16 ideas for crafts from plastic bottles for giving + photo

Plastic bottles from water, milk, butter, ketchup, shampoos and other products are usually sent to the trash after use, although they could become a functional or decorative addition to the cottage. It will take just a little time and effort to make a useful item out of what was considered yesterday as garbage. There are many options for crafts from plastic bottles for summer cottages: with your own hands with minimal financial investments you can get nice garden figures, lamps, borders, feeders, washbasins, flowerpots and even greenhouses and fences, and this is not a complete list. We hope that the ideas described below will inspire the creation of a summer masterpiece by yourself.

No. 1. Railing for flower beds

Country beds and flower beds are sure to need fencingwhich protects them from erosion and gives a more accurate look. Alternative to habitual paving slabs, bricks or concrete curbs plastic bottles can become, however, a lot of them will be needed, so they will have to be assembled for a whole year. It is desirable that they be the same size - then the picket fence will be flat.

Each bottle must be filled with sand, tightly closed and begin to dig into the ground along the planned lines. Ready-made fencing is possible to paint in the necessary color, but you can not touch it if the original color of the bottles suits you. Plastic even in a humid environment does not decompose for 500 years, so such a fence will last a very long time.

No. 2. Plastic bottle curtains

Airy and unusual curtains for decorating the entrance to the house, summer kitchen or gazebo, you can easily make bottoms of plastic bottles, and there are no requirements for color, density and size of the latter. It will take a lot to prepare bottles, and from each one it will be necessary to cut off the bottom - the rest can be used to make other crafts.

Prepared bottoms are joined together by a thread or fishing line - the curtain is ready. If use transparent bottles with a bottom resembling a flower (those that usually sell plain and sparkling water), the curtain will turn out to be airy. Fit and bottoms from thick plastic bottles, and you can use multi-colored or color them in the colors of the selected gamut. As a result, you can get a bright curtain with a nice color transition. By the way, for the same purposes lids will fit from the same plastic bottles: in different colors and sizes, they will help to create original and cheap decoration for the garden.

No. 3. Garden path from bottles

If there are a lot of plastic bottles collected indecently, then they can be used for decoration garden paths. All the bottoms that have a noticeable relief are used for these purposes, which means that it will be nice to walk barefoot on them, but it’s inconvenient to transport some goods, so it’s better to equip them with plastic bottles minor pathsthat go only on foot.

Cut bottoms stack on loose sand, in this case, efforts must be made so that each element is completely filled with sand, which will exclude deformation in the future. A more durable option is to lay the bottoms on the not yet frozen concretewhich is very often used for filling garden paths. In this case, we get the decoration of a boring gray concrete path, and in order to make the summer cottage even more fun and interesting, you can put some pattern from the bottoms or caps of the bottles.

Number 4. Bottle washbasin

Do it yourself washbasin from a plastic bottle to disgrace is simple. The selected container is attached (can be tied or gently nailed) upside down to the base. To wash your hands, it will be enough to slightly unscrew the bottle cap, and water can be poured into it through the bottom, which is removable. It is better not to cut it off completely, so that it has nowhere to fly away and not be lost, because the water in the tank must be protected from the ingress of dirt.

A more technological and very convenient washbasin can be built if the neck of the bottle embed a piece of hose and connect it to the tap. If at the same time you also choose a large volume bottle, it will turn out very functionally and comfortably, and at the same time inexpensively.

No. 5. Flower pots

It is flowerpots for flowers from plastic bottles that are made most often. There are a lot of possible options, the restriction will be only your own imagination. Easiest option - cut off the neck and get a capacity for planting plants, and it can be quite large in diameter if you use 5-liter bottles. If you act a little more creative, then such a flowerpot can be painted, and not just in one color, but to draw some kind of pattern or animal, and if at the same time the cut is done not in a straight line, but to give it a certain shape, then the resulting flowerpots will not even give out their origin.

Another good option is to cut a hole in the side wall of the bottle, and fill the tightly twisted bottle with soil, planting the selected plant there. Such pots will effectively look suspended on the wall.

No. 6. Bird feeders

From large 5-liter plastic bottles you can make a bird feeder, and even a child will cope with such a task. You just need to cut a hole closer to the bottom to allow birds access to the grain. By bending the plastic, you can build a small porch and a canopy near the entrance, so that the birds can sit comfortably and no snow gets inside the feeder. Since large bottles, as a rule, have their own handles, you don’t even have to worry about fastening to a tree.

Number 7. Plastic Bottle Butterflies

Since plastic is a fairly plastic material, resourceful summer residents came up with the idea of ​​making butterflies, flowers, palm trees, various animals, and even stuffed animals and cartoon characters. First things first.

Creating butterflies from plastic bottles is a simple and creative task. Will need not too tight bottles, from which their middle part is cut and cut lengthwise to make plates: the necks and bottoms can be useful for other crafts. In advance, it is necessary to prepare several patterns of butterflies, their contours using a marker are transferred to plastic, now you only need to cut the resulting figure with scissors. The wings of the butterfly are unbent so that they look as natural as possible, the butterfly must be symmetrical. Now it remains only to paint the workpiece, for which they are used acrylic paints or ordinary nail polishes, beads, rhinestones and any other jewelry depending on the idea. When the paints dry, you can glue a mustache made of wire with strung beads. You can mount such butterflies anywhere.

Number 8. Palm from plastic bottles

Bringing a small tropical shade to your summer cottage is very simple. For the manufacture of palm trees you will need plastic bottles of brown and green colors, a little time and effort. There are several options. creating such a plastic palm, they differ in the complexity of the work and in how much the finished result looks like a real palm. Let us dwell on one of the best ways.

The first thing you need to do is the future palm foliage. Green bottles are used, in which the lower part is cut off. The remaining bottle is cut into thin longitudinal strips. In total, it is necessary to make at least 7 branches, which can consist of any required number of blanks - the length is adjustable depending on your own preferences. When the required number of bottles is prepared, they are strung on a cable with a diameter of 12-14 mm.

Trunk can be done by cutting off the bottom of the bottles and stringing the remaining parts on top of one another, but it will look very simple. It is better to do as follows. Cut the bottoms from brown bottles, leaving the convex parts intact. Then make longitudinal cuts to get the same petals, and string the workpieces onto a metal barrel. To fix the leaves on the trunk, recommend weld to the base of the tube trunk with a diameter corresponding to that used to create the cable branches. The whole will look especially nice composition of palm trees on the site.

No. 9. Animals from plastic bottles: pigs, peacocks and others

When the general principles of working with plastic bottles are clear, you can create from them everything that your heart desires, for example, a variety of animals, and the ideas described below will serve as inspiration.

1. Bottle piglets - The easiest way to decorate the site. The basis will be a 5-liter bottle. Ears will need to be cut from 2-liter bottles, and the necks of small plastic bottles will be used as legs. When all the parts are ready, they are glued together with a glue gun, and the finished "animal" is painted with pink paint. After drying, you can draw or glue the eyes from the buttons, paint the contours of the ears and the nickle with paint, make the tail of the wire. If you cut a hole in the back of the piglet in advance, then the figure can be used as a flowerpot;

   

   

   

   

   
   
2. Plastic peacock it will require much more effort and time, but painstaking and patience will ultimately pay off with an impressive result. As a basis, a plastic canister or synthetic foam is used, from which it is easy to form the desired shape of the body. The longest stage is the manufacture of feathers. They should be of different colors and sizes: from the longest for the tail and trunk to short for the chest and head. Large feathers can be cut into thin strips. For the beak you will need a red bottle, to create the plumage it is necessary to glue the prepared feathers in stages, alternating sizes and colors. For wings and tail, you can use an abrasive mesh to which the feathers are screwed. It remains to connect all the details, arrange eyes and crest;

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   
3. Bull. It takes two 5-liter bottles, one cuts off the bottom to insert one bottle into the other. From the 2-liter bottle (used to create the neck), cut the neck at an angle and attach it to the neck of the 5-liter bottle. As a nose, you can use a plastic cup. Horns and legs are made of thick wire. Now you need to prepare a large amount of cut paper and glue the blank in 4-5 layers to form the figure of the future bull. To give volume and naturalness, it is necessary to make a mass of soaked overnight and well-crushed egg trays, PVA glue and putty. The billet is stuck with the resulting elastic mass and the shape of a bull is formed. When everything dries well, you can paint and decorate the craft.Similarly, you can create any shape you want. It is especially easy to form large decorative mushrooms, the basis for which will be 2-liter bottles.

   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   

   
   

These examples describe basic techniques that are used to create animals from plastic bottles. According to these principles, you can create an elephant, giraffe, fox, penguin, ostrich, swan and many other animals. Similarly, you can also make famous cartoon characters or some kind of fantasy creatures.

No. 10. Plastic Bottle Flowers

How diverse the world of flowers is, there are so many ways to create artificial flowers from plastic bottles. Here are some interesting options for inspiration.

The easiest way to create colors:

1. cut off the bottom of the bottle;
2. make longitudinal cuts to form the petals, they can be given a pointed or bent shape;
3. heat the petals above the candle and give them a certain shape;
4. It remains to collect the finished flower from several such blanks, stamens and stems.

Instead of necks, you can use the bulk of the bottle. Initially, you need to prepare templates, circle their outline on the bottle and cut. Now, with the help of a candle and tweezers, you can give the flower any shape. The flower is assembled from several such blanks that are glued or stitched together. Thus, it is possible to make roses, carnations, daisies and other flowers. The sepals' corollas are made from a green bottle using the same technology: creating a stencil, cutting parts from plastic, reflow.

The stem is made of wire and a green bottle, cut into a spiral. The wire is wrapped in a plastic spiral while heating above the flame. A sepal is put on at the end of the wire, and then corollas of flowers. Leaves are made like petals.

Sunflower can be made as follows:

1. from three plastic bottles (preferably in the form of a barrel), the bottom must be cut off, and the neck is cut off from two of them;
2. each blank is cut into equal sized petals, the edges of which are given a certain shape;
3. all petals are painted yellow with enamel paint, after drying all three blanks are collected and glued;
4. the core is made from the bottom of a brown bottle and glued to the workpiece.

   

   

   

   
   

These simple rules can be used in the manufacture of any other colors.

No. 11. Plastic bottle light

The summer cottage necessarily needs lighting, and if there are extra funds to buy ready-made garden lights No, but there’s more than enough imagination and plastic bottles, you can make a pretty one do-it-yourself lampshade. It is important to take into account that the plastic, when heated, melts, so you have to either withstand a significant distance from the llama to the ceiling, or use led bulbswhich are almost not heated.

Couple interesting options for plastic fixtures:

• the top of a 5 liter bottle can be a great lampshade. It should only be cut off, painted in accordance with your taste, insert a cartridge, lead the wire and screw in the bulb;
• An interesting shade will turn out if many small leaves from a green plastic bottle are glued to a metal frame. A characteristic pattern of the leaves can be given with a soldering iron. Finished elements are glued to the base, the form of branches with foliage is formed, a light bulb is inserted inside.

No. 12. Greenhouse made of plastic bottles

Plastic bottles can even be used for the construction of small outbuildings, and by its basic properties, plastic is excellent for construction greenhouses. It holds temperature well, does not melt and is 20 times stronger than dense polyethylene. True, for the construction of an average greenhouse you will need to collect 500-700 bottles.

There are two main uses for plastic bottles to create greenhouse walls.:

• bottles with a cut bottom are worn on a thin wooden lath, while the neck of one bottle is firmly inserted into another bottle;
• the second option involves cutting off the bottle and the bottom, and the neck. What is left is cut lengthwise to get a rectangular piece of plastic. All elements thus obtained are ironed through thick paper until an absolutely flat surface is obtained. After that, small pieces of plastic must be joined to get large ones. It is better to do this with an awl, sew with wire or cord (thread and thread are not recommended in this case). It’s better to overlap elements.

When the main building element for the walls is ready, you can proceed to the construction of the frame for the greenhouse. Usually, wooden blocks are used for this, which are connected with nails and a hammer. The shape of the greenhouse can be a triangle or a house. When the frame is ready, previously prepared elements are attached to it. If straps with bottles are used, then they must be placed as tightly as possible to each other. The plates are simply nailed to a wooden frame. The roof of such a greenhouse is best made from polycarbonateso that she can withstand snow loads.

No. 13. Arbor made of plastic bottles

Arbor on a summer cottage can be built in the same way as a greenhouse, but you can make the structure more capital. Usually glass bottles are used for this, but plastic ones are also suitable. The bottom line is to use sand-filled plastic bottles as bricks. The sequence of actions is the same as when building a conventional brick gazebo: after the foundation is built, the bottles are placed on the mortar. The gazebo will be stronger if you use between the rows reinforcing the grid. It is advisable to hold the erected walls with something until the mortar completely dries, so that nothing spills. The shape of the gazebo and its individual architectural elements are thought out in advance. By the way, similarly erected country fences.

No. 14. Device for deep watering plants

Some plants do not like surface irrigationtherefore they need to deliver water as close to the root system as possible. An ordinary plastic bottle will come in handy in this case too. It is enough to cut the bottom to make the lid open freely. The earth near the plant is torn and a trench made of stone is laid out so that the water does not erode the soil. It remains to put the bottle upside down and slightly dig it up with earth. If necessary, pouring will be enough just to open the lid and pour water. You can bury the bottle and the bottom down, but in this case, in its lower part it will be necessary to make a lot of punctures so that the water can flow out quietly.

Number 15. Plastic bottle scoop

The simplest thing you can do from a plastic bottle is a scoop. You will need a bottle of the required size, on it a marker marks the shape of the future scoop, and then a cut is made along the outlined line with scissors or a knife.

No. 16. Tool Storage Boxes

In this case, it is better to use rectangular bottlessuch as those that sell machine oil and liquid laundry detergent. They only have to make a hole of the right size on one of the walls, and the box for small garden accessories is ready. If you insert a few such home-made boxes into the bedside table, the walls and shelves of which are made of chipboard or plywood, you get a full storage. 

With this list, the number of possible crafts from plastic bottles is not limited. Depending on the style and design of the summer cottage, the needs and tastes of the owners, you can actually create from the waste a lot of different useful or just decorative things.