Crafts from plastic bottles: 150 photo ideas on how to make them quickly and beautifully, with your own hands, for your dacha, garden, vegetable garden, for children and adults

To make crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands, you need to stock up on some materials. This list will depend on the type and purpose of the item being manufactured.

Firstly, it should be remembered that thermoplastic bottles, although convenient to use, are very harmful to the environment. Its long decomposition over more than 2 centuries makes plastic an excellent material for construction or other crafts.

To build a house, barn, greenhouse or any other structure, you will need other building materials. These are pins, metal, nails, ropes, tools, wooden beams, sand, soil, etc.

For furniture, you can also use some of the above list. But you need to add several tools. The list is replenished with fabric, glue, padding (optional).

The next common trend in bottle production is children's crafts. For them you will have to stock up on colored paper, paints, plasticine, glue, beads, etc. The list is limited only by imagination and idea.

Original plastic crafts

Compositions from such material are created on various topics. If you use your imagination, you will be able to make amazing crafts from plastic bottles. They make great lantern garlands for the garden.

A bird feeder, delicate daisies, and cheerful gnomes will complement the landscape. Along the path, install small gnomes with bells, which will lift your spirits with their smiles.

Containers made from plastic bottles are suitable for storing various small items. To do this, the upper part of the vessel is cut off. You can use bright hand-sewn bags as a lid.

How to make swan figures

Beautiful white swans will become a real decoration of the site. An unnecessary plastic basin installed upside down is suitable as a frame base. The neck is made of intertwined metal wires, bent in the shape of the letter S. The wire is attached to the basin by drilling a hole in it.

The basin is coated with cement; rags and pieces of foam plastic are used to form the necessary bends. Form wings and tail. The wire for the neck is wrapped with rags soaked in cement, and cement is gradually applied on top, in thin layers, forming a neck of the required thickness and a head.

Decorative adjustments are made on the wings and tail, imitating plumage using scraping. The eyes and beak are outlined on the head. Leave the swan to dry for at least a week. After this, the product is sanded, primed, and painted.

Products from cups

To create an interesting souvenir, you don’t have to buy expensive materials. Plastic cups are suitable for many funny figures. These can be fairy tale characters or pets.

Cups are also used for garlands, balls, and flower arrangements. They can be combined with natural materials, plasticine, paper, etc.

Crafts made from plastic glasses can be large and small in size. An amazing snowman made from many simple details will decorate your New Year's interior. It will glow in the dark if you put a lamp inside.

Adults and children will enjoy this decoration during the holidays.

The principle of working with polymer clay

Externally, the material may remind you of plasticine. The only difference between it and plasticine is the plasticizer that is included in its composition. Because of this component, it is not recommended for children to use this material. During the baking process, the plasticizer completely evaporates, and the craft itself becomes hard and durable.

The hardness of the finished material is achieved using:

• baking;
• cooking

It is very important to maintain the correct temperature during baking. It varies from 110 to 130 degrees. Only if the temperature is selected correctly will the product acquire the desired appearance and density.

If the temperature maintained is incorrect, modeling with polymer clay will bring an unsuccessful result. The craft will darken and begin to crumble.

There is an even simpler material for modeling - light plasticine

Christmas gifts

Christmas wreaths are made from plastic bottles, spruce branches with cones. This material is used for bells and Christmas tree decorations.

Funny Santa Claus will be an excellent New Year's craft made from plastic. To do this, you will need to cover the bottom of the bottle with a red compound.

Instead of a belt, colored adhesive tape is attached to the figure. Hair and beard are made from cotton wool. Santa Claus should have a red hat or cap on his head.

All that remains is to glue the eyes or draw them yourself. The nose will be a pink ball. You should add some blush to your cheeks, because the character spent a long time visiting in the cold.

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MATERIALS Baked plastic
Plastic, or, as it is also called, polymer clay, is a plasticine-like synthetic material that hardens after heat treatment at a temperature of 100 to -150 C. In other words, it can be baked in a regular oven.
There are quite a lot of such plastics now; I’ll tell you about those that I’m familiar with. Fimo
- at first glance it seems hard and fragile, but if you warm it up properly in your hands, it becomes quite plastic.
Based on my own experience, I’ll say that working with it is difficult and unpleasant, it’s as if you’re sculpting it out of bitumen. It is difficult to smooth out, wrinkles and seams remain. But after firing it becomes quite durable, which is a plus. In addition, this material does not lose fine details during operation. Good for shaping folds of clothes, etc. Fimo Soft
– very soft, not suitable for fine work.
But when mixed with Fimo, it makes it possible to obtain plastic with excellent (as they say, I have not tried) qualities. In fact, it is usually used for these purposes. Cernit
is a plastic with a translucent, wax-like structure.
It reacts quickly to the warmth of your hands, “floats”, I do not recommend it for beginners. But mixing with other plastics to give the desired color is fine. Friendly with Fimo, Fimo Soft, Super Sculpey. After baking it becomes quite durable. Super Sculpey
is, in my opinion, almost perfect.
Moderately soft, moderately hard, holds its shape well, does not float, is friendly with all of the above plastics, and can be mixed in any proportions. I recommend. To the everyday question: How much? I answer - expensive. On average, a box of good plastic costs 300-400 rubles, and is enough for a maximum of three dolls. That's if you're lucky. But recently we have small packs, 60-90 rubles each. In a good situation, one is enough for a small doll. So, we figured out the import. Now as for the fatherland. Here the choice, alas, is small - Plastic (St. Petersburg), white and terracotta. If you mix them (lots of white and a little terracotta) you can get a nice nude color. There is also a colored one in six colors - but the shades are very poisonous, so it’s more for children’s creativity. Although, if you dilute it with white, maybe something good will come out, but I haven’t tried it. And just recently another material appeared (also from St. Petersburg) - Miracle plasticine “Flower - six-, eight- or twelve-colored.” In this set, the colors are nicer, and there are black and dark brown. The processing mode is close to “Plastic”, and what’s best is that these two materials can be mixed in any proportions. But my advice to you is, don’t get involved with our plastics unless absolutely necessary. You can only buy them if you have absolutely nothing to choose from. It sticks to your hands, doesn’t hold its shape, you can only sculpt with it if you periodically put it in the freezer (I’m not kidding). The fact is that from the warmth of your hands it begins to melt almost instantly, and you cannot sculpt with it for more than 10-15 minutes. And you will have to wash your hands 20-30 times during the process, this plastic absorbs dirt very well. There is also no need to buy it for the purpose of learning from a cheap one (it costs 150 rubles), you won’t learn anything worthwhile from this rubbish. Self-hardening plastic
Not all plastics need to be baked in the oven, there are some that harden on their own, usually within a day or so.
This means that you cannot store a pack of plastic open. After you have finished sculpting, wrap the remaining plastic in a damp cloth, put it back in the pack, wrap the edges and secure it with clothespins. This way it can be stored for quite a long time. So, you can purchase from us: Paperclay
- “paper clay”, or improved papier-mâché.
A white mass that hardens in air in about a day. It is very plastic, light, practically does not stick to your hands, working with it is a pleasure. In the package it is already ready for use, if it has dried out a little and become hard, you can lightly moisten it with water, and everything will be fine. After drying, it is light and quite hard - you can sand, cut, saw, etc. But you also need to handle such a doll gently - apply a little pressure with your fingernail - a scar will remain. You can sand with sandpaper (just don’t overdo it, if you polish too long with a zero polish, the doll will become too smooth and marbled, which looks unnatural). You can slightly moisten the already polished product with water so that the top layer becomes slightly limp, and walk it a little with your fingers. The result is a texture close to human skin. This material can be painted with anything, from oil to acrylic, but watercolor is most often used. Be careful, the applied paint cannot be washed off! It is relatively inexpensive - 200 rubles per package, which is enough for a doll 20-25 centimeters tall, if made entirely of plastic. Very good material, I recommend it to everyone. Efaplast holsy.
It comes in white, yellow, pink and terracotta colors.
The packaging says "plastic-wood". Indeed, it becomes like wood when it hardens. Working with him is not easy, not easy at all. Heavy, hard, sticks terribly to your hands and takes a very long time to dry. But that’s half the trouble for her. It shrinks, and unevenly, it leads quite strongly in a spiral, so you have to sculpt it in layers. First, a skull with eyes built into the eye sockets, then, two days later, cheeks, nose, chin, etc. It takes me anywhere from four days to a week to complete my head, mainly because the blank takes so long to dry. And after sculpting, also sand it with sandpaper (you can’t polish it with water, it makes it shrink!). Why am I suffering, you ask? Because you like the end result. The doll turns out to be VERY durable. Of course, it’s not worth throwing it against the wall, but it can withstand a fall from one and a half to three meters, it’s been tested. The texture is smooth, pleasant to the touch, and not as sensitive as Paperclay. Non-porous, does not absorb dust or dirt, and can be painted very well with any paint. In short, this is one of my favorite plastics, and it is relatively inexpensive - from 80 to 200 rubles. But you shouldn’t take it up right away; it’s better to gain some experience, using Paperclay, for example. Efaplast classic
is very similar to the one described above, with the only difference being that it practically does not shrink.
But a little more fragile and heavy. It comes in pink, white and terracotta colors. I don’t recommend the latter, it has a very unpleasant orange tint. Only if it is to be painted, Efaplast easy.
It doesn't stick to your hands, it feels pleasant to the touch, it's light in weight and easy to use.
Very good for children's creativity. Disadvantage: a little loose. Again, if you press with something sharp, a mark will remain. But in principle the problem is not great. It comes in white, black, blue, red and, in my opinion, green. From 80 to 200 rubles. Papier mache.
It is served in powder, which must be diluted with water.
It is very difficult to mix and knead it to the desired consistency, so that it is not too liquid and not too hard. The surface turns out to be porous, I would not recommend it for small dolls. But for large ones, like theater masks or masks, that’s it. Paints everything. Costs vary. In stationery departments you can sometimes find so-called ceramic-based modeling materials, in other words, clay. For example, Jovy, that’s where I started. In its own way, very good material. It does not require firing, but you can, when the doll’s parts have already dried, keep it in the oven for 15 minutes at a temperature of 150 degrees. This will make it stronger. You can sand and cut, and paint too. You can’t drop it, it’s clay – it’s clay even in Africa. I don’t know how much it costs, I haven’t bought it for a long time. Also about 200 rubles, I think. EYES
Problem of problems, at least for me.
I know of three types. There are plastic eyes for a textile doll, which are very suitable for a plastic doll. They have a flat oval shape and a very limited range of colors. They can “leak” in the oven, although in my experience this has never happened. They are not very expressive, so you will need to carefully work out the shape of the eyes, glue eyelashes and draw shadows, otherwise the doll will look cheap. By the way, they really cost pennies, 40-50 rubles depending on the size. Another variety is the eyes, which are brought from Japan (I don’t know the name), they can be identified by their plastic case. They are made in the shape of an eyeball, the iris is deep, transparent, and looks very natural. The richest range of colors, there are red, yellow, lilac. Not eyes, but a dream. The iris is made of glass, the apple itself is made of plastic, so it could theoretically leak, but again, I have never had this happen. In fact, they have one drawback - the price. From 320 rub. up to 600. Murder. And the last thing - eyes made of glass. They will not melt under any circumstances. Also in the shape of an eyeball. But unfortunately, their proportions are not always strictly observed, sometimes the iris of the eye is obviously “big”, so you can only make a very anime doll. There is also a range of colors, but they are more boring, and the choice is usually small. They cost from 350 to infinity. If all this music is too expensive or is not sold anywhere, you can make them yourself. To do this, you will need to mold balls of the required size from plastic (any kind), then paint them and cover them with glossy varnish. By the way, you can also buy special eyelashes for dolls to go with the eyes; they cost about 70 rubles; a ribbon is enough for four dolls. They are glued to the eyelids with superglue; they can be cut, but not dyed. By the way, regular false eyelashes are not suitable for dolls, don’t even waste your money. Too rough. Although you may be lucky to find something worthwhile. Again, it depends on the size of the doll. HAIR
Yes, from almost anything.
Fur, woolen threads, silk, mono-thread for beads - no one limits your creative freedom. I really love working with wool blend yarn. The thread needs to be dissolved into fibers, which are then moistened and ironed so that they are even and not “zugzig”. The resulting strands can be twisted and fixed with hairspray. Glue to the head with superglue, in very thin strands. If you don’t want to do it by hand, there is a factory option. You can buy so-called tresses - thin goat hair, which is sewn onto a ribbon that is almost invisible to the eye. It needs to be placed on the scalp like a wig, secured with the same superglue. Hair tresses come in different colors, but if you don’t find a suitable one, you can buy white ones and dye them with any cream hair dye. They are expensive - about 200 rubles per meter, but guaranteed to be worth it. They look very natural. Not long ago I came across goat hair braid in the “Everything for Handicrafts” store - 70 rubles each. meter. I haven't tried it yet, but it should work. Another option is synthetic wigs for dolls. I don’t recommend it because they look exactly like synthetic wigs and are very large in size. You can buy a cheap synthetic hairpiece and make a wig from it, but keep in mind that the fiber is quite stiff, and you still won’t be able to create an elegant hairstyle. Yes, and it is very difficult to glue them on the head. I would not recommend human hair (some doll makers are ready to cut both themselves and their neighbors for the sake of a good doll). For superstitious reasons. A doll is a mystical creature, and then there is organic matter, and even one’s own or that of a friend or relative. Who knows, maybe voodoo will work out? Seriously, it's better not to. TOOLS
Everything that is dear to the heart.
Stacks, small knives, toothpicks, hairpins, manicure tools. Once you start sculpting, you will understand what you need. WHERE CAN I BUY?
This is very difficult.
There are only two places in Moscow where you can buy something for doll making: The first is the Central Children's World, fourth floor, a specialized store of the Russian Doll House, there is also a department of goods for artists. Yes, on the ground floor in the stationery department there are also sometimes plastics. The second is a store for artists next to the Central House of Artists (more precisely, to the left of it, if you are facing it). There are no more outlets in Moscow, I don’t know how things are in Russia. Surf the Internet, go to stationery and toy departments, look for children's art supplies. I can't help you any more. MODELING TECHNOLOGIES From baked plastic
You cannot sculpt an entire doll from some Super Sculpey.
Firstly, you will fly into the pipe, and secondly, a piece of plastic 5-7 cm thick will never be completely baked. It will burn on the outside but remain soft on the inside. This means that some kind of foundation is needed. It is best to use food foil for these purposes. You form a dense ball out of it, better approximating the shape of a human skull, fix the eyes with small pieces of plastic, and start sculpting. But you need to remember that the plastic layer must be at least 4 mm. (the foil may show through or the plastic will crack) and no more than 7 (it will not harden completely). Modeling... well, here, alas, I’m not your help, I’m on my own (same). Experience and training, there is no other way. What is important is that the plastic needs to be smoothed out very carefully, and it is better, if possible, to cut off pieces from it than to sculpt new ones. The fact is that if air remains between the layers, during baking a crack will inevitably form at this place, and maybe even a bubble. In addition, do not forget that before heat treatment, products are very afraid of dust and dirt, they cling and absorb it in all pores. But this minus also has a plus - the product can be tinted with any powder dyes. The easiest way is to use ordinary decorative cosmetics for these purposes, the cheapest ones possible. The main thing is that it is not pearlescent - it will look ugly. Before sculpting, you need to knead the plastic well, but if you contact it with your hands for too long (and this is a temperature of about 37 degrees), the clay begins to “partially burn”, in other words, it becomes hard, so you shouldn’t squeeze it in your hands for too long either. By the way, it is not recommended to store plastic for decades - its plastic properties deteriorate. When firing, you must strictly observe the temperature regime. That is, if the package indicates a temperature of 130C, then you need to adjust the oven as accurately as possible, otherwise it will either burn or not bake completely. My advice to you is that if you bake, don’t go far from the kitchen. Better yet, don’t leave at all – you can wait 15-20 minutes, during which the plastic will harden. Sit in front of the oven in the lotus position and watch the process. Anything can happen: the eyes, if they are plastic, sometimes “flow”, it happens that the doll falls and gets wrinkled, and you never know what else. Yes, and also, it is better not to place the doll or its parts on the iron bottom of the oven, but to place it on a ceramic stand or a regular plate. Remember that during baking in the oven the product becomes very “loose” and fragile, and therefore, for any part that is suspended, you must make a support (a foil roller, an earthenware mug). You can only remove the figurine together with the stand and very carefully, and under no circumstances touch it until it has cooled down! You also don’t have to take it out anyhow. After the time is up, turn off the oven and open the door. Keep the doll inside for another three minutes so that there is no sudden temperature change. And only then carefully, with a stand, into fresh air. “After heat treatment, the clay can be washed, sawed, drilled, carved, and polished.” - the instructions read. Don't believe it!!! It is forbidden. Wipe off the dust with a soft, dry cloth, nothing more. Under no circumstances should you cut it, it is very fragile and everything will fall apart. You can grind baked plastics, but it’s better not to. The dark one will leave marks and scratches, the light one also doesn’t always sand well. But you can paint with almost anything - tempera, acrylic paints, gouache (only then you will need to cover it with some kind of fixative. You can use ordinary colorless nail polish, you can buy a special coating for plastic, about 100 rubles.) Nitro enamel, water-based emulsion, paint on glass - whatever you want. BUT! If you can, and even need to, tint a doll with cosmetics BEFORE baking, then paint should be applied to the surface only after the plastic has hardened. But let's return to the modeling process. The easiest and most enjoyable thing is sculpting the head; everyone without exception loves this process. With the body things are much more complicated. First you need to form a skeleton - a wire frame. The wire can be aluminum or thick copper. The last one is even better, it is more durable. Now you need to figure out which parts of the doll’s body will be naked and which parts will be hidden by clothes. As a rule, the arms (hands or up to the elbows) and legs (feet or up to the knees) are open to view. These parts will also need to be sculpted from plastic. The feet and hands can be sculpted without foil, since they are small, but for the legs and forearms a base is needed. Don't forget to make holes in the limbs into which you can then insert the frame wire. The body, hips and shoulders can either be formed from cotton wool or padding polyester, wound around the frame and secured with threads, or, if you want the doll to be rigid, stick the wire with something self-hardening like papier-mâché (this will be discussed below). The elbows and knees must be left free so that the doll can then be given the desired pose. Just keep in mind that you can bend the wire three or four times, then it may break, so don’t torture your little man too much. When the doll is ready, remember to handle it with extreme care. It cannot be repaired; if you drop it, you will most likely die. And one more unpleasant point: her life is relatively short. A plastic doll “lives” for 30-40 years, then it begins to collapse. So no matter how carefully you treat it, your grandchildren will not get it. For this, I do not like baked plastics. And I love self -confirming plastics, which will be discussed in the next chapter. From self -adapting plastic,
I love it.
Causage plastic freedom of the artist at least a little, but limits, but absolutely everything can be made from a self -adultery. Any sizes, any poses, any colors. Contrary to popular belief, you can sculpt from it for an arbitrarily long time. Actually, it is even better to sculpt in stages - a large piece of plastic is difficult to immediately give the desired shape. So, head. The skull can be created from polystyrene, (preferably pressed, but the usual one is suitable), but I prefer to make a whole doll of plastic, since it is relatively inexpensive. The easiest way to first form a skull (not forgetting to leave a hole for the “spine”, because you will still need to fasten your head with a body), mount your eyes, designate facial features and let all go dry. Then moisten the workpiece so that the surface would slightly smacked, and renew everything you need. Body. As well as for baked plastics, you need a frame. If you want the flesh to hold on the bones well, then the wire must be wrapped with threads, and then, moistening them, cover the frame with a thin layer of plastic and let it dry. And this skeleton can already be wrapped in muscles from the new layers of plastic, not fearing that the structure is cracking. The cervical segment of the wire should be slightly longer than the necessary, and 10-15 millimeters must be left free. We will put our heads on this pin. You can fix it on the neck with a superglue, and the joints are knitted with the same plastic and sanded with a skin. You can make a “self -confirming” doll and without a frame, I sometimes do this. For example, if the doll is without clothes, or I thought over one hundred percent pose. The head, tulovo, arms and legs in this case are sculpted separately, and then gather on a superglue. Joints are covered with plastic and polished. A method for an amateur personally invented by me. I just don't like the wire. That's all. Guys, I got to all this myself, no one taught me anything. And if I could, you can. And ten times you will surpass me. Forward! Good luck and creative success! The original article is on the website of Manga.ru.
Author
Juliy

Plastic figures

Amazing garden animals are made from ordinary plastic. You just need to be patient and do all the work carefully.

All parts are cut strictly according to the template and then assembled into the product. The plastic is painted in the desired color or left transparent if the craft requires it.

A funny family of frogs, a wolf and a hare, Kesha the parrot and other funny characters from fairy tales and cartoons may appear in the garden.

Thin plastic for crafts will help you create flower pots with an original design. The simple material is used to create boxes for gift wrapping and pencil holders.

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Choosing tools for work

Before sculpting from polymer clay, you need to prepare a set of special tools. Of course, if you are working for the first time, you can make do with improvised means.

But, if you plan to use clay as the main material for needlework, prepare the following tools:

1. Working surface. It is better to work on ceramic stands. They can be used for both modeling and baking. Modeling from polymer clay is recommended for beginners on glass. Yes, the material is hard, but baking on it is a bad decision. The glass may crack. During your first lessons, you can use regular office paper.
2. Knife or scalpel. If you have watched how polymer clay is sculpted at various master classes, you may have noticed a special knife. This is a tool with a bendable blade. For the first work, you can use a regular stationery knife, and for small parts, use a blade.
3. Wooden toothpicks. It is impossible to do without them. With their help, small holes are made, miniature parts are rolled out, bends are given, and small elements are connected. Temporarily replace toothpicks, maybe a regular small needle.
4. Rolling pins. Here we will talk about special rolling pins that help roll out clay or combine several colors. Special rolling pins are sold. If it is not possible to purchase them for initial work, replace them with cylindrical glass or metal objects. It is not recommended to use wooden rolling pins. The material will begin to stick to them. Ideal if you have a pasta machine. This will help not only roll out the products in a thin layer, but also save time.

   
   Pasta making machine

5. Special molds. They make it possible to cut out figures.

In the process of creating crafts, you can use structured surfaces (buttons, coins, brushes). The list can be supplemented with sparkles and varnishes.

Vase made of plastic and threads

The work uses threads, a needle, a plastic bottle and thick yarn. The vase will need the bottom of the container, so the top should be cut off. The sides need to be cut into vertical strips. There must be an even number of them.

This plastic craft is suitable for school. You can bring it for an exhibition where handmade items will be displayed.

A thread is tied to the bottom of any strip on the workpiece. Then weaving begins. The work is completed when all sides of the vessel are covered with yarn.

Then you need to take a strip of fabric to sew it to the edge of the vase. The product looks interesting with yarn of different colors.

Tools for the garden

Containers of mineral and carbonated water are suitable for use in the garden to facilitate the work performed.

Spray

By securely fixing a bottle with many small holes on the side plane to the hose, you get a water sprayer.

Spray

Making beds

Beds with fences are easier to care for. At the same time, they become a decoration of the site if they are made of multi-colored plastic bottles connected into a continuous ribbon using wire. For reliability, they are filled with sand, earth or small pebbles before installation.

Fencing beds

Miniature greenhouse

When planting seedlings of zucchini, squash, watermelons, and pumpkins in the spring, it is necessary to provide them with protection from possible night cold snaps. A plastic bottle without a lid becomes a convenient local greenhouse.

Miniature greenhouse

Shrub fencing

After planting shrubs, there is a need for a fence that will provide convenient maintenance and prevent branches from touching the ground surface. You can use the option with plastic bottles of the same volume with cut off bottoms. Forming a circle, they are inserted into one another and fixed in several places with arcs.

Shrub fencing

Getting to know the options for turning waste material into useful products for the garden allows you to independently generate your own ideas and put them into practice.

Multi-colored ladybugs

Even first grade students can make the products. To do this, the bottom of a plastic bottle is painted in any color you like. It is also necessary to draw black spots on the blanks.

Children's crafts made from plastic amaze with their simplicity and beauty. You can make a ladybug's head from half a Kinder Surprise container.

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The part is painted black and attached to the body. The antennae are made of wire or plasticine.

Garden Decor Ideas

This is perhaps the most widespread use of plastic bottles. To design a garden plot, you don’t need to be a master; you just need to use your imagination and read useful tips.

Fences for flower beds of various shapes and beds

This option for designing beds is not only beautiful, but also useful: the soil does not crumble from them, is not washed away by rain, and the appearance is bright and attractive. To decorate, you need to collect a lot of plastic containers of the same size, pour sand into them, and then close the lids again.

Then, by digging the bottles into the ground around the garden bed, we create a “fence.” You can make the bed rectangular, oval, or any fancy shape according to the author’s wishes. The finished border can be painted in different colors, you will get a unique vegetable garden that will delight the eye all season long.

Flowers and butterflies for garden decoration

To make flowers, you need to cut off the necks of prepared bottles. By cutting the necks lengthwise, but not all the way, you can get petals (usually 6-8 pieces), rounding them at the edges. Then the edges of the petals need to be scorched on a lit candle, they become even.

Bending the petals, we singe them at the base, at this time bend them back and give them shape. When plastic is heated, it lends itself very well to shaping into various products. The stem for flowers can be made from wire, thinner wire, and beads - stamens. You can fasten all the components with glue and wire, using an awl to pierce the plastic.

To make a butterfly, you must first cut out a template from paper. You need to cut off the bottom and neck of the bottle, leaving only the middle, cutting it lengthwise. By ironing the middle with an iron and placing a sheet of paper, you can get a smooth surface. Having placed the template, you need to draw a butterfly on the blank, cut it out and bend the wings up. You can decorate with varnish and paints as desired.

Zoo in the garden

You can make various animals from bottles. For example, to make a crocodile, you need to cut two 1.5 liter bottles in half, and then so that 7 cm remains to the neck. Then insert the bottles into each other. The edges need to be connected so that the body is slightly bent, so the crocodile will look more natural. The lids will serve as legs. Cut out the paws and teeth on the back from cardboard. Glue all the parts with glue and paint with paints.

Pigs are very easy to make. You need to cut out the ears, bend them, glue the tail and paint it. The pigs are ready. Coca-Cola bottles have a special shape, the bottom looks like the fitted body of an animal, so it’s easy to make penguins out of them, for example.

You need two bottles: from the bottom of the first you will get the body of a penguin, the second will only need the bottom, it will serve as a cap. Now you can take brushes and paint the animal as you please. You can glue a pompom to the hat and tie a scarf around your neck. It will be a lot of fun.

This way you can put together a whole zoo, thanks to which it won’t be boring at the dacha.

Frog

You can create an interesting container if you take the two lower parts of a green plastic bottle. They are connected by red lightning.

This box is convenient for storing small items. If you glue large eyes with long eyelashes to it, you will get a cute green frog. And the red lightning will serve as the figure’s mouth.

Complete the fairy-tale character with a bright bow or flower. You can make a fashionable hat and attach it to one of the halves of the container.

Tips for caring for jewelry

• Avoid contact of water, perfume and cosmetics with jewelry.
• Touch them only with clean hands.
• Store accessories in a place protected from moisture.
• Don't sleep with them.
• Protect products from impacts and household chemicals.
• It is allowed to wipe jewelry only with a flannel napkin.

Matryoshka dolls

Bright and ruddy girls in elegant sundresses will decorate the garden or veranda. For crafts, it is enough to be able to draw.

It is also necessary to select containers of different sizes, but of the same shape. Such amazing figures will definitely interest guests and household members.

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Master classes

1. Dove made from plastic bottles. Zhilyaeva Victoria.

2. Craft from CDs “Teddy Bear”. Vasilyeva Sophia.

3. "Madame Rococo". Wilma.

4. “Dymkovo toy” from a plastic bottle. Kharina Evgenia Alexandrovna.

5. Decoration from plastic bottles and beads . Kislyakova Anastasia , head – teacher of additional education Zolotaya V.A.

6. “Bouquet of white roses.” Alexandrova Oksana Eduardovna.

7. “Butterfly” from a plastic bottle . Kharina Evgenia Alexandrovna.

8. Owl from a bottle. Alsou Mukhametzyanova , Astrakhan.

9. Lamp “Fairytale Bird” made of disks. Zolotaya Victoria Anatolyevna.

10. Box made from a pot and a CD. Alexandrova Oksana Eduardovna.

11. Pencil. Svetlana Georgievna Klochkova.

12. Easter basket made from a plastic cup. Alexandrova Oksana Eduardovna.

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