Crafts from 19 liter plastic bottles. Crafts from plastic bottles - creative ideas for garden and home design (100 photos). Landscape decor from plastic bottles
Trend rational use household waste has become more and more popular lately, especially plastic containers. From plastic bottles you can do almost everything with your own hands country interior and not only. One of the main advantages of this material is its long service life, besides it is very elastic. Do not forget that plastic bottles are an affordable material that every owner or hostess always has in stock.
Cheap and cheerful - we make flower beds from bottles
The plastic container is ideal option for, since it has a great advantage over wood and even metal. Wooden fencing on flower beds or flower beds cracks or rots over time under the influence of moisture and the sun. Even metal curbs are susceptible to corrosion and require periodic maintenance, such as regular painting.
But what about plastic? It does not lose its shape and does not collapse for a long time. This means that such a flower bed will last more than one season and even more than one year, moreover, it does not require any maintenance at all. Even if a “breakage” occurs, the desired “element” can always be found in the pantry and easily replaced without resorting to long tedious shopping trips in order to find a suitable fragment.
So, what can you do with plastic bottles with your own hands?
bottle borders
If you need to protect the flower garden, plastic containers of different sizes will do just fine. This will not only limit space and prevent growth perennials, but will still retain moisture and prevent weeds from appearing.
The shape and size of the flower bed depend only on the imagination of the summer resident: it can be either equilateral or in the form of some animal or plant. Also, bottles can be divided into segments of the flower bed itself.
Even a child can build a bottle border (with the help of adults, of course):
- First of all, on the site you should draw sharp object or fill the contours of the flower bed with sand.
- Release the bottles from the labels, wash them, pour sand into them and tighten the cap. If this is not available, ordinary earth or water can be used. This is necessary for stability, since empty containers will quickly fall out of the fence.
- Dig a groove along the outlined contour so that the bottle can be deepened by about 1/3 into it.
- Place the filled bottles in the groove with the neck down, as close as possible to each other, and cover with earth.
For a visual effect, you can use bottles of different colors of plastic (green, white, brown).
Some summer residents do without digging in bottles. For example, bottles without a bottom are simply inserted into each other, forming a circle. Finished construction can be "put on" or take in the ring trunk circle tree. To fix the curb, it must be firmly pressed to the ground with arcs.
Multi-tiered flower bed
If you really want to have a flower garden, and there is a catastrophic lack of space, you can do it yourself from plastic bottles. The principle is the same as for the construction of the curb, only after laying the first tier, it is necessary to fill it with nutrient soil, and only then lay out the next floor.
When planting plants for lower tier it is better to choose moisture-loving specimens, because when watering, water will flow down.
Mini flower beds
Beautiful and useful crafts for giving can be made from 5-liter plastic bottles. They will serve as miniature and cute flower beds, for example, in the shape of everyone's favorite piglets.
Group compositions in the form of trains with flowers look no less impressive.
And if instead of flowers sow lawn grass, big bottle turns into a cute hedgehog with green spines. It remains only to attach the eyes and nose.
Those who are not afraid of small rodents will like cute mice from small (liter) bottles. They are good for planting petunias.
Flower pots and flowerpots
With a little imagination, plastic bottles can be easily transformed into small decorative pots for flowers or spicy greens. You can make them even or cut them into a marker in the shape of a muzzle. Such flowerpots will look great not only in the garden gazebo, but also in the house on the windowsill.
But if you put a fabric cover on a cropped bottle and attach ropes, you will get elegant planters for a summer veranda.
The easiest way to do hanging pots- this is to cut fragments of the walls on both sides of the bottle, and fasten a harness for hanging under the neck. In such flowerpots, compact undersized plants can be planted.
Making a beautiful garden path
Tracks made of plastic containers are especially popular with summer residents. The strength of such a path depends on the laying method and what part of the plastic container serves as a building material:
Paths made of plastic bottles become very slippery in winter.
Fun playground - decorate a place for children's games
Caring parents always strive to give their children a place to play in the country, where children can pass the time while adults are busy in the garden. Of course, it should be not only safe, but also colorful to please the kids. With the help of plastic bottles, it is easy to decorate the playground by making a variety of plants and animals. Ordinary paint will help to give them brightness.
In the shade under a palm tree
What is a playground without a sandbox? And where there is sand, a palm tree must “grow”. For a Tropicanka, you will need bottles of green and Brown for the trunk and leaves, respectively.
Before proceeding with the assembly, you need to take care of solid foundation. For example, attach to concrete screed a metal pin, and it should be quite long so that the tree turns out high, and the children can walk freely under it.
When the base is fixed, you can start "growing" palm trees:
- cut off half of the bottle (the top with the neck is not needed) and form a jagged edge;
- make a hole in the center of the bottom, string the blanks onto the base pin, while bending the teeth to the side for a more natural look;
- cut off the bottom of the green bottle and make straight cuts along the entire contour to the place where the wall goes into the neck (if desired, the branches can be made curly - cut into 4 parts and place cloves on each);
- string fragments of the branch on the base;
- firmly attach the finished branches to the top of the stem (by welding or construction harnesses).
If after assembling the palm tree there are still many green bottles left, you can make a small (or large) Christmas tree from them. Remove the bottom from the bottle and cut it into long narrow strips right up to the very neck. Trim the edges of the strips to look like thorns. Thread the leaves onto the base.
Such a Christmas tree will look great on the site in winter, especially under snow, and will also help out on New Year's Eve those who, in a hurry, did not have time to buy a living tree.
Guests from a fairy tale - funny animals
And of course, there must be toys. Often children take their old pets outside. With the help of plastic bottles, you can easily diversify the "zoo", creating real masterpieces - from the fabulous Frog Princess and the Golden Fish to modern cartoon characters.
Take at least a handsome cat, painted in black and white paint. And you can use brown beer bottles, and you get a brown cat, also beautiful.
From the two bottoms of the bottle, form a head (connect them), while the bends on the bottoms will really look like a real head. On one of them, draw eyes, eyebrows and mustaches with white paint, and a neat tongue with red paint. From above, insert cut out small ears. For the body, string the same short cut bottoms onto the base, close the body last. Melt the edges of the bottoms. Walk along the melted contour of the ears and fragments of the body with white paint, and on the front bottom make a white speck on the breast.
Glue the head and legs - the upper parts from bottles with an elongated neck will come in handy for them. Cut them off to the point where the bottle expands, cut the edges with sharp teeth and build legs from 4-5 parts, putting them on the base wire. Screw the corks onto the upper necks, glue the paws to the body with them. For the tail, take a long wire and string the narrowest parts of the neck onto it, but without plugs. To make the tail fluffy, cut the edges into thin strips.
Beautiful animals are also obtained from large 5-liter containers. With the right combination of bottles of different sizes and with the help of bright coloring, you can place a zebra, a horse, a cow, a donkey and even a giraffe on the site.
Flowers for my daughter
In the sandbox, children not only sculpt Easter cakes. Little girls are very fond of flowers and often pick dandelions on the lawn (or in their mother's flower bed) to plant in their sand garden. But you can make a whole greenhouse of flowers out of bottles, while the girls will be happy to take part in the manufacture of the most simple options. Daisies, cornflowers and tulips will decorate the sandbox, especially since young flower growers will be able to repeatedly "transplant" them from garden to garden without harm to plants and mother's nerves.
For flowers you will need:
- stem wire;
- flat parts of bottles for cutting leaves from them;
- necks or bottoms for the most inflorescences;
- dye.
More complex options can be done by adults. plastic roses or poppies will decorate not only the playground, but also flower beds. 
plastic design for garden
From plastic bottles have an extensive scope. So, if small animals and birds look appropriate in flower beds and playgrounds, then larger-scale animals can be placed in the garden, among trees and shrubs. They will give the garden a unique look and enliven it.
Amazing Garden Sculptures
Representatives of large birds made of plastic look almost alive. With the help of multi-colored paints, you can achieve amazing realistic effect. To make them, you just need to master the technique of cutting feathers from the sides of bottles and prepare a frame on which they will be fixed.
Very impressive in the garden will look:
In the garden, you can place sculptures not only of birds, but also animals of a large enough size so that they do not get lost against the backdrop of tall trees.
Among the greenery, a white sheep will be a bright spot, which is quite easy to make if there are bottles of 2 liters and several 1.5 liters lying around in the pantry:
- Cut off the necks of two 2 liter bottles and put them on top of each other - this will be an elongated head. From the third bottle, cut out long ears, roll them up a little with a tube and attach to the head in the appropriate places with wire (or glue). You can draw eyes or glue two plugs.
- For the body, insert the whole neck into the bottle cut off from the top. Make 3 more such blanks and attach them to the first on the sides and top, thus giving the lamb the desired “waist” volume.
- A whole two-liter bottle will serve as a neck, which should be fixed on the body at an angle of about 120 degrees so that the cork is on top.
- To the neck (on the cork) set the head.
- For legs, cut off the top of a two-liter bottle and insert a whole bottle of a smaller volume (1.5 liters) into it. Make three more such blanks and attach the legs to the body with the wide part up.
- From the cut bottoms of two liter bottles make a fleece, fastening them together, and put on the body. Under the belly, tie the edges of the fur coat.
- Paint the sheep with white paint and draw black eyes.
Bird care
Plastic bottles can be used not only in decorative purposes but also good for the garden. After all, it is always inhabited by the summer resident's little helpers - a variety of birds that collect pests from trees. In warm summer time they have something to eat, but in winter it becomes more difficult to get food. That's when the feeders hung around the garden come in handy. And if you involve children in the process, you get a double benefit: for children - an interesting activity and pleasure, and for birds - a cozy house with grains.
The simplest can be made from large 5 liter plastic bottles, simply cut out on both sides big holes in the form of an arch.
So that the birds do not injure their paws on the sharp edges of the bottle, they must first be melted or pasted over with electrical tape.
For those who rarely visit their summer cottage in winter, a feeder that fills automatically is useful.
You can make it from a bottle and two wooden spoons:
- make two holes in the bottle opposite each other, while the second should be slightly lower;
- unfold the bottle and repeat the procedure on the reverse side;
- insert spoons into the holes crosswise.
After the bottle is filled with food, it will be poured through the holes into the spoons as they are empty.
A cozy place to relax from improvised means
Not only birds, but also the owners themselves should have their own secluded corner among the greenery, where on warm summer evenings you can enjoy a cup of tea, inhaling the aromas of nature. Many prefer to put in the garden. They are very beautiful, you can’t argue with that, but they require certain financial investments. But from plastic it is cheap and cheerful to make not only a recreation area, but also to completely equip it.
Alcove? Easily!
Arbor - one of the largest crafts for giving from plastic bottles. But plastic gazebo has two big advantages:
- it is easy to assemble;
- will last more than one year without damage to the material.
Perhaps the only drawback of the building is the presence of a large number of bottles that need to be stored somewhere during the collection process.
What the gazebo will look like depends only on the desire of the owner, and, accordingly, on the availability of “building materials”:
Practical curtains in the gazebo
AT summer arbors a lot of fresh air, but also, unfortunately, dust. Ordinary tulle requires frequent washing, while a plastic curtain does not collect so much dust, and you can “wash” it without even removing it - just pour it over with water from a hose (of course, if such a curtain does not hang in the house). 
For dreamy and romantic hostesses, delicate curtains made from the bottoms of plastic bottles, strung on a base, are suitable. 
Energetic people who love bright colours, cork curtains assembled according to the same principle are more suitable.
garden furniture
A table, ottoman, armchair and even a sofa in the gazebo can also be made from plastic bottles. The old one from the house is also quite suitable for outdoor recreation, but, like the curtains, it will eventually become a collection of dust. In addition, take out wooden sofa it is quite difficult to go outside, because such furniture is rather bulky and heavy. But rearrange plastic chair won't be difficult.
It is not difficult to assemble furniture - you just need to put the bottles tightly and connect them with adhesive tape, giving the desired shape. For ottomans, knit or sew a cape - from the outside, no one will guess what they are actually made of.
Leatherette covers are more suitable for a sofa.
Unbreakable garden chandeliers
If you plan an evening tea party, you should definitely spend it in the gazebo. To ennoble the light bulb, you can cut the bottle into two parts and make a simple ceiling lamp from the upper half and paint it or paste over it with colored thread.
In plastic chandeliers, it is better to use economical light bulbs - they do not heat up so much and will not melt the material.
In more complex versions, chandeliers are assembled from fragments of leaves or flowers cut from multi-colored bottles. 
Garden supplies for gardening
To make the summer cottage look beautiful and tidy, you need to take care of it all the time - weed weeds, collect fallen leaves and small debris. This will require tools. Of course, it will not work to make a chopper or a rake out of plastic, but simpler specimens are quite possible.
Craftsmen have long known how to use plastic bottles for their own benefit and savings for family budget. After all, if the scoop suddenly breaks, you no longer have to run to the store for a new one. From household waste that is in every home, you get a lot of useful things at no extra cost:
garden care
From plastic bottles you can make useful things not only for the garden, but also for the garden. These can be both small crafts in the form of, and larger structures such as greenhouses.
Greenhouses for seedlings
Most summer residents grow seedlings horticultural crops on one's own. Some do it in apartment conditions, but better seedlings are obtained from greenhouses - there is enough heat and light.
You can no longer talk about the cost, but as for durability, plastic bottles will certainly last longer than film shelters or glass structures.
To increase the service life of plastic bottle greenhouses, it is advisable to put them on the foundation, and use a metal profile for the frame.
The simplest version of the greenhouse involves the construction of walls from whole bottles that are put on top of each other.
It will take a little longer to tinker with the greenhouse of the plates, but it will turn out to be warmer. In this case, even parts must be cut out of the bottles and fastened (sewn) together in the form of a canvas. From the finished canvases, mount a greenhouse.
Watering "systems"
For gardeners, watering is no less a pressing issue than the presence of a greenhouse. Instead of ready-made watering systems in the garden, you can use. They must either be suspended above the bush, having previously made holes in the lower part, or dug into the ground.
In addition, the bottle makes a good sprinkler - you just need to make small holes in it and connect it to a watering hose.
Getting rid of pests
A plastic bottle repeller will help drive the summer resident's worst enemy from the site -. He not only plows the beds, digging his tunnels, but also damages in the course of action root system plants, depriving gardeners of the future harvest.
If cut in a bottle side walls, bend them and put the container on a steel bar, with gusts of wind, the bottle will spin and make noise. The sound through the rod will go into the ground and deprive the mole of the desire to manage in this noisy place.
The list of what you can make from a plastic bottle with your own hands is quite long. These are just a few crafts that make life easier for summer residents. Agree - it is better to get the maximum benefit from bottles than to pollute environment. Take care of nature and work with pleasure!
21 ideas for using plastic bottles - video
When a person has free time and fantasy - any useless thing turn into a work of art. Many " skillful hands” use plastic bottle crafts as elements, as well as in the form of furniture. From colored bottle caps mosaic panels are obtained, which cover the surfaces of walls, paths, fences.
Range creative possibilities so wide that you often don't know where to start. We will help you understand what is suitable specifically for your case and what crafts to decorate the empty space with.
Application of plastic bottles
After several attempts to make a souvenir from a plastic bottle with your own hands, your hobby will grow into a full-fledged hobby for one evening. It's so easy and accessible! There are practical and decorative applications of products made of plastic bottles.
Practical- This:
- storage containers,
- feeders,
- coasters,
- plant containers,
- furniture
and even carports, greenhouses, washbasins, Summer shower etc.
Crafts from plastic bottles - this and homemade furniture . Looks pretty complex structure quite simple to master. The only condition is that there should be many bottles of the same type. Handmade armchairs, sofas and ottomans are not inferior in terms of comfort to classic factory furniture.
How to make an ottoman from plastic bottles: a master class
In decorative terms crafts from plastic bottles have a wider range
- figures from plastic bottles;
- lamps;
- flowers
- garlands, etc.
They have one important advantage - the availability of the material. At the same time, products made from PET bottles are highly reliable, provided correct connection details.
Often made from plastic bottles vases, pots and flowers.
In addition, using plastic containers, you can originally decorate the room by making an artificial bouquet. Roses, tulips or daisies are placed in a handmade vase. If desired, the composition is decorated with LED lighting. Thus, an impromptu flower will turn into an unusual night light.
What can be made from plastic bottles for the yard
There is always an empty lot in the country. Building a gazebo or an extension is long and difficult, but the “bare” uncluttered territory “cuts” the eye. Crafts from plastic bottles for the street will help decorate the courtyard. Using plastic bottles, caps and a frame, make beautiful tables with chairs. It will be easy to surprise guests with such garden furniture during a festive feast in nature.
In products from plastic bottles are included and bird feeders, which will not only decorate the summer cottage, but also help the birds survive in the winter.
Ideas from plastic bottles: lamp caps
From caps and cut necks, with the help of simple manipulations, original lamps that will decorate both the interior of the house and the yard. Unusual lamps harmoniously complemented by plastic compositions designed in the form of exotic plants.
Learn to collect simple plastic bottle crafts possible within 2-3 hours. Dare!
Crafts from 5 liter plastic bottles
A bulky-looking container is also applicable for decorating an interior or yard. Large plastic bottles are often used to make pet figurines(pigs, bulls, dogs, etc.). Crafts from 5 liter PET bottles - a common decoration for summer cottages, flower beds and a playground. Therefore, there are many ideas with their application, and most bright examples products from plastic bottles are collected on our website. simple but tasteful.
Application of 5 liter plastic bottles: master class
Plastic bottles are not just containers for water, but also great material for creativity and Some craftsmen manage to make something out of them that is difficult for many to imagine. All you need in this business is the actual material, scissors, sometimes paint, glue and free time. Also, it would not hurt to turn on creativity and stop looking at the container from under your favorite soda as an ordinary thing. So let's get started!
Piglets-pots
This craft is easy to make, so that's where we start. In this, you can plant flowers for the summer or use piglets as. This will revive anyone, especially children will be happy with this creation.
Tools and materials:
- Five liter plastic bottle. Their number is according to the number of piglets that will be created. 1 container - 1 pig.
- Sharp knife, most convenient stationery.
- Bottles - 0.5 l or 1.5 l, 4 pieces for each piglet.
- Glue.
- White enamel and red or pink paint.
Manufacturing sequence
The container must be rinsed and dried, and if there are labels on it, they should be removed, as they will interfere. If you decide to make a planter, then cut a hole in the upper part so that there is where to plant flowers and pour earth. If you create garden sculpture, skip this step.
The smaller bottles will be used to create the legs. They need to be cut from the neck by 10-15 cm or to the length that is needed.
Advice! The more hooves you make, the higher the piglet will be. Moreover, the containers should be selected of the same volume so that the limbs come out even and beautiful.
Advice! In order to make it more convenient to glue the legs, cut each neck in the widest place with a fringe and bend its edges.
Now the important task is gluing. For this you can use:
- Glue "Moment".
- Glue "Titan".
- Thermal gun. It is most convenient to work with it, although the plastic can be deformed from hot silicone, so it should be handled with extreme care.
Advice! It is more convenient to glue two limbs, since after applying the adhesive, they need to be held for some time for high-quality bonding. Use glue according to the instructions.
After everything dries, you can cut out the ears, they will be from the same material as the entire piglet. It is convenient to cut them from the lower parts, as there is a factory bulge there. The shape is natural, the size is arbitrary. For ease of gluing at the bottom, you can also make a fringe - like on legs.
On a note! It is most convenient to glue if you are making flower pots. The cuts in this case must be glued to the container from the inside with the same composition.
Now the creative stage - painting. natural color - pink, but you can use another if you wish. Experienced craftsmen advise using it, it fits well on plastic and is more durable. You need to tint only on the outside, but carefully so that the color of the bottle does not shine through. It is very convenient to hold the lid-piglet. Do not forget to cut and glue the tail, it is also made of plastic, it is more convenient to paint it before gluing. Eyes can be drawn or bought, these are sold at any sewing store.
Important! If the piglet is to be used as flower pot, it is necessary to make holes in the lower and side parts for the free outflow of water.
Fly agaric for garden decoration
A detailed master class on making fly agarics from bottles is on the video:
Masters and beginners use crafts 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 is easy to embody in the country, turning a bare area into a "glade of fairy tales", and filling the house with useful little things.
One of the most crazy hands Runet Roman Ursu presented a crazy video in which he showed 70 ways to use plastic bottles.
Advantages of crafts from plastic containers
A well-made souvenir or trinket will eventually develop into a hobby if there are no limits to fantasy. Do not cease to amaze summer residents who have moved from simple hedges on a wire to buildings that delight in scope.
From available material, which many throw away, someone constructs:
- greenhouse;
- carport;
- summer shower or bath;
- country toilet or shed;
- summer gazebo or sun visor;
- a teremok for children or a playground;
- sandbox with decorative borders;
- various temporary structures on the site.
Plastic eventually becomes a real environmental disaster - it is difficult to recycle. But it is enough to involve all those who are not indifferent to the cleaning of the territory, and there will be a whole mountain of empty PET bottles for the construction of a greenhouse, a cascading flower bed or vertical gardening. The only drawback is the long collection of the same container, since the containers are produced in different colors and volumes.
To create an original decoration you need:
- interesting idea;
- ready-made role model (illustration);
- craft material with tools;
- step by step guide to the training plan.
In the hands of a real master, plastic bottles take on a second life, becoming functional objects. Souvenirs are best done on a seasonal basis. For example, christmas toys make in winter, practical country buildings- in summer, and in spring and autumn, it remains to build a "glade of fairy tales" near the house for children.
Furniture and interior items from plastic bottles
Furniture made from plastic bottles looks like a masterpiece that not everyone can afford. They will need a lot of plastic containers of the same sample. Sofas and pouffes impress with their design and comfort, not inferior to real furniture. There is nothing complicated if the sofa is made in blocks - seat, back, sidewalls. If there are not enough containers, sofa blocks can be made alternately. It is better when they collect bottles from one drink, for example, two-liter kvass or lemonade.
The principle of "assembling" furniture from bottles is simple - they are exposed in layers and tightly wrapped with tape. To make the furniture softer and springier, a little air is released from each bottle and twisted tightly. In the place where the cap is, cut out the cap from another bottle and wrap it with tape. It turns out a block, which has a bottom on both sides - this is the basis of the furniture.
Then it all depends on the imagination, the type of furniture and the number of bottles available. We wrapped 7 containers of the same volume with tape, we get the basis for an ottoman. What will be its appearance and style depends on the master. For a soft seat round pillow or a block of foam rubber according to the size of the top. The cover is cut out according 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 up the upholstery tightly.
For construction coffee table you will need 4 racks of plastic bottles and a plywood shield as a tabletop, which can be hidden with a long tablecloth. In a similar way they do convenient stand under a laptop or a portable table for giving. 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 house from plastic bottles
Flowers and vases
It will not be difficult to decorate a schoolchild's bedroom or a children's room with crafts from plastic containers. You can build a whole bunch of artificial flowers. Put the resulting chrysanthemums, daisies or roses in a vase of the same material, adding the middle with diode bulbs on insulated wire. This is how a night lamp of extraordinary beauty will look like, where a weak light shimmers in plastic petals.
Advice: To give the leaves a special shape, use the heating of the blanks and folding the corners with tongs!
To place a homemade bouquet, you will need a suitable vessel, just cutting off part of the bottle is not aesthetically pleasing. The edges of the cut are marked with a ruler to make a cut, fixing the result by heating the bends. A small transparent bottle is cut off to the very top, about a half is cut off from a large container. We choose a material with a corrugation or a “waist” in the middle so that there is an interesting base.
Then we do as fantasy allows, but we bend the edges beautifully. The fringed cut is obtained from vertical or diagonal notches of the plastic base. The resulting strips are evenly bent to the outside.
Note! It is important that all the notches and the depth of the slot are exactly the same, then the whole product will come out neat.
Depending on which edge is desired, the strips of the vase (the edges of any other product) are fixed in different ways:
- curly bend;
- stapler staples;
- fusing;
- bonding with transparent polymers.
Planters, flower pots and containers for seedlings
Colored plastic containers in the form of bottles and bottles of various sizes are suitable as containers for growing live plants. It is very easy to make a fragrant balcony from 3-liter tanks - cascade ampelous petunias. Fragrant flowers hanging from cut containers will help make the dream of a beautiful piece of paradise come true.
cut in half big bottles and the tanks are hung upside down and with a lid. At the bottom it is recommended to lay large pebbles for drainage. Excess water after watering will go to the plants in the lower rows. In the same containers, plants are grown without soil - in a hydroponic way with the addition of fertilizers. Fresh herbs and seedlings (in urban and country conditions) are also germinated in prepared plastic bottles.
Advice: Use the 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 scare away pests or attract birds to the site. To do this, the tank is used as a feeder, and traps from bottles of chemicals are placed at the roots of fruit trees. From a double plastic container, craftsmen build traps for wasps, where they fly into sweet water and cannot get back.
Equipment of the suburban area
At the cottage "on hastily» It is easy to build crafts from plastic bottles in the form of an impromptu washbasin by hanging a full bottle upside down. It is worth unscrewing the lid a little, and a small stream of water will help to wash and wash your hands. It is also worth making a bench and organizing lighting with beautiful owls or gnomes of their plastic. Any garden decor for inspiration - on interesting illustrations.
Multifunctional items for the home
Make an original cosmetic bag from 2 bottoms of plastic bottles, sewing the edges with a zipper. This box can be used as a multifunctional item - a piggy bank, a case for large beads, hairpins or jewelry.
From a similar ball, suspended somewhere nearby, it is convenient to knit, pulling the thread from the ball inserted inside. Nail polish or a lipstick collection is easier to find in a makeshift zipper box.
New Year's decor
Original all seasonal flower beds
The summer season is over, and home-made plastic flowers are replacing the living flower beds, which are not inferior in beauty to real ones. Their advantage is the ability to decorate the territory at any time. These flower beds fade against the background of living plants, but in early spring and in late autumn only they attract admiring glances.
For daisies you will need small plastic containers white color(petals), yellow (middle) and green (leaves). You will also need an awl and a candle (for heating), “liquid nails”, scissors and hard 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, we also make 2-3 chamomile corollas, which we connect in the center with an awl. Here the stem with leaves is fixed on the green wire, closing with the middle. We fill the center of the flower with a yellow basket with small cuts from 2 finely dissected circles with a fringe bent over the candle. We supplement the flower with green sepals from the bottom, collect all the parts and fix them together.
From the remaining pieces of green plastic, cut out leaves with a hole at the base (for stringing) and give the desired shape by heating over a candle flame. We fasten leaves on a wire handle, they should slightly bend around it. It remains for chamomile to make a few "companions" and find a decent place for the bouquet.
All seasonal flower beds include mosaic compositions from containers filled with earth. Wall panels are made from covers. "Butterfly" or " ladybug"- in different versions.
Crafts from plastic bottles for the playground
The incredible beauty of a bird with plastic plumage is a whole “field of fairy tales”. This is a peacock or firebird, swans, doves, bullfinches and parrots. All of them are made from empty PET bottles according to the general principle:
- Design an aesthetic bird head with eyes and a beak;
- Build the torso and neck;
- String plastic plumage;
- Provide wings and tail;
- Plant on paws or fix on the selected surface.
Plastic swans can be fenced off with a blue "lake" of inverted 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, such as a desert island with palm trees and parrots.
The material is collected for a whole year, but it is easier to involve neighbors and acquaintances in the idea of \u200b\u200b"ecological" cleaning. In the yards there are special containers for plastic - it is much easier to collect.
Preparation for work - removal of labels and glue residues from plastic bottles, it is important to rinse well and discard the deformed material.
If vertical fences are being built, they need to be filled. Depending on the idea, PET bottles are filled with sand, stone chips or dry soil, digging 1/3 neck down.
For selected purposes, plastics of different elasticity are used. Heat treatment required for filigree work (flowers). It is important not to overheat the fragments cut into strips.
Fairy tale characters sometimes require additional painting. For example, pink piglets for a playground are best covered with an aerosol spray, fixed with transparent acrylic paint.
Plastic bottles are an excellent material in capable hands. Using them as a basis, it is easy to teach children a lesson in environmental education and fill a house or yard practical things. With a creative approach, the color, volume and shape of plastic bottles themselves will prompt new ideas for an exciting creative process.
Tags: ,Waste disposal is one of the most acute problems that owners face. summer cottages, especially since the majority of dacha communities, in principle, are not equipped garbage containers. Undoubtedly, paper and part of household garbage can be burned, and organics can be buried in the beds or sent straight to compost pit. But what to do with the well-known plastic bottles, which are strictly forbidden to be burned in a stove or fireplace, and it is useless to bury, since it will take more than one hundred years to decompose plastic? There is only one way out - to use it for good. How to use plastic bottles on the farm will be discussed in this publication.
The use of PET containers at their summer cottage
What is a plastic container? These are, first of all, polymeric material and ready-made containers. At such an angle, any summer resident with a creative vision and straight arms will be able to make a lot of household appliances useful for the household from an ordinary PET bottle, create elements garden decor and turn empty containers into necessary things.
The main advantage of plastic containers is the lack of cost. In addition, PET is light, flexible, resistant to weathering and UV radiation, and can be processed perfectly. A plastic bottle filled with water can withstand enormous external pressure and can act as a heat accumulator. And most importantly: in any variation, all plastic containers have a threaded section and a lid. And this is very important for any master to do, which will help fasten products, if the need arises. Consider several options for using plastic containers in the garden.
Plastic bottles for watering the garden
The first thing you can use ready-made PET containers for is for irrigation. Irrigation of the site is generally a sore point for most summer residents, especially for those who receive water on a schedule or visit a suburban area exclusively on weekends. In such a situation, useless plastic bottles will help to create for the entire site without any financial costs. Consider three easy-to-implement options for creating a drip irrigation system based on plastic bottles of various capacities.
Simple Root Irrigation System
In order to dosed and automatically water the plants, you will need:
- PET containers with a volume of 2 liters, one bottle - one plant.
- foam rubber (any trim).
Pour 4/5 of the water into each container. Insert a piece of foam rubber into the neck instead of a cork. Place the bottle under the plant so that the neck is in close proximity to the root of the plant. As you empty, just add water to the containers. 
Drip irrigation
For this irrigation system, the size and shape of the containers does not matter. According to summer residents: the more - the better. Bottles need to cut off the bottom. Make 3-5 holes in the cork with a hot awl or thin drill, 1-2 mm in diameter. Screw the cork tightly onto the neck.
Dig such a container vertically (neck down) near each plant and fill it with water. Such stationary system root irrigation requires only timely filling with water.
Suspended irrigation system
In this option, whole bottles should be used, with a capacity of 2 to 5 liters. depending on the reliability of the fastening system. As in creating drip system, make several holes in the cork, with a diameter of 1 mm.
Now you need to build a support. At different ends of the beds, horns should be dug in, on top of which put a jumper (rail, beam). Hang the filled containers upside down from the top bar.
To prevent water from eroding the earth, the place where drops of water fall should be mulched.
The advantages of an irrigation system from plastic bottles are undeniable:
- the soil is moistened directly in the root zone of the plant;
- irrigation is done with sun-warmed water;
- the possibility of adding fertilizers directly to the water;
- application variability.
But the most important advantage of such watering is that it does not require the presence of a person.
Agricultural technology using PET bottles
Any container can be used to grow greens. The main thing is to ensure timely watering and avoid stagnation of water in the lower part of the tank. This can be done by creating from plastic bottles, which will not take up much space, but will decorate your fence, balcony railing, house wall.
Vertical garden with horizontal bottles
For such a building you will need:
- PET bottles, capacity 2-5l;
- soft wire.
1/3 of the side of the bottle is cut out. The cork is screwed onto the neck. On the opposite side of the cutout, an awl (nail, drill) makes a mass of drainage holes.
The bottles are filled with a substrate, inside of which the seedlings or seeds of the plant are located. With a soft wire, an impromptu pot is attached to a vertical surface. Mounting of the remaining containers can be done under each other or in a checkerboard pattern.
Garden from vertically installed PET containers
This design is more complicated than the previous one, but much more efficient and is relatively autonomous. So, to create such a design, you will need:
- PET bottles, volume 1-3 l.
- rubber or silicone hose ½ inch.
- line segment sewer pipe with plugs, diameter - at the discretion of the owner.
The bottles are cut approximately in half. Top part will go to create a vertical garden, the lower one will be used to create decorations, which will be discussed below. The tops of the bottles are attached one below the other with the neck down. A hose with holes for irrigation is laid through each vertical row. Free space filled with earth or substrate. The upper part of the hoses is fixed in the ebb with the help of necks and corks from plastic bottles.
Water is supplied to the system from the water supply, and the sewer pipe section will play the role of a liquid supply capacity. This design allows rational use of water for drip irrigation. A vertical garden made of plastic bottles will not require any space or large financial costs from the summer resident. You can always make such a design from waste containers that is best suited directly to your dacha.
In the section of agrotechnical crafts, only options for creating a vertical garden were considered. In fact, there are dozens more ways to use TET containers for agricultural purposes. Light, plastic and durable containers can be made from plastic bottles, which are widely used as pots, containers for seedlings.
PET bottles for decorating a summer cottage
Thanks to its properties, plastic containers have long been successfully used by our summer residents to create garden decor. Next, consider a few examples successful application plastic bottles of various sizes in garden decoration.
Fencing beds and flower beds
Most simple design fences made of plastic containers - palisade. In order to make a solid fence of this design, you will need a mass of bottles of the same volume and shape filled with earth (sand, clay)
Now it's up to the small: we assemble the structure. We dig each container halfway into the ground, creating a “bottle palisade”. After erection. You can leave it as it is, or you can paint the resulting border in any color of the rainbow.
You can go in a simpler way: do not dig in the elements of the palisade, but fasten them together with adhesive tape. 
The design is simply placed on the grass outlining the boundaries of a flower bed or garden bed.
garden path
For creating garden path you will need bottoms from PET bottles with a capacity of 2 liters.
- the soil is levelled.
- covered with a layer of wet sand, layer thickness 70-100 mm.
The bottoms are laid out on the future track and carefully driven into the sand until completely filled. The joints between the bottoms are covered with dry sand, and for better fixation - with a sand-cement mortar.
Flowers from PET bottles
It is enough to simply decorate a summer cottage with the help of "plantations" of plastic flowers.
Making such a composition is extremely simple: you just need to wake up your imagination, pick up a knife, a few plastic bottles and a coil of thick wire.
From the tapering part of the bottle, you can create beautiful flowers that will be used to create bouquets, decorate crafts for the home and garden.
Cut the neck lengthwise, forming six petals. Round each with scissors. We melt the edges of the petals over an open flame to give them volume. The inside of the flower can be cut out of plastic of a different color. We glue (sew) the structure with polymer glue or thin wire. 
Animal figurines for garden decoration
The Internet is full of photos of funny animals made from plastic bottles. If you decide to decorate your garden with funny animals from PET containers, then the simplest option is funny pigs and bunnies.
Bunny is easy to do:
- in the tapering part, two cuts are made under the "ears";
- the ears themselves are cut from a plastic bottle.
The structure is assembled with glue.
Pigs are made in the same way, but only in a horizontal version. The main thing is to color your creation correctly and make it recognizable. 
Household supplies from plastic bottles
What can be useful in the household for a domestic summer resident-gardener? Brooms, dustpans, pest traps, washbasins, various containers for storing small items. But a simple rope is recognized by most summer residents as one of the most functional and useful materials in the household.
PET bottle rope
A rope from a plastic bottle will help out in an unforeseen situation and become indispensable assistant summer resident. How to make a strong rope from a plastic bottle with your own hands? To create a tape from a PET bottle (on an industrial scale), you will need to make a simple machine, consisting of:
- blades from a clerical knife;
- 4-8 metal washers with an outer diameter of 25-30 mm and a thickness of 2 mm;
- 2 bolts with nuts, diameter 4-6 mm, length 40-50 mm;
- board (piece of plywood, chipboard), 16-25 mm thick.
We assemble the structure. We drill through holes in the board for the bolts. Pucks will be put on them. The distance between the bolts should be such that between the washers there is a distance equal to half the diameter of the washer. Now install the washers on the bolts. The height of the "pyramid" from the stand will correspond to the width of the tape. We put the blade on the upper washer, cover it with a washer, fix it with nuts.
To get the tape, cut off the bottom of the bottle (it is useful for making garden decor), push the edge of the bottle between the blade and stand. 
There are a lot of options for using rope from plastic bottles. A strong and lightweight tape is used by domestic gardeners for tying vegetables, trees, creating supports for climbing plants, furniture weaving, handle braiding garden tool etc. A feature of such a tape is shrinkage when exposed to high temperatures. When heated, the PET tape knot self-tightens!
garden broom
According to its performance characteristics, a broom made of plastic bottles is not inferior to purchased analogues. For self-creation such a useful product in the household will require:
- 7 PET bottles, 2 l;
- stalk from a shovel;
- wire;
- two screws (nails);
- awl, scissors, knife.
For six bottles, cut off the necks and bottom. Cut the strips on each blank with scissors, not reaching the top edge of 5-6 cm. The width of the strip is 0.5 cm. Cut off the bottom from the intact container (do not touch the neck!). Next, repeat the operation similar to the previous blanks.
We assemble the structure. We put the rest of the blanks on a bottle with a neck. We compress the resulting product from the sides and fix the position of the blanks with wire. It remains only to plant and fix the holder.
The plastic bottle broom is ready to use. The whole process is shown in detail in the figure.
Scoop from plastic containers
This product will be a great addition to a broom made of PET containers. Everything is simple here: take a plastic container and mark the shape of the future scoop with a marker.
Cut strictly along the line using a clerical knife. Such a scoop from a plastic canister will last a long time. 
The simplest washstand
To make the simplest from a plastic bottle, you need to cut off the bottom of the container, turn it upside down, make holes for attaching to a vertical surface.
You can wash your hands by unscrewing the cork a little so that water flows through a loose connection.
Containers for storing small items
Any owner of a summer residence has a lot of little things in the household. One problem - they must all be sorted and available as needed. To store small things, you can easily make containers from plastic containers. Any one that is at hand will do:
- We make a hole in the upper side part, the size of which should make it easy to get items out of the container.
- We drill a hole in the cover and screw in a bolt with a diameter of 2 mm.
- Place a washer under the head of the bolt.
- On the reverse side, fix with a nut.
We assemble the structure. We run the ends of the wire section under the washer and form a loop. We screw the lid with a loop onto the container. Now it can be easily placed on a vertical surface. An ordinary nail can act as an element for hanging the container on a vertical surface. 
If you use plastic containers from household chemicals or machine oil, then you can assemble a whole chest of drawers for storing small things in a similar way.
insect trap
Mosquitoes and flies are the eternal "neighbors" of man, which is almost impossible to get rid of. Nevertheless, their population can be reduced by using well-known PET containers as a trap material.
We cut off the tapering part of the plastic bottle, turn it over and insert it into the remaining part with the neck down. Sugar syrup can be used as bait. If you add a little yeast to the composition, you can get rid of not only flies and ants, but also wild wasps.
A simple weather vane from a PET bottle will help to scare away birds from fresh crops, to drive out moles from the site.
The design is simple: we cut out and bend the side sections of the container in the form of blades. We put the resulting product on a thick wire or stick. The wind rotates the weather vane. A vibration is transmitted along the guide, which (according to experts) is very disliked by moles and birds are afraid.
Bird feeders
The simplest feeder personal plot, will attract birds that will help the owner suburban area control pests and insects.
They are not difficult to make: it is enough to cut windows in the side of five-liter plastic bottles. The handle is useful for hanging the feeder on a branch. 
Greenhouses from PET containers
, discussed above, can easily be done by any summer resident. But if you have experience in carpentry, then with the help of PET containers you can create an excellent greenhouse, without which in our climate zone it is impossible to grow an early crop.
Such structures have many advantages, of which the main one is low cost. PET is much stronger polyethylene film and much cheaper than traditional polycarbonate. The construction of plastic bottles is warm and light. It can always be repaired by simply replacing the damaged element.
There are two technologies for the construction of greenhouses and arbors:
- From plates.
- from whole elements.
frame
Almost any material is suitable for its creation:
- Metal profile - durable and strong, but expensive.
- Wood is affordable and easy to process, but short-lived.
- PVC pipes - great option if you already have enough pipes and fittings that you don't have to buy.
In any case, if you decide to make a greenhouse from plastic bottles with your own hands, then make the frame from the material that is most accessible to you.
It should be understood: a metal frame will require the creation of a capital foundation, which significantly increases the cost of the project. support structure PVC pipes do not need a foundation, but require reinforcement to withstand gusts of wind.
Filling
As a building material for enclosing structures, it is better to use the same PET bottles, with a capacity of 2 liters, from which the label must be removed.
For a greenhouse with dimensions of 1.5 by 2.5, from 400 to 600 PET elements may be required.
Construction technology
The greenhouse is assembled from elements that are collected from PET bottles. The bottom of each building element (bottle) is cut off. The elements are then stacked on top of each other, creating an impromptu "plastic log". For fastening given element a cord or rail is pulled through the middle. The finished block is vertically fixed on the frame. The construction process continues until the frame is completely filled: in this way, the walls are recruited and the roof overlaps.
Buildings made from plastic bottles
More serious buildings can be built from PET containers than gazebos and greenhouses. Next, consider the method of erecting an outbuilding from plastic bottles, putting into practice the experience of Bolivian builders:
- A pit is being dug and a foundation is being built.
- We create a replacement for the brick, instead of which PET bottles of the same volume will be used. They are filled with sand, clay or earth, which is often left after digging a pit.
- The elements are tied together and stacked in rows. For a bunch of rows, a sand-cement mortar is used.
- A reinforcing mesh is laid between the rows.
After laying, only the necks of building elements remain without mortar. For additional fastening builders recommend tying the necks together, creating a kind of plaster mesh. Now it remains only to carefully plaster the walls, hiding the material that was used for construction.
This technology can be used to build capital buildings: fences, garages and one-story residential buildings, which, (according to the masters), are quite warm and strong.
In this publication, answers were given to the question of how plastic bottles can be used on the farm. Actually a new use this material is every day, which cannot but please anyone normal person, because plastic is practically not recycled due to low profitability. Giving a "second life" to PET containers, we cleanse the planet of garbage, which is simply buried in landfills or disposed of in incinerators, poisoning the environment.