Original crafts from bottles for the garden

Many people prefer not only to grow various plants in the country, but also to decorate their plots with interesting things. For such purposes, all sorts of techniques are used - from multi-colored flowers and decorative stones to original handicrafts.

Unusual and beautiful crafts for decorating the garden can be made from different materials. For example, very interesting things come from bottles. It can be not only simple flower beds or vases, but also animal figurines, flower arrangements and many other decorations. It is about them that will be discussed in this article.

Beautiful and bright crafts are made from plastic bottles. Plastic, which is given a second life, turns out to be a very malleable material. From it, gardeners can build even the most complex and unusual figures that will definitely transform the site.

The use of glass containers is not prohibited. Stronger and more reliable structures are obtained from it, which are not afraid of strong winds. In addition, glass products shine beautifully in the sun. True, cutting such raw materials is more difficult than plastic options.

Both glass and plastic bottles come in a variety of colors. Many original shapes can be made from snow-white milk bottles. For example, these can be large lush daisies. There are also blue, green, brown specimens. If containers of the desired color are not on sale, do not worry. At any time, you can paint the bottle in the desired color using acrylic paints. The latter fit seamlessly on both plastic and glass.

Most often, gardeners create pretty flower beds or flower pots from bottles. In the manufacture of such products are very simple. The entire creative process rarely takes a lot of free time.

The simplest solution is to enclose the flower beds with bottles. Due to this, the area with flowers looks more attractive. Bottles selected for decoration are carefully cut off, filled with earth or sand. Then, the flower beds available on the site are furnished with such blanks. Often they are made with tires, but bottles make for equally attractive decorations.

You can also insert a container turned upside down into the ground next to flower plantings, and then paint it in different colors. Thus, a variety of figures are obtained, for example, flowers or ladybugs. It looks very attractive.

Decorative fences made from bottles will not only decorate the garden, but also prevent the erosion of the beds by heavy precipitation.

Bottles also make chic garden pots. In the manufacture of such products, a person can release imagination and create a real work of garden art.For example, you can cut half of a plastic bottle and place plants in it. On the resulting pot, draw a cat's face and leave the side sections not cut off - these will be the ears. The result is a very cute and unusual garden decoration.

There are countless ideas for creating interesting flower pots from bottles. The gardener may not paint the container, but simply cut a large hole in its side to place the soil and plants there. Then such an impromptu pot can be hung on threads or ropes.

Pots, vases and flower beds are the easiest things a gardener can create from glass or plastic bottles. There are many more ideas for creating original decorations using such inexpensive materials. Let's take a look at some of the interesting ideas.

At the summer cottage, not only natural flowers of different varieties can flaunt, but also artificial plants made from bottles. Competently designed, such crafts always attract a lot of attention and bring bright notes to the overall view of the landscape.

Large daisies made from bottles will look beautiful and spectacular on the site. White containers are ideal for making such crafts (for example, milk bottles). From the collected material, you need to cut out the petals of future flowers. Then they are fastened by drilling a hole and tightening with a bolt. From the bottom of the brown bottle, you get a contrasting middle of the chamomile buds.

You can also make lovely bells from white bottles, which will effectively decorate even the most simple and boring garden at first glance. To make such decorations, you need to cut off the necks of the container, and then carefully cut through its edges with corners. In the lid, you will need to pierce a small hole into which you need to insert a wire, and then attach the structure to an improvised trunk.

Bottles can also be used to make other floral decorations that will literally transform any garden. To create such a decor you will need:

• candle;
• adhesive composition "Master" and simple PVA;
• awl, knife or scissors;
• dense and durable thread;
• high quality acrylic paints;
• wire;
• multi-colored plastic bottles;
• beads and beads to decorate the finished craft.

Now let's look at how to build a beautiful craft from the listed materials.

• Cut off the neck of one of the bottles with a small margin of 5-7 cm.
• Cut the cut piece lengthwise, forming 6 petals (you do not need to cut to the end).
• Give the petal details a rounded shape. To do this, you need to take a candle, set it on fire and gently burn each of the petals. The workpieces will melt and soften a little.
• First move the candle at the edges, and then at the base. Bend the desired areas, giving them the desired shape.
• Build the stem from thicker wire, and the stamens from thin wire. Prepared beads should be strung on the latter.
• In the end, it remains to connect all the components into one craft, using glue, an awl and wire.
• The last step is painting the finished decoration. You will get a very spectacular, beautiful flower. Several such components can be made and placed in the most conspicuous place in the garden.

Of course, colorful flowers and grass from bottles are very bright and interesting, but decorative animals look much more original. It's impossible to just walk past such crafts and not notice them. Gardeners make from bottles of a wide variety of animals and cartoons.

A snow-white swan will become a beautiful detail of any garden plot. It can also be made from bottles. Let's analyze the step-by-step instructions for making such a lovely decoration in an impromptu pond.

• First you need to stock up on 40 blue plastic bottles.
• Take a shovel. Bury the bottles with the neck down.
• Take another 10-15 bottles to make a swan out of them.
• In the same way, stick the rest of the bottles into the ground, and then fasten with white tape. Thus, you need to build 2 swans.
• It is better to make the bird's head out of thick cardboard, decorating it on 2 sides.

The composition will turn out to be very effective. If you want to expressively decorate your garden, plastic swans in the pond will be a winning solution.

A very simple but popular idea is to make a figurine of a cow or a pig from a large plastic bottle. Such decorations will not only decorate the garden plot, but can also function as a plant pot. It is enough to cut off only the upper part of the plastic container (5 liter or 6 liter). Next, the workpiece is painted pink. The ears of the future figurine are carefully cut out of the cut piece, the eyes and nose are drawn on the base. The result is a cute pig.

You can decorate almost any garden area with other decorations made from ordinary bottles. Let's take a look at some of the more attractive options.

An interesting and harmonious decoration for plantings and beds is crafts in the form of berries. For the manufacture of such things, it is worth using keg-shaped bottles. It is necessary to cut off the necks, and then plant such blanks with the bottom on metal rods that serve as a stem. Leaves for homemade berries are cut out of green plastic, after which the whole structure is connected together, painted and stuck into the soil.

Cute and original decoration - ladybugs made from bottles. These adorable bugs can be made from dyed bottoms of bottles and ping pong balls. The latter should be glued to the cut-off parts of the container - these elements will represent small heads of decorative insects.

No less original and attractive decor - butterflies from bottles. To make the decorations brighter and richer, you can use stained glass paints and paint transparent bottles with them. After that, all the necessary parts are carefully cut out.

The garden can be effectively decorated not only with different figures, but also with air curtains. They can also be made from bottles of different colors. You just need to cut off the bottom parts from a large number of bottles and attach them to the hanging threads. Such decorations can be installed on the gazebo. Then it will be more comfortable in it, but at the same time it is quite light and fresh.

From bottles in the country, you can make not only all sorts of figurines, such as a gnome, a swan, butterflies and palms, but also more useful elements. These include garden furniture. If done correctly, it will turn out to be reliable and sturdy.

Few people know, but from plastic bottles on the site it will turn out to make very comfortable sofas and armchairs on which you can sitto take a break from garden worries. Do not think that these items will be very difficult to make. For example, a person can build the same small chair or pouf without any difficulty. It is enough to collect a cube from a container according to a certain scheme. It is sheathed with foam rubber and fabric. In the same way, it is permissible to make 2 cubes at once and place a board between them. The result is a simple bench.

You can also make a good coffee table out of bottles. You just need to find a suitable base that will serve as a countertop. Several bottles close to each other should be glued to it (this will be a reliable support).

From bottles in the garden, you can build not only decorative, but also functional items that will turn out to be very useful. Most of these things are surprisingly simple to do. Consider a master class on creating some "goodies" for the garden and vegetable garden.

A very convenient funnel can be made from bottles. It will be useful both on the site and at home. With such a device, you can pour not only drinking water, but also various fertilizers in a diluted state. To do such a thing, you just need to cut off the top half of the plastic bottle with a neck.

Often, it is plastic containers that are used to make devices for deep watering of plants, as well as their night heating. To do this, you need to cut off the bottom of the container, but not completely, you should get something like a kind of a lid. On the side of the planted plant, you need to dig up the ground, prepare a small trench and put pebbles there. Drainage is necessary so that the water does not erode the soil too much.

After that, the bottles must be placed with their throats down and covered with earth. Now, in order to water the plant, you just need to slightly open the improvised cap made in the bottle and pour water into it in the required volume. True, some gardeners prefer to bury the bottles upside down, but then many holes will need to be made in the container so that the liquid can freely come out of it.

The bottles can also be used to combat various pests that often attack gardens and vegetable gardens. In the manufacture of such things turn out to be almost the simplest. You just need to cut off the upper half of the bottle, and then insert it into the lower part with the neck down. The resulting structure will need to be carefully darkened with a woven piece or paper. Then the mosquitoes will more willingly fly to the bait.

As bait, you should pour yeast and sugar syrup on the bottom of the container. It is prepared in an elementary way: first, hot water is poured, then granulated sugar and yeast are poured. Everything is mixed and then cooled down.

Some gardeners quickly make small sinks and boxes out of the materials in question.... The simplest solution is to hang the bottle upside down, and when you need to wash your hands, open the lid a little. It is advisable to cut off the bottom of the bottle and make it removable, so that it is more convenient for a person to pour more water into the vessel. There is absolutely nothing difficult about this. By the way, such a washbasin can be hung almost anywhere.

It is best to make such washbasins closeable so that various debris, midges or leaves from trees do not get into the liquid. Of course, there are also more intricate designs. For example, a hose with a tap can be cut into a large bottle (a 30-liter one will do).

Both glass and plastic bottles of different colors can be a good material for creating spectacular garden decorations. Often, such decorations bring more colors to the existing environment, create a special mood. Let's look at some interesting examples.

• Plastic bottles can be used to make a very cute donkey hidden among lush flower plantings. For its assembly, it is better to use capacious and large bottles, then the craft will turn out to be more attractive and noticeable on the site.

• You can also transform a garden plot with more complex decorative structures with many small and multi-colored details. For example, solid large peacocks will look luxurious.Such products in the manufacture will turn out to be somewhat laborious, but with them the site will sparkle with new colors.

• Decorative pigs made from large bottles will look funny and original on the garden plot. Animals should make big eyes and ears, and also attach cute hook tails to them. You can arrange the piglets in a circle, and place some vegetables or fruits in the center. Such a decoration will definitely cheer you up and make you smile.

• A bright and clearly visible decoration - a plastic rooster with feathers of different colors. The colorful figure will be a spectacular addition to any garden and vegetable garden. The head and legs can be made from denser and stronger materials, and the plumage of all colors of the rainbow can be made from pieces of plastic bottles. Place a handsome man with a scallop on some hill - he will attract all the attention.

• From snow-white plastic bottles, you can make not only lush daisies, but also a charming white lamb. Its body should be built from the lower half of the bottles (the bottoms should be directed upwards) to create an imitation of curls. Eyes can be painted with acrylics or glue paper parts. The craft will turn out to be very cute. You can make several sheep at once and distribute them in different areas of the garden.

• From glass bottles dug down with the neck down, you can make whole garden paths of any size. Such solutions look very fresh and original. In this case, the color of the bottles is not so important - both green and blue and brown will look great.

You can learn how to make a ladybug from plastic bottles with your own hands from the video below.