We make pots from plastic bottles with our own hands

If life is unthinkable without indoor flowers, but the size of the dwelling does not allow placing them in large quantities, you can resort to using hanging pots. The plus is that you can quickly make them with your own hands from easily accessible and, one might say, free material that is in every home. We are talking about ordinary plastic bottles, which are usually thrown into the trash can, but if you show a little imagination and diligence, they can be given a second life, turning them into original "cup holders" for flower pots.

For products you need materials:

• plastic bottles;
• stationery knife;
• hole puncher;
• acrylic or aerosol paints;
• paint brush;
• glue gun or superglue;
• strong cord.

Products are manufactured in several stages.

1. Cut the bottom of the bottle to the desired size using a utility knife. If not, sharp scissors can be used. In order for the muzzle of an animal to flaunt on the pots, you need to cut out the blank immediately with the contours of the ears. Additionally, cut or punch holes for threading the cord.
2. Paint the craft from the outside in the desired color with a brush or cover with an aerosol from a can, let dry. Drying time depends on the brand of paint used. To paint on a muzzle, for example, a cat or a hare, to the pre-cut ears. Dry again, then thread the cord through the prepared holes.
3. It is difficult to cut off a part of the bottle so that the edge is perfectly straight. A beautiful braid will help to hide this flaw. Apply glue around the edge of the craft along the width of the braid and carefully fasten, leave to dry.
4. Place a flower pot inside and hang it in any place you like.

In the courtyards of houses and in summer cottages, you can see an amazingly beautiful sight: crafts in the form of swans. At first it is difficult to guess what they are made of. In fact, the basis for the crafts is an ordinary large plastic bottle with a volume of 5 liters. For work, you need to prepare materials:

• plastic bottle with a volume of 5 liters;
• iron rod 0.6 mm thick;
• container for solution preparation;
• 2 pieces of coarse mesh for the wings and 1 small piece for the tail;
• bandage;
• brush;
• putty knife;
• sand or stones for filler.

Actions are performed step by step.

• Bend the iron rod in the shape of a swan's neck.
• In a large, square-shaped plastic bottle, cut the top without touching the neck.
• Thread the rod into a small hole in the cork, secure with glue.
• Place the lower part of the rod in a bottle and cover it with sand or other suitable filler (broken brick, crushed stone).
• Expand the sides a little.
• Prepare a solution from an ordinary plaster mixture, spread a piece of film, put a small part of the solution in the middle and fix a bottle with a rod on it.

• Spread the solution around the bottom evenly with a brush moistened with water.
• Apply the mixture with a spatula and brush to the sides and back of the craft 2 cm thick, remembering to wet the brush in cold water.

• Shape the curved wings with pieces of mesh.
• Press part of the net into place of the intended wing and apply mortar, securing this part.

• Fasten the part of the net intended for the tail in the same way, remembering to substitute a support and letting it dry.
• Go to the neck. With hands moistened in the solution, apply the solution little by little to the rod, helping with a brush. Form the head and beak.

• Next, using a net and a whip, we form a tail. Putty and support will allow it to be properly secured.

• Fix the finished neck with two bricks on the sides. Drying time - at least 2 hours. Decorate the head, beak and body with acrylic paints.
• In the bottom of the finished product, make several holes with a drill to drain the water.

Flowers in vases look great, regardless of their cost. On summer cottages and in apartments, when there is a desire to decorate your territory, you can make homemade flower stands in the form of an animal's head. An interesting option is a pots in the form of a pig.

Materials needed:

• 1 large plastic water bottle
• 4 plastic bottles of 1.5 liters;
• scissors;
• thin wire or liquid nails;
• acrylic paints.

The main efforts are directed to the design of the "flower head".

1. Place the bottle horizontally on the table. Cut a hole in the upper part for the pot with scissors (it is best to use manicure).
2. Cut out the ears and tail from the cut out part.
3. Use part of a small bottle with a cork for the legs.
4. Attach the legs to the body with thin wire or liquid nails.
5. Make small slots for the ears and tail with scissors.
6. Insert parts and secure with glue.

The choice of a suitable model of pots depends on the availability of the source material and the interior of the living space. For crafts, you can use bottles of different colors, sizes and shapes. The main thing is a sense of proportion and taste.

A colorful version of a planter from a plastic bottle can be made at home. You will find a step-by-step master class in the next video.