Today you will find tons of information about what crafts you can make with your own hands from old things. It would seem that objects that can be easily and quickly given a second life have long been known to everyone. And all the ways to update and alter them too. However, this list is constantly expanding. Still don't know what to make from old things? Review the ideas in this article. In this collection you will find quite unusual things that can be used for crafts.
Design and decor ideas from wine corks
The first thing we'll start with is wine corks. They are associated with the holiday, good mood, pleasant company, create a feeling of comfort and warmth. That is why their use in interiors is so widespread. In general, we have an excellent article entirely devoted to crafts made from wine corks:.
To make the eco-friendly coasters shown in the photo, you will need about 25 wine corks, a glue gun, sharp knife and thin cork sheets. Start by cutting each cork in half lengthwise. Then glue the resulting blocks onto the blanks cut from cork sheets. The edge of the product can be masked with linen thread. Attach it too with glue. Apply glue in small portions to avoid unsightly drips.
The second option for crafts with wine corks is even simpler. In this case, they can be used as card holders, which may come in handy during the holidays. In this case, the wine corks should also be cut in half, vertically. Take the resulting halves and make a horizontal cut across that will perfectly fit the size of your cards.
You can also make a cut at the top using a knife. Mark it in the center so that the card does not fall out. Don't make the groove too deep.
Crafts from old things for the garden or home
Do you buy food in plastic containers that you can only throw in the trash? This is not always the case. Plastic containers can be used for storage various items. In this case, for storing pasta.
Rinse and dry the container thoroughly. If there are any stickers on it, try removing them. Then select any spray paint in a can, turn the container upside down and paint it on all sides. After the paint has dried, attach a sticker with the name of what will be stored in this jar.
New life for old things: unusual crafts for the home
Many people don't know what to do with their old T-shirts, so they often just throw them away. We offer alternative option. Try making a beautiful hanging pot for flowerpots out of an unwanted T-shirt.
Crafts from old things: a beautiful flowerpot from an old T-shirt
To begin, choose a T-shirt that does not have any decorations on it. The plant pot will look beautiful if you use fabric of one or more colors. You can also use a kitchen towel instead of a T-shirt.
Lay the T-shirt on a flat surface and cut it into 8 3 cm wide strips. Twist the strips to form ropes. Gather them together and tie them in a knot, leaving a small bun. Then on every two strips you need to make a common knot. Then tie adjacent ropes at the same distance. The result is a grid with large cells. Make enough rows so that the plant pot matches the height of the pot. At the end, tie all the strands again into a common knot and secure the hook so that it can be hung. Ready!
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For a homemade gift, bottle clothes can be a great idea. The advantage is that you can use old thing, in this case, a sweater, and any bottle in such clothes will look original.
DIY crafts from old things: clothes for a bottle
The simplest way to dress a bottle is to make it from the sleeve of an unwanted sweater. To do this, simply cut the sleeve from an old jacket. Then make a puff around the neck of the bottle using regular thread. Finally, sew the bottom to the sleeve or seal it with glue.
Don't forget to decorate the resulting clothes beautifully. If the bottle is intended for a certain person, you can decorate it with matching initials.
Do you have a bunch of old jeans at home that you hate throwing away? Make useful things for your home out of them. Bags, rugs, pillows, shorts, skirts are just a small part of the options. It will be very easy and simple to make a bag with your own hands. To do this, find old jeans. Cut one leg straight with scissors and simply stitch the bottom of the future bag.
DIY crafts from old jeans
You can also do unusual crafts from old things for the garden and home. You will need the same jeans, a triangle template and a long rope. It is not at all necessary that the triangles be the same color. This decoration will look appropriate on any occasion.
If you want to add a little nostalgia to your home, check out this original idea. You will need two old telephone receivers, a strip of metal for the base of the stand, drills, screws and felt so that the stand does not scratch the furniture.
Second life of old things: original DIY craft
Make a stand like this vintage style It’s not hard at all, and it will look very unusual.
DIY jewelry organizer
You can always buy a jewelry box or stand for your jewelry, but you can also make your own jewelry organizer. So, any mesh material is suitable for storing earrings. It's pretty convenient way store your jewelry - all earrings hang in pairs, and you will quickly find the ones you need.
In addition, such an organizer can be used as an independent wall decor. As the main material you can use wire mesh, embroidery canvas and the like. Place the grid in any frame and hang it on the wall.
DIY key holder made from Lego parts
For such wall key holder you will need some Lego pieces. Select the base based on how many keys you will hang on it. Then find matching Lego pieces and put them on your key ring. Really great idea, isn't it?
In every home there are a lot of things that have not been used for their intended purpose for a long time, but you don’t dare throw them away.
It turns out that there is no need to completely get rid of them. Old things can find a second life in the country.
We share the selection brilliant ideas, which are easy to implement.
1. The rise of old furniture
Get rid of old furniture always difficult, especially if it has an unusual design or is made of quality material. Any furniture with drawers can be used to make a creative flowerbed. Do not forget about protective impregnations for wood, which will protect it from rapid deterioration.
2. Brutal hooks for small items
At the dacha there are always a lot of things that have nowhere to be stored. Hooks from valves will help solve this problem. They need to be fixed on a wooden board - and the original hanger is ready.
3. Flower pots made from shoes
Several pairs old shoes will replace flower pots. If there are no unusual shoes, then cover acrylic paint any pair. To prevent the plants from rotting the bark system, make several holes in the sole. This is necessary to drain excess water.
4. Solo for saucepans
Metal pans that have already outlived their usefulness can be used to create a decorative composition. Complete it with stones and other utensils - and the decoration for the cottage is ready. The main advantage of this decor is its durability and the ability to be placed under open air.
5. Dream bed
A creative flower garden can be made from almost anything. Even from bed. Dense grass will look especially impressive on it. Unfortunately, you won't be able to sleep on such a bed. But she will cope with the function of decorating a dacha perfectly.
6. Fun swing
Swing - simplest design, But positive emotions from her - more than enough. You will need ropes or chains to secure the chair to the tree. In order for the swing not only to please, but also to decorate the dacha, paint the chair in a bright color.
7. Denim hammock
Denim fabric is famous for its durability. Therefore, it will be an excellent material for making a hammock. It is necessary to sew several pairs of jeans together, sew loops on them to fix them on strong sticks suitable size. All that remains is to find the most cozy place for the dacha - a denim hammock will be placed there.
8. Ceramic fence
Plates with chipped edges are dishes that definitely should not be used in the kitchen. But its use at the dacha is only welcome. For example, plates will become an unusual fence for a flower bed.
9. A spacious suitcase - not only for clothes
You can make it out of an old suitcase original shelf with door. You can attach a mirror to it, and then the shelf will become appropriate in the bathroom. All that remains is to secure the vertical partition inside the suitcase, for example, using construction corners or glue.
10. Umbrella with flowers
The waterproof fabric of the umbrella allows you to make an excellent flower garden out of it, which is not afraid of even the heaviest rain. Another important advantage of such a flower garden is that, if necessary, it can be easily moved to another place.
11. Bird's joy
Birds singing on personal plot- what could be more pleasant? Garden decor made from old things will help attract birds: a feeder made of saucers and cups. You will also need wooden legs from furniture. Objects can be glued together using silicone construction adhesive. Such a feeder will also become original decor for a flower bed.
On the one hand, the habit of taking old things to the dacha is not at all useful; it is much easier to throw away everything unnecessary in the city. On the other hand, from garbage - egg trays, torn tights, bicycle tubes and plastic bottles - you can make many useful devices for it with your own hands. Here are the ideas that Olga Platonova, TV presenter and author of books on gardening, has already tried at her summer cottage.
From two drawers, a door handle, wire hinges and a piece of belt you can make a suitcase for transporting seedlings
From plastic bottles - do it yourself: 7 ideas
Let's start with the most common items - plastic canisters and drink bottles. From them you can make many useful tools and devices for the garden.
Protective cover for young tree trunks. Their thin bark is often damaged by a lawn mower in summer, and in winter early spring- rodents. I cut off the bottom and top with the neck from the bottle. Then I cut the resulting plastic “pipe” lengthwise, open it at the cut site and wrap it around the bottom of the barrel.
Fruit picker. I use the top plastic bottle with a neck. I make a triangular cutout in the wall of the funnel blank, and insert a long pole into the neck.
Landing marker. I usually mark the boundaries of new flower beds with sand, which is clearly visible on the dark ground. I pour it out of the bottle, for which I make a large hole in the lid.
Watering device. A bottomless bottle with a screwed cap and holes in the sides is buried upside down in the ground next to the plant. Moisture or liquid fertilizers flow from it directly to the roots; a soil crust does not form.
Mini-greenhouse. For this purpose I use the top part of bottles and canisters - I cover the plants with them. To ventilate the plantings, you just need to unscrew the lid.
Container for growing seedlings. I cut the bottle into two equal parts crosswise. I make drainage holes in the lid and the sides of the upper half and insert it neck down into the pan - bottom part bottles.
Wasp traps. I make a hole with a diameter of 3 cm in the bottom of the bottle. Then I dig it in with the neck down (with the cap closed) to half the height. I fill the bottle sweet water, but not to the top, so that the wasps that flew in to help themselves could not get out of it. I place it in the dining area.
How to Reuse Old Hoses and Bicycle Tires
Many useful devices For my garden, I construct from used items. The main thing is to look at them correctly and understand how they can be used.
Covering cruciferous crops to protect against cabbage fly. To make it I use an old carpet. I cut it into circles with a diameter comparable to the diameter of a mature head of cabbage, make a radial slit, and place it under each plant so that the stem is in the center of the “disc.” This simple protection prevents the female cabbage fly from laying eggs.
The carpet can be used to protect paths and tree trunks from weeds, and also as winter insulation for plants.
You can use an old shopping bag on wheels to make a transportable bed for climbing plants
In place of the bag I put a box with soil, and I attach a net to the handles for climbing plants. The mobile trellis on wheels is ready!
Device for drip irrigation from a garden hose. In an old hose or PVC pipe I make holes along the entire length and insert a plug into the end. Connecting with water pipe, put it along the bed, open the tap. The hose can also be useful for watering flowers in deep flowerpots if you bury it vertically in the ground with the plug facing down.
By the way, a piece of hose cut on the side and placed over the sharp teeth of the saw will make its storage safe.
Element garden design from an old mirror. Once placed on a fence or blank wall of a house or barn, it will increase illumination and visually make the space larger. I also use it to design “fake” gates in the fence.
Marker for planting seeds from an egg tray. I take a small piece of board and screw the door handle to it. On the other side of the board I glue a plastic storage tray chicken eggs. I press the marker into the ground and immediately get ten identical planting holes.
I also use egg trays as containers for sowing seedlings and storing bulbs. In winter, I harvest onions in plastic cells for harvesting.
If you stick part of the egg tray onto a board with a handle, you get a convenient marker for planting seeds or seedlings
Comfortable garden tool obtained from a paint brush. I use it to spot treat the weeds with herbicides and apply crushed charcoal on fresh sections when cutting.
Tree garters made from old bicycle tubes. I cut them lengthwise and then divide them into strips of the required length. I get excellent garters: soft, durable, and not damaging to the bark.
Foam garden chair and torn tights
Here's how else you can use unnecessary trash that is usually thrown away.
Broken clay pots. If most of the pot has been preserved, I put it on its side and plant young sedums, sedums and ground cover plants. I use shards as drainage.
Medicine bottles. In tube packaging for large tablets and in plastic jars I save the seeds from vitamins.
Foam or polypropylene. I use this material to make comfortable seats for working in the garden. From an old sheet of polystyrene foam or polypropylene, I cut out several square blanks measuring 40x40 cm. I glue them “in a stack” with polyurethane foam.
It turns out to be a cube. I do it under the top layer through hole, through which I thread a braid 50–60 centimeters long. I tie a knot at one end and attach the other to the loop of my trouser belt. When I squat, the cube itself falls to the ground, and I simply lower myself onto it.
We glue a cube from foam squares. This chair makes it convenient to work in the garden
I fill the lower part of garden flowerpots with crushed polystyrene foam. They become lighter - they are easy to move, and the foam acts as drainage.
Torn tights and stockings. I cut them into ribbons and tie the tree seedlings to the support when planting. I cover the place of their contact with the tree bark with moss.
In order not to strain the herbal infusions, I put the green mixture in tights and fill them with water.
I plant potatoes in elastic tights - it makes them easy to clean up.
Vaccination sites heat-loving plants For the winter I wrap myself in old stockings. In late autumn I wrap them around the bases of tree trunks to protect them from rodents.
PVC pipe cuttings. Using tees I connect them into various designs. It turns out excellent frames for film mini-greenhouses, supports for berry bushes and peonies.
Perforated sewer pipes buried vertically in the ground are excellent devices for watering and fertilizing large trees. And if we insert them into the center of the compost compartment, we will provide the necessary ventilation in it.
Make small holes in the pipes round holes and plant plants in them - you will get a hanging bed.
I plant horseradish in small sections of pipe. This makes it easy to dig up and does not spread throughout the area.
Old disposable glasses can be adapted for long-term storage berries Using a heated metal fork, I poke numerous holes in the walls of the glass.
Plastic spoons and knives easily turn into planting reminder tags. Write with a permanent marker.
Old tin cans They will also come in handy on my farm. From these I make “labels” with the names of plants. I'm deleting from tin can ends, lateral surface cut into rectangles. I squeeze out the name of the plant with a nail or other sharp object- it will not be washed off in the rain and will not fade in the sun.
Do-it-yourself flower beds using improvised materials are a great way to landscape your site, making it an expressive and amazing element of landscape design.
An unusual idea for a flower bed in the form of a stream of old vase.
You can turn an old cage into such a flowerpot. To do this, simply fill it with soil, plant hanging flowers - their shoots will look beautiful, entwining the thin metal bars of the cage. 
Old galoshes can also come in handy if you decide to creatively decorate your yard. 
I was surprised by the idea of a flower garden made from painted plastic bottles. 
I’m also delighted by the flower garden in the shape of a butterfly. To create such a flower bed you will need thick waste wire from which you can make a frame. Soil is poured into it and plants are planted. 
An old barrel should not be thrown away! It is ideal for creating flower arrangements, the main thing is to show your imagination. You can cut the barrel in half or lengthwise, and pour soil into the resulting parts. Even if you just put it up and plant it with bright flowers, it will look impressive. 
A flowerbed in a log looks very stylish. In order to have enough space for flowers, you will need a log of large diameter - 50 cm or more. There is also an economical option for such a flower bed, when wooden box they are sheathed along the length with a slab, and two cuts of logs are glued to the ends of the box. 
From plastic PVC pipes you can make vertical flower bed. The depth of such clubs is quite small. Only plants with a shallow root system will feel good here: purslane, succulents. But where will the excess water drain? If you make holes at the bottom, then dirty water will stain the wall. You can make an irrigation system with tubes for drip irrigation of each module, or you can do it simpler - use a design such as a flowerpot for cups with small flowers. 
The original version of a garden container for flowers is obtained using soft forms, such as a bag. We fill the original pot with something heavy and press it into a plastic bag filled with a solution. When the mold hardens, put a bag moistened with liquid on it. cement mortar, wrap the edges of the bag inward and coat it with the solution. An important detail is the rope tie. 
In the garage of any car enthusiast there will definitely be a couple of tires that have served their purpose. The “lazy” option for a flowerbed made of tires with your own hands is to choose a place that is level, lay the tire, fill it with fertile soil and plant flowers inside. And to add attractiveness to the flowerbed, you can paint it in the color you like, because tires hold paint well! 
Or you can use a broken bicycle and place containers with plants on it, firmly securing them to the handlebars and trunk. It is better to choose climbing petunias. 
An excellent option not only for the garden, but also for the home. Plastic cup and three old CDs - and you have a miniature flowerpot ready for your desktop or kitchen. 
The use of old furniture for planting flowers is limited only by your imagination and the size of the dacha. Old beds with metal or wooden slatted headboards look unusual; you can build a large flower garden on them, all the plants will be in one place and play main role in decorating the site. Well, I really like the flowerbed from an old bedside table, which was created by my mother’s friend, Aunt Rose. 
A musical flowerbed in a piano is my dream! 
Plastic bottles surround us everywhere. We throw them out every day, but who said we can’t use them in the countryside! From a large plastic bottle and plaster you can make a swan or other garden figurine. Looks quite unusual, doesn't it? 
There are a huge number of ideas of what can be made from pallets, but the option of a flower garden and at the same time a doghouse looks unexpected. The pallets need to be carefully sanded, protruding nails should be buried and painted so that your beloved pet does not get hurt on the untreated surface. 
One more interesting idea using plastic bottles. 
A vertical flowerbed is a magnificent decoration for a country house! 
And one more idea that I will definitely implement at my summer cottage - a chest of floral treasures. Amazing magnificence! 
A real owner always wants to make his summer cottage even better. The organization of order is akin to art - an endless search for perfection, an ideal to which one can only strive.
Despite the fact that the ideal is most often unattainable, you still need to continue to get acquainted with more and more new examples of arranging your site.
1. Vertical bed
Original vertical beds, which can be made from unnecessary bicycle wheels and strong rope, are perfect for growing climbing plants, will help save space and will become an unusual detail in the garden.
2. Bench with a canopy
An original bench with a canopy that can be made from an old one wooden barrel, metal rods and thick fabric, will become a wonderful place to relax and a real decoration of the country porch.
3. Carrying
A convenient carrier for grass, firewood or any other materials, which can be made from any thick fabric and two wooden sticks or plastic pipes.
4. Waterer
There is no need to spend money on buying a special nozzle for a garden hose, because something similar can be made from any plastic bottle. You just need to make a few small holes in it and attach it well to the hose using clamps.
5. Blooming chair
From several cinder blocks you can make an original garden chair-flower bed, which will become a wonderful place to relax and a real highlight of the garden.
6. Mini greenhouse
CD boxes can be used to create small greenhouses to protect seedlings from cold and wind.
7. Joint protection
A convenient knee support that will help protect your knees and joints from excessive stress during seasonal work.
8. Hand protection
Sleeves made of dense elastic fabric will protect your hands from scratches, cuts, irritations and insect bites, which are difficult to avoid when working in the garden.
9. Rainwater catcher
Using clamps and vinyl fabric, you can make a wonderful device that will catch and transport rainwater from the drain directly into the garden, thereby saving on watering costs.
10. Table caps
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Do you like to have lunches and picnics in the open air? Be sure to take care to protect products from dust, dirt and insects. This can be done using several homemade or purchased mesh caps.
11. Border
Brick left over after construction is an excellent material for creating decorative borders that will make the landscape stylish and neat.
12. Old chest of drawers
Don't rush to throw it away old chest of drawers, it is better to use it to create an original flower bed. Just place it in the center of the garden, cover it with drawers earth and plant flowers.
13. Fence decor
Original flower pots made from old throwaway shoes will help decorate an unsightly lattice fence. So original solution will make even the simplest fence unique.
14. Flowerbed in a trough
Do not rush to throw away things that can no longer be used for their intended purpose, because even from an old rusty trough you can make a magnificent flower bed that will become a spectacular detail of the landscape.
15. Hearth
From an old aluminum trough and brick you can build a comfortable and neat hearth, which will become not only a functional component of the site, but also its decoration.
16. Natural mosaic
River or sea pebbles can be used to decorate empty areas between flower beds and beds. Against the background of such a “mosaic”, flowers and greenery will become even more attractive.
17. Shower stall
An unusual and very practical shower stall, which can be made from a large wooden barrel - perfect solution for a country house.
18. Place to rest
A charming place to sleep and relax in the shade of trees, which you can make yourself from wooden planks, light fabric and an old bed.