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Every person wants to decorate their home or personal plot. I would like to spend a minimum of money on this. If you have free time, you can make some nice little things with your own hands. To make it very inexpensive, you can use affordable, waste material. For example, plastic bottles.

What can be made from plastic bottles?

Plastic is a universal material for making purely decorative or useful household crafts, which can be divided into types:

• furniture;
• shower at the dacha;
• greenhouses;
• paths from traffic jams to the country;
• various flower beds and decorations on them;
• children's crafts;
• boxes for seedlings, flowerpots, flower pots or vases for cut flowers;
• decorative figures for the garden;
• decorative flowers and butterflies;
• bracelets, jewelry boxes.

To make all these cute and undoubtedly necessary things you will need a little time, fantasy, available materials and, of course, the desire to make a craft with your own hands. Before making crafts, bottles must be washed, labels removed and dried.

Crafts from plastic bottles for the garden

At your summer cottage, you can make a lot of useful and inexpensive things from plastic with your own hands.

Furniture from plastic bottles with your own hands

In theory, you can assemble both a sofa and armchairs, but this requires a lot of time, patience, and most importantly, material. Much faster assemble the ottoman, coffee table and other small furniture. At the heart of any furniture made from plastic bottles there will be a so-called block, which consists of one whole empty bottle With closed lid and a second bottle with the neck cut off. She puts it on the first one. The result is a design with two bottoms.

To make an ottoman, such blocks are tied into a round structure and wrapped with tape. You can finish the job here. But in order to get not only the necessary, but also a beautiful thing, you need the resulting design wrap with foam rubber and put a sewn cover on top. The soft ottoman is ready.

To make a coffee table, you will need blocks from one whole bottle and several cut ones, which are put on with the bottoms up until the desired height is achieved. The tabletop can be made of plywood, which is then covered with a tablecloth or laid out with a panel of multi-colored lids.

Shower made from plastic bottles at the dacha

If there is no water at the dacha, and after a hot meal summer day I want to douse myself with some water and wash off the sweat of work; a shower with a 10-liter bottle may be the solution. In the bottom of the bottle you need to make a large hole for pouring water, and smaller holes for fastening. A wire or thick fishing line is threaded through these holes and secured to the required height. Holes are pierced in the lid with an awl; the more holes, the more intense the water pressure. Using the same principle, you can make a washbasin from a 5-liter bottle.

Broom for cottages and summer cottages

You need to take several empty plastic bottles, cut off the bottom and cut into small longitudinal strips, not reaching the neck by 4 centimeters. Cut the bottles lengthwise and tie them to the handle. The broom is ready.

Gallery: crafts from plastic bottles (25 photos)

What can be made from bottles for room decoration

Products made from plastic bottles in an apartment or house will look appropriate in the kitchen or children's room. If the decor allows, you can place them in the living room.

Butterflies made of plastic

You can decorate flower pots with these butterflies or make a pendant for a nursery. Even in the living room you can decorate the curtains in the desired color scheme.

To make a butterfly, you need to draw or print it on paper insect pattern. According to the size of the template, cut a rectangle from a transparent plastic bottle and transfer the design to the plastic. Cut out the outline of the future butterfly. Paint the blank in the colors you like. The butterfly is ready. If you decorate flower pots with such a butterfly, you need to attach it to a thin, but not soft wire and install it in the pot. It will seem that they are fluttering over the flower.

DIY plastic flowers

Flowers and vases require precise markings. To make a flower you need to take colored plastic bottles. You need to draw a template, cut out blanks from plastic and burn them over a candle to give the desired bends to the petals. Some simple blanks string on wire and form a flower. Wrap the wire stem in spirals cut from green plastic. Make leaves from it, cutting it out according to the template and making a fringe along the contour of the leaf. They are attached to the stem either by heating or by gluing.

Crafts from plastic bottles for children

For small children you can make funny figures and piggy banks. For example, penguins for the New Year. Cut two bottles at a height of 10 centimeters from the bottom and insert into each other. Take a felt-tip pen, draw a face and color the penguin, draw a scarf and a hat for him.

Can be done frog candy bowls. They are made similarly to penguins, only the bottles are not inserted into each other, but a zipper is sewn or glued to the edges of the edge so that the future candy bowl can be opened and closed.

For older children, you can make boxes or bracelets. To do bracelet, you need to cut a strip of the required width, which can be tied with multi-colored threads.

Also, artistically decorated cut blanks can be used as pencil holders and cell phone holders.

Crafts from plastic bottles for the garden

The uses of plastic in the garden are almost limitless. Homemade products made from plastic bottles will organically fit into any garden landscape. Here are some possibilities for using bottle crafts in the garden:

• flowerpot;
• flower bed fencing;
• bird feeders;
• boxes for seedlings;
• decorative elements for decorating flower beds and fences.

For the manufacture of flowerpot lay the workpiece horizontally and cut out a rectangular recess, make holes in the opposite wall so that the water does not stagnate after watering, add soil and plant the plant. To decorate the flowerpot, you can glue plastic eyes on the side of the neck and you will get a hedgehog with a plant instead of needles. You can make a vertical planter by cutting the bottle to the required height. Glue on the eyes, and instead of a nose there will be a lid, you get a little man. The plant will serve as hair.

Plastic crafts can be used as figured flower bed. Outline the outline of the flower bed. Cut the plastic at an equal height from the bottom and dig in the blanks with the bottoms up. They can be painted in different colors.

To execute bird feeder, you need to take a 5-liter container, hang it and cut a hole so that birds can fly inside. The hole should not be too high, in which case the birds will not be able to fly out, and too low, as the food will spill out when swinging.

Can be done flowers from plastic bottles with your own hands in the flower beds. The stem is wire, painted in green color, the flower itself is a figuratively cut bottle.

Crafts made from plastic lids can become a decoration for your summer cottage. For example, you can do decorative curtains. The corks are strung on a fishing line and secured to the base.

Crafts made from plastic bottle caps are used as garden paths and as fence decorations. To create multi-colored panels, you first need to make a sketch on paper to calculate the number and position of covers of different colors. The lids are held together with cement mortar for strength, but glue can also be used.

DIY crafts from plastic bottles

What they don't do skillful hands from unnecessary (junk) items. Crafts from bottles are made with your own hands for arranging summer cottages and children's playgrounds. Moreover, they look very attractive and original. Plastic is the cheapest and most accessible and very flexible material. You can use it to create figures of animals, flowers, dolls, children's transport, and borders. Some craftsmen use them in the construction of gazebos, fences, greenhouses, garden furniture and even boats.

Features of plastic as a material

Many people throw away plastic containers, considering them garbage, but this is a unique material for crafts that will certainly find use in the household. Its features as a material for creativity are that:

• To make crafts and work, you will not need any complex tools or devices other than those that every good owner has in the house: scissors, sharp knives, candles, glue, stapler, drills, glue gun, and so on.
• Not only the bottle itself will do the job. You can use the lids to create colorful panels, paths, and decorate old furniture with them.
• Thanks to the flexibility of the fusible bottle, you can even create bendable structures both indoors and outdoors.
• Crafts can have different shapes and sizes, so both very small bottles and large bottles will be useful in your work.
• Plastic is considered a safe material, so you can use it to create crafts for play at home or in kindergarten.

What bottles can be made for kindergarten or kindergarten

Creating characters and all sorts of figures for children is a special area of ​​amateur creativity. It is advisable to do them together with them. This makes it easier to teach them perseverance, to teach attentiveness, concentration, and to develop imagination. Let's look at the example of master classes on how to create simple figures and fairy-tale characters for children.

Chamomile

There are several options for making this delicate flower.

Option 1

To work you will need white bottles. They usually sell their milk and you should collect a little. As a last resort, you can use transparent, but then repaint it white. For each chamomile we need 3 bottles. They all must have the same neck diameter, otherwise we will not be able to put the lush parts together.

Cutting off top part(neck with a lid), just below the expansion point. We do this with only two bottles, leaving one. It is desirable that the lid has yellow.

Cut out about 8 petals on each neck. Just so that they hold on and don’t fall apart. Bend them one by one in the opposite direction.

Let's start assembling the flower: we put one of the blanks on top of the one that was left uncut.

Then the second one in exactly the same way.

We unfold and bend the petals so that the chamomile looks natural and lush.

We fix all three layers with a lid, trying to make it tighter.

Such flowers can be left as is, or after assembly they can be painted in different shades. They can be planted on a wire stem or attached to a fence.

Option 2

This daisy has a more complex design, but it also looks more natural and beautiful.

Cut circles from the cylinder of the bottle (about 8 cm in diameter, larger if you want to create a large daisy). Each one will require three mugs.

We subsequently cut each circle into 16 strips and form flower petals from them.

Using an awl heated over a fire, make a hole in the center.

A little later, when we assemble the workpiece, we need to hold it a little over the fire. So the petals curl themselves, creating the correct shape of the chamomile.

We cut out the core of the flower from the yellow lid, pierce it and fasten it with wire to the inflorescence.

We make a sepal from a green bottle and melt it a little over the flame.

First we attach the sepal to the stem, then three blank petals, the core and bend it with pliers so that the chamomile does not fall apart. After bending, we pass the wire again through the sepal and twist it with the stem.

The stem will be a wire on which thin strips (about 5mm) of green plastic are wound. In order for the layers to bond well, they also need to be scorched.

If you want to create a whole composition, make leaves by cutting them out of green plastic, singe them a little, and wrap them around a stem.

You can diversify the bouquet by combining them with cornflowers. Here you will need blue plastic; the petals are cut out in the shape of cornflowers. The flower is assembled in the same way as a chamomile.

Using this technique you can make any type of wildflower, and even roses if you can roll them correctly.

Option 3

Now let's try to make a giant daisy.

As you can see, to create such wonderful decorative flowers, you only need a few hours of time, bottles, an awl, a candle, glue and scissors.

Penguin

Plastic Coke bottles are useful for creating a penguin; thanks to their narrowed shape in the middle and widening at the bottom, they create a believable penguin body.

Tools and materials:

• 2 bottles of the same size;
• scissors;
• cool gun with silicone pencils;
• brushes;
• black marker;
• a piece of thick fabric;
• white, black and red paints.

Step-by-step assembly of the penguin:

• We cut the container in this way: the first, acting as the lower part, is cut in the middle or a little closer to the bottom, the second is the top of the penguin, so we only need the bottom. Rice. 1
• Now we connect both parts with cuts facing each other. Fig.2
• When connected, secure with glue (you can use a silicone gun). Fig.3
• Next, according to the plan, we will paint the penguin's body. Choose a paint type that is resistant to moisture. We paint the future toy in several layers. Rice. 4
• When the paint coating dries, use a black marker to outline chest part and a muzzle. Fig.5
• Paint the outer part (behind the contours) completely with black paint. We leave only the top - this will be the place of the cap. Riess 5. and 6.
• In principle, the penguin is almost ready. All that remains is to paint the space left under the hat with red paint. You can, as shown in Figure 8, decorate it with black dots.
• Draw eyes and beak on the muzzle. This can be done with a thin brush and paints, or use colored markers. Rice. 9.
• Cut a scarf from a small piece of fabric and tie it on the penguin.

Crocodile

Let's try to make another toy together for kindergarten- crocodile.

For work, prepare:

• two plastic bottles, 0.5 l;
• screw caps from the same container – 4 pcs;
• sharp knife;
• stationery scissors;
• thin cardboard;
• glue;
• brushes;
• waxed paper;
• paints for painting;
• buttons for eyes.

Manufacturing and assembly instructions:

First cut the bottles in half, then so that there is a distance of about 7 cm to the neck.

You need to shape the edges so that when assembling the crocodile's body is slightly bent. As shown in the photo.

Glue the covers in place of the legs.

Form dense balls from cardboard - eyes, attach to the body.

Cover the entire body of the alligator with green colored paper.

We cut out eyes, teeth, and paws from waxed paper.

Use a brush to paint the teeth (white), nostrils (black), eyes (also black) or use dark buttons as eyes.

Bees

These funny insects are very easy to make.

Option 1

Prepare in advance:

• plastic container with a capacity of 0.33 l;
• sharp scissors;
• acrylic paints;
• glass 0.5 l;
• brushes;
• glue;
• black electrical tape;
• wire;
• stationery knife.

Instructions for implementation:

Cut out the wings of a bee from a plastic glass, as shown in the photo.

There is no need to cut the bottle completely. We make only small cuts on the sides using a stationery knife. These will be the locations for the wings.

Insert the wings into place and glue them.

Next we start painting the bee. There are two ways of painting: paint the body black, then make yellow stripes, or vice versa, make it completely yellow, then draw black stripes. Let's use the first one - paint it dark.

Draw the eyes on the lid with white and the mouth with red.

Option 2

You can make it in one copy, you can create a whole hive

To create a hive, prepare:

• plastic bottles according to the expected number of bees;
• yellow enamel or paint;
• black electrical tape;
• wash brushes – 4 pcs;
• for the eyes - beads or buttons;
• glue gun;
• synthetic thread;
• leg-split.

We paint plastic bottles yellow. You can do it a little differently - pour yellow paint inside, twist the bottle so that the paint lies evenly on the entire inner surface.

This method is a little more difficult and takes longer, but the coloring will be more impressive and glossy. In addition, it will not wash out, break or deteriorate.

This should be done in several stages in order to paint the entire surface evenly. Pour paint into a bottle, shake it and place it on its side. As soon as the first layer of paint begins to set, twist it so that the next area is painted and so on until the end.

When the bees' bodies take on a yellow color, we use black electrical tape to make transverse stripes.

We glue eyes and a nose from pre-prepared beads and buttons onto the lid.

From another plastic container we cut out shapes that look like wings. At the same stage of work, we attach threads to them. For them we will then hang the bee from the tree.

Using the same glue gun, glue a thread with wings to the bee's body.

We also color it yellow. You can, again, use a complex painting method. Or, so as not to waste a lot of time, just paint on top with a brush.

We will make the roof of the hive from brushes. We take them in a pile and tie them with twine.

On the lid of the bottle - this is the roof area, we apply a thick layer of glue. Place the washcloths on it so that they are distributed evenly on all sides. If they come off a little somewhere, we glue them back on.

Leave the craft at rest for a while to dry.

Everything is ready, bees and hive. All that remains is to take it to the kindergarten and hang it on a tree.

In a similar way, you can make many bees, but without a hive, and hang each one from a tree. Having thus created a real child Center beekeeping.

Creating bee crafts is an interesting activity, the work is not difficult. If the child makes it himself, under your strict guidance, it can be a good souvenir for grandparents. Such a craft will look very impressive against the backdrop of abundant tree foliage.

Butterflies

Easy to perform and very interesting model crafts.

Option 1

Let's prepare materials:

• plastic containers (a few pieces will be enough);
• paper, no smaller than A4 format;
• stationery scissors;
• silver and brown nail polish;
• glitter;
• red gel pen;
• rhinestones;
• butterfly in a stencil.

Let's start making an insect:

First, let's prepare the bottles for work: wash them, preferably with soap, remove the labels, and dry them.

On clean slate We will scan the paper or transfer the figure of a butterfly using carbon paper. For this we need a stencil. You will find it at the end of this subsection.

Using a gel pen, you need to trace the contours of the insect onto the surface of the plastic and cut it out.

We have a figure with downward curved wings.

Let's turn it over, we need them to look up.

Take the gel pen again and draw all the lines as shown on the stencil.

Use silver nail polish to paint the middle (body) and antennae. Let's draw the contours of the wings in the same tone.

Now you need to use varnish to draw all the lines, including the smallest ones, which were previously drawn with a gel pen.

We put small dots (blotches) in front of the edges.

Against the background of the silver drawing of the wings, we also put dots, only in brown.

We decorate the body of the butterfly with rhinestones. To do this, use any nail polish, put drops and plant a pebble on top.

The butterfly is ready, for everything, we needed a little time and material, which, for sure, will be found at home in the household and at the mother’s.

Similar to the previous butterfly, we make another one, only this time it is monochromatic and without pebbles.

We got two plastic butterflies, painted in the same tone.

If you glue a magnet to them, they will serve as a nice decoration on the refrigerator or any other metal surface.

Option 2

Let's look at another implementation option. We will paint it not with nail polish, but with stained glass paints. In the first version, we drew a butterfly on plastic, cut it out, and only then started painting. The technology here is different. We will draw an insect on the bottle, and we will paint it on it.

Let's prepare everything that will be useful in the work:

• stencil drawing paper:
• plastic containers;
• stained glass paints;
• wire or thick fishing line;
• scissors;
• beads (several small pieces);
• awl.

Step-by-step instructions for implementation:

We transfer the butterfly from the stencil onto the paper.

Let's redraw the insect onto plastic. You can do it like this. We cut the bottle and adjust the design from the inside so that we can clearly see it from above. Using a gel pen, transfer the contours onto the plastic.

When we finish drawing, we can start coloring. Let us remind you that we paint without cutting out the insect; the paint goes on the bottle, along the contours. After painting, leave the workpiece to dry. After it dries well, cut it out. Use your fingers to give the desired shape.

We form a body. To do this, take the wire or fishing line that we have prepared and string several beads onto it. You can take the same color, or you can make it multi-colored, whatever your heart desires.

A butterfly, or more than one, if you made several of them, are ready. You can decorate indoor flowerpots with them, hang them on curtains, attach a pin at the bottom, or better yet, glue them.

If the insect is made by a child’s hand, then it will be a pleasant surprise and a gift for March 8th for a mother, teacher or grandmother.

Stencils for making butterflies

Hedgehogs

Waste material has a lot of possibilities and ways to extend its life. Moreover, every family has at least something. Here you don’t need to buy or invent anything special, much less spend money on them. Let's try to make a hedgehog from the same waste material, which is used plastic containers.

For our work we will need:

• plastic bottle;
• pine cones, about a dozen, the main thing is that they are the same size;
• two covers white, from the same bottles;
• glue (you can use “Moment” or, if you have polyurethane foam);
• colored plasticine.

Technique for creating a hedgehog:

First, we put the container in proper shape: wash it, remove the label, wipe it and dry it.

On the prepared container, glue the pine cone directly on top with glue or foam (you can also use a glue gun if you have such an item on your household). We start from the center, this will be the back of the hedgehog. We glue each cone like separate element, after making sure that the previous one is firmly held.

If at least one of them falls, and the neighboring ones hold on tightly, then it will be difficult to “put” it back in place. Take this into account and take your time.

When all the cones - the needles of our hedgehog - are put in place, we will begin to form the muzzle. To do this, cover the bottle cap with black plasticine.

For the eyes you will need white lids prepared by us. On them, in the center, we will glue circles from the same black plasticine - these will be the pupils of the hedgehog.

Glue the eyes to the animal's face.

Now let's embellish our craft a little. What is a real hedgehog without supplies? We will make mushrooms, leaves, fruits and berries from plasticine. Then we carefully lay it on his back.

You can create a baby for the company of an adult hedgehog by molding it from plasticine. And since its dimensions will not provide the opportunity to experiment with pine cones, then the needles on the body can be made from sunflower seeds.

Helicopter

An interesting craft that you can do with your son for kindergarten. This way you will teach him to use various waste materials as material for creating toys and other necessary things.

For work, prepare:

• a small plastic bottle, perhaps from a baby yogurt bottle;
• one tailor's pin;
• 3 juice straws;
• scissors;
• one ping pong ball;
• stapler

Step-by-step work:

First, make a hole in the lid so that the tube can fit in freely.

Cut the bottle so that the upper (thick) part remains intact.

Take the remaining 2 tubes and cut them to the length of the intended propeller blades.

Cross them and pin them in the middle with a pin. Insert the tail of the helicopter into the bottle cap. Make runners from the two remaining parts of the tubes, connect them with a strip cut from an unnecessary part of the bottle with a stapler.

Attach the main part of the helicopter with the skids also with a stapler. Insert a ping pong ball into the hole.

The helicopter is ready. A minimum of time is spent on it, and the child will have a lot of pleasure from a toy created with his own hands.

Matryoshka

Matryoshka is probably the only toy that more than one generation has grown up with. In addition, it is considered a symbol of Russia. Many foreign tourists, coming to our state, buy them as souvenirs. Is it possible to create such a complex figure with your own hands, and even from waste plastic? Yes, you can, even if it will not be as functional as modern ones in toy stores, but it will be personal and, for sure, the most beloved.

When creating such crafts, not only plastic food containers are suitable, we will look at this a little later. The toys that you see in the photo below are made only from the upper parts of flasks. This way they will be more stable. To prevent the edges from being too sharp, they can be treated with electrical tape.

In this photo, the upper part is inserted into the lower part, the middle one is completely removed. This nesting doll has a more respectable appearance, looks more natural and believable. Painted with acrylic paints. Children will not be able to make it in the same way, but there are many stickers and patterns of a similar image on the Internet. As a last resort, they have a lot of options to learn and draw on such a matryoshka doll model.

The next photo and the model itself can be considered multifunctional. Here you can find a custom-made nesting doll and a pencil case for storing pencils and pens. As you can see, it is not made from a food bottle, or from shampoo or cream containers.

Approximate drawings and diagrams for creating matryoshka dolls from plastic containers in kindergartens and at home.

Bottle cut diagram

Plastic has become an integral part Everyday life modern man. Accumulating in the form of packaging, plastic is thrown away without the required disposal, forgetting that it begins to decompose only after 450 years. An alternative to throwing away are DIY crafts from plastic bottles. Millions of people buy plastic every day not on purpose, but simply by buying medicines, cakes, water, furniture, detergents, children's toys, stationery, cutlery and much more packaged in it.

The production of plastic bottles is the most widespread in the world, therefore, at this rate and the current environmental situation, the Earth will be covered with a thick layer of plastic before the first plastic bottle containers produced (1947) begin to decompose.

Every inhabitant of the Earth can help in this difficult situation: save humanity, the ecological system, flora and fauna and reuse plastic containers for domestic purposes.

DIY crafts from plastic bottles are not only a help of global importance, but also a useful acquisition.

For people with stormy developed imagination and with “crazy hands” it’s easy to turn unnecessary things into real masterpieces. Those who are less resourceful can get ideas for DIY plastic bottle crafts for the garden from the photos on the Internet and follow the advice in this article step by step.

All the craft proposals collected and described below are easy to implement and do not require special preparation.

Miniature greenhouse for the sprouts of the future harvest

Convenient containers for germinating seedlings

You can create comfortable conditions for the growth of seedlings by creating a special cap for a flowerpot (pot), all you need is:

• cut a plastic bottle in half;
• use only the part with the neck;
• Place it tightly over the sprouts in the pot, without closing the lid (for ventilation).

In a month and a half, it is a ready-made seedling for planting in the ground. You can decorate such a device by wrapping the neck with a thin whip or twine and securing it to a bow.

Garden flower bed

Plastic bottles can be used to fence flower beds

Making an original stationary garden flowerpot for “blooming beauty” will not take much time. You will need more than 20 bottles (the more, the wider the area for planting flowers) of the same shape. Bottles needed:

• fill with sand or earth without closing the lid and make thin holes with a needle;
• install in the ground so that they stand close to each other upside down and half stuck into the soil, creating a vicious circle;
• wrap the “bottle circle” with tape, rope or wire so that the product holds its shape;
• paint the part protruding from the ground with garden paint, cover it with shells or sea stones.

Curtains for a country house

Curtains made from plastic bottles look interesting

The creation of “country curtains” from transparent plastic bottles with a figured bottom in the shape of a flower occurs in four stages, it is necessary:

• cut out the bottom of the bottles;
• connect them in a chain, using a fishing line, according to the “Hawaiian lei” principle, where each bottom should be pierced twice from opposite sides (the bottom should hang vertically on its side);
• There should be several “beads” (the more, the wider the curtain);
• connect all the chains vertically at one end into a single web.

The resulting curtain resembles an ice wall and will harmoniously decorate a window or doorway of a country house.

yard broom

Step-by-step process for making a broom from plastic bottles

The easiest way to sweep away wet soil or fallen snow from asphalt garden paths is with a homemade broom, which can be created from 5-6 plastic bottles. To do this you need:

• cut the bottles lengthwise into several strips (1.5-3 cm wide);
• carefully gather them into a pile, like a bouquet of flowers;
• Place the resulting bundle on one edge of a wooden or metal stick (about 1 m long), carefully holding it so that it does not fall apart;
• tightly wrap the resulting strips with rope.

Clothespin neck for storing bulk grocery products in a bag

The neck of a plastic bottle inserted into the bag will allow you to measure out groceries without spilling them

It is important for every housewife that porridge or noodles do not crumble and are stored securely in a container without getting wet. Jars and hard containers take up a lot of shelf space, and a bag and plastic bottle craft is a fabulous homemade pouch for storing any cereal or sugar. It is worth carrying out simple manipulations:

• cut off the neck of the bottle with the cork (about 15 cm high);
• pour bulk mixtures into the bag;
• insert the bag into the neck and close the lid.

Original candlestick

Two necks of a plastic bottle make a beautiful and stable candle holder

In order for any candle to take on a vertical shape and be used safely, it needs the right candlestick. You can create an exclusive candlestick from polyurethane containers, rice or decorative stones and follow the step-by-step instructions:

• cut the bottle in half so that the lower part with the bottom is about 15-20 cm high (taking into account the height of the candle);
• gently scorch the edges of the resulting glass with a small fire;
• place a candle inside in the middle of the glass;
• holding the candle in a vertical position with your hand, pour sand, rice, stones, buttons into the container - anything that can fix the vertical of the candle.

Watch the candle burn out. If the wick gets close to the fixing material, you should raise the candle slightly to fill the empty space inside the container.

garden rain

Garden hose nozzle in action

You can create a nozzle for a hose from a plastic bottle, you must:

• make small holes along the entire length of the bottle on one side, using a needle or awl;
• secure the bottle with a rope or tape, in a horizontal position with the holes facing up, onto old skates or a children's cart (you can do without this action if the waterer is needed as a stationary rather than a mobile watering device);
• tightly attach the hose to the neck of the bottle with tape, wire or tape and open the water supply through the hose.

Thin streams from the holes will water the plants like rain. This waterer provides proper gentle watering of low plants.

Having a little ingenuity, free time, some tools and the desire to create crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands for the dacha, you can find on the Internet photos, videos and tips on creating unique gazebos, garages, boats, tables, chairs and much more from them.

Children's creativity or crafts for the younger generation

To develop fine motor skills and logical thinking For children over 6 years of age, a child can independently, with his own hands, under the guidance of adults, build amazing crafts from plastic bottles, guided by photos and following simple tips.

This is exciting entertainment and a journey into the “World of Homemade Creativity” not only for children, but also for adults.

Organizer for small children's toys

A container for storing toys can be made from a smaller bottle

An unused 20-liter plastic bottle turns into a useful and practical household item in a matter of minutes in four steps:

• cut off the top part of the bottle so that the remaining part (with the bottom) has walls with equal diameters at the top and bottom;
• continue to use only the lower part of the bottle;
• lightly scorch the cut-off part of the resulting bucket or box (depending on the original shape of the container) with a lighter so that the edges are slightly curled and carefully cover them with tape or cloth to avoid injury to the child in the future;
• wrap the finished product with multi-colored threads, paint it with safe paints or glue sparkles.

Now it is the main representative of order in the children's room and a place for storing small items: construction sets, pencils, candy wrappers.

Catamaran for Barbie doll

Catamaran for dolls in finished form

You can surprise toy manufacturers and create a revolutionary miniature vehicle that does not sink in water using two identical plastic bottles and electrical tape, namely:

• cut rectangular pockets in each bottle closer to the bottom so that the doll can easily fit in a sitting position, with its feet towards the neck;
• Connect the bottles together with the cutouts facing up, wrapping them with electrical tape.

Fine art lesson

Drawing stamp made from a plastic bottle

To have fun with a group of children or an entire kindergarten group, allowing them to create with their own hands not only crafts from plastic bottles, but a real artist’s tool for drawing - a three-dimensional stencil, you should:

• cut out the bottom of the bottle, resembling the shape of a flower with five petals and a center;
• dip it in paint ready for painting;
• apply the stencil to the surface for 1 second album sheet to create a sakura or chamomile flower, the greenery of trees or the sun;
• let the image dry.

This information is useful not only for educators, but also for parents who dream of discovering their own artistic vision in their child.

Schoolboy crafts: ideas for crafts and benefits from them

Parents of schoolchildren are probably familiar with the teacher’s frequent unusual homework assignments for their little miracle. If all original ideas exhausted, you can create an amazing craft from plastic bottles with your own hands and take them to school or take a photo with them and intrigue your classmates and “trudovik”! With such crafts, you can organize competitions in the yard or among friends and choose the most beautiful, complex or largest craft among the “exhibits”.

Bird feeders

Bird feeder made from a 5 liter bottle

This useful invention and a delightful gift for our winged friends can be created from one plastic bottle, a tablespoon and a rope, you need:

• pierce the bottom of the bottle with a spoon, retreating 3-4 cm from the bottom, so that the hole near the “scapular” part of the spoon has a diameter of 1.5-2.5 cm and the food is gradually “mechanically” fed into it from the bottle under pressure ( heaviness of feed from above);
• fill the container with food or cereal;
• Wrap the neck tightly with a rope and hook it to a tree branch.

Make sure that the feed does not end more than 1/4 of the feeder volume.

The creation of such a wonderful thing by the family is a wonderful creative evening, and the whole yard is a reason for the appearance of a real ornithological park for birds.

Pencil case for markers and pencils

Ready-made pencil case

It will be doubly pleasant for a child to store all his markers in one place if he makes a wonderful pencil case with a lock along with it. Having a zipper and two plastic bottles, you need:

• cut two bottoms (departing from the bottom by 15-17 cm);
• glue (or sew) one part of the zipper to one bottom, the second to the other;
• let the glue cool (if the zipper is not connected to the plastic with a thread);
• Place the pencils inside and close the zipper.

Bracelet for little princesses

The bracelet can be decorated with threads, ribbons, rhinestones, etc.

The best gift is a gift made with your own hands. One of them is a stylish bracelet that you can give to a friend or “fashion” yourself in it. To do this you should:

• take a half-liter bottle with a small diameter;
• cut a ring 2-4 cm wide from its middle;
• burn the cut edges over low heat;
• wrap with multi-colored threads along the width of the strip;
• secure the edges of the thread by threading it under the wrapped layer;
• glue beads or stones onto the threads.

Reassure your child that these items are unique and expect an amazing bracelet for their birthday.

Snake in oriental style from plastic waste

Starting to create your own crafts from plastic bottles:

• Initially, carefully review photos or videos on the Internet with examples of work to see what the result should be;
• use only clean (washed) and dry bottles;
• the cut edges of the bottles can hurt, so scorch them a little with fire, preferably with a lighter;
• When cutting plastic with scissors or a knife, hold the objects firmly with both hands so that the cutting object does not slip off;
• Do not use plastic bottles with an unpleasant, strong chemical odor.

Use your imagination, be creative, use plastic bottles for crafts and get useful things!

Interesting facts about the plastic bottle

Plastic accounts for almost half of the world's total waste

The statistics below were collected by experts from all over the world and are reliable. Some facts may seem surprising, shocking or even terrifying:

• every year more than 13,000,000,000 plastic bottles are produced worldwide;
• five huge “waste islands” of plastic bottles have been formed in the Earth’s oceans, which are visible from space;
• more than 1,000,000 animals living in the ocean die due to such waste (more than 150 tons per year);
• in Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Ireland and China their use is prohibited;
• the energy consumed from one recycled plastic bottle can produce light for six hours using a 60-watt lamp;
• it would take about 600 barrels of oil to produce a billion regular plastic bottles;
• 25 recycled bottles can be used to make one men's jacket;
• only 2.5% of total plastic is recycled in Europe;
• the price of bottled water includes 10% of the cost of water and 90% of plastic containers;
• plastic bottles account for 40% of all plastic waste.

Interest in DIY crafts from plastic bottles, probably will never disappear, because an incredible amount of them accumulates in the house. And besides, if you really want to get creative, keep your children occupied during the holidays or a vacation at the dacha, or make something cheap and practical, it’s hard to imagine a better material than PET containers.

That is why today you will find another, but very interesting selection of the best ones that are suitable for all the tasks mentioned above.

DIY crafts from plastic bottles photo

Of course, there is no ranking of the best, simplest works, because everyone has their own requirements both for the master class and for the finished result. For many, the result is not as important as the creative process itself, but for others, useful and practical DIY crafts from plastic bottles, photo which you can see in our article, will serve for a long time and will become excellent helpers on the farm.

So we can conditionally divide all the options into useful, decorative and mixed works, that is, those that also perform a practical function, but at the same time, say, decorate the interior (carved).

For example, such works include original pendants and lampshades for lamps, photographs of which you can see above. They are created from many top parts of the container, that is, before doing the work, you will only need to cut off the top third and leave the bottom for some other work.

Methods for decorating pendants can be different - it can be applique with fabric, ropes, laces, stones, the surface can be painted both inside and outside with paints, and can be perforated with interesting patterns.

Before you is the process of performing such DIY crafts from plastic bottles step by step, which results in a wonderful lampshade for a small lamp (naturally, it should be an LED lamp that does not heat up or heat up surrounding objects like an incandescent lamp, which can lead to a fire). We cut off the upper part and leave the lower part to create.

Try to process the edges using a hot surface so that they are not sharp, or when gluing the cord, wrap it behind the back of the plastic. In our example, the craft is made using a technique similar to papier-mâché, when tape or polyethylene is glued to a plastic surface specifically so that the lace does not stick to it.

The lace is well impregnated with PVA during the process, so when the glue dries, you can simply remove the bottle from the inside and only the rope frame will remain. But if this technique is too complicated for you, then leave the bottle inside, just decorate it with paint or another layer of rope.

This way you can create magnificent New Year's decorations if you leave transparent plastic inside, and treat the top and bottom with hemp, inserting a small New Year's decoration inside. in the same style can become a nice vase or interior decoration in an oriental style, it all depends on your imagination and on the interior of the room where you are going to hang your new homemade decor.

There is nothing more beautiful than, but only on condition that these flowers are made carefully, using an interesting technique, using several shades of plastic, as in the master class presented to you above. And, on the contrary, there is nothing worse than terrible and clumsy flowers, for example, from a cut bottom, somehow painted with paint. There is no beauty or aesthetics in such decor; even a summer cottage is not recommended for anyone to decorate in this way.

Do-it-yourself dacha crafts from plastic bottles

A real treasure trove of interesting tips always concerns decoration. do-it-yourself dachas. Crafts from plastic bottles always help us make country life a little more beautiful, more convenient, and more practical. And for families with children these are: great way and keep the kids occupied for a while, and entertain them with ready-made garden decor.

For quite a long time, empty containers have been used as containers for seedlings or as small pots (plant pots) for flowers, herbs, and salads. All this can be organized so beautifully that you get both a country house decor and a useful system for storing fresh herbs for the kitchen and cooking.

Just such examples are shown in the photo, and the golden rule applies that if the plants are beautiful in themselves, have lush, elegant greenery and bright flowers, then the bottles can not be decorated at all or the decorations can be minimal. On the other hand, if you grow kitchen herbs, such as parsley or watercress, right in the summer kitchen, then a great idea would be to decorate such pots, make decoupage or other types of applique for them.

Attracting birds to your site with the help of feeders is a great idea, both in winter and in summer. Many people simply don’t think about how many pests an average sparrow or starling can eat in one summer season. Moreover, the more grain and seeds the birds have at their disposal, the less attention they will pay to valuable cherries. You have options DIY garden crafts from plastic bottles- not only cute feeders, but also a waterer, which is also very necessary for a comfortable stay for birds in your garden.

They may be valuable for their decorative value, but useful things created using ordinary plastic in the country are no less needed.

We present to your attention an interesting broom for outdoor cleaning, because, as any summer resident knows, in suburban conditions any broom or broom wears out at cosmic speed, especially if you need to remove fallen leaves or fruits. To get a broom, you need to assemble a structure from a long stick and a cross board, the initial blank will resemble a mop.

Using self-tapping screws, several lids are attached to the horizontal board, as shown in the photo, into which the necks can be screwed. The containers themselves are cut into strips using scissors or a cutter, first cutting off the bottom. Try not to make the strips too thin, otherwise the broom will ultimately work worse; you need all the “twigs” to retain their elasticity.

DIY children's crafts from plastic bottles

Entertaining or creating interesting decor are ideal DIY children's crafts from plastic bottles must combine both of these concepts. It would not be very pleasant if, as a result of painstaking and exciting work, you ended up with something not very beautiful. Therefore, when choosing among a variety of ideas, pay attention not only to the ease of implementation, but also to the end result, which must definitely find its place in the nursery.

For example, such a place can very easily be found by a stand for pencils and pens, made in the shape of a space monster, not at all scary, but very funny.

To work, you will need a suitable container, preferably already painted, so that you do not have to use additional paint from a spray can, as well as paper for applying the applique - face, hands, teeth, and so on. For more delicate natures, pencil cases with images of cats are suitable, which are also quite simple to make; the faces are not glued on, but carefully drawn with markers of different colors.

DIY crafts from plastic bottle caps

If the rest of the material has already gone to beautiful, then we suggest you use absolutely all the spare parts and make DIY crafts from plastic bottle caps, intended for children. It is the lids that accumulate a lot in the household, due to their durability, good shape and variety of colors, they can be very easily used as educational toys, objects for appliqués and even for didactic material that helps children's development.

The photo shows options for games that you can organize with or for children using multi-colored plastic covers. Worthy of attention is the option of turning the caps into chips for playing tic-tac-toe.

And if you insert small magnets from the back inside the lids and secure them with glue, you will be able to play not only on a specially drawn field, but also on any iron plate or refrigerator.

Animal toys created on the basis of lids will help you make a home puppet theater; with their help you can easily tell any fairy tale, from classics to stories of your own composition. As for drawings, this is a great way to teach children to count in their senior years. preschool age or learn colors in junior.

To do this, circles are depicted in the figure different color, and the baby will need to find the right one among all the colorful lids and place it in the right place. The result is a simple and quite exciting game.

DIY crafts from plastic bottles for children

Fulfill DIY crafts from plastic bottles for children It may not be very simple, because plastic is difficult to process; you need sharp scissors or a knife, special paints, hot glue, etc. Therefore, it will be better if you do all the work together, as a friendly team, trusting the children to complete simple steps, and leaving the work with cutting or treating surfaces at high temperatures for yourself.

In the photo you can see how easy it is to make small toys if you combine the bottom, stable part with the top. They can be securely connected with glue, or they can remain autonomous, looking like neat boxes. Be sure to paint it using acrylic or stained glass paints; children will like it much more. Also interesting is the idea with bottle nesting dolls painted in folk style. To create them, you just need to find containers of different volumes, but of a similar shape, that could fit into each other.

This tutorial for making a lampshade using a container and lots of plastic spoons is a great option for a more complex collaboration. But the finished product will turn out so interesting and elegant that it can be used to decorate the interior, especially in a modern style.

Plastic bottles are not just containers for water, but also an excellent material for creativity and. Some craftsmen manage to make something out of them that is difficult for many to imagine. All you need in this business is the actual material, scissors, sometimes paint, glue and free time. It would also be a good idea to turn on your creativity and stop looking at the container of your favorite soda as an ordinary thing. So let's get started!

Piglets-pots

This craft is easy to make, so that’s where we start. You can plant flowers in this for the summer or use piglets as a container. This will revive anyone, especially children will be happy with this creation.

Tools and materials:

1. Five liter plastic bottle. Their number is based on the number of piglets that will be created. 1 container – 1 pig.
2. A sharp knife, a stationery knife is most convenient.
3. Bottles - 0.5 l or 1.5 l, 4 pieces for each pig.
4. Glue.
5. White enamel and red or pink paint.

Manufacturing sequence

The container should be rinsed and dried, and if there are labels on them, they should be removed as they will get in the way. If you decide to make a flowerpot, then you should cut a hole in the upper part so that there is room to plant flowers and add soil. If you are creating a garden sculpture, skip this step.

Smaller bottles will be used to create the legs. They need to be cut from the neck by 10-15 cm or to the length that is needed.

Advice! The larger the hooves, the taller the pig will be. Moreover, containers should be selected of the same volume so that the limbs come out smooth and beautiful.

Advice! To make it more convenient to glue the legs, you should cut each neck at the widest point with a fringe and bend the edges.

Now the important task is gluing. For this you can use:

• Glue "Moment".
• Glue "Titan".
• Terpomistolet. It is the most convenient to work with, although hot silicone can deform the plastic, so it should be handled with extreme care.

Advice! It is more convenient to glue two limbs at a time, since after applying the adhesive composition they need to be held for some time for high-quality bonding. Use glue according to the instructions.

After everything has dried, you can cut out the ears; they will be made of the same material as the whole pig. It is convenient to cut them out from the lower parts, since there is a factory bulge there. The shape is natural, the size is arbitrary. For ease of gluing, you can also make a fringe at the bottom - like on the legs.

On a note! It is most convenient to glue if you are making flower pots. In this case, the cuts must be glued to the container from the inside with the same composition.

Now the creative stage - painting. Natural color – pink, but you can use another one if you wish. Experienced craftsmen advise using it, it fits well on plastic and is more durable. You only need to tint the outside, but carefully so that the color of the bottle does not show through. It is very convenient to hold it by the lid-pocket. Don't forget to cut and glue the tail, it is also made of plastic, it is more convenient to paint it before gluing. You can draw the eyes or buy them; these are sold in any sewing store.

Important! If the pig will be used as flower pot, it is necessary to make holes in the lower and side parts for the free outflow of water.

Fly agarics for garden decoration

A detailed master class on making fly agarics from bottles is on video: