Crafts from plywood: ideas, tips for creating and features of making unusual crafts (175 photos and videos)

Specifics of plywood

The key feature of this material is its multi-layer nature. A plywood sheet consists of several layers of veneer (3, 5 or more), glued together in a certain way.

The type of impregnation affects the moisture resistance indicators. The strength properties of plywood are quite good. This is due to the specifics of gluing wood plates.

Simple rules for arranging shelves

When placing flower shelves, take into account the illumination that is necessary for plants. Shelves are installed further from the window for shade-tolerant plants, and those that love bright light are placed in well-lit places, but not in direct sunlight.

Some plants cannot tolerate drafts, especially when ventilated during the cold season. When arranging shelves, it is important to create a healthy environment for all plants.

All designs in color and shape must fit harmoniously into the interior of the room.

Varieties

Wood of different densities can be used to make plywood. Each type has its own purpose and service life. Also, plywood may differ:

• the type of wood used;
• number of layers;
• by water resistance;
• by processing method (can be conventional or laminated);
• by quality;
• by price.

Shelf made of laminated chipboard and chrome tubes

To make such structures, you can use scraps from new laminated chipboards or parts of disassembled used furniture. To process cuts, you will need an adhesive edge or T-shaped (U-shaped) edges.

For chrome-plated tubes, you need to select flanges corresponding to their sizes, which are needed as supports for fastening the shelves. If the structure is floor-mounted, then you can install wheels to conveniently move the shelf with plants to another place, if necessary.

Work order:

• cut the required number of shelves;
• process the edges with an adhesive edge or edging (the U-shaped one is filled with a rubber mallet, for the T-shaped one you need to make grooves in the edges on a milling machine);
• Using a Forstner drill or a milling cutter, make holes in the prepared slabs that correspond to the size of the tubes; in the upper shelf they should not be through;
• insert the tubes into the holes and secure them with flanges on both sides of the plates (the top one with the bottom one);
• attach furniture wheels or legs to the bottom of the tubes.

Required Tools

To make crafts from plywood with your own hands you will need:

• jigsaw;
• drill and drill bits;
• vice;
• miter box;
• Sander;
• set of files;
• - awl;
• — burning device;
• — fasteners;
• - glue;
• - paints, varnishes.

You should also take care of stencils - you can print them from the Internet or draw them yourself. For more complex products it is worth making drawings.

Decoration and protection

When the structural elements are made, you can begin to paint them in parts or assembled. It all depends on the product itself, whether it needs further painting or not.

Paint or varnish is selected depending on the type, purpose of the product, room or area of ​​the yard or house being decorated.

After the paint and varnish have completely dried. It is advisable to treat crafts displayed outdoors with anti-corrosion or waterproof compounds.

Various figures for decorating your home and garden

Fun plywood figures will add new colors to any space. They can be used not only as interior decoration, but also to decorate the yard. The corresponding sites are full of drawings of plywood crafts depicting people, animals, birds, and flowers. You can make a cat climbing a fence, a hedgehog hiding among the bushes, an owl perching on a vine.

If you allocate a separate corner for plywood crafts, you can create a real oasis for rest and relaxation in your yard, imitating, for example, a jungle or a forest clearing.

Flat figures are suitable for decorating outdoor furniture, garden utensils, organizers, and flower pots. Bright decor will prevent you from falling into melancholy and will delight your baby.

Flower shelf made of wood and metal

Combined products with metal frames made of profiles or pipes and wooden shelves are assembled in the form of volumetric racks, small shelves, or hanging shelves.

Holders for pots are made from metal, which are then attached to wooden planks.

Decorative shelves

Shelves of different shapes and sizes are another option for lightweight plywood crafts. They can be hung in any room. In the living room and bedroom they can serve as decor, in the nursery they can be used as places to store children’s books and toys. In the kitchen, jars of spices and cooking magazines are usually placed on them.

If desired, you can create entire racks from plywood. Different designs can be distinguished by:

• thickness of the material used;
• number of shelves;
• dimensions;
• presence of side walls;
• configuration;
• method of location (floor or wall);
• decorative technique.

How to save your work longer

It will be very disappointing if the handicraft you made yourself peels off and warps from the first rain. So it is better to take a number of measures to save your own work.

Firstly, it is better to use moisture-resistant material. Secondly, it is necessary to impregnate it from moisture, for example, with Pinotex. Acrylic and oil paints can be used. It is important that they are for external use. If you want to leave the natural color of the wood, the craft should be coated with transparent yacht varnish.

3D figures

The potential of plywood in decorating rooms is incredibly large. Proof of this is the mass of all kinds of sculptural compositions created using this material. 3D models are made up of many small elements.

Using this technology, you can make anything - a car, a ship, an airplane, and even furniture. Modern stores offer a wide range of kits with ready-made parts. Moreover, some sets are intended for children's use, others for adults.

Advantages of self-made shelves

There are products on sale that can be used to quickly solve the problem of placing a home flower garden. But they are not very diverse; they are the same type of standard designs.

When you make flower shelves yourself, you can create your own unique room design, choose the best option for each plant, and how to present it more effectively.

When you make shelves yourself, you can choose the materials for them yourself, calculate their dimensions, the required number of stands, and develop your own original design.

The cost of a shelf or several shelves will be much cheaper than store-bought products. And if you make such structures from waste materials, unnecessary old furniture or other suitable items stored in the house, then the only costs will be time and labor.

Crafts for the kitchen

Photos of plywood crafts demonstrate that they have a place in the kitchen. Patterned organizers for spoons and forks, napkin holders, containers for spices, trays, fruit bowls - all this can be made from a plywood sheet.

Craftsmen create wooden clocks, lamps, panels, and sculptures as interior decoration. Furniture made from this material is quite in demand.

Templates and diagrams are not problems

It is better to make templates yourself. Firstly, it’s not difficult, and secondly, you can make templates for your own and a new drawing when you get tired of repeating other people’s ideas. Note that there are a huge number of children's applications for crafts made from colored paper, which are quite easy to cut out of plywood.

The easiest option is to apply the design directly to the plywood. Moreover, if you had an A in drawing at school, it is not at all necessary to copy what has already been done.

Otherwise, you should apply a grid on the drawing you like with a pencil. Then the same grid is drawn on a sheet of material with a pencil. All elements of the design are transferred to plywood “in squares”. Conveniently, the squares in the drawing and the workpiece can have different sizes, that is, the drawing can be transferred to any scale.

The most convenient and modern way to do the work is to use a computer, which is what we did. Almost everyone has a Microsoft Power Point program, where you should copy the picture you like. The program presets the sheet size for printing on a printer to 29.7x21cm.

Setting the print sheet size

We have a piece of plywood measuring 57x77 cm, and we set the size of the pattern based on the availability of material. You must understand that the program takes into account the size of the entire image.

Then you need to print fragments of the drawing on the printer, sequentially moving it relative to the sheet to be printed. For ease of printing, a grid of sheets for printing should be applied to the drawing and grouped with the image.

Create a grid of sheets for ease of printing

Now the sheets should be glued into a single image and cut along the contour after the glue has dried. The paper template is placed on a sheet of plywood and outlined with a pencil. Subsequently, individual parts of the drawing are sequentially cut off from the template and also transferred with a pencil to the workpiece. You can cut it out!

Carved box

This casket is ideal for storing various trinkets: hairpins, keys, rings. It amazingly combines functionality and aesthetic appeal. You can choose the ornament yourself, so you won’t have any problems fitting the finished product into the interior.

Such boxes look good in rooms decorated in rustic, ethnic, and environmental styles. They will also find a place in rooms arranged according to the rules of classical and modern design.

DIY fiberboard box.

First, we cut out blanks from fiberboard (or cardboard) for a box of a certain size. The box consists of two parts: base – bottom, side wall and lid; compartment of the box.

Let's start with the compartment in which everything will be stored. We place a base measuring 10x15 cm on the table and first glue the 15 cm long sides with Moment glue. It is necessary to squeeze the two sides for a few seconds to firmly fix the wall. Next we glue two opposite sides.

All internal and external corners must be glued with masking tape. In this case, it is important to form right angles between the walls using a stack.

To prevent the dark color of the fiberboard from showing through the fabric, it is necessary to seal the outer walls and the outer side of the base with whatman paper. We cut the Whatman paper to the size of the walls and apply PVA glue in a very thin layer. Smooth the surface using a stack.

We begin to cover all parts of the box with fabric. We cut out a strip of fabric measuring 7x39 cm. Apply glue to a side 10.6 cm long and glue it to the fabric, leaving an allowance, which we glue to the adjacent wall. Thus, we continue to glue the remaining sides. The wall without fabric will be at the back and will not be visible. A stack will help get rid of unevenness on the walls.

We cut off the corners on all sides at an acute angle and glue the allowances to the adjacent walls. We do the same at the top of the box.

Let's cut the fabric measuring 6x17 cm. Fold in 1 cm allowances on both sides. You will get a spine measuring 6x15 cm. Glue one half of it to the wall, with allowances inward. Press down well.

Glue three blanks for the base of the box to the fabric, glued side down, so that there is a distance of 0.5 cm between them. Leave allowances on all sides. We cut off the corners with an allowance of 2-3 mm, at a fairly sharp angle and seal them.

Design of plywood products

There are several ways to decorate plywood crafts for a kindergarten or apartment. You can simply limit yourself to varnishing, or you can use:

• burning;
• painting;
• patination.

Whatever type of design you choose, first of all, you need to carefully go over all the details of the product with sandpaper. When choosing a paint or varnish coating, all existing unevenness and surface defects in the areas where the elements are fastened should be puttied and primed.

Making plywood crafts is not only a way to have a good time. With a minimum of effort, you can get a wonderful gift for a loved one. A handmade item will always be unique, because it contains a piece of the master’s soul. And therefore, crafts made from plywood, made with your own hands, will invariably be in demand.

Transferring the design to plywood

You need to translate the drawing accurately and carefully: secure the drawing using buttons, double-sided masking tape, or simply hold it with your left hand. Check if the drawing fits the dimensions. Arrange the individual parts so that you can use the plywood sheet as economically as possible. There is no need to rush, because your future craft depends on the drawing. If you are short on time, then to speed up the translation process you can use the technique of quickly translating a drawing; for this, I suggest that you read the article in the tips section: Drawing technology.

Photos of plywood crafts

What can be made from the material

Let's start with the fact that crafts made from wood and plywood are not only pleasing to the eye, but also often help in the household.

Crafts for the interior

Original plywood table.

Variety of options and designs:

1. As you know, there are never enough kitchen utensils. Any housewife will need cutting boards of different sizes, spatulas, and hot mats. Shelves for small items and decorative drawers for food would also be useful.
2. For flowers or a mini garden on the windowsill, plywood containers will come in handy. Just don’t forget to make liners in them from polyethylene film, otherwise even moisture-resistant material will warp over time.
3. A lot of useful things can be designed and implemented in the hallway. Hangers, shoe racks, cabinets, umbrella storage, key holders, etc.

These hangers can be made for a children's wardrobe.

1. It is easy to decorate a children's room with figures of characters cut out of plywood, carved additions to furniture, and various toys.
2. Decorative flowerpots, vases for dried bouquets, and rustic-style coasters for cups of tea or coffee are good for almost any living room.

Garden ideas

Such figures will decorate your garden.

Here the scope of imagination is not limited.

Products made of plywood + wood made by the owner himself will definitely give an exclusive look and fabulousness to the summer cottage:

1. Feeders and bird houses come in a variety of styles, from country to futuristic.
2. Original picket fences separating the flowerbed from the garden paths.
3. Hanging pots and containers for planting at different levels.
4. Figurines of fairy-tale characters. Fungi, gnomes, animals hiding under a bush will enliven the garden and add zest.
5. Large fragments combined with timber or boards will make wonderful benches, stools with a table.
6. Plywood or slats are useful for making a nice terrace fence or for decorating a gazebo.
7. A country well can easily be transformed from boring and dull into a mill, hut or mini-fortress. And all using ordinary plywood and leftover wood.
8. Windows with carved frames will make neighbors pause at your house, sighing with admiration and slight envy.

Ceiling

The most important thing that a person who decides to sheathe his ceiling with a sheet of fiberboard should remember is the rather considerable weight of the structure. One sheet of high-density fiberboard weighs at least 30 kilograms. Therefore, in order for such a ceiling to hold tightly and not create a danger, it is worth choosing fiberboard of minimum density and creating a good frame on which to fasten the sheets according to all the rules.

It is necessary to make a frame around the perimeter of the ceiling. It can be made of metal or wooden slats. It is better to make the step between the transverse bars no more than 30-35 centimeters. You need to fasten the fiberboard sheets using a screwdriver, connecting them into a rigid joint. Fiberboard can be glued to the insulation or concrete ceiling pointwise, for example, with liquid nails.

All this is quite easy to do with your own hands. The installation of fiberboard on the ceiling itself is very similar to working with drywall, but it is cheaper in price. And the quality of such a ceiling is no worse.

The indisputable advantages of a ceiling made of fiberboard sheets:

• Minimum price.
• Fast installation.
• Durability.
• Leveling the surface.
• The ability to make a structure from sheets on several levels.

The finished ceiling can be painted, more than once during the entire period of operation, or wallpaper can be glued to it. This can be done multiple times.

A fiberboard ceiling is practical; when decorated, it will be beautiful and modern. If water does not get on it (neighbors flood or heating pipes break), then it can last for a decade.