From an ordinary plastic bottle you can form products that will be useful in playing with children, household, house interior. From simple material you can prepare a craft for kindergarten. Children can independently cope with basic manufacturing schemes with virtually no adult help. In addition to plastic bottles, you may need a glue gun, paints and scissors.

To make any craft from a plastic bottle, you need to prepare the necessary tools and materials:

• plastic bottles are the main material;
• scissors, blade and stationery knife - used for cutting;
• acrylic paints - useful for decorative finishing;
• brushes of various thicknesses for painting;
• candle for burning sharp cuts;
• glue gun for joining parts;
• a construction stapler to attach other elements to the base.

Depending on the complexity and decorative finish, additional materials are selected.

DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles

A craft made from a plastic bottle for home improvement is the best option in terms of price and quality. From raw materials you can make a variety of furniture, in particular an ottoman.

You will need the following tools and materials:

• 38 plastic bottles of the same volume and shape;
• a roll of wide stationery tape;
• plywood sheet;
• jigsaw, scissors, stationery knife;
• rolled synthetic winterizer;
• construction stapler;
• measuring tape and pencil;
• thick fabric for upholstery.

DIY craft from plastic bottles: step-by-step making of a round ottoman

Algorithm for creating an ottoman:

• Arrange the bottles so that their shape resembles a honeycomb. There are 4 elements in the 1st row; in the 2nd – 5; in the 3rd – 6; in the next one - 7. The remaining 3 rows are set according to the principle of 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
• Wrap tightly with stationery tape. You need to make several layers and wind them from the top of the bottles to the very bottom in a spiral - you will get the basis of the future ottoman.
• Measure the diameter of the resulting honeycomb. On plywood, draw a sketch of a circle with the resulting diameter. Make 2 such parts. It is advisable to try on the circles so that they match the parameters of the base figure.

DIY craft from plastic bottles: step-by-step production of a square ottoman

• Using a staple gun, nail the plywood circles to the top and bottom of the pouf base.
• Wrap the sides with padding polyester. Cover the circles with soft material as well. Secure the soft base with a construction stapler.
• Take measurements from the resulting blank and make patterns from textiles. Sew a cover, which is then placed on the body of the pouf.

Furniture of this type can be made in a few hours, it looks presentable, and the costs are minimal.

Flowers from plastic bottles

There are many options for creating flowers from plastic bottles.

The easiest way to create a three-dimensional flower:

• Cut off the bottom of the bottle so that the height of the resulting object corresponds to 5-6 cm.
• Divide the circle into 5 equal parts with a marker. The marking is done so that each part includes a convex bottom. Cut the plastic all the way down to the bottom at each of the marks.
• To form attractive petals, you need to round each resulting strip.
• Treat the edges of the cuts by dusting them over a candle flame.

Make a hole in the center of the bottom using a heated nail, awl or soldering iron. Thread a thick wire through it, which will become the stem of a plastic flower.

Toys made from plastic bottles

A craft made from a plastic bottle can become a strong, interesting and budget toy for a child of almost any age.

Several toy options:

Apple-box	Octopus	piggy bank
Cut off the bottoms of two identical bottles. The height of each element must be the same and be more than 6 cm. Make a hole in the center of one of the parts with a hot nail. Cut a strip from the canvas of a green bottle, twist it into a tube - you get a stalk. Cut a leaf from the same strip. Glue a leaf to the cutting and thread the tube into the hole in the bottom. Everything is fixed with a glue gun. If you insert one bottom into the other, you will get a full-fledged apple in which you can store small items.	Cut the bottle in half. Measure a distance of 5-8 cm from the cut. Divide the circle into parts, the thickness of each should be 1-2 cm. When cutting the plastic along the marks, strips are obtained. Tighten the elements using the blade of scissors. Make eyes from the lids. Use a marker to draw the pupils, and then attach the blanks to the body of the octopus using a glue gun. Make a hole in the bottom and thread a thread through it. You will get a toy analogue of “Y-Yo”.	Choose a bottle with a wide bottom. Using a marker, draw nostrils on the lid and eyes on the bottle itself. Cut a narrow rectangular hole in the base of the body. Make stable legs-stands from the lids, attaching the elements with a glue gun. Cut out ears from thick cardboard and glue to the base.

You can make any toy from bottles by creating a mock-up of the product:

• Zhukov;
• fruits;
• vegetables;
• transport;
• dolls;
• figurines.

House made of plastic bottles

From plastic bottles you can create a house that will be a refuge for children in the yard, the basis of a sandbox.

You need to make preparations:

• more than 500 bottles of the same volume and shape;
• timber and plywood;
• nails, wire, construction stapler;
• sharp knife, nails;
• 4 hemp;
• tools for taking measurements and markings.

"Construction" algorithm:

1. Make the body of the future house from timber. The wooden bases are knocked down in such a way that frames are formed - the foundations of future walls. Knock down 2 more frames, which will become roof slopes. Place the body on stump legs. Place plywood underneath.
2. Determine the diameter of the container. Mark the upper and lower beams in accordance with the obtained parameter. Drive a nail into the center of each strip.
3. Cut off the neck of each bottle so as to remove the narrowing areas of the element. Use a hot awl to make a hole in the center of each bottom.
4. String so many pieces of wire onto a piece of wire so that they form a full strip from the upper beam to the lower body. In the process of forming a strip of wall, you need to ensure that all parts fit tightly relative to each other.
5. Secure one end of the wire to a nail driven into the top beam. Stretch the metal base like a string and secure it to the nail of the lower wooden base. Make enough stripes to form a wall.
6. To strengthen the walls, you can knock bottles together with a construction stapler.

The roof is made using the same principle. The ceiling can also be made flat using a wall manufacturing algorithm. By changing the direction of the “strings” on which the containers are strung, windows can be made.

Plastic bottle doll

A craft made from a plastic bottle can be a completely functional doll that you can play with.

List of tools and materials:

• plain pastel colored fabric;
• padding polyester;
• 2 buttons;
• Knitting;
• printed fabric;
• needle with thread;
• marker;
• bottle;
• glue gun

Manufacturing technique:

• Formation of the head. Cut a circle from a plain fabric. Sew along the edge with a fine line stitch. Pull the workpiece a little and fill it with padding polyester. Fully tighten the thread and secure the seam. Sew on eye buttons and draw a nose and lips with a marker.
• Making the neck. Cut a wide strip from the same textile. Sew a cut on one side, pulling the textile a little. Attach the element to the seam of the head and sew the pattern. You will get a kind of skirt at the bottom of the head.
• Creating a hairstyle. Cut the knitting thread into equal pieces. Thread each part through a needle. Make a stitch on the doll’s “head”. Pull out the needle and tie the thread into 2 knots. You get 2 hairs at once. After repeating the manipulations, use scissors to trim the hair.

• Making hands. Cut 2 strips from pastel colored fabric. Sew each strip, forming a tube. Fill the space with padding polyester and sew up the edges.
• Torso. Cut off the bottom of the bottle. Treat the area near the neck with a glue gun. Place the head on the top, and lay the skirt-neck along the adhesive part. Using a glue gun, attach the arms to the base of the container.
• Take measurements from the container and sew a sundress or dress for the doll. Put clothes on the doll. You can fix the element with glue.

You can make a more complex doll model using other auxiliary materials.

DIY bird made from plastic bottles

It is easy to make a parrot or an owl from plastic containers, since the silhouette and manufacturing principle are identical.

Preparation:

• 2 identical containers;
• several colorful bottles;
• scissors or stationery knife;
• glue gun;
• 2 caps and a marker.

Manufacturing algorithm:

1. Make a base from identical containers. From one container, cut out the middle part and connect the sections together, from the second, cut off the bottom to the expansion. Using a glue gun, connect the bottoms together. You will get a kind of hourglass.
2. Cut out the middle parts from the remaining containers. Using a marker, draw the number of ovals that will fit on the canvas.
3. Using a glue gun, attach the ovals to the base. You need to make sure that each next element covers 1/3 of the bottom one. The result is feathers applied in layers.

The ovals are laid out in a specific pattern. When making an owl, the eye circles are first formed, then the rest of the head is filled in. A parrot's feathers are distributed evenly throughout its body - from top to bottom. The lids make eyes.

Flowerbed made from a plastic bottle

A two-tier flower bed made from plastic bottles is neat, compact and at the same time roomy.

Manufacturing technique:

1. Prepare a place for a flower bed, decide on the parameters and shape of the product.
2. Dig a small ditch that will become the outline of the flowerbed fence.
3. Fill the containers with sand or soil and screw on the lids.
4. Bury the filled container in the groove. Immerse the containers in the ground a little more than halfway. Bury with the neck down.
5. Having formed the lower tier of the flowerbed, you need to fill the inside with soil. To prevent the bottles from spreading out under the action of the soil, you can tie them together with wire. Compact the earth.
6. Using measurements and calculations, determine the center of the flowerbed and make another fence of the same size, but smaller. Cover with soil and compact.

The flowerbed is ready for planting. The structure can be further strengthened with natural stone, brick, and tiles.

Birdhouse made from a plastic bottle

To make a birdhouse, it is better to take a 5-liter plastic bottle. Additionally, you need to prepare scissors and a glue gun.

Manufacturing Features:

1. Cut off the bottom.
2. Remove half of the bottle base.
3. At the base of the neck (parallel to it), using folds, form the silhouette of a house with a gable roof. You can bend the plastic using scissors.
4. In accordance with the layout, bend the rest of the bottle.
5. Attach the layout to the cut bottom and cut out a shape from it. Glue to the house using a glue gun.

You will get a full-fledged house, the “entrance” to which is through a wide neck.

Bird feeder made from a plastic bottle

A craft made from a plastic bottle can be a bird feeder.

Simple manufacturing option:

1. Choose a barrel-shaped bottle with a volume of 1.5-2 liters.
2. Cut out large arched windows at the base of the container. It is better to make 4 openings.
3. In the neck area, burn 4 holes at the same level. Thread wire or threads to create fastenings.

Grain is poured into the bottom; birds can get inside the feeder through the windows.

Palm tree made from plastic bottles

To create a plastic palm tree, you need to collect more than 100 brown and 100 green bottles and prepare a construction stapler.

Manufacturing technique:

1. Cut off the bottom of each brown container. From the container fabric, form 5 rounded petals 5-7 cm long.
2. Inserting the neck of the bottle into the bottle with the petals up, fix each element with a construction stapler.
3. The neck and bottom are cut off from green containers. Bend the cylinder in half along the heights. Cut the element along the fold. Use scissors to make terry along the long sides of the rectangle, cutting the edges into thin strips.
4. Place the green part on half of the other and secure with a stapler. Leaves are obtained.

At the end, the crown and trunk of the palm tree are assembled. The parts need to be connected tightly - it is advisable to use wire. In order for the barrel to stand, you need to thread the workpiece with a metal pin.

Crafts from plastic bottles for preschoolers

A preschool child can make a toy or craft from plastic bottles, which is important for all kinds of competitions in kindergarten.

It is worth choosing simple options and work schemes so that the child can do everything at once and minimize the help from adults.

Chamomile

Choose containers for yogurt or milk. It is desirable that the lid be orange and the container itself white. Cut the bottle in half. Divide the base of the top of the bottle into 8-10 equal parts.

Cut into strips up to the neck. Round the edges and twist a little with the blade of scissors. Bend each petal towards the bottom. Screw on the lid.

Make a hole in the center of the twist by burning the base with a hot nail. Thread the wire and you get a stem. Cut out leaves from green plastic and glue them to a metal base with glue.

Penguin

Take 2 identical shaped bottles. Cut one in half - leave the part with the bottom. Cut off the larger half from the second, leaving only the lower part. Connect the blanks, fastening them with glue.

Paint the form with black paint, the bottom with any other paint. Use white paint to paint the base for the front part. Form the muzzle. Glue a thread pompom to the colored bottom. At the transition point, tie a ribbon that will act as a scarf.

Crocodile

2 green containers will come in handy. From the first, cut off only the bottom and the hard part of the neck. Glue the edges of the smaller cut. Cut off the dense part of the bottom and top from the second container. At the narrowing point, cut half the bottle lengthwise.

Cut out 20 triangles from white paper. Make eyes out of colored paper and fix on the base. Glue the elements along the cut. Connect the bottles together. At the bottom of the mold, glue 4 lids - these are paws.

Bees

Paint a small bottle yellow, form black stripes along the entire “body” of the bee. Glue decorative eyes to the lid. You can draw with a marker. Cut out a medium-sized oval (wings) from a transparent or brown bottle.

Attach the manufactured parts to the base of the container. Make legs from narrow strips cut from the same container as the wings. Make a hole between the wings through which you can thread a thread - such a detail will allow you to hang the insect.

Butterflies

Cut out the soft part from the plastic container, forming the canvas in the form of a rectangle. Select a butterfly stencil according to the size of the base. Place the plastic base on the stencil, secure the components at 4 points with clothespins or office clips. Trace the outlines with a marker, transferring the design onto the plastic.

Place the sketch on the board and cut out the shape using a stationery knife along the contour. Additionally, you can cut out some parts of the wing pattern. You can use nail polish to paint the product along the outlined lines. To add shine, you can use sequins, beads and rhinestones.

Hedgehogs

Prepare 20-25 brown plastic containers. A transparent base will also work, which will then have to be painted over. Cut all parts in half. Make a fringe by cutting strips to a tight place in the neck area.

Assembling is done - insert the bottles into each other. On the first container draw the eyes of the animal. The plug represents the animal's nose. You can place an apple made from bottles on the “needles”.

Helicopter

Select a table tennis ball and a container whose diameter will be the same as that of a sports equipment. Additionally, you will need cocktail straws, glue, scissors, and a safety pin.

Procedure:

1. Cut off the bottom of the container, leaving the neck closed with a lid. It is enough to use a part with a length of 5-8 cm.
2. Make a cross out of the straws and fasten it by piercing it with a safety pin. Attach to the bottle cut.
3. Cut a strip from the container around the circumference, divide in half.
4. Glue a piece of straw to a narrow strip along the edges. Use the part of the device that has a bend.
5. Glue the part to the bottom of the helicopter body - on the other side relative to the blades.
6. Insert a tennis ball into the cut hole of the container.

Glue a tail, which is made from cocktail straws, onto the lid. A model of this part of the helicopter can be made based on a real aircraft.

Matryoshka

The matryoshka doll is made using two techniques - working with plastic containers and papier-mâché. Select the maximum shaped container. Glue pieces of white paper dipped in PVA glue onto the surface.

Cut off the tough throat. Seal the hole using the same principle as the base of the bottle. When the base is dry, smooth the surface with a damp brush. Paint the blank according to the sketch of the matryoshka doll. You can use gouache or acrylic paints for these purposes.

Fly agarics

Prepare 2 containers – 2 liters and 0.5 liters. Cut off the bottom from the larger one and paint it with red paint. Make white dots. Treat the smaller container with white paint. Cut a rectangle out of paper and form a fringe on one side.

Glue to the middle of the white bottle. Fix the “cap” of the fly agaric on the white stem. You can make an additional fly agaric of smaller sizes and glue it to a larger element.

Household supplies made from plastic bottles

From a plastic bottle you can make not only jewelry or children's toys, but also functional products that are relevant in everyday life.

Item options:

• Flowerpots for indoor and garden flowers. Cut the container in half, shape the base into an original shape and paint.

• Country washbasin. Cut off the bottom part. Place the container upside down. When the lid is loosened slightly, water begins to pour out.
• From 10 identical containers you can make a broom for cleaning the street. Cut off the bottom parts. Fold each element in half lengthwise and make a fringe. Thread the elements, connecting them with wire.

• Containers cut in half can be ideal containers for seedlings in the garden. If you remove the covers, the cover will be additionally ventilated.
• If you cut off 1/3 of the top of the bottle, you get a wonderful container for storing pencils, crayons and other small items.

• Plastic containers can become the basis for weaving a variety of baskets that can be used around the house.
• If there is a zipper between the two parts of the cut container, you will get an original organizer for storing cotton wool and bandages.
• Cut the bottoms from several containers, string the pieces through the center of the element onto a metal rod. Distribute the bowls evenly along the rod. You will get a stand for jewelry.

• Cut the bottle in half. Cut a square at the base. Such a device will become a pocket for the phone, which is placed on the base of the charger, and the phone fits into the bowl.

The craft can be decorated decoratively by using paints, rhinestones, beads, glass stones, beads, and ribbons. Elements can be attached to a plastic bottle by using a construction stapler or a glue gun.

Article format: Natalie Podolskaya

Video about plastic crafts

DIY craft from a plastic bottle - video instructions for making:

Useful tips

Things made with your own hands are always more valuable and more expensive. We present to your attention a master class through which you can learn how to make not only beautiful, but also useful things from plastic bottles.

Read also: Palm tree made from plastic bottles

Bird dispenser made from a plastic bottle

You will need:

• 1 liter plastic bottle.
• 2 wooden spoons.
• Screw.
• Rope.

1. Draw a hole with a radius of 1 cm at a distance of 10 cm from the bottom.

2. Rotate the bottle 90 degrees and draw another hole with a radius of 2 cm, opposite the first one.

3. The same process must be repeated at a distance of 5 cm from the bottom.

4. Then carefully cut out all the drawn holes with a knife.

5. Now you can insert the spoons.

6. To hang a bottle, you need to screw a screw or screw to the cap of the bottle and hang it on a rope.

7. Finally, you can fill your tank with birdseed.

DIY seedling dispenser from a plastic bottle

This is a real garden that moisturizes itself, and you need to make a minimum of effort. In addition, crafts from such pots develop children in many ways and fresh parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are always needed in the kitchen.

You will need:

• Marker.
• Durable 1 liter plastic bottles with caps.
• Scissors.
• Label remover (eg vegetable oil).
• The soil.
• Seedlings (they can be purchased in the vegetable departments of supermarkets).

1. Mark a line 12 cm from the bottom of the bottle.

2. First, poke a hole on the marked line with a knife, and then use scissors to cut the bottle in a circle.

3. Remove labels using vegetable oil.

4. Insert the upper part of the bottle along with the cap into the lower base.

5. Fill the top with soil.

6. Secure the seedlings by pressing them gently with soil.

7. Add water to the bottom of the bottle until the water covers the cap.

8. After which some amount of water will be absorbed by the soil and you need to add water, following the instructions for a particular plant.

Craft a pencil case from a plastic bottle

Unnecessary plastic bottles can be used for a necessary and convenient pencil case. The proposed item can be improved, it all depends on your imagination.

You will need:

• Empty, washed and dried plastic bottles (in this case 6 pieces).
• Scissors.
• Old newspapers.
• Bolon paint.
• Paper clips.
• Glue (it is necessary that it glues the plastic well, but does not corrode it).

1. Lay the bottle on its side and carefully insert the knife blade at the base. Cut it along the bottom contour.

2. Repeat the procedure with the remaining bottles.

3. Place all the resulting products on an old newspaper with the bottom facing up.

4. Spray paint on the outside of the products in several layers.

5. Once the bottles are dry, it's time to line the cut edges with felt. The felt strips should be slightly longer than the circumference of the bottle. Glue the material evenly and thoroughly to each section of the bottle.

6. Wait 15-20 minutes for the glue to dry. It’s better not to touch the extra, remaining felt for now.

7. Secure the felt with paper clips for better adhesion. Wait another hour and then trim off the rest.

8. Decide exactly where the entire structure will stand, and use glue to attach all the bottles to each other from the felt side along the edges. For good strength of the entire pencil case, do not skimp on glue.

9. The glue must dry completely. You can fill out your pencil case. All is ready!

Crafts from plastic bottle caps for the garden

Sealed bag

1. Trim the thread on the neck of the bottle.

2. Place the plastic bag over the spout and screw on the lid.

This seals the bag, which helps long-term storage products.

Original curtains made from lids

These original curtains can be used as interior doors to decorate a house, cottage or apartment.

Simply connect plastic bottle caps with fishing line or thread. At the same time, the curtain pattern can only be limited by your imagination.

DIY paintings from lids

Plastic bottle caps can even work in fine art.

Try to make such a picture, because even children can do it.

You will need:

• Canvas (any desired size).
• Plastic bottle caps.
• Paint (acrylic) and brush.
• Pencil.
• Ruler.
• Glue (not quick drying).
• An assortment of jewelry, beads, mosaics or buttons.

1. Using a pencil and ruler, mark the sections on the canvas.

2. Glue one large plastic cover in the center of each section. Then you can glue lids of different sizes and shapes to the first one.

3. Paint the entire canvas with black paint and let dry.

4. Glue an assortment of jewelry in the center of each lid and let dry.

5. Now the sections can be decorated as you like.

How to make toys from plastic bottles

DIY snake toys

Make funny foam snakes with this simple device at home!

You will need:

• Scissors.
• Plastic water bottles.
• Old towels.
• Rubber strip.
• Small bowl.
• Dishwashing liquid.

1. Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle.

2. Secure the towel to the bottom of the bottle with a rubber band.

3. Place the bottle, towel side down, into the bowl of soapy water. After this, you can create snakes from tiny bubbles.

Important! Care must be taken to prevent soapy liquid from entering the mouth and eyes.

DIY crocodile toy

You will need:

• Two half-liter plastic bottles.
• Bottle caps.
• Scissors.
• Glue.
• Thin paper.
• Brush.
• Waxed paper.
• Eyes (for example, you can use buttons).

1. Using a knife and scissors, cut the bottles in half, then trim one piece so that the height remains 7cm.

2. Trim the edges of the bottles so that the crocodile is bent.

3. Glue the lid legs to the crocodile evenly.

4. Make thick paper balls and attach them like crocodile eyes.

5. Cover the entire body with thin green paper.

6. Cut out initialed paper and glue on paws, eyes and teeth. Paint your teeth White color and the nostrils and eyes are black.

Instructions: vase made from a plastic bottle

1. For convenience, cut the bottle at the top contour.

2. Measure and cut strips evenly around the bottle. It is more convenient to do this by cutting wider segments in half.

3. Gently press and fold all the strips outward.

4. Press down on the bottle, placing it upside down on a flat surface. This will help align the edges.

5. Fold the end of each strip under the next two. Do this so that the tip of each strip is in the place indicated in the photo.

You can add balls and stones to produce beautiful game light in the sun. Since the vase will be very light, the weight can help ensure proper balancing.

Warning! Such a vase will be subject to large temperature changes. Therefore, do not leave it near heating units to prevent thin strips from spreading.

Large garden lamp made from a plastic bottle

The bottle is used as a light source. This invention can turn a small lantern into a lamp with a large illuminated space.

Alternatively, you can use a bleach solution in a bottle to better diffuse the light.

Universal spoon made from a plastic bottle

This simple, but at the same time sometimes very necessary spoon (for example, at a picnic) can be cut from an empty plastic bottle.

Making food containers from plastic bottles

The idea is to use two plastic bottles to make a container for storing food items such as beans, rice, noodles and sugar.

Just cut bottles of different sizes: the long one will be the base, and the short one will be the cap. Choose a size so that the lid closes easily and at the same time tightly.

Watering from plastic bottles

If you have a large garden, but don’t have time to water and don’t want to spend money on newfangled expensive designs, then we present a simple idea of ​​a sprinkler.

Plastic bottles are a proven way to save money. You won’t have to spend money on materials, but the benefits are significant. And even if you don’t manage to do everything “right” the first time, there will be enough samples for “trial and error”. Dozens and hundreds of such “containers” are taken to the trash heap. But in vain. What can you make from plastic bottles with your own hands? You can find a variety of photos of crafts on the Internet. A person with any level of training will be able to build their own design object if desired.
Bottles are an excellent material for crafts with children.

Reincarnation of a plastic bottle

Why is it better to give a second life rather than recycle? It is no secret that such enterprises are not found everywhere in our country, and purposefully looking for appropriate containers is unusual for a Russian person. So tens and hundreds of thousands of unsorted bottles accumulate in landfills, and if you consider that plastic is not subject to decomposition for about 500 years, it is quite possible that one day the entire planet will be covered plastic waste. The question is - is it garbage?

What can be made from an ordinary plastic bottle

Products made from plastic bottles, which received a “second chance,” long ago “won” the hearts of environmentalists and ordinary residents of the Earth. Very often people try in any way to attract the public to environmental problem recycling plastic waste, volunteers every now and then hold campaigns to clean up natural areas and parks - explaining to people that the correct attitude towards dishes made from this material will help keep our world cleaner. Many talented designers have made a name for themselves by creating art objects from plastic.

How you can use plastic bottles to make the whole world talk about you

Nebraska resident Garth Britsman succeeded. In his hometown of Lincoln, he created a carport for his car from one and a half thousand used plastic bottles, into the bottom of which he poured specially colored water blue, yellow and green flowers, in such a way that the canvas resembles a flower carpet. The process of creating the “kinetic ceiling” took more than 200 hours of work. The structure reminds itself every time it rains or the wind blows - a peculiar noise and hum can be heard throughout the area. However, the find has already entered the top 50 most unusual structures in the world and has brought its author great fame.

Bottle Shed by Garth Britsman

How many useful things can be made from an ordinary plastic bottle? Just type this query into the Internet search bar. No one will name the exact number. Tens and hundreds of Russians have long been using plastic containers to decorate the garden, store small items, and create unusual lamps and furniture. Craftswomen willingly share instructions on how to turn transparent plastic into toys, spectacular jewelry, and tell how to create flowers from plastic bottles with your own hands.

For many housewives, not only beauty and decor, but also functionality come to the fore. DIY crafts made from plastic bottles can replace dozens of household gizmos.

Here are just some original ideas for useful household items made from plastic bottles.

Vase or storage form

Piggy bank for coins

Original bag for charging your phone

Dishes and flower pots

Decorative glasses for toothbrushes

Advantages and disadvantages of crafts made from plastic bottles

Plastic has not changed its shape for hundreds of years, it is easy to clean and does not allow moisture to pass through. Such a flowerbed or shelf will last for many years. The plastic is incredibly light. A structure made of this material (for example, a greenhouse or temporary shower) can be easily moved. And even if some element “fails,” it is easy to replace it with a similar one. As drivers say, “there are always replacement parts,” and in this case, it’s also free.

Of the minuses, only one can be highlighted. Such crafts do not always look attractive. However, this minus can also be turned into a plus; mastery will come with practice.

Crafts from plastic bottle caps

Plastic bottle caps are a universal material for decoration. Some people use the lids to create panels and paintings. It all depends on the imagination of the person and his creativity.

Birds from caps
Panel of lids

There are many options for crafts made from plastic bottle caps. This material is often used for decorating rooms and garden paths. However, it will take a long time to collect them. Think in advance what color the product is planned for, and ask your friends to help you.

Such painstaking work requires considerable endurance. If a person does not have such a quality as perseverance, or he does not like monotonous work, this decor option is not for him.

Laying paths in the country and designing flower beds. Typically, plastic caps are collected to decorate paths or rugs in the country. At home, most often the caps are laid out in a special mosaic on a cement base that has not yet hardened, and if it is necessary to decorate a flowerbed or approaches to it, the caps are placed directly on the ground. This is done in order not to disrupt the access of oxygen to the soil.

Chest of drawers made of plastic bottles

They will not take time to manufacture, however, they will serve conscientiously for many years.

Sometimes plastic bottles are used to store shoes or small items.

Shoe shelf
Plastic bottle shelf

Such shelves will not take up much space, however, they will save a lot of time searching for the right pair of shoes.

Jewelry made from plastic bottles

Fashionistas should say a big thank you to plastic. Not every lady will understand that such masterpieces are made from recycled materials.

Plastic bottle necklace

The earrings and necklaces do not outwardly reveal themselves as slightly “used” goods. On the contrary, such products are in unprecedented demand among fashionistas.

The technology for making such necklaces and earrings is similar to that which we have already discussed above - plastic, cut into the desired shape, is simply melted over an open fire. Here vital importance have the shape of a “blank” and the thermal heating time. In this case, the main thing is not to overdo it. You can decorate an art object with beads and rhinestones, or fasten it with fishing line or thin wire. In any case, the author is guaranteed an exclusive model.

Bracelets can be made using the same principle, however, some ladies prefer to “frame” plastic the old-fashioned way.

Bracelets made from plastic bottles

Most often, such products are within the capabilities of novice craftswomen. Leather, fabrics, felt, ribbons and beads are used. The advantage of such a product is that it will never lose its shape.

Crafts from plastic bottles in the country

A huge scope, literally and figuratively, for the use of plastic bottles opens up in the country. Mountains of unnecessary containers have been “stored” here for years, and this is where it is easier to use.

Plastic bottles are a special element of country decor

The first thing that catches the eye of the guests of the summer cottage, whose owner is a fan of the “plastic business,” is an incredible number of figures made of this material, flower beds made of plastic bottles and flower beds, greenhouses and gazebos.

Flowerbed piglets

However, sometimes such designer “things” merge successfully with environment that it is not even clear what is real here and what is made of plastic, name these architectural finds inanimate nature difficult.

Artificial pond
Another pond

Crafts made from plastic bottles for the garden are amazing. One gets the impression that you are not in a garden, but in a living corner.

Animals made of plastic

Daisies

Bugs in the garden

Plastic bottles as a building material

Very often, a guest on his way to pick up berries and a basket is puzzled by unusual and even frightening art objects.

Elephant
Scarecrow Papuan

And when he is looking for an inconspicuous “house for reflection,” he suddenly “stumbles upon” a very interesting gazebo made of plastic bottles. And it doesn’t matter why a person was going, it’s impossible to get around such a masterpiece without taking a selfie.

Alcove

Greenhouse outside

Greenhouse from the inside

There is nothing surprising in the fact that plastic bottles are widely used in construction. In Southern African countries they are used as the main building material. After all, humanitarian aid, including water, is brought here exclusively in plastic bottles, so such houses are affordable even for the poorest.

Technology of construction of residential buildings in Africa

The main condition is to create strong walls from bottles using wet sand. Water inside closed bottles does not evaporate, and the walls receive optimal strength and temperature.

Plastic watering bottles

Using this principle, Russian summer residents create beds and decorative wells for seedlings in their gardens. Sometimes a plastic bottle is dug in vertically to provide the plant with moisture when watering is not possible. The bottle is first pierced in several places so that the roots of the plant can reach the water.

Plastic bottles in watering

Water containers are used as budget “sprinklers”. The hose is directly connected to the bottle, and a pressurized jet begins watering over a fairly large distance.

Spray bottle

Homemade crafts from plastic bottles for children

Very often, plastic containers become indispensable materials for making crafts that were needed yesterday. It’s no secret that grandiose craft fairs in kindergartens and schools are an opportunity not so much to show off a child’s work as to amuse one’s self-esteem.

Animals made of plastic
Decorative fruit boxes

Crafts from plastic bottles for school most often fall on the shoulders of parents, not children. While they are sleeping peacefully and having a third dream, the parents are frantically trying to create a craft from a plastic bottle.

A plastic bottle in this sense is an invaluable thing. Firstly, they are always in stock. Secondly, an interesting flowerpot can be a good “bribe” for a teacher, even if the craft turned out to be off-topic. After all, the teacher is always interested in having more living plants in the group.

Pig-flower bed
Penguins made from plastic bottles

By the way, such flowerpots or containers for flowers will occupy the baby for a long time not only in kindergarten, but also at home. It is enough to entrust your child with watering the home flower garden. With such a “zoo”, the child will be happy to carry out the assignment.

In a special publication on our portal we will talk in detail about crafts from natural material. You will learn what materials you can use, what crafts you can do with your children, and the features of working with materials.

Plastic products for outdoor games

If you don’t have a new toy, make it yourself. With this approach, plastic containers will become a real “lifesaver”. It can be used to create many interesting and useful things for a child.

What are the advantages of toys made from plastic bottles - the child is always “busy”. First creating your own toy, and then playing. The attitude towards such a masterpiece is more thrifty, because he made it himself and spent time and effort.

A plastic bottle can be used as a basket for playing ball.

You can make a toy like this on a string.

Bottles can be used for bowling games.

You can hide the bottle and put something tasty in it.

Houses for dolls made from plastic bottles

The main thing for a child is the development of imagination. And what develops it is, of course, role-playing game. The child will be more willing to adopt social roles when he feels that he too can be the “master” of the house. Let it be quite small.

Doll house

Creating such a house from plastic bottles with your own hands will not take much time, but will save you money - in any case, parents are provided with a certain amount of personal time. Especially if, in addition to the house, the child also has doll furniture. Here the plastic bottle comes to the rescue again.

Bed for dolls

Cars and airplanes

It doesn't matter if your baby doesn't really like to play with cars. Most likely, the child is accustomed to the same type of models. Not always “purchased cars” will include the required soldier, but such models will include more than one.

Transport
Cars made from plastic bottles

Artillery also arrived to provide air support. Ambulance on the wings just in time! The game gets a new plot.

Airplanes

It’s not scary to leave such a toy in the sandbox. All you need to do is remember to wash the bottle of chemicals before giving it to your child. You can decorate such a car with adhesive tape or permanent markers.

Shoes and skis made from plastic bottles

Plastic shoes are not something to mock. Some environmentally conscious designers now and then use bottles to create fashionable items. Clothes and hats have long been an object of desire for ultra-fashionable designers.

Now it's time for shoes.

The only thing holding back the couturier is the risks associated with insuring models. After all, plastic is a rather slippery thing. Literally. However, Russian craftsmen try such peaks. Here, for example, are slates for a bath. Nothing at all.

Slates for baths

And these are shoes for going out... In the forest. These plastic uggs can easily overcome any quagmire due to their volume. Foresters often use such shoes in winter.

Swampers

Do-it-yourself skis made from plastic bottles can be a good alternative for going after a predator, because the tracks left in this way will not give the animal away the presence of a person by smell.

Bottle skis

Crafts made from plastic pipes

Plastic pipes are a particularly durable material. What makes them unique is that special fastenings help achieve the desired shape and volume, while the product retains stability and strength. Such unusual crafts can be made from this material.

Velomobile from plastic pipes
Pipe sled

The disadvantage of the material is that, unlike plastic bottles, it will cost a pretty penny. However, if you know pipe makers, then this material can become indispensable for creating comfortable everyday things.

Sports corners made of plastic pipes. Both for home and outdoors. Compared to finished products, it is much cheaper and easier to assemble.

Outdoor sports corner
Sports corner at home

Furniture. Plastic pipes are unique in that they can bend at right angles and create niches. You can make both chairs and beds. They can be easily moved or enlarged if, for example, the child grows up.

Other uses for plastic pipes

Conclusion

Plastic bottles and fittings today are no longer just containers for storing or transmitting liquid through pipes. Today it is a resource that needs to be used wisely. Ideas about what can be made from plastic bottles can appear out of nowhere, just look around. If a person mindlessly “accumulates” containers, it will ultimately “absorb” all living things. Therefore, if you suddenly see an ownerless bottle, do not rush to take it to trash can. Perhaps it will still serve you faithfully.

We hope that today's article was useful to the reader. Questions, if any, can be asked in the discussions below.

It would seem that a plastic bottle is such an ordinary thing, but once upon a time it was worth its weight in gold - our grandparents carefully stacked the precious container on the balcony to use instead of a milk can or a jar for storing compote. Nowadays PVC bottles are a dime a dozen, so humanity has become thoughtful, because soon, due to plastic containers, there will be nowhere to step. How to use all this abundance of plastic for good? The most amazing ideas using the costs of the food and chemical industries are floating islands and huge installations, residential buildings and energy-saving systems created from a lot of unnecessary plastic containers. We invite you to join the global plastic bottle boom. Evaluate the original garden crafts from waste packaging that we offer you as an ideological basis for further creativity on the path to creating an amazing and unusual country house design.

The burning problem of all summer residents is the construction of a house and auxiliary buildings on a garden plot in conditions small area land and limited funds. In addition, the seasonal purpose of the dacha does not imply the construction of permanent structures “for centuries”.

So, enterprising people decided to use a prosaic plastic bottle as a building material. The walls of houses, gazebos, greenhouses, and other garden structures are laid out traditionally - in a checkerboard pattern using cement mortar, only instead of bricks, unnecessary plastic containers filled with sand are used.

To support this not entirely familiar eco-style, you can make a variety of crafts from bottles for the garden so that the design of the site is decided in a single key. Let's look in detail at how you can make your life simpler and more comfortable with the help of PVC containers.

Country house

Despite the apparent simplicity of building a building from plastic containers, there are some nuances that you need to take into account if you decide to build a country house with your own hands. Here are a couple of useful tips:

• Place a reinforcing mesh between the rows of masonry - the adhesion of the solution to the surface of the bottle will improve.
• Do not forget that plastic does not come into contact with cement like brick, so make small holes in the container - this way the solution will begin to interact with the sand inside the bottle and the wall will become stronger.
• During masonry work, secure the bottles with rope or wire so that the rows do not move apart.

Please note that plastic tends to deteriorate under the influence of frost and heat, especially from temperature changes, so be prepared that after some time - 5-10 years, the walls of the building will begin the “countdown”.

Using PVC bottles as a building material, you can build an economical house in the country

The cylindrical shape of plastic bottles allows you to build houses and gazebos that are round in plan

In addition to the supporting structure of a house made of plastic containers, this universal building material, as it turns out, can be used for roofing work. We offer you two options for roofing from used PVC containers:

1. Plastic tiles. To make this simple roofing covering, you need to compress plastic bottles. If this process is carried out without slightly heating the plastic, the container will simply crack, so the easiest way is to lay the raw material out in the sun and then flatten the containers. Installation of PVC modules is carried out using ordinary self-tapping screws to the frame with laying of the material in several layers. From such tiles you can easily form a cone-shaped roof for a gazebo or bathhouse.
2. Plastic slate. From the cylindrical part of a plastic bottle it is quite easy to make something like a slate covering for a roof. To do this, you need to cut off the bottom and neck of the container, cut the middle part of the container lengthwise and in half, and connect the resulting PVC elements with glue, forming a wavy surface.

If you decide to build a house from wood, brick, or there is already a residential building on your summer cottage, pick up a plastic bottle and show your imagination - decorate the facade with unusual decor from plastic corks. Complex geometric patterns, floral patterns or slightly naive “cartoon” animals - choose any style that suits your spirit.

It is quite easy to make a roof for a summer house from plastic bottles - either in the form of tiles or like slate

Bright plastic lids from used containers will give the facade of a country house an expressive color

Decor made from bottle caps for the facade of a country house will give the building individuality

Gazebos, greenhouses, pergolas

The most rational use of plastic bottles for the garden is not only crafts designed to decorate it, but also more significant things, for example, greenhouses or. Why buy expensive polycarbonate to build a greenhouse if the PVC from which the containers are made is practically the same material?

Why equip a greenhouse with glass that is even more expensive than laminated plastic if there are unnecessary bottles? By refracting the sun's rays, PVC containers perform the same tasks as glass and polycarbonate, moreover, this is the most economical option for building a greenhouse that you can find.

An economical option for arranging a gazebo or greenhouse in the country - building from plastic bottles

If you are bored with the traditional rectangular gazebo, make it in the form of a hemisphere using a metal frame and plastic bottles

Having built a frame of wood or metal, arm yourself with a hot knitting needle, drill or hammer with nails. One way is to make holes in the bottom and cap of a plastic bottle and put the plastic containers on a fishing line or wire, the length of which will be slightly more height the buildings. Stretch the resulting elements and secure them to the cross members of the frame - this way you will form the walls of a greenhouse or gazebo. Additionally, you can fix the vertical modules in the transverse direction by tying the bottles within one row with wire. Using containers different color, try to create some kind of ornament - this way you will diversify the colorless mass of walls made of transparent plastic.

What else can you build from plastic bottles for your garden? The most easily erected version of a small architectural form made from plastic bottles in the garden is a lightweight gazebo, which usually serves as a frame for climbing plants. However, despite the fact that in spring and summer the pergola structure will be hidden by climbing roses or ivy, in winter its frame will be exposed and will not look very good. To avoid this phenomenon, you can decorate the pergola structure with plastic bottles of a natural shade - brown or green. The brownish colors of PVC vaguely resemble wood, while the grassy colors will enliven the appearance of the garden in the cold season.

Fences, railings, gates

You can save a lot of money if you use plastic bottles to fence your garden plot. Using the same principle that was described in the construction of the gazebo, instead of corrugated sheeting, chain-link mesh or polycarbonate, use plastic containers to fill the space between the fence posts.

With a little creativity and diligence, the border of your garden will become not only impassable, but also extravagant and eye-catching. If the fence has already been erected earlier, floral decor made from plastic bottles will give it a new sound - the most natural option for the garden.

To support country houses made of plastic bottles, build a fence using the same containers for the integrity of the landscape design

Multi-colored flowers cut from plastic bottles will refresh and decorate an old fence or country house

Carport

The eternal problem of car owners is allocating space for plot of land for parking a car or several vehicles - bicycles, scooters or ATVs. The design of a compact private or country house does not always include space for a car, so there is a need to build a separate garage or shed. The construction of these structures is expensive and beyond the means of many, so the car sits under the scorching sun, exposed to the winds, rain and snow. Ordinary plastic bottles come to the rescue in this situation - waste, useless containers that allow you to experiment without fear, without fear of spoiling the building material. If something doesn’t work out and the bottle becomes unusable, you can always take another one and not lose a penny.

Material about parking options for a car in the country will also be useful:

A carport made from plastic bottles will not only fulfill its immediate function, but will also add an original accent to the country landscape

So, from plastic bottles you can form a plastic structure, unusual in its configuration and performing several functions at once - it will create a protective plane from precipitation and sun and, at the same time, decorate your garden. There is nothing complicated about forming a canopy from bottles - it can easily be made with your own hands.

First, you need to make through holes in plastic containers, or rather, it is best to burn them with a hot rod, and then put the bottles on fishing line, rope or wire, connecting them in rows. Sequences of bottles are fastened together by perpendicular connections through another pair of holes and the previously selected material for “firmware”. Thus, a movable surface is obtained, reminiscent of “bottle fabric”, which remains to be attached to a metal or wooden frame using hangers of different lengths to create a wave-like effect.

It is important to know! Considering that a plastic bottle is a kind of lens that refracts light in the same way as glass, it is advisable to paint the bottom of the container to block direct sunlight.

Useful devices for the garden

solar collector

You've probably encountered the fact that your dacha doesn't have a central water supply, you didn't have time to get a boiler, and after a hard day tending to the garden you really want to take a wash instead of an ice-cold shower warm water. We invite you to try making a summer shower for your site with an energy-saving system - a solar collector made from PVC bottles. The principle of operation of such water heating is based on the so-called “thermosyphon” - denser hot water moves upward, less dense cold water moves downward. The developer of the system, a Brazilian engineer who received a patent for the invention, claims that 1 m 2 of solar panel will be enough to bathe 1 person.

You can assemble a solar panel from plastic bottles and forget what it is ice water in the summer shower

Cold water entering the solar collector from the tank returns back already heated

Consumables and tools for making a collector from plastic bottles:

1. 2-liter plastic bottles – 60 pcs.;
2. 1-liter milk cartons – 50 pcs.;
3. PVC pipe 100 mm – 70 cm;
4. PVC pipe 20 mm – 11.7 m;
5. PVC corner 20 mm – 4 pcs.;
6. Tee 20 mm PVC – 20 pcs.;
7. Plugs 20 mm PVC – 2 pcs.;
8. PVC glue;
9. Matte black paint;
10. Brush;
11. Emery;
12. Scotch;
13. Rubber hammer, wood jigsaw.

Plastic bottles need to cut off the bottom and insert one into the other. 100 mm PVC pipes are used to form the rectangular frame of the solar panel, 20 mm pipes are cut into sections of 10x1 m and 20x8.5 cm and assembled into a single structure using tees. Black paint is applied to meter-long sections of pipe and milk cartons, which are placed under bottles to improve heat absorption.

Solar panels made from plastic bottles should be located at least 30 cm below the water storage tank on the south side of the wall or roof. To optimize heat absorption, the panels should be installed at an angle, which is calculated as follows: add 10° to your latitude. It is recommended to replace plastic bottles in panels with new ones every 5 years, since after some time the plastic becomes opaque, and this reduces its thermal conductivity.

Another energy-saving idea came to us from hot Brazil called “1 liter of light.” The essence of this engineering idea in terms of how to illuminate a room without windows on a sunny day is striking in its simplicity - you just need to hermetically integrate a plastic bottle into the roof - not empty, but with water. It is water, refracting the rays of the sun, that will fill a room without natural light with bright light.

By filling a plastic bottle with water and sticking it into the roof of your house, you will always have a bright source of light in rooms without natural light.

Growing and watering plants

Plastic bottles will be useful in the garden not only for buildings or decoration, but also directly in growing plants, flowers and vegetables. By cutting a hole in the container and filling it with soil, you can use a plastic container to grow seedlings. Just remember to drill holes in your newly made pots for drainage and take care to drain the water.

Glue corks to a plastic bottle - you will get funny little people instead of boring pots for growing seedlings

Containers for growing plants can be given a little color by painting them with stained glass paints or decorating them with bottle caps. If your dacha is small in area, try creating vertical gardening - hang plastic pots from bottles on a fishing line under the wall. This way you will decorate a dull, featureless surface and save space.

To create pots for seedlings and flowers, not only plastic drink bottles are suitable, but also multi-colored containers left over from using household chemicals

Make multiple holes in a plastic bottle - this will allow you to get a drip irrigation device at your dacha

PVC bottles can also serve you well when watering your garden; if you poke miniature holes in the bottom of the bottle and attach the container to a hose, you'll have a nice drip irrigation tool. By equipping a homemade water sprayer from a bottle with wheels from an old children's car or stroller, you can move the watering machine around the garden.

Furniture for garden and home

Summer residents have a lot of trouble caring for furniture in their garden house and on the street - constant proximity to the ground negatively affects the appearance of sofas, beds and armchairs. Having built country furniture from plastic bottles, you will forget about sloppy upholstery, which is so difficult to put in order outside the city, far from service providers and dry cleaners. The containers and corks themselves are a unique material for making furniture with your own hands - durable and easy to care for.

From plastic bottles you can assemble quite practical furniture for the garden and home.

Chairs and a garden table made of plastic corks are an economical solution for outdoor furniture

A comfortable ottoman for the cottage will be made from unnecessary plastic containers, wrapped in foam rubber and covered with upholstery fabric.

A couple of dozen plastic bottles, a metal frame - and a comfortable chair for the garden and dacha in front of you

Garden lamps

Lighting fixtures for a garden plot are another expense column that gardeners often ignore. With a plastic bottle, the lighting problem is solved in a minute. Take a colored canister of household chemicals, cut off the neck and tuck a socket with a light bulb inside - the lamp for the dacha is ready. Create a more complex lampshade configuration by deforming plastic bottles by heating, melting the edges and painting them in different colors. Original lamps made from PVC containers will perfectly replace industrial analogues, and will also decorate your home and garden.

To create an original design for garden lamps, just paint them with stained glass paints or slightly deform them

Plastic bottles can be used to make unusual street lamps for your dacha - the light source in them is both electric lamps and candles

Landscape decor from plastic bottles

When creating garden decorations from plastic bottles, everything is used - the entire container, the bottom and neck, the middle part and cut out fragments, and the corks are especially popular. They make very expressive decor for the garden - paths and decoration of empty areas of the house or fence. Another unforgettable decoration of the site can be installations made of PVC containers - three-dimensional and planar figures of animals and plants. Flowerbeds and borders that limit the planting of different types of flowers can be successfully made from the same plastic containers. And so that your ears are always delighted by the singing of birds, hang feeders and water bowls for birds on the trees, made with your own hands from PVC bottles.

Multi-colored plastic bottle caps serve as an excellent material for creating planar compositions in a country landscape.

Examples of flower beds

Without a doubt, the main decoration of a summer cottage is flowers, formed into flower beds or growing in a picturesque disorder. The flowerbed is given a special “edge” by low borders that outline its shape and add completeness to the flower arrangement.

In the absence of stone or brick, traditionally used to form a border, bury plastic bottles with the neck down along the border of the flower bed - you will get a simple fence for flower planting. A good solution for shady areas of a garden plot where nothing wants to grow is original flower beds made from PVC containers of various shapes and colors.

Use a flower bed made from plastic bottles to create shady or wetlands in your garden.

A small flowerbed in the form ladybug looks bright and unusual

Green plastic bottles are perfect for creating a border for a flower bed.

Garden paths

The issue of laying garden paths is always difficult - both the soil needs to be strengthened and decorative material needs to be purchased - as a result, a considerable sum is obtained. And I don’t want to walk through the mud. While you are accumulating money and looking closely at covering the paths, we offer you a temporary option for arranging them at minimal cost. Fill the paths in the country with a thin layer of cement mortar and immerse plastic bottle caps in it - due to the corrugation along the side plane, they will be well fixed in the building mixture.

A prosaic cement path can be transformed into a picturesque mural thanks to multi-colored plastic covers

Decorative installations

A fairly popular trend in garden landscape decoration is the creation of three-dimensional installations from various available materials, including plastic containers. However, here you need a lot of skill and patience, because you need to lay out either whole containers or parts cut out of them according to a certain pattern.

The most expressive decor for a garden landscape is voluminous installations made from plastic bottles

We suggest you make a not very complicated installation from plastic bottles in the form of a New Year tree at your dacha. Although the New Year is still far away, as they say, prepare your sleigh in the summer - think in advance about. Of course, the Christmas tree is the main attribute of the winter holiday, without which it is impossible to create a truly upbeat New Year’s atmosphere. What if there are no coniferous trees on your site, and you do not welcome traditional logging on the eve of the New Year? An excellent solution in its simplicity and environmental friendliness is to create a Christmas tree from plastic bottles.

The basis of such a composition is a rigid rod from which bottles can be hung or put on a wire and twisted, tiers can be created from circles, auxiliary supports can be tied or installed and a tent-shaped tree can be formed.

It is not necessary to make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles of a standard green color - it can be assembled from containers in any shade

Whole plastic bottles, bottoms, and cut container parts will be used. The bottles themselves can be deformed, melted, painted in unusual colors - in general, there is room for imagination and ingenuity to run wild. Don’t discount bottle caps either – they will make unusual garlands and miniature decor.

By the way, the tree does not have to be hidden or dismantled for the summer season - if you choose a cone-shaped tree, the internal space of the structure will serve you on hot days as a gazebo or become a place for children to play. You can make a miniature Christmas tree for your home from used green Sprite bottles; you just need to cut the curved planes of plastic containers into “noodles” and stick them on the base.

Bird feeders and nests

One of the types of garden decor that combines many functions - feeders, nests and drinking bowls for birds. A feeder made with love will decorate the garden and attract birds - they will repay you for your kindness with cheerful chirping, at the same time destroying garden pests.

Create nests, water bowls and bird feeders from plastic bottles and paint them in natural colors

Bird nests and feeders will become useful decorations for your garden

Decor for country interior

In addition to garden decor, a plastic bottle is good for creating an extravagant interior design for a country house. Bright panels for walls and furniture, partitions and screens, even curtains - you can easily make all this yourself from PVC containers. Such home decorations look quite distinctive and original, at least you will not see anything similar from anyone else. By putting your soul into decorating a country house, you will enjoy both the creative process and the results of your imagination combined with skill.

By cutting the bottoms of transparent plastic bottles and connecting them with thin wire, you will get air screens to divide the space of a country house

The rainbow curtain for the front door is made from ordinary bottle caps and looks very original

Plastic bottle caps will help you paint the interior of your country house in all shades of the rainbow.

Entertainment, relaxation, games in the country

Playgrounds

Playgrounds on a plot of land are not only a pleasant thing for organizing leisure time, they are also a certain element of garden decor. Bright swings and slides, mini-golf courses and fairy-tale houses will create a pleasant atmosphere for your child to stay at the dacha.

Plastic bottles will help to separate the area for children's games, and will also serve as a base for creating interesting toys.

Set up a croquet field at your dacha and make a gate out of plastic bottles

Boats and watercraft

Surely there is a river flowing nearby your garden plot or there is a lake. If so, then your vacation on the shore of a reservoir will become more exciting if you have a means of transportation on the water. Getting to a deserted island, going on a boat trip or fishing - nothing is easier when you have a boat. You can easily build this simple transport from plastic bottles.

A narrow boat like an Indian pirogue with a capacity of 1-2 people or a larger boat for 3-4 passengers - there are a lot of options. The simplest watercraft is a rectangular raft, from which it is convenient to fish by sailing a little from the shore.

Plastic bottles will make a boat or raft that is quite stable on the water.

To make a boat in the form of a kayak, cut off the bottom of the bottles, thread one into the other one after another and form something like long tubes. Cover the joints with furniture tape - it is wide and will not come off when in contact with water. From separate tubes, connecting them together, glue the sides and bottom of the boat with the same tape to get a wedge-shaped shape. Here it is important to correctly calculate the ratio of the width of the vessel and its height - trial launches and a little engineering will help you in order to turn a mountain of unnecessary packaging into a useful thing.

A non-trivial approach to decorating a pond at the dacha - delicate daisies from bottles on the surface of the water

A boat for the whole family has a more complex design, which involves connecting vertically standing bottles in two rows and additionally sealing the hull of the boat with bags. There is nothing stopping you from installing a motor on the boat, which will significantly improve its performance and range. So, using the unsinkable properties of plastic bottles, from which, by the way, entire islands are built in Japan and Taiwan, you can surf the surrounding waters with breeze and comfort.

Haven't you bought into the idea of ​​a plastic boom yet? Do something unusual for your garden and before you know it, you will immediately join the ranks of plastic bottle admirers.

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

What kind of 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 that 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. The 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 with their necks.

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 hung in the desired place and water is poured. 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.

You will need hot water in which the 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.

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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 with warm water and placed around the plant.

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For inspiration, you can look at various photos of crafts made 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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