force so that they become very tight. Having collected a row of the required height, we attach it to the frame. You can fasten it with clamps, strips cut from metal, nails... In any way available to you. We press the second row against the first so that there is a slight deformation. We fasten it in this position. So, row by row, we assemble all the walls, then the roof.
Using the same technology you can make a gazebo. But here there is no need for tightness, so you can collect shaped and colored containers. This will make it even more interesting (example in the photo).
Second technology - sewing plastic
Bottles will also need to be smooth, transparent or yellow. The central part is cut out of them, resulting in a square-shaped piece of plastic. The pieces are sewn together into long strips. In the strip, the pieces are placed so that they curl in one direction. Then the strips are sewn into canvases. To make the canvas even, the strips are positioned so that they curl in different directions. As a result, they equalize each other. The finished canvases are nailed to the frame. At this point the construction of their greenhouse plastic bottles over.
This type of “cladding” for greenhouses withstands winters well; it does not need to be removed. Due to the firmware (many small holes), there is no absolute tightness, which allows you to regulate humidity. You won’t be able to heat such a greenhouse, but it will delay autumn for you and speed up the arrival of spring.
You can sew plastic for a greenhouse by hand, but it is not easy. It will be easier for those who have non-capricious Sewing machines. Old Podolsk machines cope with this task. There may be problems with others.
Fence and enclosure
You can make a fence from plastic bottles different ways. If you need a serious monolithic fence, you can use bottles as bricks. The technology is the same as when building a house. To avoid plaster (after all, there is a high risk that it will collapse) - select the color of the plastic to obtain the required Rusinka. But in this case you will have to look for “building materials” of the same diameter or from different sizes lay out patterns. In general, the process is creative, no matter how you look at it.
You can also make filling for the fence from plastic bottles. Make a frame, say, from wood, and come up with a beautiful filling from shaped containers and their parts.
Furniture from scrap materials: recycling plastic bottles
Not only can you make a house and a fence from plastic bottles, they are also used as a basis for upholstered furniture. The idea is to use plastic containers rather than wood for the frame. With the lids tightly screwed on, they have a high load-bearing capacity, and when assembled into blocks, they are quite capable of withstanding loads of up to 100 kg or more.
A bed made of plastic bottles... needed good mattress, and the base is not too difficult to make
Although the furniture is made differently, the general algorithm of actions is the same:
- Select “building material” that is the same height and tighten the lids well.
- Collecting blocks the right size, fastening them with tape.
- Having assembled the base of the required shape, sew the cover. For softness adding furniture foam rubber.
The trick is to ensure that the bottles fit very tightly against each other and do not move. The slightest play can lead to destruction of the structure. Therefore, assemble the blocks slowly, carefully securing them. You can stack bottles in layers, securing each layer in several places. For the inner layers, it is better to use double-sided tape - the fixation will be more reliable.
Ottomans/banquettes
The easiest way is to make an ottoman or banquette from plastic bottles. We proceed in the order described above. You need to find bottles of the same height. It’s better if they are the same shape - it’s easier to assemble. From plastic containers with tightly screwed lids we assemble a base in the form of a cylinder. It is advisable that the radius of the base be greater than the height of the bottles - this way the bench will not tip over.
Next, you need to cut out two circles from fiberboard, which will be slightly larger than the resulting radius of the base - this is the “bottom” and the base of the seat. We secure them with tape. We take furniture foam rubber and, according to the obtained dimensions, cut out the necessary parts. We sew the cover from furniture fabric in a color that matches the interior.
Such a banquette can be not only round. It is quite possible to make it square. And so that this furniture is not too light, it can be made heavier by pouring water. But water is not very reliable. It's better to pour sand. Both heavier and more reliable.
Sofas, chairs, armchairs
If you need furniture higher than one bottle, proceed as when creating walls for a house. Find “material” of the same shape and height. Leave the first bottle intact, screw the cap tightly (you can add sand to prevent it from turning over). The bottom of the other is cut off and one is placed on top of the other. The bottle goes a certain distance and does not move further, no matter how much effort you make. If the resulting height is enough, great; if not, put on the next one. This is how you assemble rows of the required height, then fasten them into blocks.
There is another way. It is more reliable in the sense that the bottles are held not by compressed air, but by a mechanical stop. And they have double walls, which is also important. Disadvantage - more work, more raw materials are needed. The whole process is illustrated step by step.
- Take the bottle and cut it approximately in the middle of the height (the upper part with the neck is smaller).
- We insert the upper part of the neck (the lid is screwed on) until it stops into the lower part.
- We take a whole one, the same size and shape, and insert it bottom down into the prepared structure.
- We cut the third approximately in half and put the lower part on the top (with a lid).
We assemble blocks from such modules required configuration, fastening them with tape. Don't skimp on scotch tape. You can first fasten two bottles together, then assemble larger blocks from the double ones.
As you understand, with this technology there are a lot of bottle tops left (half of the third bottle). They can be used to make other crafts from plastic bottles: flowers, more practical things for the household.
Flower making methods
The most common crafts made from plastic bottles are garden figurines and flowers. About garden figurines read There are others interesting ideas, but there are a lot of collected interesting animals and insects. And we’ll tell you about flowers made from plastic bottles below - these are probably the crafts made from plastic bottles that bring the most pleasure. The process is simple, there are a lot of possibilities, the result is amazing.
You've probably noticed that the bottom of a PET bottle looks like a flower. All you need to do is find a bottle of a beautiful color and cut off the bottom. Now you have a nice flower. In the middle you can add petals cut from the central part, a core from plastic strips cut into noodles, or glue beads inside, but more on that in a little more detail.
Using the power of fire
To work, you will need a marker, a lighter or a candle (it’s more convenient with a candle). If available, take pliers, tweezers or pliers to hold the workpiece while processing. You will also need acrylic paints, glue and beads may be needed. The entire manufacturing process comes down to a few steps:
There are a lot of options here. Just start doing it. It may not work out perfectly right away, but you will understand what and how you can fix it. Check out some more pictures from step by step photos process of making flowers from plastic bottles.
The simplest
For beginner crafters, you can try making flowers from plastic bottles simple shapes for garden decoration. In this case, you can also use milk containers. To avoid painting plastic, look for colored ones. And it doesn’t matter so much whether they are transparent or not. They can be combined to produce flowers of different shapes.
To create such flowers, use the part near the neck. It is cut to form petals. Next - warm it up a little, giving the desired bend to the petals, a little paint, the core from a melted piece with a thread (a bottle of a smaller diameter, a pharmacy bottle will do). So it turned out to be a buttercup.
Another option is to cut from the neck into strips of equal width - 1-1.5 cm, bend them (warm up a little at the base). Make a middle whisk from the side of a milk bottle or paint clear plastic with acrylic paint.
The middle is any bright. Here is a piece of cork, but you can cut it into thin noodles, roll it up and then heat it. You will get a shaggy core.
It's all about the form... Despite the imperfections, they decorate the site
The topic is actually inexhaustible. A variety of flowers are made from plastic bottles. From simple and uncomplicated to very realistic. It's not so much a matter of skill as different tastes and desires.
Useful ideas for the home
PET containers turned out to be so good material that they make a lot of useful things. In this section we have collected useful crafts made from plastic bottles that can be used around the house.
For the kitchen and more
If you cut off the bottom of a bottle with a capacity of 2–3 liters, you get a bowl or a bowl, and so that its edges are even, they can be melted on a heated iron. But so that you don’t have to clean the sole later, use a special silicone pad. If you don't have one, you can do this through a sheet of baking parchment.
Container for food. The plastic is food grade...
From the same bottle we cut off the threaded part. There should be 1-2 cm of plastic left around the thread (we melt the edges using a well-known technology). Now it won’t be difficult to seal any package hermetically: we pass it through the cut neck, wrap it outward, and screw on the lid.
The bottom of the bottles attached to the bar makes an excellent newspaper shelf (photo on the right). You can also store umbrellas.
You can weave containers of different shapes from plastic cut into strips. Bottles need an even shape, with thick walls. They are cut into strips certain thickness. You need to cut in a spiral - the result is quite long strips. If their length is not enough, they are sewn perfectly.
Lampshades
You can even make a lampshade, but under one condition: you will use similar crafts from plastic bottles in lamps - only they hardly heat up. Plastic is incompatible with other lamps. We will describe three ways to make a lampshade from plastic bottle.
First. You need a large capacity bottle. We draw it into strips of equal width. At the beginning and at the end of each strip, we make holes with a heated soldering iron or a nail heated on fire. We insert scissors into this hole and cut. The result is smooth stripes.
When the strips are cut, we also make a hole in the bottom, pass a thick fishing line through the neck, bring it out through the hole in the bottom, with reverse side we attach the decor. Maybe a button, maybe a pebble suitable color. Now, by pulling the fishing line, we get an interesting shaped lampshade. You can put a low power light bulb in it.
Another lampshade was made using a similar technology. But then they cut part of the bottle with the neck into strips, wrapped the strips and secured them to the neck. To give the desired shape, the bend can be slightly warmed over the flame of a candle or lighter. We attach the resulting “flowers” to the base. So we get an unusual design.
They also make lampshades from the bottoms. You need to find a sufficient number of identical bottles, cut off the bottom of them, and glue them together using universal glue (choose transparent). The main thing is that it glues the plastic and hardens quickly.
Flower vases
Making a vase from a plastic bottle - what could be easier... Just cut off the neck and you're done. But there is a technique that allows you to get patterned walls. You will need a soldering iron with the thinnest tip possible. Its power should not be too high. Then everything is simple: use a heated tip to burn out the patterns.
Magically! To make the drawing appear brighter, take acrylic paint and paint the resulting beauty. The paint can be in a regular can, but it’s faster and more convenient to work with a spray can.
These are the options...
Photo ideas
Crafts from plastic bottles is such a broad topic that it is impossible to talk about everything. What’s nice is that if you know a few tricks, you can easily find out how and what to do just by looking at photographs. So here we have collected a few ideas that we found interesting.
You can even make a boat...
And this is just decoration...
Masters and beginners alike use crafts made from plastic bottles for the interior, as garden decor and in the form of practical furniture. Colored plastic bottle caps are an excellent material for mosaic panels on walls and fences. Best ideas With detailed instructions and the photo can be easily implemented at the dacha, turning a bare area into a “clearing of fairy tales”, and filling the house with useful little things.
One of the craziest hands on the Runet, Roman Ursu, presented a crazy video in which he showed 70 ways to use plastic bottles.
Advantages of crafts made from plastic containers
A well-made souvenir or trinket will eventually develop into a hobby, if there are no limits to your imagination. Summer residents who have moved from simple fences on wire to buildings that delight in scale never cease to amaze.
From available material that many throw away, someone builds:
- greenhouse;
- carport;
- summer shower or bath;
- country toilet or shed;
- summer gazebo or sun canopy;
- a mansion for children or a playground;
- sandbox with decorative sides;
- various temporary buildings on the site.
Over time, plastic becomes a real environmental disaster - it is difficult to recycle. But once you involve everyone who cares in cleaning the area, there will be a whole mountain of empty PET bottles for building a greenhouse, cascading flower bed or vertical gardening. The only drawback is that it takes a long time to collect identical containers, since containers are produced in different colors and volumes.
To create an original decoration you need:
- interesting idea;
- ready-made role model (illustration);
- material for crafts with tools;
- step-by-step training plan guide.
In the hands of a true master, plastic bottles take on a second life, becoming functional objects. It is better to make souvenirs on a seasonal basis. For example, New Year's toys crafts in winter, practical country houses- in the summer, and in the spring and autumn it remains to build a “clearing of fairy tales” near the house for the children.
Furniture and interior items made from plastic bottles
Furniture made from plastic bottles looks like a masterpiece that is not accessible to everyone. They will require a lot of plastic containers of the same type. Sofas and poufs impress with their design and comfort, not inferior to real furniture. There is nothing complicated if the sofa is made in blocks - seat, back, sides. If the container is not enough, the sofa blocks can be made one at a time. It’s better when you collect bottles from one drink, for example, two-liter kvass or lemonade.
The principle of “assembling” furniture from bottles is simple - they are placed in layers and tightly wrapped with tape. To make the furniture softer and more springy, a little air is released from each bottle and twisted tightly. At the place where the cap is, cut out a cap from another bottle and tape it with tape. It turns out to be a block with a bottom on both sides - this is the basis of the furniture.
Then it all depends on your imagination, the type of furniture and the number of bottles available. We wrapped 7 containers of the same volume with tape to create the base for an ottoman. What its appearance and style will be depends on the master. For a soft seat, you will need a round pillow or a block of foam rubber that fits the size of the top. The cover is cut to the size of the ottoman in the form of a cylinder, and it is convenient to insert a zipper along the side seams, but it is easier to sew the upholstery tightly.
For construction coffee table You will need 4 racks of plastic bottles and a plywood board as a table top, which can be hidden with a long tablecloth. They do it in a similar way convenient stand for a laptop or a remote table for the garden. For large furniture(sofa, chaise lounge or chair) from plastic bottles, you will need a lot of patience and source material.
Useful little things for the home from plastic bottles
Flowers and vases
Decorating a schoolchild's bedroom or children's room with crafts from plastic containers is not difficult. You can build a whole bouquet of artificial flowers. Place the resulting chrysanthemums, daisies or roses in a vase made of the same material, adding diode bulbs on an insulated wire to the centers. This is what a night light of extraordinary beauty will look like, where the faint light shimmers in the plastic petals.
Advice: To give the leaves a special shape, use heating the blanks and folding the corners with tongs!
To place a homemade bouquet you will need a suitable vessel; simply cutting off part of the bottle is not aesthetically pleasing. The edges of the cut are marked with a ruler to make the cut, securing the result by heating the bends. A small transparent bottle is cut off to the very top, and about half of a large container is cut off. We choose a material with a ribbed or “waist” in the middle to create an interesting base.
Then we do it as our imagination allows, but we bend the edges beautifully. A fringed cut is obtained from vertical or diagonal cuts plastic base. The resulting strips are evenly folded to the outside.
Note! It is important that all the notches and the depth of the slot are absolutely identical, then the entire product will come out neat.
Depending on which edge is desired, the strips of the vase (the edges of any other product) are secured in different ways:
- curly bend;
- staplers;
- fusing;
- gluing with transparent polymers.
Flowerpots, flower pots and containers for seedlings
Colored plastic container in the form of bottles and bottles of different sizes, suitable as containers for growing live plants. It is very easy to make a fragrant balcony from 3-liter tanks - a cascade of hanging petunias. Fragrant flowers hanging from cut containers will help make your dream of a beautiful piece of paradise come true.
Large bottles and tanks cut in half are hung with both the bottom down and the lid. It is recommended to place large pebbles at the bottom for drainage. Excess water after watering will go to the plants in the lower rows. In the same containers, plants are grown without soil - hydroponic method with the addition of fertilizers. Fresh greens and seedlings (in urban and dacha conditions) are also germinated in prepared plastic bottles.
Advice: Use compact shape and the ability to hang containers for vertical gardening with automatic watering. In the absence of the owners, watering cans with water immersed in the ground will cope with moistening the plants.
Traps and feeders
Using plastic bottles you can repel pests or attract birds to your site. For this purpose, the tank is used as a feeder, and at the roots fruit trees place traps from bottles of chemicals. From double plastic containers, craftsmen build traps for wasps, where they fly into sweet water and cannot get back out.
Equipment for a summer cottage
At the dacha, it’s easy to whip up crafts from plastic bottles in the form of an impromptu washbasin by hanging a full bottle upside down. Just unscrew the lid a little and a small stream of water will help you wash your face and hands. It is also worth making a bench and organizing lighting with beautiful owls or plastic gnomes. Any garden decor for inspiration - with interesting illustrations.
Multifunctional items for the home
Make an original cosmetic bag from 2 bottoms of plastic bottles, sewing the edges together with a zipper. This box can be used as a multifunctional item - a piggy bank, a case for large beads, hairpins or jewelry.
It is convenient to knit from such a ball, suspended somewhere nearby, by pulling the thread from the ball inserted inside. It’s easier to find nail polish or a lipstick collection in a makeshift zippered box.
New Year's decor
Original all seasonal flower beds
The summer season is passing, and living flower beds are being replaced by homemade plastic flowers that are no less beautiful than real ones. Their advantage is the ability to decorate the territory at any time. These flower beds pale in comparison to living plants, but in early spring And late autumn only they attract admiring glances.
For daisies you will need small plastic containers white(petals), yellow (centers) and green (leaves). You will also need an awl and a candle (for heating), “liquid nails,” scissors and stiff wire in green insulation.
We cut the base of the white bottle to the center, marking 16 segments - these are the petals. We bend the neat edges over the candle flame, and also make 2-3 chamomile corollas, which we connect in the center with an awl. Here the stem with leaves is fixed on a green wire, closing with the middle. We fill the center of the flower with a yellow basket with small cuts from 2 finely dissected circles with a fringe bent over the candle. We supplement the flower with green sepals from the bottom, collect all the parts and fix them together.
From the remaining pieces of green plastic, cut out leaves with a hole at the base (for stringing) and attach the required form, warming it up over a candle flame. We attach the leaves to the wire handle; they should bend around it slightly. All that remains is for the chamomile to make several “companions” and find a worthy place for the bouquet.
All seasonal flower beds include mosaic compositions made from containers filled with earth. The lids are used to make wall panels. "Butterfly" or " ladybug» – in different versions.
Crafts from plastic bottles for the playground
An incredibly beautiful bird with plastic plumage – a whole “clearing of fairy tales”. These are the peacock or firebird, swans, pigeons, bullfinches and parrots. All of them are made from empty PET bottles according to the general principle:
- Design an aesthetic bird's head with eyes and beak;
- Construct the torso and neck;
- String plastic plumage;
- Provide with wings and tail;
- Place on paws or secure to selected surface.
Plastic swans can be fenced off by a blue “lake” of upside down plastic bottles. Outlandish birds will decorate the trees in the corner of the garden, which is reserved for children's games. You can choose a themed decor, for example, desert island with palm trees and parrots.
The material is collected throughout the year, but it’s easier to involve neighbors and acquaintances in the “ecological” cleaning project. There are special containers for plastic in the yards - it’s much easier to collect.
Preparation for work - removing labels and glue residues from plastic bottles; it is important to rinse well and discard the deformed material.
If they are being built vertical hedges, they need to be filled. Depending on the idea, sand, stone chips or dry soil are poured into PET bottles, burying them 1/3 of the way down.
For selected purposes, plastics of varying elasticity are used. Heat treatment is required for filigree work (flowers). It is important not to overheat the fragments cut into strips.
Fairy-tale characters sometimes require additional painting. For example, it is better to cover pink piglets for a playground with an aerosol from a spray can and secure them with transparent acrylic paint.
Plastic bottles are an excellent material for in capable hands. Using them as a basis, it’s easy to teach children a lesson in environmental education and fill your home or garden with practical things. With a creative approach, the color, volume and shape of plastic bottles themselves will prompt new ideas for an exciting creative process.
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Plastic products are used everywhere because they require less investment to create than products made from other materials.
However, discarded plastic can take hundreds or even thousands of years to decompose, so it is important to recycle it or avoid plastic altogether.
The second option is very difficult to implement today, so recycling comes to the fore. Plastic can be sent to special factories for recycling it, or you can make useful things out of it.
In this collection you will learn how to make various useful things for your home and garden from plastic bottles.
1. DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles step by step
You will need:
Plastic bottles
Foam rubber
Knitting needles
Ruler
Scissors
Sewing machine
1. Wash and dry several plastic bottles covered with caps. Gather all the bottles in a circle and secure them together with tape.
2. Cut two circles from cardboard to cover the top and bottom of all connected bottles. Tape these circles to the connected bottles.
3. Prepare two rectangular pieces of foam rubber and one round piece. Rectangular pieces need to cover the side part collected bottles, and a round piece of the upper part. Secure everything with tape.
4. Make a cover for your seat from any fabric. If you like to knit, you can knit a cover.
2. We make a faucet extension from plastic bottles with our own hands
It will be more convenient for children to wash their hands.
3. DIY products made from plastic bottles: pocket for a rag/sponge
1. Cut the bottle into the desired shape.
2. Sand the edges with sandpaper.
3. Hang on the faucet.
4. How to make a bag from plastic bottles
Photo instructions
Video instruction
5. What can be made from plastic bottles: cups for storing cosmetics
6. Feeder made of plastic bottles for a cat or dog
There are many ways to make bird feeders, but this one is designed for cats and dogs.
You will need:
2 large plastic bottles
Scissors
1. In the middle of one bottle you need to make holes slightly larger than the neck of the other bottle.
2. The second bottle needs to be cut in half crosswise.
3. Fill the bottom with food.
4. Connect the parts and open the lid.
7. Vase for sweets: master class on crafts from plastic bottles
You will need:
Plate, round plastic or thick cardboard
6 two-liter plastic bottles
Wooden or plastic rod (you can use a straight branch of suitable diameter and length)
Super glue
Spray paint and glitter (optional)
1. Making the base for the craft. To do this you need a plate, ceramic or glass plate. In the middle of the plate you need to enlarge the hole to 10 mm using a drill.
2. You will also need to use a drill to make holes in the center of the three plastic bottle pieces you will be using. It's easier to drill from the inside out.
3. Cut off the bottom of each of the 6 plastic bottles. Place 3 parts on the rod and secure with glue. Glue the remaining parts to the base (plate) around the rod. If you wish, you can spray paint everything.
It is worth noting that the rod is held on the base thanks to a plastic part that is glued to the plate, as well as to the rod itself.
4. If you wish, you can decorate your vase.
8. DIY wicker baskets from plastic bottles (master class)
And here is a version of a wicker basket made from plastic cocktail tubes:
9. Garden crafts made from plastic bottles (photo): broom
1. Remove the label from the plastic bottle.
2. Using a utility knife, cut off the bottom of the bottle.
3. Start making cuts on the bottle, leaving 1 cm between each.
4. Cut off the neck of the bottle.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 with 3 more bottles. Leave one bottle with a neck.
6. Place all the cut neckless bottles on top of one necked bottle. You will have a blank for a broom.
7. Cut off the top of one bottle and place it over the resulting blank.
8. Make two holes through all the bottles and insert wire into them and wrap the ends.
9. Insert a stick or rod into the neck and secure with a nail. You can also use glue.
Video instruction
10. Modular boxes: description of crafts made from plastic bottles
You will need:
Several large plastic bottles or canisters
Stationery knife
Scissors
Marker or pencil
Strong thread.
1. Cut a suitable hole from a bottle or canister using a utility knife and/or scissors. It should not be too small for everything to fit, or too large for the plastic structure to fall apart.
2. Start connecting the bottles with a strong thread. Start with two, then add two more already connected to them, and so on. Tie strong knots. You can also try using hot glue or superglue (Moment glue).
3. Assemble a design that is convenient for you. You decide how many rows and “floors” to make. However, it is worth knowing that the higher the structure, the less stable it is. You may need to secure the entire structure with rope again.
4. It's time to put scattered things on the shelf.
Unnecessary things that, unfortunately, litter in abundance today environment, can serve successfully building material And available material for all kinds of crafts, the main thing is to have enough imagination, desire and basic skills in handling available tools.
You may be surprised to learn what a huge variety of crafts - from basic little things to quite presentable and comfortable furniture - can be made from, say, used plastic bottles from mineral water and drinks! With the widespread use of such containers, craftsmen paid close attention to them, effectively and often ingeniously using the characteristic shape and strength-plastic properties of the material. Separate caps from these bottles also provide many opportunities for creativity.
Fantasy manifests itself well with experience, and experience, as everyone knows, is a gainable thing. We invite you to take advantage of the available works of folk craftsmen: repeating them with my own hands, you will definitely have your own unique ideas, which, with the development of skills in working with simple tools like a construction knife and hot glue, you can perfectly implement in the material and make it an example for other novice DIYers to follow! Therefore, if you don’t yet have an exciting (and, importantly, useful!) hobby, it’s time to turn to a plastic bottle. And we will help you with advice and ideas for the first, and not only, crafts.
Tools for crafts from plastic bottles
The main advantage of such a hobby is its outright cheapness with huge creative possibilities. All you have to purchase is a convenient and high-quality construction knife, a hot-melt glue gun, an awl, scissors and, perhaps, a sheet of the smallest sandpaper: to begin with, this will be enough; in the future, you may need paints and some other materials that will also not put a significant burden on your personal budget. Much can still be found, as they say, underfoot and near nearby garages - wire, colored cable insulation, etc. Over time, a useful ability to notice develops. necessary items where an ignorant person simply won’t notice them.
An important advantage of used plastic bottles is their absolute safety for health, unlike old ones. car tires. The material of the bottles does not cause allergic reactions, it is very difficult for them to get injured.
Preparatory stage of working with plastic bottles
At first, one or two bottles of the same type will be enough; for more ambitious projects, however, much more will be needed, and this is the main problem that requires time and some effort to solve. Excellent options are to involve family and friends, friends and classmates in collecting plastic bottles, who, instead of throwing them in the trash, will collect them for you. The process of collecting bottles suitable for creativity is reminiscent of preparing the right types of wood by a master cabinetmaker, who must have enough suitable material in stock.
Many summer residents use a variety of available materials to decorate their plots, one of the most simple options is manufacturing various decorations from plastic bottles. The use of this option has a lot of advantages: low cost and availability of the material, ease of operation and the ability to make a wide variety of crafts. You don't need to have any special skills or use a special tool, everything is very, very simple.
What do you need for work?
As you know, plastic bottles are often simply thrown away, however, the material can be given a second life, especially since very little is needed:
| Bottles | Products of a wide variety of colors and sizes are suitable for work - from small to large. In some cases, the color of the products matters, but if desired, you can use any materials |
| Scissors and sharp knife | Almost any work involves a lot of cutting; sometimes it is more convenient to use scissors, but sometimes a knife is better. It all depends primarily on what is more convenient for you to work with. |
| Rigid wire or metal rods | These materials are needed when creating products that are additionally reinforced with a frame to impart reliability and resistance to deformation. It is important to choose the optimal elasticity option so that it can ensure sufficient stability of the frame |
| Paint for plastic | Any composition that fits well on plastic will do. The choice of colors depends on what color design you have chosen for future designs. Acrylic-based compositions are most often used; their price is low and their quality is quite high. |
Important!
Remember that all products will be located outdoors and will be exposed to many adverse influences: sun, high humidity, temperature changes and so on.
That is why it is necessary to use weather-resistant compounds that can maintain color and structure for at least several years.
Main Use Cases
As noted above, you can make the most various crafts from plastic bottles for the garden. It is important to choose an option that you like and that will organically fit into the decor of your site.
Palm trees
A very popular option due to the fairly simple workflow and excellent results in the end. The most important thing is that, having learned how to make palm trees, you can easily make any other tree, since the principle of operation is exactly the same.
Let's consider the manufacturing technology step by step:
- To work you need a knife or scissors, wire or metal rod to make the frame and the bottles themselves. It is best to use green products for leaves, and brown for the body. IN as a last resort, the trunk can be painted, but it is still better to make the branches initially green.
- First, brown bottles are cut in half and teeth are cut along the top edge as shown in the photo. It is worth considering that the work will require a very large number of blanks, so take care of the necessary supply in advance so that the work does not stop halfway.
- Next, take a strong pin with a diameter of 5-8 mm, you can use reinforcement, or you can use any other metal element that is suitable in height. It is worth considering that part of the element will go into the ground, for reliable fixation, for large crafts It may even be necessary to concrete the base in order to provide the necessary stability.
- Next, the blanks are strung onto a pin, after which the corner elements are bent to give the trunk even more naturalness and resemblance to a real tree.. Of course, you don’t have to make folds, but with them similar crafts from plastic bottles for a summer residence they look much more interesting.
Important!
Be sure to remove labels from bottles in advance, as they can ruin the appearance of the finished product.
Sometimes they come off easily, but if they are difficult to remove, you can place the products in hot water for a few seconds - then the process will be much easier and faster.
- Next, green products are taken, first of all, the bottom is cut off, after which the petals of future branches are cut. They can have a wide variety of configurations - from straight to figuredly carved. Everything again depends on your desires and preferences; your imagination is not limited to anything.
- Next, the finished leaves are strung on pins, after which they can be bent to make them even more naturalistic.. Lastly, all the elements are connected to each other, the easiest way to do this is by welding, but if you don’t have the equipment, you can use special clamping clamps, which are sold in all construction fastener stores.
Flowerbeds
Compact flower bed:
- You can take any container as a base, the main thing is to choose optimal size, a barrel cut in half, a stack of car tires, or anything else will do.
- Next, the base is installed in the right place and prepared cement-sand mortar in a ratio of 1 part cement to 2 parts sand. Water is added until the consistency of thick sour cream is obtained.
- Next, take bottles, and you can use both plastic and glass products. The walls of the container are coated with a thick layer of solution, after which the necks of the bottles are stuck into it. The rows are arranged in a checkerboard pattern; you can use variations of different colors to create a pattern or ornament.
- After the solution hardens (after 1-2 days), the container can be filled, the bottom layer is gravel or crushed stone, it will serve as drainage, and the top layer is fertile soil in which flowers will be planted. The solution, which is visible from above, can be decorated with any available material.
Compositions from bottoms
The instructions for making such a composition are quite simple:
- Take half bottles, they can be of a wide variety of colors, this allows you to create the most unusual compositions.
- A hill of soil is poured, and the halves are stuck into it, depending on the shape of the slide and the color of the elements, you can create any flower beds.
Design of flower beds and beds
You don’t have to make full-fledged crafts from bottles for your dacha, but use them as decorative element, which, among other things, also has a practical function, which we will consider below:
- You can take products of the same color, or you can use any options, but later they will have to be painted to improve appearance compositions. The most important thing is that the size and shape of the bottles are approximately the same.
- Next, you need to cut off the necks approximately at the point where the narrowing begins, after which the resulting containers are filled with white sand or black soil– this will give them rigidity and simplify installation.
- Filled blanks are dug in around the perimeter of flower beds or beds; this design will help give the summer cottage originality. In addition, such improvised fences prevent soil from spilling onto the paths - they can be sprinkled with gravel to further improve the appearance of the garden.
Flowerpots
Another very attractive option is a flowerpot; such crafts from plastic bottles for the garden are very easy to work with, but the result is excellent.
There are several options:
- The simplest solution is to cut off the top of the bottle(then you will get a straight pot) or its bottom (then you will get a cone-shaped one). Naturally, it is best to use large containers; almost any plant can fit in them. Products can be decorated with paints, pebbles or shells - it all depends on your imagination.
- You can cut off the side of the bottles and make hanging planters, in this way you can decorate any wall. This option allows you to decorate nondescript surfaces.
- From large containers you can make flowerpots in the shape of various animals or birds, this option is somewhat more difficult to implement, but the result is much more interesting and attractive.
Other options
DIY country crafts made from plastic bottles are not always large in size; they can also be very tiny decorative elements.
There are a huge number of options, and we will look at just a few of them:
- From the bottoms, which often remain during the work process, you can make various figurines of animals or fairy-tale characters. In this case, coloring is also required in order to achieve maximum similarity.
- Using a grid with large cells, you can create flower arrangement . You can do it even simpler: just create flowers, in which the middle will be the bottom of the bottle, and the petals will be the cut elements. The final result depends on how the plastic is cut.
- If necessary, you can even decorate a fence with bottles– such a fence will last for many years and will perfectly fulfill its intended purpose – protection from the penetration of animals. (See also article.)
- You can do this: simply decorate the products in the form of fairy-tale characters and place them in the garden or vegetable garden. Children really like these figures, and in just a few hours you can create a whole fairy-tale world.
Using traffic jams
During the work process, very often a large number of caps remain, which can also be used to make quite interesting products and compositions:
- Corks are great for creating bright and elegant garden curtains. The process of their manufacture is extremely simple: each cap is punched using an awl or a screwdriver with a thin drill, after which all the elements are strung on a fishing line or cord.
- Another fun option is to create paintings from caps.. You can make any composition; the more elements are used, the more colorful the picture will be.
Conclusion
You shouldn’t throw away plastic containers, because with their help you can make your own country cottage area unique. The video in this article will clearly show some of the manufacturing options being considered.
