Do-it-yourself fungus from plastic bottles. Crafts for the garden: mushrooms from plastic bottles. We make figures for the garden on the "mushroom" theme

Crafts for the garden - mushrooms - naturally fit into natural corners. But, when it comes to the implementation of this idea for the garden, bowls, small evenings immediately come to mind.

The stock of such containers is not unlimited, moreover, there may not be any old dishes of such a plan in the household at all. But you can always find plastic bottles. And working with them is much easier than with metal material. In addition, the sizes of plastic bottles are such that the mushrooms will turn out to be approximately the same as the real ones. Maybe a little more, a little more, but that's good - among the greenery they will be better visible.

In principle, the embodiment of this idea for the garden is elementary.

1. Cut off the bottom and top of the plastic bottle with a neck (about half of the entire bottle).

2. The upper part of the bottle will become our foot of the mushroom, and the bottom will become a hat of a bright craft for the garden.

3. At this stage, you need to color the crafts from plastic bottles. We use acrylic paints. We paint the elements of the craft from the inside so that the paint subsequently turns out to be protected by plastic (it will get wet less in the rain - it will last longer).

4. In general, the photo clearly shows how to paint such mushrooms. A hat-bottom is best suited for a fly agaric, everyone knows what this mushroom looks like.

5. Although, options are possible. For example, make the leg partially green, which will allow it to organically sit in the grass, or gold, yellow, brown, white, blue, etc. In principle, all the same, pordelki for the garden are fantasy mushrooms, one might say, fabulous, and in fairy tales, mushrooms can be of any color.

We fasten the details of the craft in the middle with a piece of wire or twist it with a bolt (it will turn out very neatly in general).

7. And, of course, you need to do not just one fungus, but a whole family. By the way, you can use bottles of different sizes in the manufacture, then you will get both “adult” mushrooms and “baby” mushrooms.

No matter how hard the manufacturers of garden tools and decor try, they cannot achieve the charm that independent crafts of creative summer residents cause. Garden figures made of plastic bottles, car tires, papier mache, plywood, various pipes and other improvised raw materials cause a real delight and give a smile to anyone who meets them.

DIY garden figures

Sleight of hand and no cheating

How nice it is to meet among the monotonous and boring yards with professional and identical landscape design or its absence, this miracle: a plot decorated with fairy-tale characters, flowers, cartoon characters or non-existent good monsters!

You involuntarily stop, admire, absorb positive vibrations and notice how bad thoughts left your head, and with a barely noticeable smile you continue on your way ...

Who are they, the creators of this wonderful fairy-tale world of the master? Maybe some artists live here or just rare talented people? In fact, these are simple summer residents who showed a little love for their garden and took up its creative transformation.

Anyone can create similar figures for a plywood garden with their own hands, just start. In the process, you will see for yourself that anything can be used, unless at the beginning you need a small instruction, a manual, and we will try to provide it to you.

Important!
The most difficult thing is to believe in yourself and step over shyness.
Show the world your love and joy, and it will reciprocate, and the technical side of the issue competes in complexity with the crafts of the circle at the children's art house.

Plastic

Plastic is a favorite material for amateurs. It is easily processed, lends itself to various methods of fixation and installation, and its source is ordinary nylon bottles and plastic containers, of which a whole sea accumulates against your will.

Of course, you can only work with bottles and plastic, but more often combinations of materials are used, among which you can find:

  • Papier mache . From childhood, we all remember the technique of gluing newspaper scraps with a gradual build-up of the layer and the formation of the figure or detail we need. Any glue for wood or paper is suitable here, you can use a homemade flour or PVA paste;
  • metal wire. An excellent way of fastening parts, fixing and tying individual parts together. The material is malleable, easily cut with nippers or scissors, it is presented in abundance in any country attic, basement or workshop;
  • Concrete. This material is also available in the countryside and plays the role of gypsum, only gypsum is durable and waterproof. Do-it-yourself garden figures made of concrete are made much easier than it might seem at first;
  • Plywood. From scraps or whole sheets (if you don’t mind, of course), you can cut out any or detail, because electric jigsaws allow you to do this without having special skills and experience;
  • Various pieces of plastic pipes, hoses, corrugated channels, insulation- these are almost ready-made paws, fingers, necks and tails of fabulous or real animals, it all depends on your imagination and courage.

But back to plastic. Empty eggplants are just a Klondike: here you can see both the whole body and the finished pig, and cutting it into the right pieces, you can collect plumage, petals, ears - yes, anything.

Important!
The material is easy to cut, glue, fasten with wire or fishing line, self-tapping screws and other materials.
Thus, plastic can serve as the basis of the product, as well as elements of its decor.

Giant mushroom from a bottle and papier mache

So, in order for you to understand what we are talking about and believe our tales, we will consider the manufacture of a mushroom step by step:

  1. We take a plastic cover from paint or putty, cut a hole in its center and put it on the neck of a 1.5-liter eggplant;

  1. We dilute PVA glue in water, cut the newspaper into strips and stick it on the bottle and cap in layers using the papier mache technique. We form the figure of a mushroom;

  1. We soak the egg trays in a bowl of water overnight, then grind this mass in a blender and add a little PVA and putty. Mix until smooth;

  1. We apply the resulting mass with our hands on our mushroom, giving it a more natural shape. The mass is applied by hand, it sticks well and sets quickly;

  1. We sculpt the elements of the face from the same egg-tray mass - nose, cheeks, beard, eyes. We add at will the hands and other details of our hero. Let dry;

  1. After the mass has completely dried, we cover our giant with a waterproof grout for tile joints. The grout is prepared according to the instructions on the package;

  1. When the grout has dried, paint the hero with facade paint. It is better to use acrylic or silicone paint. Voila - our giant mushroom is already asking for a garden, where the most prominent place has been prepared for him.

Important!
Remember to apply a good coat of waterproof grout and two or three coats of exterior paint, otherwise the rain will quickly turn your masterpieces into a pitiful sight.

How many people - so many ideas

Now we want to say the main thing. You are not limited by anything except your imagination and creative thinking: garden figures made of metal, empty pots, old utensils, toys - and what you will not meet.

Experiment and do not be afraid of anything - this recipe has given many interesting and even important results in the course of the history of human development, and work and creativity will make you truly happy people.

Start small, try your hand at different techniques, and over time you will realize that nothing is impossible, you will find your material and technique, style, and, perhaps, they will talk about you as a new self-taught sculptor, whose work will be set as an example others and post on design forums.

Most of those who today make money on the manufacture of exclusive garden sculptures started that way, without having the slightest idea about painting or sculpture, but what about sculpture - banal modeling.

What is important here is not academic knowledge (although they will not be superfluous), but the desire to create, the desire to feel like a child again, the desire to give people moments of joy from contemplating your work.

Important!
Even if you do not find a great talent in yourself, then you can definitely do primitive, but beautiful and non-trivial things.
The main thing is to try, start, and there you will see, in any case, all you lose is a few hours, empty bottles and old newspapers.

Conclusion

Decorate your garden with your own hands - what could be more natural and harmonious? And if it turns out that it is also easier than ever, then there will be no barriers at all. The video in this article will convince you of this completely.

Let's create a wonderful fairy tale in our yard and put funny fairy-tale characters on our site or in the garden, these are boletus mushrooms. I think that many still remember the good old Russian fairy tales, where mushrooms also take part in them. These funny, funny fairy-tale characters can also be placed on the playground, children will be very happy to see them in their fairy-tale world) Crafts for the garden can be made from various materials and they all turn out beautiful and original in their own way. But today we will consider a master class on making a cute papier mache mushroom, the author of this master class is Natalya Chusovitina. Also, if you are interested, you can look at the site for other interesting crafts for the garden, which are made from affordable and simple materials. And today we will consider with you two interesting master classes on making a mushroom from plastic bottles and papier-mâché.


* Plastic bottles
* Knife.
* Scissors.
* Newspaper.
* Scotch.
* Basin.
* Rag.
* Self-tapping screws.
* Dye.
* Varnish.

How to make papier mache mushroom:
First, we will form the leg of the mushroom, take three plastic bottles and collect them together, fix them with tape. At the fourth bottle, we cut off the neck and put it on those three bottles that have just been fixed with tape. See as shown in the photo, and you should succeed.

Now we take newspapers and begin to increase the volume, on the shape of the legs, with the help of newspapers and adhesive tape.

Well, it's starting to look like a fungus leg. We glue it with newspapers, then we coat it with a mass of papier-mâché and fashion everything that we have planned on the form (nose, eyes, cheeks, eyebrows, etc.).

Now we will make a hat for our mushroom, also using the papier-mâché technique. Natalya took two basins and used them to create a hat for our mushroom. The photo shows how to put the basins to make the hat more convex and beautiful.

Let's try on our hat, I think it turned out handsome!!!

Flipping mushroom and at the base of the leg we wind the screws, we do this so that the leg of the mushroom then sits firmly.

Now we're going to cover up everything. Fill with mass - alabaster + cement mixture + sawdust and mix everything with water. We give the desired shape and then dry our fungus.

We also fill this mixture into the base of the mushroom cap.

Next, our finished fungus needs to be dried well, we remove it until completely dry for about a couple of days. It all depends on what size you got the fungus, if it is small it will dry quickly, and if it is large it will take longer. Then, when the mushroom dries well, paint it and varnish it.

Here is our ready papier mache fungus. It remains to find him the right application in the garden.

We examined one master class on making a mushroom, I think it would be nice to see another master class. After all, creating DIY crafts for your garden plot is interesting and exciting.
How much can you create with your own hands from improvised materials. These can be various crafts for the garden, and besides, they do not need to spend a lot of money. And most importantly, they will be copyrighted and unique in their own way. Well, let's get started and consider with you another interesting MK for making a mushroom from a plastic bottle and papier-mâché. The author of this master class is Olga Koronnova.

To make a mushroom, we need:
* Plastic bottle.
* Plastic cap (can be used from mayonnaise).
* Scissors.
* Scotch.
* Newspapers.
* Basin.
* Trays from eggs.
* PVA glue.
* Gypsum putty.
* Non-woven adhesive.
* Acrylic paints.
* Food processor.
* Facade paint-white-matte.
* Yacht varnish.

How to make a mushroom:
In the plastic cap we make a hole in the middle for a plastic bottle. Now let's start making our fungus. We take a plastic bottle and put a cap on it.

Now we take a newspaper and with the help of it we create volume for our mushroom and fix everything with adhesive tape.

Next, cut the newspaper into strips. Pour water into a small container and add a little PVA glue or non-woven glue to it. Mix well and dip the strips into it. Glue the finished strips on our fungus in several layers

To make papier mache we need:

* Basin.
* Trays from eggs.
* PVA glue.
* Gypsum putty.
* Non-woven adhesive.
* Food processor.

Now let's make papier-mâché to make our hero more natural. We take egg trays and soak them in water for several hours, it is better to soak them overnight.

Then squeeze a little, if there is excess water, it must be removed. Next, we need a food processor, we grind this mass from egg trays in it. We add gypsum putty, non-woven glue, PVA glue to the finished mass, mix everything well.

We should get an elastic mass (papier-mâché) for making a mushroom.

We coat our workpiece with the resulting mass.

We fashion our character's eyes, nose, pens, etc.

We give time for everything to dry well and apply facade-white paint. Then we paint with acrylic paints or any other of our hero. We give time for the paint to dry and apply varnish in several layers.

Look how funny the boletus fungus turned out from a plastic bottle and papier-mâché. I think that he will take a worthy place in your garden or on the playground.

In conclusion, I want to show you an interesting video master class on making a mushroom. Watch, write comments and subscribe to new articles.

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Master class with step by step photos. cotton mushrooms

Chernikova Natalya Valentinovna, educator of MBDOU d / s No. 24 "Polyanka" of the combined type, Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region
The master class is designed for teachers and parents.
Purpose: as visual material for demonstration in class; as attributes for attractions or when decorating for the autumn holiday.
Target: making dummies of mushrooms with your own hands.
Tasks:
- arouse interest in the manufacture of mushrooms in this technique;
- develop creative abilities

I was born on a rainy day
Under the young aspen
Round, smooth, beautiful,
With a thick and straight leg (mushroom)

What is there in the toy store! But buying mushrooms is a problem. This means that they must be made by hand. Let's try.
To work you need:
Sheets of cardboard
Gouache
Brush
Scissors
cotton wool
long nails
Starch
Tea bags
Universal varnish for wood


Step by step workflow:
1. We take cardboard and cut out circles of the desired diameter. The size of the mushroom cap depends on the size of the circles.


2. Take a nail and pierce a circle in the middle. Depending on the length of the nail, the length of the leg will be determined.


3. Take a bag of starch, a bowl and prepare a starch paste. Dilute the starch with slightly warm boiled water to the consistency of thick sour cream. We boil water in a teapot and pour it into the starch “dough” in a thin stream, intensively stirring clockwise. We get a liquid homogeneous mass. As it cools, the mass thickens.
Advice- it is better not to take a lot of starch so that the paste is watery. Such a paste is more convenient for work.


4. We take a lump of cotton wool, dip it in the finished paste and put it on a circle with a nail.


5. Then we take cotton wool, grease it with plenty of paste, put it in layers on top, forming a mushroom cap and, gradually moving to a nail, forming a leg.


6. We try to express in each mushroom its characteristic features by smoothing, leveling irregularities, thickening or building up the necessary parts.
Advice- adding each layer, cotton wool should be carefully lubricated with a paste.


7. Leave to dry near the battery. We make sure that the mushrooms dry evenly. Mushrooms are very heavy and under weight can deform the hat.
Advice- so that this does not happen, every now and then we turn them over from one side to the other.
For complete drying, 2 days is enough. At the end of drying, the mushrooms become light.


8. We paint with gouache and a brush.


9. Lubricate the legs of the mushrooms from below with a paste and sprinkle with tea leaves, imitating the earth.


10. We cover the mushroom caps with a universal varnish for wood.


Finished result
You can use riddles about mushrooms, mushrooms themselves will serve as clues.


Come on guys
Solve riddles!
About interesting gentlemen
In beautiful fashionable hats,
who live in the forests
And they love the pine scent!

Look how good!
Red hat with polka dots
Lace collar -
He is not new to the forest! (fly agaric)

Strong, dense, very stately,
In a brown and elegant hat.
This is the pride of all forests!
The real king of mushrooms! (porcini)

I do not argue - not white,
I, brothers, are simpler.
I usually grow
In the birch grove boletus)

White column under the aspen,
Yes, a barrel of oranges.
And you don't take it carefully
And leave traces of stains (boletus)

Mushrooms can be used for viewing with children, identifying the parts of the mushroom, naming the color of the cap, and introducing the names. Give the concepts of "edible" - "inedible mushrooms." Can be used as part of GCD or entertainment, as a game exercise "Collect mushrooms", "Find an extra mushroom".

Children's creativity is a special world where the child learns his abilities, himself, the world around him and can express his attitude to this world. Creativity of the child - formation, self-development, harmony of personality. In a child's creativity, the most important thing is the process, not the result. After all, your child can live the whole life of a character in one drawing or craft.

In the last lesson, we made crafts from plasticine with seeds, Ladybugs, in this lesson we will show you how to make crafts mushrooms from a plastic bottle from improvised means. This craft can be done in kindergarten.

Craft their bottle "Amanita Mushrooms"

How to make crafts from a bottle with your own hands? In order to make crafts from a fly agaric bottle, we need two plastic bottles of different sizes.

Cut off the bottom of each bottle - this will be a mushroom cap.

We cut in a straight line.

We also do the same with a smaller bottle.

We round the edges of the bottom on a hot iron.

We paint the mushroom caps from the inside with a pleasant raspberry color. From the inside so that the hats have a pleasant shine on the outside.

We also cut off the neck of a large bottle, we only need the middle.

Remove the label from the middle of the plastic bottle,

We cut it in half.

We stretch it, we press the edges of the plastic bottle so that they do not round off.

Coloring in white. You can use any paint, preferably acrylic.

When this part of the craft from the bottle dries, you need to apply hot glue to the mushroom caps,

Press firmly against the white base of the hat until the glue has completely cooled.

Now cut out the mushroom caps with scissors.

On the rest of the white canvas, using a ruler and scissors, draw two trapeziums.

We cut them out. These will be the legs of the mushrooms.

We roll into a tube.

Fix in this position with hot glue.

We do the same with the second tube, but first cut it off, since the leg of this mushroom will be shorter.

From the remains of the white canvas, cut out two circles.

We make cruciform cuts in the middle - this will be the skirt of our mushroom. We also make small arbitrary cuts in a circle.

We twist them a little over the candle.

We also make cuts at the bottom of the cap to insert the mushroom leg into it.

Before attaching the leg to the mushroom cap, dress it in a skirt.

After that we put on a hat.

We draw spores with a pencil on the bottom of the skirt.

Using the same hot glue, we glue parts of our craft to a white base, you can use foam.

From a green bottle we will make weed for crafts.

We make cuts with scissors.

Hold over a candle

Fix with hot glue.

We make the second row.

We decorate the fly agaric hats with white spots.

Our bottle craft for kindergarten is ready and turned out to be very cute. DIY craft is quite simple, if you make it to kindergarten together with your child, you will have a good time!

Also watch the video

How to make crafts from a plastic bottle "Amanita Mushrooms" Video

Text prepared by: Veronica