Products from plastic bottles with their own hands for the garden. Crafts from plastic bottles. Large plastic bottle flower
Plastic bottles in the hands of summer residents cease to be just containers and turn into interesting decorations for the garden.
A little work and time, a lot of imagination, a minimum of additional materials, and flowers bloom on the site, funny figures appear, and even serious structures such as gazebos and houses. Let's look at the ideas of magic.
Bush with big flowers
You can make such a huge bush with fantasy flowers from plastic bottles completely (with plastic leaves and stems), or you can stick twigs-stems with flower heads between the shoots of some decorative leafy plant.
Let's plant a plastic flower in a mini-garden.
An interesting flower color is purple with veins. It’s easy to do: paint the plastic with yellow paint, when it dries, apply a layer of purple and rub it with a brush so that the bottom layer is a little translucent.
Flowers with colorful petals.
Graceful blue flower. Beautiful.
Decorative trees with plastic foliage and flowers
You can make a flowering tree on a stand. But, perhaps, there is a trunk of a dried tree on your site - use it. How to make lush colored foliage? Cut off the bottom of the bottle and cut the plastic across with scissors to make a spiral. Bottles, of course, color before cutting.
The photo above clearly shows the simple fastening of foliage to the wooden surface of the base. First, we fasten plastic caps with screws, and then we screw bottles with spiral foliage onto them.
To make a ball tree, the easiest way is to use a grid, to which the flowers are attached with wire. But first you need to make many, many colors.
suspended airplanes
Good airplanes are made from plastic shampoo bottles. You can paint it with acrylic paint or decorate it with electrical tape of different colors, and then hang it on tree branches. By the way, children enjoy playing with such toys.
Daylily bush and chamomile from plastic bottles
We use rigid metal rods as stems. Everything else is made from plastic bottles. How and what to paint - look.
Huge daisies in the garden - a feast for the eyes.
Flower meadow on the lawn
A clearing of flowers of the same type looks original. We make any, attach it to a rod-stem and plant it in the grass.
Butterfly with plastic wings
It is not difficult to make a butterfly from two pots: we glue the pots, paint them. We cut out the wings from the bottle, after which we glue a rope tourniquet on them. Although you can make wings from the grid.
Multi-colored caterpillar from plastic bottles
We cut several bottoms, paint them (better from the inside, so the paint will peel off less), fasten with wire. Ears - from plastic caps. We will either make our own eyes or buy puppet ones in the store.
Bouquet of plastic flowers
They will never wither.
sun rays
We make a laughing sun from a tire, and its rays from plastic bottles. We fasten the corks to the tire, screw the bottles into them, paint everything in one color.
Large plastic bottle flower
The base of the flower is a plastic bottle. The larger the bottle, the larger the flower.
Funny people
A simple idea, but so many emotions!
Plastic bells
Who has seen such huge bells in nature? But that doesn't mean that since we haven't seen them, they don't exist. Let's do it!
floating flower beds
If there is a reservoir on the site, we will make floating flowers. We fasten corks along the edges of the wooden disk, and plastic bottles in them.
Cockerel from a bottle
To make such a funny cockerel, both a glass and a plastic bottle will do.
The more we treat our site with great trepidation, the more we strive to go there not only for work, but also for recreation. When we decorate a garden plot with our own hands, it becomes even dearer and more attractive. This can be done with the help of original figurines made from the simplest and most affordable materials, for example, from plastic bottles. Indeed, plastic is easily cut, modeled, painted and retains its shape for a long time. The main thing is to show imagination and devote some time to work. The following are possible options for figurines that are appropriate for any garden plot.
Palm
Making a palm tree from plastic bottles is a fascinating and uncomplicated process. Therefore, a large number of summer residents decorate their site with this exotic plant. If you want to join their ranks, stock up on a lot of plastic containers of various sizes (best from 1.5 to 2.5 liters) in brown and green shades.
Trunk
The wings consist of two parts: the upper one is assembled from small feathers cut from the bottoms; the lower one is more difficult to make. First you need to cut out the middle part of the bottle, cut into two parts, and then each of them into rectangles of the same size.
- The bottle is cut with scissors according to the marks made, while the neck remains in the upper part - it is necessary to secure the swan's neck in the hole.
- The frame of the neck is made from a hose with wire. It is pushed into the neck and given the desired shape.
- Feathers are cut from a small plastic bottle. To do this, the bottom and neck are cut off, and feathers of any desired shape are made from the remaining cylinder. The edges of the feathers are best cut a little in the form of a fringe, and on the outside, warm each feather with a candle.
- Feathers are collected in two pieces and fixed with wire.
- For the neck, it is best to use small bottles without a bottom, which are threaded upside down on the hose. They will need at least 15-20 pieces.
- In the place where the hose ends, you need to make 2 holes in the bottle and the hose itself. Pull the wire through the holes and fasten it.
- The beak itself is best made from a large cap (usually bottles with chemicals are closed like this). The cap must be cut into 2 parts so that a shape resembling the letter "M" is obtained. The finished beak should be painted.
In conclusion, the most beloved plants should be planted in the finished swan.
Making swans from plastic bottles is a process that requires care and accuracy. But its result is a very cute and practical craft.
Christmas trees
Of course, almost every garden has living trees, but this does not mean at all that there is not a little place for a beautiful “artificial” Christmas tree. It can even be decorated during the celebration of the New Year in the country.
In advance, it is necessary to prepare plastic bottles of different sizes - 2; 1.5 and 1-liter. For a Christmas tree about 1.2 meters high, you will need at least 35-40 green bottles, washed and dried. For manufacturing, you will also need scissors, a candle, a pin.
Manufacturing process:
- Cut off the bottom of each bottle, and cut the side walls into strips about 1.5 cm wide and round off their ends. Coniferous twigs will look even more interesting if they are melted a little with a candle with the same pitch (about 2 cm).
- To build a tree trunk - for this it is best to strengthen an iron rod in the ground.
- Attach twigs to the base: simply string 2-liter bottles upside down on the trunk, then 1.5-liter bottles, and 1-liter bottles on top.
- If containers of the same volume are used, then after assembling their branches, you can simply cut them so that the tree turns into a conical shape. The lower branches must be straightened, and the upper ones can be left in their original position.
That's all, the Christmas tree from the plastic bottle is ready.
Lamb
In 2015, it is simply impossible not to decorate your summer cottage with the symbol of the coming year - a sheep. It will surely bring good luck to the whole family. The creation of such a figure is a rather large-scale event, but the result is impressive.
For work you will need:
- Plastic bottles: for legs - 4 pcs. 1.5 l and 4 pcs. 2 l; for the body - 7 pcs. 2 l; for the head - 3 pcs. 1 liter; for a fur coat - about 20 pieces of 2 liters each (it is important that their bottoms are curly).
- Wire - best of all copper.
- Aerosol paint (white and gold).
Sheep from plastic bottles is performed in the following sequence:
- The necks are cut off from two 2-liter bottles, and their bases are inserted into each other. Long, but narrow ears are attached to them with the help of a wire.
- 2-liter bottles are connected as a torso and neck. First, the base is made, and then other bottles are attached to it with the help of wire or adhesive tape.
- The head is attached to the neck.
- The lower part of the legs is made from 1.5-liter bottles, and the upper part is made from 2-liter bottles. The legs are tightly fixed to the body with wire so that the sheep does not hang on them.
- Figured bottoms from 2-liter bottles are cut off and connected to each other with wire. Thus, a sheep's coat is obtained, which covers the body. It is fixed on the stomach.
- The easiest way to make eyes is from corks.
- The finished sheep can be spray-painted white first, and then a little gold paint is sprayed on top of it.
Such a sheep will look just great in summer, surrounded by greenery and flowers.
penguins
A plastic bottle penguin craft is a cute and funny creature that can be used to decorate both your home and garden. This figurine is quite simple to make, so your children can become full-fledged assistants in this process.
To make penguins you will need:
- 2 plastic bottles of 2 liters;
- yellow, black and white paints, as well as a brush for them;
- pompon;
- braid;
- glue (well, if you have a hot glue gun).
Manufacturing process:
- The bottles are cut across into 2 equal parts.
- The lower parts are used. They need to be inserted into each other. The halves can be fixed with glue, but even without it, the parts are held together quite firmly. The bottom of one bottle serves as the head, the bottom of the other - the paws of the penguin.
- Next, you need to decorate the figure of the penguin - first in the base white color, and then with black paint to depict the characteristic penguin toe. The hat can be made in any color (in our example it is blue). To revive the penguin, he needs to draw eyes and a nose.
Making crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands will be a great opportunity to create three-dimensional figures that can be used in games or for interior decoration.
This is quite affordable and rather malleable material, so even kindergarten children can make simple crafts from plastic bottles with their own hands. The basic principle of work comes down to coloring or pasting a whole bottle or its fragment, which is not difficult to do even for kids.
"Crafts from plastic bottles can be used for games and interior decoration."
Crafts from plastic bottles for children
There are a huge number of options for crafts from plastic bottles for kindergarten. It can be a funny pig that can be used to fold various little things.
We make the tail and ears of the pig out of paper.
Ladybug with fluffy antennae and heart-shaped spots.
According to this pattern, you can make any beetle or bee.
On the basis of a plastic plate, you can make a charming turtle with a shell of peas and lentils.
From the two lower parts from plastic bottles, you can glue a very spectacular apple.
In continuation of the autumn theme, we want to offer you a video tutorial on making fly agarics from plastic bottles:
A bright, cute owl can become a toy or decor element.
A cute octopus in a miniature hat is made very simply. The bottle will need to be painted with blue paint, cut off the bottom and cut into the bottom.
A spectacular military aircraft is obtained from a bottle:
Plastic bottles make very funny boxes for storing small things. The bottles are connected to each other with a zipper. The box from the bottle is a pig.
The box from the bottle is a frog.
Box from a bottle - an owl.
From plastic bottles you can make a lovely caterpillar:
Autumn hedgehog from a plastic bottle and cones
From a plastic bottle and cones, you can make a very spectacular autumn hedgehog. For crafts, we need a small bottle with a cork. Color the top of the bottle with a black marker.
The rest is wrapped with a thick cloth. We burned the ends of the fabric a little so that the threads did not stick out. We fix the fabric on the bottle with glue.
Glue beads onto fabric. Glue the eyes and ears on the hedgehog. Hedgehog from a plastic bottle and cones - ready!
Watch how to make a hedgehog from a plastic bottle and cones in the video:
Cases and organizers from plastic bottles
From plastic bottles you can make a very original pencil case or organizer for the office.
Watch how to make such a pencil case on the video:
From plastic bottles you can make a very convenient organizer for the office.
A very effective organizer for small items can be made from plastic bottles, cardboard and a cardboard roll. We decorate the craft with braid and a paper flower.
Gift packaging from plastic bottles
Organizer for stationery from plastic bottles From the bottom of a plastic bottle, you can make a very original transparent gift wrapping. The top of the bottle can be cut and bent inward, secured with tape and a ribbon with a bow.
In such a gift box, you can put not only stationery, but also sweets.
From plastic bottles you can make a very spectacular toy - Superman's satchel. Cloth fire is attached to the necks of the painted bottles.
Ropes or hand straps are glued to a small cardboard sheet. Bottles are glued on top. Superman's backpack is ready!
Do-it-yourself plastic bottle houses
Perhaps one of the most magical plastic bottle crafts is a fabulous house:
From plastic bottles, charming houses are obtained.
From large milk bottles you can make a real dollhouse.
Watch how to make a plastic bottle hut in the video:
With most of these crafts, children can cope without the help of adults, you just need to prepare everything you need to create them and, if necessary, help cut the bottle or cut it into the right parts.
DIY plastic bottle vase
A very bright and cheerful flower vase is obtained from a plastic bottle. Making such a vase is not at all difficult! Cut off the top of the plastic bottle. We paint it with green paint and glue the ribbon on top.
We draw flowers on the bottle and decorate their centers with beads.
Glue the ribbon bow. A vase from a plastic bottle is ready!
A vase stand can also be made from the bottom and neck of a bottle.
Plastic bottle organizers
From the plastic bottles pasted over with a color film, a very convenient and effective stand for the office is obtained.
And here is a pencil holder in the form of cozy cats.
If you glue a zipper to the cut of a plastic bottle, you can make a very original pencil case.
A plastic bottle stationery stand can be made in the form of a cheerful orange lion cub.
Stand for office "Lion cub"
Flower pots from plastic bottles
From plastic bottles you can make charming white cats. These kitties can become decorative vases or flower pots. These cute napping kitties will be a wonderful decoration for your home.
A flower pot made of plastic bottles can be made in the form of a funny bunny.
Flower pot "bunny"
Or mice.
Flower pot "bear"
These small and handy pots can be easily hung on the wall, making it an original home decoration.
Christmas decorations from plastic bottles
From plastic bottles you can make an interesting garland.
From plastic bottles you can make a beautiful New Year's serpentine.
From large white bottles, charming New Year's lights - snowmen are obtained.
From plastic bottles you can make a Christmas tree decorated with corks.
Watch the video on how to make a beautiful Christmas tree from a green bottle.
Easter basket from a plastic bottle (option No. 1)
A plastic bottle makes a very convenient base for an Easter basket. Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle.
We attach double-sided tape along the edge of the workpiece.
We fix the paper along the edges of the workpiece.
We tie our Easter basket with a ribbon. It remains only to fill the basket with cheerful and festive eggs!
Check out how to make another great Easter basket based on a plastic bottle:
Easter basket from a plastic bottle (option No. 2)
You can make an Easter basket from a plastic bottle a little differently. Cut out the bottom and strip from the plastic bottle. From them we form the base and handle of the basket.
Cut out a ribbon from crepe paper. On one side we make cuts. This is the future weed that will decorate our basket.
Cut out paper basket decorations.
We glue the grass on the base of the basket and wrap the handle with green paper. It remains to decorate our basket with flowers and put Easter eggs in it.
From plastic bottles, stunningly beautiful flowers are obtained.
A spectacular violet is obtained from paper and a painted transparent bottle.
From cut and folded soft plastic, you can make a real miracle - a water lily.
A plastic bottle can be a great paper lotus stand.
The bottom of plastic bottles can be used to create a fun flower bed.
Bouquet of flowers from plastic bottles
From plastic bottles you can make a beautiful bouquet of daisies in a vase. Cut out the bottom of a white plastic bottle. We make cuts on it, giving the shape of a flower.
We make two holes in the center through which we pass the wire-leg. Glue the yellow cork to the central part with a glue gun.
We wrap the leg with a strip cut from a plastic bottle, floral tape, ribbon or any suitable material. Glue the leaves from a plastic bottle. To make the leaves slightly curved, warm them up a little over the fire.
We cut the bottom of the green bottle. I put stones on the bottom. We insert our flowers into the pebbles. We will have a very spectacular flower arrangement.
Another great use of a plastic bottle is to make a bird feeder out of it. Using a knife, cut a rectangular hole in it.
Coloring a plastic bottle. The paint will lay down much better if you cover the bottle with a layer of primer before painting.
We make two holes in the cork and insert the lace into them. We make a knot, fixing the lace.
We make two holes in the bottle with a heated nail. Insert a wooden stick into it.
Our plastic bottle feeder is ready! It remains to pour delicious grains into it and hang it on a tree.
Watch the video "how to make a bucket from a bottle":
Piglet from plastic bottles
A pig from a plastic bottle can become a very cute decoration for a home or garden. The larger the bottle, the larger the piglet will turn out. It is better to paint such a craft with either acrylic or aerosol paints. We are waiting for the paint to dry.
Cut out rectangular strips from pink cardboard. Using a stapler, we make cylinders out of them.
Cut out ears from paper.
We collect our pig. Glue the ears, eyes and legs. Glue two black circles to the end of the cork - we get a patch. Piglet from a plastic bottle - ready!
Crafts from plastic bottles for home and garden
From the bottoms of plastic bottles, you can make an original and very delicate pendant for country windows.
From the bottom of the bottles you can make cute boxes decorated with butterflies. Butterflies for decoration can also be cut out of plastic.
Watch the video on how to make a very unusual garden decoration from a plastic bottle "hive with bees":
From small plastic bottles you can make a decoration for the "strawberry" garden
Using plastic bottles, you can build wall-mounted flower pots.
Look at the video - crafts from plastic bottles for the garden, garden or cottage:
Crafts from plastic bottles reviews:
“A bouquet of daisies in a plastic vase turned out very beautifully and neatly. Thanks to our master Maria") (alevita)
If you want a bright strawberry bush to decorate your cottage at any time of the year, a stork to rise, daisies to turn white, and a firefly to burn in the evening, then find out how all this can be done from plastic bottles.
Broom from plastic bottles
It will certainly come in handy in the household. She can sweep not only garbage from the hut, but also collect fallen leaves, rubbish from garden paths.
To make such a strong whisk, you will need:
- 6 plastic bottles;
- scissors;
- a hammer;
- cutting.
Do not cut off the neck of the fifth bottle, make a fringe on it in the same way. Now put 4 bottles on top of it. Prepare the sixth differently. Cut it below the shoulders, leaving the neck.
Put this sixth bottle on the blank of five containers. Insert the stem into the neck. Now squeeze the blanks a little so that the broom becomes flatter.
The final touch remains, make a few holes with an awl in the working part of the panicle, put a wire here, fix the product on the handle. Here's how to make a broom out of plastic bottles.
How to make a stork
This is what a wonderful stork can decorate your garden, city yard.
If you still have floorboard trimmings after building a house or repairing, they will come in handy. Here is what you need to prepare in addition to them:
- plastic milk bottles;
- green and red electrical tape;
- self-tapping screws;
- block of wood;
- 2 metal rods;
- glue gun;
- eyes for toys.
Draw a stork template on paper or cardboard, attach it to the board, outline it, cut it out with a jigsaw. Draw a wing separately, also cut out 2 such details, screw them to the stork's body with self-tapping screws.
Leave the bird's beak unformed for now, starting from the head, glue the body and wings of the stork with blanks from plastic bottles. Note that the plumage of the bird on the head is different from the plumage on the body. For the head, shorter blanks are made.
To decorate the wings, you need to make not only white, but also black feathers. You will make the last ones by taking a shampoo bottle of that color. The same, but long, you will need when decorating the stork's tail.
Wrap red tape around the bird's beak. Glue the eyes, attach two metal rods in place of the legs. Fix their lower part on the bar.
Here's how to make a stork so as not to spend extra money on buying such a garden figurine.
Decorative flower beds - the first idea
Beautifully decorated flower girls are pleasing to the eye. Plastic bottles will also help in their creation. If you do not have a summer cottage, you can implement the idea below in the summer on the local area in the city, on your balcony and even on the windowsill.
This flower bed-container is also made of plastic containers, but rectangular in shape. Prepare the following for work:
- 3-4 plastic bottles;
- awl;
- scissors;
- glue;
- white paint.
Such plastic flower beds can be based on not two, but more bottles. Then the middle elements of the flower garden are cut out without "sides".
Now you need to make holes in the bottom of the blanks with an awl to drain excess water. If such a decorative flower bed will be at home, then you need to put it on a pallet or tray.
A beautiful fence is also cut out of plastic bottles. Its vertical fragments have a width of 4 cm, and the height should be 5-7 cm more than the height of the sides of the containers. The upper part of such a picket fence is pointed, the lower one is rounded.
Now cut the rest of the bottles into long strips. Attach them horizontally to a vertically located picket fence, glue. If the bottles are transparent, first paint them white or any other color, let the paint dry, and then cut out the elements of the fence. After that, glue it to the flower girl.
You can leave the flower bed like this or decorate it with flowers made from plastic bottles. When filling containers at the bottom, first put drainage in the form of small pebbles, then a small layer of coarse sand, and then fill in fertile soil.
The second option of a flower bed made of plastic bottles
This idea will certainly appeal to lovers of classic forms. Cut off the necks of two eggplants, but do not throw them away. The photo shows how they need to be shaped so that these parts turn into the legs of a mobile flower bed.
At the bottles themselves, cut out the sides, but leave along the side near the bottom and near the shoulders. Slide these parts of the two containers one into the other, remembering to secure with glue. Use it to attach the legs.
It remains to cover your creation with paint, let it dry, fill it with a small layer of drainage, light soil and plant your favorite plants.
When purchasing glue, see if it is suitable for plastic. The same applies to paint, because not every one fits well on this material.
Crafts for giving
After winter, there are still few bright colors in the garden. These naughty plastic bottle crafts will help fill this gap. These funny little mice will become both small flower beds and garden decoration.
For this garden craft you will need:
- plastic bottles;
- acrylic paints;
- scissors;
- glue;
- fishing line;
- buttons;
- felt-tip pen.
Color the tail and body of the plastic bottle mouse gray and the ears pink. Glue all the details in place, use 2 dark buttons for the eyes. Draw a mouth for the craft, glue pieces of fishing line on the nose that will become the mustache of the toy. After that, it can be used for its intended purpose.
The next flower garden for giving is done in almost the same way. Also cut out the side of the bottle, ears, tail for these funny piglets, then paint them pink. When the paint dries, fill the container with earth and plant flowers.
There are crafts for giving that look good during the day, and even more spectacular - at dusk, due to the fact that a neon lamp is lit inside.
Here are the materials needed for work:
- green plastic bottle;
- black or green wire;
- yellow paper;
- gold decorative wire;
- neon lamp;
- scissors.
Wash the bottle with warm water, remove the label. Now cut 3 strips of wire, twist them on the container as shown in the photo. The bottom of the wire will become the legs of the firefly, and the other parts of the wire will be draped with a rectangle cut out of yellow paper.
Draw wings on cardboard, cut them out and glue them on the back of the insect. Glue 2 beads to the lid, which will become the eyes of the firefly. Twist the golden wire in the form of his antennae. Bend the neon stick so that it lights up, insert it inside the container, secure its upper part inside the neck with adhesive tape.
Here's how to make a firefly out of a plastic bottle. It will look beautiful next to decorative plants, also made by hand.
Strawberries and flowers from plastic bottles
These beautiful daisies will turn out when using empty containers from under dairy products. Of course, first you need to wash them well and remove the labels. To make one flower, put in front of you:
- 3 white plastic bottles;
- cover;
- scissors;
- wire;
- felt-tip pen.
Leave the neck on one bottle, cut it off from the other two.
The orange lid is perfect for the center of the flower. It will only be necessary to erase the numbers indicating the date of production and the expiration date of the product. This is easy to do with acetone or paint thinner.
Now make 8 petals on each blank. To make them the same, use a stencil or first outline them with a felt-tip pen, and then cut them out. Then it will also need to be erased. Put on the first blank, on which the neck is preserved, the second, then the third. Remove the petals first to make the flower more voluminous. Close the lid.
Using a drill or a hot nail, make 2 holes in the lid, thread a soft wire through them, wind it on a hard one, which will become the stem of the plant. That can be wrapped with green electrical tape or painted in that color. It remains to cut and fix the leaves from the green bottle on the trunk, make 2 more daisies, and the hand-made flowers are ready.
Such bright juicy berries will also be a wonderful decoration for a summer cottage at any time of the year.
This strawberry bush is made very simply. The bottom is cut off from the bottle, set aside. The middle part of the container is not useful, it and the neck must be cut off and thrown away. But the remaining fragment from the neck to the bottom of the shoulders, insert into the bottom of the container. 2 more berries are also made, or as many as you wish to create.
Now these blanks need to be painted red, and when this tone dries, make dots of white or dark color.
A sepal is cut out of a green bottle and put on the recesses of the berry. In his and her center with a drill or with a nail and hammer, you need to make a hole, combine them and thread the wire. On the other hand, leaves cut from a green plastic bottle are put on it. Below the wires are connected and the lower edge is stuck into the ground. As a result, what a wonderful craft for the garden you will get!
There are other interesting ideas for giving. From the video you will learn what else you can make flowers from plastic bottles:
This video shows how to make bees from small plastic bottles:
The following master class will teach you how to create country figures of storks from the same material:
The amount of garbage that each person "produces" is growing year by year. The problem is becoming global, as flying plastic bags and plastic bottles lying everywhere have already pricked everyone's eyes. I am burning, it turns out, you can help, and even for the benefit of yourself. In any case, this applies to plastic bottles. You will be surprised how diverse and, importantly, useful crafts from plastic bottles can be made in just a matter of minutes. Well, or hours ... 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 dim.) - 245 ° C,
- melting point (t pl.) - 260 ° C,
- glass transition temperature (t st.) - 70 ° C,
- decomposition temperature - 350 °C.
Plastic bottles are very convenient to use, but harmful to the environment, since the polyethylene from which they are made decomposes for more than 200 years. The same property makes it possible to use practically waste raw materials as a building material. Craftsmen are already building houses from plastic bottles, as well as sheds, dachas, greenhouses, greenhouses, fences. Various technologies have been worked out - the approach is quite serious.
How to build a house out of plastic bottles
The main idea is to pour bulk material into bottles, screw them with caps and use them like bricks. Fill the bottles with sand, soil. Sand is preferable, as there is too much plant debris in the soil that can rot. It must be sifted, dried, bottled, well compacted, topped up even to the very top. Get kind of bricks.
To build a house from plastic bottles, you will need a solution that fills the gaps between the "bricks". There are options here too. It can be an ordinary mortar, which is used when laying brick walls, or clay mortar can be made. To keep the “bricks” in the wall until the mortar sets, they are tied with twine from the side of the covers. Later, these "grids" will come in handy when you plaster the walls. They turn out uneven, so alignment is indispensable.
We make a greenhouse, barn, greenhouse
From plastic bottles you can build a greenhouse or greenhouse. In this case, only transparent plastic is used, since it is necessary that the light passes in sufficient quantities. For the construction of a barn, on the contrary, it makes sense to choose darker plastic - it will be less visible what is inside.
The first technology - one to one
The second requirement for bottles as a building material is an even shape. This, you know, without recesses. Otherwise, it will not work to fold the walls so that they retain heat - it will “siphon” into curly cutouts. Remove labels from bottles and dry. It is also necessary 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 / barn from plastic bottles.
For the construction of a greenhouse or a barn, poles are dug in at 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 fasten them to dug-in poles in a ready-made form. When making the frames, don't forget the doorway and windows.
We build a frame, cut off the bottom of the bottles, string them on a pin. From such "columns" we assemble walls, a roof
The construction process begins with cutting the bottom. We string the cut bottles on the pins, directing the necks in one direction. We insert the bottles with force so that they become very tight. Having collected a row of the desired height, we attach it to the frame. You can fasten with clamps, strips cut from metal, nails ... In any way available to you. We press the second row to the first so that there is a slight deformation. We fasten in this position. So, row after row, we collect all the walls, then the roof.
Using the same technology, you can make a gazebo. But there is already no need for tightness, so you can collect figured and colored containers. So it will turn out even more interesting (an example is in the photo).
The second technology - we sew plastic
Bottles will also need to be smooth, transparent or yellow. The central part is cut out of them, getting a square-shaped piece of plastic. Pieces are sewn together in long strips. In the strip, the pieces are arranged so that they are twisted in one direction. Then the strips are sewn into canvases. To make the canvas even, the strips are arranged so that they are twisted in different directions. As a result, they equalize each other. Finished canvases are nailed to the frame. On this, the construction of the greenhouse of their plastic bottles is over.
Such a plan "sheathing" for greenhouses perfectly tolerates winters, it does not need to be removed. Due to the firmware (many small holes), there is no absolute tightness, which allows you to adjust the humidity. You won’t be able to heat such a greenhouse, but it will push autumn back to you, and it will speed up the arrival of spring.
You can sew plastic for the greenhouse manually, but it's not easy. It will be easier for those who have non-capricious sewing machines. The old Podolsk cars cope with this task. Others may have problems.
Fence and fence
There are many ways to make a fence out of plastic bottles. If you need a serious monolithic fence, you can use the 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 necessary rust. But in this case, you will have to look for "building materials" of the same diameter or lay out patterns from different sizes. In general, the creative process, 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 curly containers and their parts.
Furniture from improvised materials: recycle plastic bottles
From plastic bottles you can make not only a house and a fence, they are also used as the basis for upholstered furniture. The idea is to use plastic containers instead of wood for the frame. With tightly screwed lids, they have a high bearing capacity, and assembled in blocks, they are quite able to withstand loads of up to 100 kg or more.
Bed made of plastic bottles… you need a 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" of the same height, tighten the covers well.
- Assemble the blocks of the desired size, fastening them with tape.
- Having collected the base of the required shape, sew the cover. For softness, adding furniture foam rubber.
The whole trick is that the bottles fit one to the other very tightly and do not move. The slightest play can lead to the destruction of the structure. Therefore, collect the blocks slowly, carefully fixing. You can fold the 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 a bench out of plastic bottles. We act in the order described above. It is necessary to find bottles of the same height. It is better if they are of the same shape - it is easier to collect. From plastic containers with tightly screwed lids, we assemble the base in the form of a cylinder. It is desirable that the radius of the base be greater than the height of the bottles - so the bench will not turn over.
Next, you need to cut out two circles from fiberboard, which will be slightly larger than the resulting base radius - this is the “bottom” and the base of the seat. We fix them with tape. We take furniture foam rubber and, according to the dimensions obtained, cut out the necessary spare parts. We sew a cover from furniture fabric, a color that matches the interior.
Such a bench can be not only round. It is quite possible to make a square. And so that this furniture is not too light, it can be weighted by pouring water. But water is not a very reliable business. It is better to pour sand. Heavier and more reliable.
Sofas, chairs, armchairs
If you need furniture of greater height than one bottle, proceed as when creating walls for a house. Find "material" of the same shape and height. The first bottle is left intact, the cork is screwed tightly (you can pour sand so that it does not turn over). The bottom of the other is cut off, put one on top of the other. The bottle goes a certain distance and does not move any further, no matter how hard you try. If the resulting height is enough - great, if not - put on the next one. In this way, collect the rows of the desired 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 the walls in them are double, which is also important. Minus - more work, more raw materials needed. The whole process in a step by step illustration.
- We take a bottle, cut it approximately in the middle of the height (the upper part with the neck is smaller).
- The upper part of the neck (the lid is screwed on) is inserted all the way into the bottom.
- We take a whole one, of the same size and shape, insert it upside down into the prepared structure.
- We cut the third one in about half and put the lower part on top (with a lid).
From such modules we assemble blocks of the desired configuration, fastening them with adhesive tape. Don't feel sorry for the scotch. You can first fasten two bottles, then assemble large blocks from double ones.
As you understand, with this technology, there are a lot of tops from bottles (half of the third bottle). They can be used to make other crafts from plastic bottles: flowers, more practical household items.
Flower making methods
The most common plastic bottle crafts are garden figurines and flowers. Read about garden figurines There are other interesting ideas, but a lot of interesting little animals and insects have been collected. And we will tell about flowers from plastic bottles below - these are probably those crafts from plastic bottles that give the most pleasure. The process is simple, the possibilities are many, the result is amazing.
You have 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, cut off the bottom of it. Now you already have a pretty flower. In the middle, you can add petals cut from the central part, a core from a plastic strip cut with noodles, or glue beads inside, but a little more about everything.
Using the power of fire
To work, you will need a marker, a lighter or a candle (it is more convenient with a candle). If available, take pliers, tweezers or pliers - hold the workpiece during processing. You will also need acrylic paints, you may need glue and beads. The whole manufacturing process comes down to several steps:
There are a lot of options here. Just start doing. Right away, it may not work out perfectly, but you will understand what and how can be corrected. See a few more pictures with step-by-step photos of the process of making flowers from plastic bottles.
The simplest
For beginner needleworkers, you can try making flowers from plastic bottles of simple shapes to decorate the garden. In this case, milk containers can also be used. In order not to paint plastic, look for colored ones. It doesn't matter if they are transparent or not. They can be combined, getting flowers of different shapes.
To create such flowers, use the part near the neck. It is cut to form petals. Next - warm up a little, giving the desired bend to the petals, a little paint, a core of a melted piece with a thread (a bottle of a smaller diameter, a pharmacy will do). Here is the buttercup.
Another option is to cut from the neck into strips of equal width - 1-1.5 cm, bend them (warming up a little at the base). Make the middle whisk from the side of a milk bottle or paint the transparent plastic with acrylic paint.
The middle is any bright. Here is a piece of cork, but you can cut it into thin noodles, twist it into a roll and then heat it. Get a fluffy core.
It's all about the shape ... Despite the imperfection, they decorate the site
The topic is really inexhaustible. Flowers from plastic bottles are made in a variety of ways. From simple and uncomplicated to very realistic. It's not so much about skill, but about different tastes and desires.
Useful ideas for the home
PET containers turned out to be such a good material that a lot of useful things are made from them. In this section, we have collected useful crafts from plastic bottles that can be used on the farm.
For the kitchen and beyond
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 the sole does not have to be cleaned later, use a special silicone pad. If not, you can do it through a sheet of parchment for baking.
Product container. Plastic is food grade...
From the same bottle we cut off the threaded part. 1-2 cm of plastic should remain around the thread (the edges are melted using already known technology). Now it will not be difficult to hermetically close any package: we pass it through the cut off neck, wrap it outward, twist the lid.
From the bottom of the bottles attached to the bar, you get a great newspaper shelf (photo on the right). You can also store umbrellas.
From plastic cut into strips, you can weave different shapes of containers. Bottles need an even shape, with thick walls. They are cut into strips of a certain thickness. It is necessary to cut in a spiral - as a result, rather long strips are obtained. If their length is not enough, they sew perfectly.
Lampshades
You can even make a lampshade, but on one condition: you will use such crafts from plastic bottles in co lamps - only they almost do not heat up. Plastic is incompatible with other lamps. We will describe three ways to make a lampshade from a plastic bottle.
First. You need a large bottle. We draw it into strips of the same 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, cut. Get even 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, and fasten the decor on the reverse side. You can - a button, you can - a pebble of a suitable color. Now, pulling the fishing line, we get an interesting shape of a lampshade. You can put a light bulb in it.
Another lampshade was made using a similar technology. But then they cut a part of the bottle with a neck into strips, wrapped the strips and fixed them on the neck. To give the desired shape, the place of the fold can be warmed up a little over the flame of a candle or lighter. The resulting "flowers" are attached to the base. Here we get an unusual design.
They also make lampshades from bottoms. You need to find a sufficient number of identical bottles, cut off their bottom, glue them together using universal glue (choose transparent). The main thing is that it glues plastic and quickly hardens.
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. Its power should not be too high. Then everything is simple: with the help of a heated sting, you burn out the patterns.
Magically! To make the picture appear brighter, we take acrylic paint and paint the resulting beauty. The paint can be in an ordinary can, but it is faster and more convenient to work with a spray can.
Here are the options...
Photo Ideas
Crafts from plastic bottles are such a vast topic that it is impossible to talk about everything. What is nice, knowing a few tricks, you can easily find out how and what to do by looking only at the photos. So here we put together a few ideas that we found interesting.
You can even make a boat ....
And it's just a decoration ....
