Articles made of plastic bottles: 5 interesting ideas that can be easily implemented with their own hands

The correct approach to a number of Plastic boxes, and the villa is already decorated with giant dandelions

Do you want to learn how to make crafts out of plastic bottles for the garden and the house? Then you will be interested in the experience of converting empty plastic containers into works of art or just useful accessories. I will tell you about five of the most popular ideas, which you can easily implement on their own.

The idea №1: rattle

What are the main advantages of rattles for kindergarten, made from plastic containers? Right:

• cheapness. Just visit the store, which sells toys for children to understand how economical will rattle from the kit bottles virtually free compared to the same destination from the branded product the manufacturer;
• Practicality. The finished product can be beat, bite, throw, without worrying about the fact that it breaks down quickly. And even if it still happens, the restoration will leave quite a bit of time and money. Of particular importance is the quality has to kindergarten, where the object will use dozens of curious and tireless hands.

In view of such significant advantages for the work taken doubly enjoyable. Start, it should be to prepare these necessary things:

Tools and materials

• Six identical plastic bottles. Products suitable volume of 0.5-2 liters;
• Short thin bolts and nuts. You need to connect the fragments of toys. You can replace the adhesive;
• Filler. Is perfect handful of coins;
• Stationery knife or scissors.

Screws, coins and scissors - all you need to create a rattle except the bottles

progress of work

Picture	instruction
	cut off in the upper part of each bottle to give six identical cones.
	Putting cones as shown in the diagram on the left. The result should be a ball or cubic formed with smooth edges, depending on the form of used bottles and corks holes on each side.
	Do the bolt holes. In this case, it is not necessary to use a drill, you can get a thick awl or knife; bond structure using bolts and nuts; fall asleep inside coin; twists traffic jams; conducting tests at home or in kindergarten.

If you're worried that the kids can get to the contents of this rattle and, for example, swallow it, then simply apply the adhesive to the threads before tightening the connection plugs.

The idea №2: pig-piggy bank

Kids crafts rattle, of course, not limited. If your child learns to thrift and decided to save up pocket money, he can help by providing a comic pig piggy bank. To do it, by the way, we can together.

Tools and materials

• Bottle plastic;
• Scotch;
• Stationery knife;
• Glue;
• Corrugated cardboard;
• The eyes of the old dolls or colored paper;
• Paint.

In the manufacture of toys I recommend using acrylic paints. They do not contain solvents and are absolutely safe for children.

progress of work

Photo	Description
	cut out own hands with the help of stationery knife in the middle of the bottle.
	invest the remaining parts into each other and glued together with adhesive tape.
	Apply paint the right color.
	glue eyes from an old doll. If not, you can make them out of colored paper; Cut and paste ears, tail and feet of corrugated cardboard.
	Cuts through the hole on the back vsovyvaniya for coins and draw a marker on the heels of the nose plugs.

Similarly, but in five-liter containers, with no holes for the coins and with stronger legs can do hogs for upgrading the garden plot.

For suburban area pigs do better even from a volumetric five-liter bottles, so they will be more visible

If desired, the pig from the big bottles and all can be turned into a full-fledged flower bed

The idea №3: bird feeders

Bird feeders can have many interpretations, here are a couple of them:

Photo	Description
	The easiest option: Cut in two-liter plastic containers of opening such an extent that the wheel it was convenient to look, and you fall asleep feed; Dangle in the right place with the help of a rope or wire wound on the neck of the bottle.
	Option with spoons: We do the bottle in two pairs of through holes. In this case, you need to pair the holes were not perfectly horizontal and sloped towards each other; Insert the wooden spoon so that they were inclined towards its wide margin; Fall asleep to the bottle feed and hang it in the right place. As soon as the birds will eat the seeds, they will fill up in the spoons from the main tank.

different size bottles can be used for the creation of feeders, should be fine even five-liter canister

The idea №4: flowers

According to the technique described below can be made from plastic bottles flowers for the garden or at home:

Photo	Description
	draw on paper the seven flowers of differing sizes only. That is, each subsequent should be slightly less than the previous; cut out them.
	cut one or more bottles into fragments that are similar in size to the paper blank.
	Applying patterns, cut plastic flowers.
	punch with an awl through the middle of each of the blanks.
	melted tips flowers over an open flame, while bending them up with forceps.
	do template for the sepals.
	cut out and pierce it. It is noteworthy that the sepals are made of green bottles for greater similarity with these plants.
	melted edge and this fragment.
	cut a strip 10 mm from another green bottles.
	we find the wire.
	wind to cut it before the plastic strip simultaneously heated over an open flame.
	left free from one end of the plastic wire.
	put on it sepal and the largest flower harvesting.
	With decreasing size stringing and other fragments bud.
	bends end of the wire to secure the petals.
	do template for the leaves.
	cut out with the help of stem with petals of plastic containers.
	Warms preform above the flame.
	twist stems in a spiral.
	Once again warm up petiole with petals and twists it around the stem of a flower.
	finished roses equally well can form a flower bed at the site or a bouquet in the living room of the apartment.

From the plastic container it can be done not only flowers, but also vases or pots for them

The idea №5: caterpillar

Now let's see what can be done from the bottoms of plastic bottles:

Photo	Description
	cut off bottom of the bottle. Suffice it to four of these fragments, although it is possible to prepare and more.
	clean off with plastic residues wrappers, so they do not interfere with further work.
	punch punch in two of the blanks. They need to get from one side container close to each other. This will be the head and the back of the caterpillar.
	In the next two holes workpieces do four. So that the pair were on each side of the tanks. It's the middle of next crafts.
	Do the scissor holes mustache in one of the blanks with two holes. This will be the head.
	paint all the plastic pieces with the help of the inside of the brush. To hack turned fun, it is better to use a different color.
	Take two wires with a soft covering and sealed at their one edge of hot glue.
	push through them through the holes previously made in the blanks. In this earlier stoppers made of glue will enable them to snap into place in the rear of the craft.
	bends protruding from the head of the wires up. This will be the antennae.
	undercut tendrils to convenient size, because usually they stick too high and not beautiful.
	stick on the tips of the antennae small pompons of foam or other lightweight and attractive material. They will serve for the decoration crafts.
	We fix mustache glue in place of contact with the "head".
	glue eyesWhich can be taken from an old doll or make out of colored paper.
	take acrylic paint in white; draw it with a brush the nose and mouth of the future caterpillar.
	do holes on the sides of each of the sections of tracks.
	Slice wire with a soft covering four equal segments, which have dimensions greater than the diameter chosen for the bottles; threaded them into holes previously made; Pasted on the edge pompoms, foam; get legs.
	Ready caterpillar can become a garden ornament or a child's toy.

As you can see artefacts from plastic bottles to testify can be very diverse. The obstacle in this matter may be just your imagination.

conclusion

You are familiar with what articles from plastic bottles can be made at home. I recommend to view the video in this article, and additional questions can be asked in the comments.

pigs team of plastic bottles easily replace you a few beds and thus also decorate garden