Plastic bottles are a material available in every home. If you haven’t figured out how to put them to work yet, the Motherhood portal offers craft ideas for joint activities with your child!
From plastic bottles you can make a lot of things, from animals and toys to sports equipment, from elegant flowers to lampshades and curtains.
Toys made from plastic bottles
Using 1.5 liter plastic bottles, you can design animal figures. Look what a wonderful dog made from green bottles!Try to simulate an airplane. You can cover the frame with colored paper and make portholes with passengers. Or simply place your favorite toy in a special slot.
Using a plastic bottle, cocktail straws and a ping-pong ball, you can construct a helicopter using a stapler.
A real “waterfowl” catamaran for dolls can be made from two plastic bottles.
A more complex craft using heating and melting of structural parts looks simply gorgeous. Look, it turned out to be a real Frog Princess!
By heating and melting plastic, you can make a naturalistic crayfish, and then “place” it in an aquarium.
A series of colorful nesting dolls can be made from plastic bottles covered with colored self-adhesive paper. The second option is paints for glass surfaces.
From several bottles, movably fastened together with screws, you can get a bright and memorable snake or shark, whichever you prefer.
For a Christmas theme, try making adorable, colorful penguins from the bottoms of plastic bottles. We cut them, put a “hat” on the penguin, paint them, add bright details: a pompom and a scarf.
If you need a Christmas themed craft, try making one from plastic bottles. Orthodox church. Domes are most easily sculpted from plasticine, crosses are made from wire, and then wrapped in gold metallized paper. White edging gives the craft a special elegance. window openings on colored plastic. They can be done using a “stroke” corrector, or a thin strip of white plasticine.
You can build an entire castle in a similar way. Plastic bottles will form the frame for the four corner towers. Slots are made in them for windows or loopholes, and they are coated with plasticine on top, on which the texture of brick and “white stone” decorations are applied. The walls of the castle are made of cardboard and also coated with plasticine. This impressive craft is sure to bring a lot of joy to your child.
Insects
Children are interested in insects. Together with them, draw and cut out a beetle, butterfly, cockroach or caterpillar from a plastic bottle. They should love it!
If you approach the issue more carefully, you can build an insect out of bottles in all its details.
Starry sky in a bottle
You can create a magical and fairy-tale galaxy inside an ordinary bottle. We will need: cotton wool, glycerin, colored glitter and a little dye. Place a piece of cotton wool inside a transparent jar or bottle and add glitter. Pour in a jar of glycerin to obtain a viscosity effect. Then add food coloring. You can make several shades inside one container. But at the same time, we add cotton wool and glitter every time. Carefully fill everything with water. We glue the bottle cap around the edge so that it is airtight.
Homemade flowers
From an ordinary green bottle you can make a bouquet of lilies of the valley in a vase. To do this, cut the bottle according to the diagram. We put large polystyrene balls on thin twig-stems.
By cutting out and melting the necks of plastic bottles, you can create gorgeous flowers.
With some skill, you can depict cacti and other indoor plants.
Do you want to add color to a dull winter landscape and plant fabulous plants right in the snow? Plastic bottles come in handy here too!
From colored plastic cups You can make asters. To do this, cut off the rounded edge, make cuts, wrap the edges of the cups and connect them according to the diagram.
Vases and stands
Using the lower parts of plastic bottles, we model flower vases. Such homemade vases They are not inferior to real crystal ones!
Household crafts
We invite practical craftswomen to start making crafts that come into use in everyday life.Make a beautiful stand for storing needles. A wonderful gift for mother or grandmother, easy to make and affordable even for a small child.
Schoolchildren and teenagers can please their mother or girlfriend with a unique holder for their mobile phone while charging. Such a useful hand-made, painted with stained glass paints according to your own sketch, will undoubtedly bring joy to your loved ones!
The housewife always needs a transparent container in which it is easy to find the right thing. A boy can make such a storage box as a gift to his mother. To do this, you need to cut a plastic bottle, walk along the future joints of the parts of the box with a heated awl, forming holes. All that remains is to connect the parts of the product with lacing or zipper.
If you are a school student and are wondering what to give your dad or brother, pay attention to these homemade dumbbells for sports. You will need several bottles, two wooden sticks for the handle, glue, electrical tape and regular sand. A fun and useful gift is guaranteed!
It’s easy to make a convenient dustpan from a plastic bottle with a handle.
You can even make slippers from a plastic bottle. This product looks unusual. But the question of convenience remains open.
A stand for jewelry and jewelry can also be made from the bottoms of plastic bottles.
Interior details
You can really surprise and amuse your guests at a themed party by making wall compositions-heads from canisters and plastic bottles.
You can cut out such delicate and elegant panels from plastic from bottles that viewers will hardly guess what it is made of.
Using plastic bottles you can create a lamp, night light or chandelier.
You can also make a lampshade from plastic cups.
Using the bottoms of transparent bottles, you can create original and stylish curtains.
Crafts for the New Year from plastic bottles and disposable cups
A Christmas tree made from disposable cups and tinsel can decorate your lobby or school classroom.
The top of the bottles makes stylish New Year's bells.
Having painted the bottoms of bluish plastic bottles, we create a round dance of snowflakes.
A plastic bottle can serve as a frame for a funny Santa Claus. We make the face of New Year's grandfather from a napkin or colored paper, and the hair and beard from cotton wool.
And such a snowman can be made by the whole group in kindergarten. Success at the show New Year's crafts guaranteed!
Get inspired and start creating! After all, there is still so much to do before the New Year!
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Many homestead owners create all sorts of products from plastic bottles to decorate their place. You can create real works of art by spending a minimum of money.
Not only decorative items are made from plastic, but even furniture. All you need is a knife, an awl and a little imagination.
In this article we will look in detail at how to make crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands.
Decorating the site
Which ones homemade products you won't see on personal plots. There are flowers, animals, and trees. You can create beautiful sculptural compositions that will not only decorate the garden, but will also give you a great mood.
Let's look at a couple of instructions for beginners that will help you easily create crafts from plastic bottles. It will be a palm tree and a pig.
Bottle palm
To make a palm tree you need to create a frame. Its length should be equal to the height of the tree.
Take bottles of the same size, cut off their bottoms and place them on top of each other. Then the leaves are cut out. They are attached to the top of the created structure. When everything is ready, the palm tree is painted green.
Funny pig made from bottles
The pig will look great anywhere in the garden. To make it you will need:
- 5 liter bottle;
- four bottle necks for making legs;
- one top part from a bottle, which is cut into two parts to make ears;
- wire for tail;
- two beads for eyes;
- glue;
- pink paint.
The parts are connected and secured with glue. Finished product needs to be painted. You can use oil or spray paint. To prevent the piglet from being blown away by the wind, you need to pour sand into it.
In addition to its decorative function, the structure can serve as a flower bed. To do this, the top is cut off, filled with soil and flowers are planted.
Crafts made from plastic bottles for the garden can serve as flower beds, borders or paths. To make a path, bottles are inserted into the ground upside down.
Both whole and cut plastic are used. It is important to fill the bottles with soil so that they do not become deformed when they are walked on.
Use of bottles on the farm
Bottles are used not only for decoration. These can be used to make a dustpan, washbasin, or pest trap.
Undoubtedly, everyone needs a container for storing some items. To make it, just cut off the neck.
The washbasin is also very easy to make with your own hands. The bottom of the bottle is cut off and holes are made through which the rope is threaded. The structure is suspended in right place and pour water. To wash your face, just unscrew the cap a little.
To make a trap, you need to cut the container in half. To catch insects, some kind of bait is placed at the bottom. For example, suitable for this sugar syrup with yeast.
Will need hot water, in which sugar and yeast will dissolve. The cooled liquid must be poured into the trap. Not only flies and wasps, but also mosquitoes will flock to this delicacy.
Pay attention!
Even a child can make a scoop. First you need to outline its shape and then cut it out.
Can be made from plastic flower pots, greenhouses or containers for seedlings. Descriptions of such crafts made from plastic bottles can be found on the Internet at large quantities, but to create something unique, you need to show your imagination.
It is fashionable to build a self-watering device from plastic containers. To do this, cut the bottle, make holes on the sides and insert the hose into the neck. With the help of such a device, the plants will be perfectly hydrated.
For plants that do not like surface watering, make the following device. The bottom of plastic containers is not completely cut off. A trench is opened on the side of the plant where stones are placed. The bottle is buried upside down.
Then the required amount of water is poured to carry out irrigation. You can place the bottles upside down, but in this case you will need to make holes in the container.
Plastic containers are also used to heat plants. To do this, bottles are filled warm water and place them around the plant.
Pay attention!
For inspiration you can look various photos crafts from plastic bottles. You don't need to put in a lot of effort to make original decoration or a useful item for your garden that will last for many years.
Photos of crafts made from plastic bottles
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What skillful hands can do from unnecessary (junk) items. Crafts from bottles are made with your own hands for arranging summer cottages and children's playgrounds. Moreover, they look very attractive and original. Plastic is the cheapest and most accessible and very flexible material. You can use it to create figures of animals, flowers, dolls, children's transport, and borders. Some craftsmen use them in the construction of gazebos, fences, greenhouses, garden furniture and even boats.
Features of plastic as a material
Many people throw away plastic containers, considering them garbage, but this is a unique material for crafts that will certainly find use in the household. Its features as a material for creativity are that:
- To make crafts and work, you will not need any complex tools or devices, except for those that every good owner has in the house: scissors, sharp knives, candles, glue, stapler, drills, glue gun, and so on.
- Not only the bottle itself will do the job. You can use the lids to create colorful panels, paths, and decorate old furniture with them.
- Thanks to the flexibility of the fusible bottle, you can even create bendable structures both indoors and outdoors.
- Crafts can have different shapes and sizes, so both very small bottles and large bottles will be useful in your work.
- Plastic is considered safe material, so you can use it to create crafts for playing at home or in kindergarten.
What bottles can be made for kindergarten or kindergarten
Creating characters and all sorts of figures for children is a special area of amateur creativity. It is advisable to do them together with them. This makes it easier to teach them perseverance, to teach attentiveness, concentration, and to develop imagination. Let's look at the example of master classes on how to create simple figures and fairy-tale characters for children.
Chamomile
There are several options for making this delicate flower.
Option 1
To work you will need white bottles. They usually sell their milk and you should collect a little. As a last resort, you can use transparent, but then repaint it white. For each chamomile we need 3 bottles. They all must have the same neck diameter, otherwise we will not be able to put the lush parts together.
Cut off the upper part (neck with lid), just below the expansion point. We do this with only two bottles, leaving one. It is desirable that the lid has yellow.
Cut out about 8 petals on each neck. Just so that they hold on and don’t fall apart. Bend them one by one in the opposite direction.
Let's start assembling the flower: we put one of the blanks on top of the one that was left uncut.
Then the second one in exactly the same way.
We unfold and bend the petals so that the chamomile looks natural and lush.
We fix all three layers with a lid, trying to make it tighter.
Such flowers can be left as is, or after assembly they can be painted in different shades. They can be planted on a wire stem or attached to a fence.
Option 2
This chamomile is more complex design, but also looks more natural and beautiful.
Cut circles from the cylinder of the bottle (about 8 cm in diameter, larger if you want to create a large daisy). Each one will require three mugs.
We subsequently cut each circle into 16 strips and form flower petals from them.
Using an awl heated over a fire, make a hole in the center.
A little later, when we assemble the workpiece, we need to hold it a little over the fire. So the petals curl themselves, creating the correct shape of the chamomile.
We cut out the core of the flower from the yellow lid, pierce it and fasten it with wire to the inflorescence.
We make a sepal from a green bottle and melt it a little over the flame.
First we attach the sepal to the stem, then three blank petals, the core and bend it with pliers so that the chamomile does not fall apart. After bending, we pass the wire again through the sepal and twist it with the stem.
The stem will be a wire on which thin strips (about 5mm) of green plastic are wound. In order for the layers to bond well, they also need to be scorched.
If you want to create a whole composition, make leaves by cutting them out of green plastic, singe them a little, and wrap them around a stem.
You can diversify the bouquet by combining them with cornflowers. Here you will need blue plastic; the petals are cut out in the shape of cornflowers. The flower is assembled in the same way as a chamomile.
Using this method you can make any type wildflowers, and even roses, if you can roll them correctly.
Option 3
Now let's try to make a giant daisy.
As we can see, to create such wonderful decorative flowers, you will only need a few hours of time, bottles, an awl, a candle, glue and scissors.
Penguin
Plastic Coke bottles are useful for creating a penguin; thanks to their narrowed shape in the middle and widening at the bottom, they create a believable penguin body.
Tools and materials:
- 2 bottles of the same size;
- scissors;
- cool gun with silicone pencils;
- brushes;
- black marker;
- a piece of thick fabric;
- white, black and red paints.
Step-by-step assembly of the penguin:
- We cut the container in this way: the first, acting as the lower part, is cut in the middle or a little closer to the bottom, the second is the top of the penguin, so we only need the bottom. Rice. 1
- Now we connect both parts with cuts facing each other. Fig.2
- When connected, secure with glue (you can use a silicone gun). Fig.3
- Next, according to the plan, we will paint the penguin's body. Choose the type of paint so that it is not afraid of moisture. We paint the future toy in several layers. Rice. 4
- When the paint coating dries, use a black marker to outline the chest and muzzle. Fig.5
- Paint the outer part (behind the contours) completely with black paint. We leave only the top - this will be the place of the cap. Riess 5. and 6.
- In principle, the penguin is almost ready. All that remains is to paint the space left under the hat with red paint. You can, as shown in Figure 8, decorate it with black dots.
- Draw eyes and beak on the muzzle. This can be done with a thin brush and paints, or use colored markers. Rice. 9.
- Cut a scarf from a small piece of fabric and tie it on the penguin.
Crocodile
Let's try to make another toy together for kindergarten- crocodile.
For work, prepare:
- two plastic bottles, 0.5 l;
- screw caps from the same container – 4 pcs;
- sharp knife;
- stationery scissors;
- thin cardboard;
- glue;
- brushes;
- waxed paper;
- paints for painting;
- buttons for eyes.
Manufacturing and assembly instructions:
First cut the bottles in half, then so that there is a distance of about 7 cm to the neck.
It is necessary to shape the edges so that when assembling the crocodile's body is slightly bent. As shown in the photo.
Glue the covers in place of the legs.
Form dense balls from cardboard - eyes, attach to the body.
Cover the entire body of the alligator with green colored paper.
We cut out eyes, teeth, and paws from waxed paper.
Use a brush to paint the teeth (white), nostrils (black), eyes (also black) or use dark buttons as eyes.
Bees
These funny insects are very easy to make.
Option 1
Prepare in advance:
- plastic container with a capacity of 0.33 l;
- sharp scissors;
- acrylic paints;
- glass 0.5 l;
- brushes;
- glue;
- black electrical tape;
- wire;
- stationery knife.
Instructions for implementation:
Cut out the wings of a bee from a plastic glass, as shown in the photo.
There is no need to cut the bottle completely. We make only small cuts on the sides using a stationery knife. These will be the locations for the wings.
Insert the wings into place and glue them.
Next we start painting the bee. There are two ways of painting: paint the body black, then make yellow stripes, or vice versa, make it completely yellow, then draw black stripes. Let's use the first one - paint it dark.
Draw the eyes on the lid with white and the mouth with red.
Option 2
You can make it in one copy, you can create a whole hive
To create a hive, prepare:
- plastic bottles according to the expected number of bees;
- yellow enamel or paint;
- black electrical tape;
- wash brushes – 4 pcs;
- for the eyes - beads or buttons;
- glue gun;
- synthetic thread;
- leg-split.
We paint plastic bottles yellow. You can do it a little differently - pour yellow paint inside, twist the bottle so that the paint evenly lies on the entire inner surface.
This method is a little more difficult and takes longer, but the coloring will be more impressive and glossy. In addition, it will not wash out, break or deteriorate.
This should be done in several stages in order to paint the entire surface evenly. Pour paint into a bottle, shake it and place it on its side. As soon as the first coat of paint begins to set, swirl it around until it is colored. next section and so on until the end.
When the bees' bodies take on a yellow color, we use black electrical tape to make transverse stripes.
We glue eyes and a nose from pre-prepared beads and buttons onto the lid.
From another plastic container we cut out shapes that look like wings. At the same stage of work, we attach threads to them. For them we will then hang the bee from the tree.
Using the same glue gun, glue a thread with wings to the bee's body.
We also color it yellow. You can, again, use a complex painting method. Or, so as not to waste a lot of time, just paint on top with a brush.
We will make the roof of the hive from brushes. We take them in a pile and tie them with twine.
On the lid of the bottle - this is the roof area, we apply a thick layer of glue. Place the washcloths on it so that they are distributed evenly on all sides. If they come off a little somewhere, we glue them back on.
Leave the craft at rest for a while to dry.
Everything is ready, bees and hive. All that remains is to take it to the kindergarten and hang it on a tree.
In a similar way, you can make many bees, but without a hive, and hang each one from a tree. Thus creating a real children's beekeeping center.
Creating bee crafts is an interesting activity, the work is not difficult. If the child makes it himself, under your strict guidance, it can be a good souvenir for grandparents. Such a craft will look very impressive against the backdrop of abundant tree foliage.
Butterflies
An easy-to-make and very interesting craft model.
Option 1
Let's prepare materials:
- plastic containers (a few pieces will be enough);
- paper, no smaller than A4 size;
- stationery scissors;
- silver and brown nail polish;
- glitter;
- red gel pen;
- rhinestones;
- butterfly in a stencil.
Let's start making an insect:
First, let's prepare the bottles for work: wash them, preferably with soap, remove the labels, and dry them.
On clean slate We will scan the paper or transfer the figure of a butterfly using carbon paper. For this we need a stencil. You will find it at the end of this subsection.
Using a gel pen, you need to trace the contours of the insect onto the surface of the plastic and cut it out.
We have a figure with downward curved wings.
Let's turn it over, we need them to look up.
Take the gel pen again and draw all the lines as shown on the stencil.
Use silver nail polish to paint the middle (body) and antennae. Let's draw the contours of the wings in the same tone.
Now you need to use varnish to draw all the lines, including the smallest ones, which were previously drawn with a gel pen.
We put small dots (blotches) in front of the edges.
Against the background of the silver drawing of the wings, we also put dots, only in brown.
We decorate the body of the butterfly with rhinestones. To do this, use any nail polish, put drops and plant a pebble on top.
The butterfly is ready for everything, we needed a little time and material, which, for sure, will be found at home in the household and at the mother’s.
Similar to the previous butterfly, we make another one, only this time it is monochromatic and without pebbles.
We got two plastic butterflies, painted in the same tone.
If you glue a magnet to them, they will serve as a nice decoration on the refrigerator or any other metal surface.
Option 2
Let's look at another implementation option. We will paint it not with nail polish, but with stained glass paints. In the first version, we drew a butterfly on plastic, cut it out, and only then started painting. The technology here is different. We will draw an insect on the bottle, and we will paint it on it.
Let's prepare everything that will be useful in the work:
- stencil drawing paper:
- plastic containers;
- stained glass paints;
- wire or thick fishing line;
- scissors;
- beads (several small pieces);
- awl.
Step-by-step instructions for implementation:
We transfer the butterfly from the stencil onto the paper.
Let's redraw the insect onto plastic. You can do it like this. We cut the bottle and adjust the design from the inside so that we can clearly see it from above. Using a gel pen, transfer the contours onto the plastic.
When we finish drawing, we can start coloring. Let us remind you that we paint without cutting out the insect; the paint goes on the bottle, along the contours. After painting, leave the workpiece to dry. After it dries well, cut it out. Use your fingers to give the desired shape.
We form a body. To do this, take the wire or fishing line that we have prepared and string several beads onto it. You can take the same color, or you can make it multi-colored, whatever your heart desires.
A butterfly, or more than one, if you made several of them, are ready. You can decorate indoor flowerpots with them, hang them on curtains, attach a pin at the bottom, or better yet, glue them.
If an insect is made by a child’s hand, then it will be pleasant surprise and a gift for March 8th for a mother, teacher or grandmother.
Stencils for making butterflies
Hedgehogs
Waste material has a lot of possibilities and ways to extend its life. Moreover, every family has at least something. Here you don’t need to buy or invent anything special, much less spend money on them. Let's try to make a hedgehog from the same waste material, which is used plastic containers.
For our work we will need:
- plastic bottle;
- pine cones, about a dozen, the main thing is that they are the same size;
- two covers white, from the same bottles;
- glue (you can use “Moment” or, if you have polyurethane foam);
- colored plasticine.
Technique for creating a hedgehog:
First, we put the container in proper shape: wash it, remove the label, wipe it and dry it.
On the prepared container, glue the pine cone directly on top with glue or foam (you can also use a glue gun if you have such an item on your household). We start from the center, this will be the back of the hedgehog. We glue each cone as a separate element, after making sure that the previous one is firmly held.
If at least one of them falls, and the neighboring ones hold on tightly, then it will be difficult to “put” it back in place. Take this into account and take your time.
When all the cones - the needles of our hedgehog - are put in place, we will begin to form the muzzle. To do this, cover the bottle cap with black plasticine.
For the eyes you will need white lids prepared by us. On them, in the center, we will glue circles from the same black plasticine - these will be the pupils of the hedgehog.
Glue the eyes to the animal's face.
Now let's embellish our craft a little. What is a real hedgehog without supplies? We will make mushrooms, leaves, fruits and berries from plasticine. Then we carefully lay it on his back.
You can create a baby for the company of an adult hedgehog by molding it from plasticine. And since its dimensions do not make it possible to experiment with pine cones, the needles on the body can be made from sunflower seeds.
Helicopter
An interesting craft that you can do with your son for kindergarten. This way you will teach him to use various waste materials as material for creating toys and other necessary things.
For work, prepare:
- a small plastic bottle, perhaps from a baby yogurt bottle;
- one tailor's pin;
- 3 juice straws;
- scissors;
- one ping pong ball;
- stapler
Step-by-step work:
First, make a hole in the lid so that the tube can fit in freely.
Cut the bottle so that the upper (thick) part remains intact.
Take the remaining 2 tubes and cut them to the length of the intended propeller blades.
Cross them and pin them in the middle with a pin. Insert the tail of the helicopter into the bottle cap. Make runners from the two remaining parts of the tubes, connect them with a strip cut from an unnecessary part of the bottle with a stapler.
Attach the main part of the helicopter with the skids also with a stapler. Insert a ping pong ball into the hole.
The helicopter is ready. A minimum of time is spent on it, and the child will have a lot of pleasure from a toy created with his own hands.
Matryoshka
Matryoshka is probably the only toy that more than one generation has grown up with. In addition, it is considered a symbol of Russia. Many foreign tourists, coming to our state, buy them as souvenirs. Is it possible to create such a complex figure with your own hands, and even from waste plastic? Yes, you can, even if it will not be as functional as modern ones in toy stores, but it will be personal and, for sure, the most beloved.
When creating such crafts, not only plastic food containers are suitable, we will look at this a little later. The toys that you see in the photo below are made only from the upper parts of flasks. This way they will be more stable. To prevent the edges from being too sharp, they can be treated with electrical tape.
In this photo, the upper part is inserted into the lower part, the middle one is completely removed. This nesting doll has a more respectable appearance, looks more natural and believable. Colored acrylic paints. Children will not be able to make it in the same way, but there are many stickers and patterns of a similar image on the Internet. As a last resort, they have a lot of options to learn and draw on such a matryoshka doll model.
The next photo and the model itself can be considered multifunctional. Here you can find a custom-made nesting doll and a pencil case for storing pencils and pens. As you can see, it is not made from a food bottle, or from shampoo or cream containers.
Approximate drawings and diagrams for creating matryoshka dolls from plastic containers in kindergartens and at home.
Bottle cut diagram
Plastic products are used everywhere because they require less investment to create than products made from other materials. However, discarded plastic can take hundreds or even thousands of years to decompose, so it is important to recycle it or avoid plastic altogether.The second option is very difficult to implement today, so recycling comes to the fore. Plastic can be sent to special factories for recycling it, or you can make useful things out of it. In this collection you will learn how to make various useful things for your home and garden from plastic bottles.
1. DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles step by step
You will need:
Plastic bottles
Foam rubber
Knitting needles
Ruler
Scissors
Sewing machine
1. Wash and dry several plastic bottles covered with caps. Gather all the bottles in a circle and secure them together with tape.
2. Cut two circles from cardboard so that they cover the top and bottom part of all connected bottles. Tape these circles to the connected bottles.
3. Prepare two rectangular pieces of foam rubber and one round piece. Rectangular pieces should be used to cover the side of the collected bottles, and a round piece should be used to cover the top part. Secure everything with tape.
4. Make a cover for your seat from any fabric. If you like to knit, you can knit a cover.
2. We make a faucet extension from plastic bottles with our own hands
It will be more convenient for children to wash their hands.
3. DIY products made from plastic bottles: pocket for a rag/sponge
1. Cut the bottle into the desired shape.
2. Sand the edges with sandpaper.
3. Hang on the faucet.
4. How to make a bag from plastic bottles
Photo instructions
Video instructions
5. What can be made from plastic bottles: cups for storing cosmetics
6. Feeder made of plastic bottles for a cat or dog
There are many ways to make bird feeders, but this one is designed for cats and dogs.
You will need:
2 large plastic bottles
Scissors
1. In the middle of one bottle you need to make holes slightly larger than the neck of the other bottle.
2. The second bottle needs to be cut in half crosswise.
3. Fill the bottom with food.
4. Connect the parts and open the lid.
7. Vase for sweets: master class on crafts from plastic bottles
You will need:
Plate, round plastic or thick cardboard
6 two-liter plastic bottles
Wooden or plastic rod (you can use a straight branch of suitable diameter and length)
Superglue
Spray paint and glitter (optional)
1. Making the base for the craft. To do this you need a plate, ceramic or glass plate. In the middle of the plate you need to enlarge the hole to 10 mm using a drill.
2. You will also need to use a drill to make holes in the center of the three plastic bottle pieces you will be using. It's easier to drill from the inside out.
3. Cut off the bottom of each of the 6 plastic bottles. Place 3 parts on the rod and secure with glue. Glue the remaining parts to the base (plate) around the rod. If you wish, you can spray paint everything.
It is worth noting that the rod is held on the base thanks to a plastic part that is glued to the plate, as well as to the rod itself.
4. If you wish, you can decorate your vase.
8. DIY wicker baskets from plastic bottles (master class)
And here is a version of a wicker basket made from plastic cocktail tubes:
9. Garden crafts made from plastic bottles (photo): broom
1. Remove the label from the plastic bottle.
2. With stationery knife cut off the bottom of the bottle.
3. Start making cuts on the bottle, leaving 1 cm between each.
4. Cut off the neck of the bottle.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 with 3 more bottles. Leave one bottle with a neck.
6. Place all the cut neckless bottles on top of one necked bottle. You will have a blank for a broom.
7. Cut off the top of one bottle and place it over the resulting blank.
8. Make two holes through all the bottles and insert wire into them and wrap the ends.
9. Insert a stick or rod into the neck and secure with a nail. You can also use glue.
Video instructions
10. Modular boxes: description of crafts made from plastic bottles
You will need:
Several large plastic bottles or canisters
Stationery knife
Scissors
Marker or pencil
Strong thread.
1. Cut a suitable hole from a bottle or canister using a utility knife and/or scissors. It shouldn't be too small for everything to fit, or too big that the plastic structure falls apart.
2. Start connecting the bottles with a strong thread. Start with two, then add two more already connected to them, and so on. Tie strong knots. You can also try using hot glue or superglue (Moment glue).
3. Assemble a design that is convenient for you. You decide how many rows and “floors” to make. However, it is worth knowing that the higher the structure, the less stable it is. You may need to secure the entire structure with rope again.
4. It's time to put scattered things on the shelf.
11. DIY house made from plastic bottles (video)
12. How to make a house/greenhouse from plastic bottles with your own hands
1. Remove labels and wash bottles.
2. Cut off the bottom of each bottle and unscrew the caps.
3. Place the bottles on a long, straight branch, stick, or rod.
4. Do wooden frame house (greenhouse).
5. Repeat steps 1-3, making required quantity rods with bottles. After this, all the rods need to be attached to the frame of the house.
*Alternatively, you can simply wire the required number of bottles together and attach the rows of bottles to the frame of the house. In this case, there is no need for a rod and no need to remove the caps from the bottles.
* The greenhouse can be made more airtight by covering it with bubble wrap.
Video instructions
A fairytale house made from a plastic bottle will be useful for housewives in the kitchen, as it is not just beautiful
house - it also serves as an organizer for detergents. You can build a bottle house
next to the sink and hide a sponge, mesh and dishwashing liquid in it. If you are interested in handmade
from waste material, from a plastic bottle, which is found in every home and is usually thrown away -
come watch the master class in photographs). And prepare salt dough and putty to create
tiled roof of the house, doors, windows and vegetation.
Fairytale house made from a plastic bottle
To create a kitchen organizer house we will need the following materials and tools:
Plastic bottle - preferably 3 liter, low and wide, with a handle,
sharp kitchen or stationery knife,
salt dough,
putty,
acrylic paints,
kebab sticks,
protective varnish spray,
PVA glue.
Having prepared all the above materials, we begin to work. First of all we need plastic
bottles to make a kitchen organizer - cut a window in it sharp knife. There should be a window
of such a size that it fits easily detergent for dishes - the one you usually use.
The door, windows, all plant elements on the house are made of putty. Easy to work with, easy to apply
patterns and texture, easy to stick to plastic. Pay attention to the “wooden” parts - windows and doors -
the texture on them is created using polyethylene. Just take a plastic bag, make a ball out of it and
lightly press onto the putty. Recesses on doors and vegetation are made using the tip of a kebab
sticks. The wavy fragment above the door is also made using a kebab stick.
But to create a tiled roof of the house we will use salt dough or any other mass for modeling.
After all the stucco fragments have dried, you can begin painting the house with acrylic paints. The final step will be to coat the stucco molding with a protective spray varnish.
