DIY crafts from plastic bottles - step-by-step instructions (photo). Unusual DIY crafts from plastic bottles with photos Crafts from a five-liter plastic bottle

What skillful hands can do 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. We will need 3 bottles for each chamomile. They all must have the same neck diameter, otherwise we will not be able to put the lush parts together.

Cut off the upper part (neck with lid), just below the expansion point. We do this with only two bottles, leaving one. It is desirable that the lid be 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 the chest and 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 together to make another toy for kindergarten - a 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. Thus creating a real children's beekeeping center.

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

An easy-to-make and very interesting craft model.

Option 1

Let's prepare materials:

• plastic containers (a few pieces will be enough);
• paper, no smaller than A4 size;
• 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 a blank sheet of paper, scan or transfer the shape 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 white caps, 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 the household). We start from the center, this will be the back of the hedgehog. We glue each cone as a 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 do not make it possible to experiment with pine cones, 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

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

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

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

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

DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles

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

You will need the following tools and materials:

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

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

Algorithm for creating an ottoman:

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

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

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

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

Flowers from plastic bottles

There are many options for creating flowers from plastic bottles.

The easiest way to create a three-dimensional flower:

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

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

Toys made from plastic bottles

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

Several toy options:

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

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

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

House made of plastic bottles

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

You need to make preparations:

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

"Construction" algorithm:

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

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

Plastic bottle doll

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

List of tools and materials:

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

Manufacturing technique:

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

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

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

DIY bird made from plastic bottles

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

Preparation:

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

Manufacturing algorithm:

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

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

Flowerbed made from a plastic bottle

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

Manufacturing technique:

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

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

Birdhouse made from a plastic bottle

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

Manufacturing Features:

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

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

Bird feeder made from a plastic bottle

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

Simple manufacturing option:

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

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

Palm tree made from plastic bottles

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

Manufacturing technique:

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

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

Crafts from plastic bottles for preschoolers

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

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

Chamomile

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

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

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

Penguin

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

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

Crocodile

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

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

Bees

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

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

Butterflies

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

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

Hedgehogs

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

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

Helicopter

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

Procedure:

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

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

Matryoshka

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

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

Fly agarics

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

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

Household supplies made from plastic bottles

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

Item options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Article format: Natalie Podolskaya

Video about plastic crafts

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

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:

Trace the outlines of the future creation with a black marker; it is advisable to take one that will not be erased immediately, because you still need to work with the workpiece.

Remove the stencil and cut the blank with scissors.

The wings should be folded upward along the butterfly's body.

Painting is done from the inside out. Since the decoration will be colorful, you should wait for each subsequent layer to dry before applying a new color. In this case, using nail polish is very convenient, because it has a thin brush.

Making crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands will be a great opportunity to create three-dimensional figures that can be used in games or for interior decoration.

This is a completely affordable and quite pliable material, so even kindergarten-aged children can make simple crafts from plastic bottles with their own hands. The basic principle of operation comes down to painting or gluing a whole bottle or a fragment of it, which is not difficult to do even for kids.

“Crafts made from plastic bottles can be used for games and interior decoration.”

Crafts from plastic bottles for children

There are a huge number of options for crafts from plastic bottles for kindergarten. This can be a funny pig that can be used to fold various small items.

We make the piglet's tail and ears from paper.

Ladybug with fluffy antennae and heart-shaped spots.

Using this pattern, you can make any beetle or bee.

Using a plastic plate as a base, you can make a charming turtle with a shell made from peas and lentils.

From the two lower parts of plastic bottles you can glue a very impressive apple.

Continuing the autumn theme, we would like to offer you a video master class on making fly agarics from plastic bottles:

A bright, cute owl can become a toy or a decorative element.

A cute octopus in a miniature hat is very easy to make. The bottle will need to be painted with blue paint, the bottom cut off and the lower part cut.

The bottle makes a spectacular military aircraft:

Plastic bottles make very fun little boxes for storing small items. The bottles are connected to each other using a zipper. Bottle box - pig.

A bottle box is a frog.

Bottle box - owl.

You can make an adorable caterpillar from plastic bottles:

Autumn hedgehog from a plastic bottle and pine cones

You can make a very impressive autumn hedgehog from a plastic bottle and pine cones. For this craft we will need a small bottle with a stopper. Color the top of the bottle with a black marker.

We wrap the remaining part with thick fabric. We slightly singed the ends of the fabric so that the threads would not stick out. We fix the fabric on the bottle with glue.

Glue the pine cones onto the fabric. Glue the hedgehog's eyes and ears. A hedgehog made from a plastic bottle and pine cones is ready!

Watch how to make a hedgehog from a plastic bottle and pine cones in the video:

Pencil cases and organizers made from plastic bottles

You can make a very original pencil case or office organizer from plastic bottles.

Watch how to make such a pencil case in the video:

You can make a very convenient office organizer from plastic bottles.

A very effective organizer for small items can be made from plastic bottles, cardboard and a cardboard roll. We decorate the craft with braid and a paper flower.

Gift packaging made from plastic bottles

Stationery organizer made from plastic bottles. From the bottom of a plastic bottle you can make very original transparent gift packaging. The top part of the bottle can be cut and bent inward, secured with tape and a ribbon with a bow.

In such gift wrapping you can put not only office supplies, but also sweets.

You can make a very impressive toy from plastic bottles - a Superman backpack. A fire made of fabric is attached to the necks of the painted bottles.

The strings or hand straps are glued to a small piece of cardboard. Bottles are glued on top. Superman's backpack is ready!

DIY houses made from plastic bottles

Perhaps one of the most magical crafts made from plastic bottles is a fairytale house:

Plastic bottles make adorable houses.

You can make a real dollhouse out of large milk bottles.

Watch how to make a hut from plastic bottles in the video:

Children can cope with most of these crafts without the help of adults; they just need to prepare everything necessary to create them and, if necessary, help trim the bottle or cut it into the necessary parts.

DIY vase made from plastic bottles

A plastic bottle makes a very bright and cheerful flower vase. Making such a vase is not at all difficult! Cut off the top part of the plastic bottle. We paint it with green paint and glue a ribbon on top.

We draw flowers on the bottle and decorate their centers with beads.

Glue on a ribbon bow. Vase made from a plastic bottle - ready!

A stand for a vase can also be made from the bottom and neck of a bottle.

Look at the video for another version of a vase made from plastic bottles:

Organizers made from plastic bottles

Plastic bottles covered with colored film make a very convenient and effective stationery stand.

And here is a pencil stand in the shape of cozy cats.

If you glue a zipper to the cut of a plastic bottle, you can make a very original pencil case.

A stationery stand made from a plastic bottle can be made in the shape of a cheerful orange lion cub.

Stationery stand “Lion Cub”

Flower pots made from plastic bottles

You can make adorable white cats from plastic bottles. These cats can become decorative vases or flower pots. These cute napping pussies will be a wonderful decoration for your home.

A flower pot made from plastic bottles can be made in the shape of a funny bunny.

Flower pot "bunny"

Or bears.

Flower pot "bear"

These small and convenient pots can easily be hung on the wall, making it an original decoration for your home.

New Year's decorations made from plastic bottles

You can make an interesting garland from plastic bottles.

You can make a beautiful New Year's serpentine from plastic bottles.

Large white bottles make adorable Christmas lights - snowmen.

You can make a Christmas tree decorated with corks from plastic bottles.

Watch the video on how to make a beautiful Christmas tree from a green bottle.

Easter basket made from a plastic bottle (option No. 1)

A plastic bottle makes a very convenient base for an Easter basket. Cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle.

We attach double-sided tape along the edge of the workpiece.

We secure paper along the edges of the workpiece.

We tie our Easter basket with a ribbon. All that remains is to fill the basket with fun and festive eggs!

See how to make another wonderful Easter basket based on a plastic bottle:

Easter basket made from a plastic bottle (option No. 2)

You can make an Easter basket from a plastic bottle a little differently. Cut out the bottom and strip from a plastic bottle. From these we form the base and handle of the basket.

Cut out a ribbon from corrugated paper. We make cuts on one side. This is the future grass that will decorate our basket.

Cut out decorations for the basket from paper.

Glue the grass to the base of the basket and wrap the handle with green paper. All that remains is to decorate our basket with flowers and put Easter eggs in it.

Plastic bottles make stunningly beautiful flowers.

From paper and a painted transparent bottle you get a spectacular violet.

From cut and folded soft plastic you can make a real miracle - a water lily.

A plastic bottle can be an excellent stand for a paper lotus.

The bottoms of plastic bottles can be used to create a fun flower bed.

Bouquet of flowers from plastic bottles

You can make a beautiful bouquet of daisies in a vase from plastic bottles. Cut out the bottom of a white plastic bottle. We make cuts on it, giving it the shape of a flower.

We make two holes in the center through which we thread the wire leg. Glue the yellow cork to the central part with a glue gun.

We wrap the leg with a strip cut from a plastic bottle, floral tape, ribbon or any suitable material. Glue leaves from a plastic bottle. To make the leaves slightly curved, heat them a little over the fire.

We cut the bottom part of the green bottle. We put pebbles on the bottom. We insert our flowers into the stones. We will get a very spectacular flower arrangement.

Another great use for a plastic bottle is to make a bird feeder out of it. Using a knife, cut a rectangular hole in it. Color the bottle Insert a stick into the feeder

Our plastic bottle feeder is ready! All that remains is to pour some tasty grains into it and hang it on a tree.

Look at the video “how to make a bucket from a bottle”:

Piglet made from plastic bottles

A pig made from a plastic bottle can become a very cute decoration for your home or garden. The larger the bottle, the larger the piglet will be. It is better to paint such a craft either with acrylic or aerosol paints. We wait until the paint dries.

Let's collect our pig. Glue on the ears, eyes and legs. We glue two black circles to the end of the cork - we get a patch. Pig from a plastic bottle - ready!

Christmas toys made from plastic bottles

What can’t our craftsmen come up with? For example, we present to you several New Year's toys made from plastic bottles. The ball is made from plastic strips fastened together and decorated with sequins.

Ball with zigzags from a plastic bottle

Crafts from plastic bottles for home and garden

From the bottoms of plastic bottles you can make an original and very delicate pendant for country windows.

From the bottom of the bottles you can make cute boxes decorated with butterflies. Butterflies for decoration can also be cut out of plastic.

Look at the video - crafts made from plastic bottles for the garden, vegetable garden or cottage:

Masters and beginners alike use crafts made from plastic bottles for the interior, as garden decor and in the form of practical furniture. Colored plastic bottle caps are an excellent material for mosaic panels on walls and fences. The best ideas with detailed instructions and photos can be easily implemented at the dacha, turning a bare area into a “clearing of fairy tales”, and filling the house with useful little things.

One of the most crazy people on the RuNet, Roman Ursu, presented a crazy video in which he showed 70 ways to use plastic bottles.

Advantages of crafts made from plastic containers

A well-made souvenir or trinket will eventually develop into a hobby, if there are no limits to your imagination. Summer residents who have moved from simple fences on wire to buildings that delight in scale never cease to amaze.

From available material that many throw away, someone builds:

• greenhouse;
• carport;
• summer shower or bath;
• country toilet or shed;
• summer gazebo or sun canopy;
• a mansion for children or a playground;
• sandbox with decorative sides;
• various temporary buildings on the site.

Over time, plastic becomes a real environmental disaster - it is difficult to recycle. But if you involve everyone who cares in cleaning the area, there will be a whole mountain of empty PET bottles for building a greenhouse, cascading flower bed or vertical gardening. The only drawback is that it takes a long time to collect identical containers, since containers are produced in different colors and volumes.

To create an original decoration you need:

• interesting idea;
• ready-made role model (illustration);
• material for crafts with tools;
• step-by-step training plan guide.

In the hands of a true master, plastic bottles take on a second life, becoming functional objects. It is better to make souvenirs on a seasonal basis. For example, New Year's toys are made in the winter, practical country houses are made in the summer, and in spring and autumn it remains to build a “clearing of fairy tales” near the house for children.

Furniture and interior items made from plastic bottles

Furniture made from plastic bottles looks like a masterpiece that is not accessible to everyone. They will require a lot of plastic containers of the same type. Sofas and poufs impress with their design and comfort, not inferior to real furniture. There is nothing complicated if the sofa is made in blocks - seat, back, sides. If the container is not enough, the sofa blocks can be made one at a time. It’s better when you collect bottles from one drink, for example, two-liter kvass or lemonade.

The principle of “assembling” furniture from bottles is simple - they are placed in layers and tightly wrapped with tape. To make the furniture softer and more springy, a little air is released from each bottle and twisted tightly. At the place where the cap is, cut out a cap from another bottle and tape it with tape. It turns out to be a block with a bottom on both sides - this is the basis of the furniture.

Then it all depends on your imagination, the type of furniture and the number of bottles available. We wrapped 7 containers of the same volume with tape to create the base for an ottoman. What its appearance and style will be depends on the artist. For a soft seat, you will need a round pillow or a block of foam rubber that fits the size of the top. The cover is cut to the size of the ottoman in the form of a cylinder, and it is convenient to insert a zipper along the side seams, but it is easier to sew the upholstery tightly.

To build a coffee table you will need 4 racks of plastic bottles and a plywood board as a table top, which can be hidden with a long tablecloth. In a similar way, they make a convenient stand for a laptop or an external table for the garden. For large furniture (sofa, chaise longue or chair) made from plastic bottles, you will need a lot of patience and raw material.

Useful little things for the home from plastic bottles

Flowers and vases

Decorating a schoolchild's bedroom or children's room with crafts from plastic containers is not difficult. You can build a whole bouquet of artificial flowers. Place the resulting chrysanthemums, daisies or roses in a vase made of the same material, adding diode bulbs on an insulated wire to the centers. This is what a night light of extraordinary beauty will look like, where the faint light shimmers in the plastic petals.

Advice: To give the leaves a special shape, use heating the blanks and folding the corners with tongs!

To place a homemade bouquet you will need a suitable vessel; simply cutting off part of the bottle is not aesthetically pleasing. The edges of the cut are marked with a ruler to make the cut, securing the result by heating the bends. A small transparent bottle is cut off to the very top, and about half of a large container is cut off. We choose a material with a ribbed or “waist” in the middle to create an interesting base.

Then we do it as our imagination allows, but we bend the edges beautifully. The fringed cut is obtained from vertical or diagonal cuts in the plastic base. The resulting strips are evenly folded to the outside.

Note! It is important that all the notches and the depth of the slot are absolutely identical, then the entire product will come out neat.

Depending on which edge is desired, the strips of the vase (the edges of any other product) are secured in different ways:

• curly bend;
• stapler staples;
• fusing;
• gluing with transparent polymers.

Flowerpots, flower pots and containers for seedlings

Colored plastic containers in the form of bottles and bottles of different sizes are suitable as containers for growing live plants. It is very easy to make a fragrant balcony from 3-liter tanks - a cascade of hanging petunias. Fragrant flowers hanging from cut containers will help make your dream of a beautiful piece of paradise come true.

Large bottles and tanks cut in half are hung with both the bottom down and the lid. It is recommended to place large pebbles at the bottom for drainage. Excess water after watering will go to the plants in the lower rows. In the same containers, plants are grown without soil - hydroponic method with the addition of fertilizers. Fresh greens and seedlings (in urban and country conditions) are also germinated in prepared plastic bottles.

Advice: Use the compact form and ability to hang containers for vertical gardening with automatic watering. In the absence of the owners, watering cans with water immersed in the ground will cope with moistening the plants.

Traps and feeders

Using plastic bottles you can repel pests or attract birds to your site. To do this, the tank is used as a feeder, and traps made of bottles with chemicals are placed at the roots of fruit trees. From double plastic containers, craftsmen build traps for wasps, where they fly into sweet water and cannot get back out.

Equipment for a summer cottage

At the dacha, it’s easy to whip up crafts from plastic bottles in the form of an impromptu washbasin by hanging a full bottle upside down. Just unscrew the lid a little and a small stream of water will help you wash your face and hands. It is also worth making a bench and organizing lighting with beautiful owls or plastic gnomes. Any garden decor for inspiration - with interesting illustrations.

Multifunctional items for the home

Make an original cosmetic bag from 2 bottoms of plastic bottles, sewing the edges together with a zipper. This box can be used as a multifunctional item - a piggy bank, a case for large beads, hairpins or jewelry.

It is convenient to knit from such a ball, suspended somewhere nearby, by pulling the thread from the ball inserted inside. It’s easier to find nail polish or a lipstick collection in a makeshift zippered box.

New Year's decor

Original all seasonal flower beds

The summer season is passing, and living flower beds are being replaced by homemade plastic flowers that are no less beautiful than real ones. Their advantage is the ability to decorate the territory at any time. These flower beds pale in comparison to living plants, but in early spring and late autumn they alone attract admiring glances.

For daisies you will need small plastic containers of white (petals), yellow (centers) and green (leaves). You will also need an awl and a candle (for heating), “liquid nails,” scissors and stiff wire in green insulation.

We cut the base of the white bottle to the center, marking 16 segments - these are the petals. We bend the neat edges over the candle flame, and also make 2-3 chamomile corollas, which we connect in the center with an awl. Here the stem with leaves is fixed on a green wire, closing with the middle. We fill the center of the flower with a yellow basket with small cuts from 2 finely dissected circles with a fringe bent over the candle. We supplement the flower with green sepals from the bottom, collect all the parts and fix them together.

From the remaining pieces of green plastic, cut out leaves with a hole at the base (for stringing) and give them the desired shape, heating them over a candle flame. We attach the leaves to the wire handle; they should bend around it slightly. All that remains is for the chamomile to make several “companions” and find a worthy place for the bouquet.

All seasonal flower beds include mosaic compositions made from containers filled with earth. The lids are used to make wall panels. “Butterfly” or “ladybug” - in different versions.

Crafts from plastic bottles for the playground

An incredibly beautiful bird with plastic plumage – a whole “clearing of fairy tales”. These are the peacock or firebird, swans, pigeons, bullfinches and parrots. All of them are made from empty PET bottles according to the general principle:

1. Design an aesthetic bird's head with eyes and beak;
2. Construct the torso and neck;
3. String plastic plumage;
4. Provide with wings and tail;
5. Place on paws or secure to selected surface.

Plastic swans can be fenced off by a blue “lake” of upside down plastic bottles. Outlandish birds will decorate the trees in the corner of the garden, which is reserved for children's games. You can choose a themed decor, for example, a desert island with palm trees and parrots.

The material is collected throughout the year, but it’s easier to involve neighbors and acquaintances in the “ecological” cleaning project. There are special containers for plastic in the yards - it’s much easier to collect.

Preparation for work - removing labels and glue residues from plastic bottles; it is important to rinse well and discard the deformed material.

If vertical fences are built, they need to be filled. Depending on the idea, sand, stone chips or dry soil are poured into PET bottles, burying them 1/3 of the way down.

For selected purposes, plastics of varying elasticity are used. Heat treatment is required for filigree work (flowers). It is important not to overheat the fragments cut into strips.

Fairy-tale characters sometimes require additional painting. For example, it is better to cover pink piglets for a playground with an aerosol from a spray can and secure them with transparent acrylic paint.

Plastic bottles are an excellent material in the right hands. Using them as a basis, it’s easy to teach children a lesson in environmental education and fill your home or garden with practical things. With a creative approach, the color, volume and shape of plastic bottles themselves will prompt new ideas for an exciting creative process.

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