How to make a chair from plastic bottles with your own hands for your home, loggia or cottage. Ideas from plastic bottles for home and garden! DIY furniture made from plastic bottles

The amount of garbage that each person “produces” is growing every year. The problem is becoming global as flying plastic bags and the plastic bottles lying everywhere have become an eyesore for everyone. I’m grieving, it turns out that you can help, and even for your own benefit. In any case, this applies to plastic bottles. You will be surprised how diverse and, importantly, useful crafts from plastic bottles can be done in literally minutes. Well, or a watch... Depends on the scale.

The buildings

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic from which bottles are made. It will be useful to know its physical properties:

• density - 1.38-1.4 g/cm³,
• softening temperature (t size) - 245 °C,
• melting temperature (t pl.) - 260 °C,
• glass transition temperature (t st.) - 70 °C,
• decomposition temperature - 350 °C.

Plastic bottles are very convenient to use, but are harmful to the environment, since the polyethylene from which they are made takes more than 200 years to decompose. This same property allows the use of almost waste raw materials as construction material. Craftsmen already even build houses from plastic bottles, as well as sheds, dachas, greenhouses, greenhouses, and fences. Worked out various technologies- the approach is quite serious.

How to build a house from plastic bottles

The basic idea is to pour bulk material into bottles, screw them on with caps and use them as bricks. Fill the bottles with sand and soil. Sand is preferable because there is too much plant debris in the soil that can rot. It must be sifted, dried, filled into bottles, compacted well, and topped up. The result is a kind of brick.

To build a house from plastic bottles, you will need a solution that fills the gaps between the “bricks”. There are options here too. This can be a regular mortar, which is used when laying brick walls, or you can make a clay mortar. To keep the “bricks” in the wall until the mortar sets, they are tied with twine on the side of the lids. Later, these “grids” will come in handy when you plaster the walls. They turn out uneven, so you can’t do without leveling.

We make a greenhouse, barn, greenhouse

You can build a greenhouse or greenhouse from plastic bottles. In this case, only transparent plastic is used, since it is necessary for sufficient light to pass through. For the construction of a shed, on the contrary, it makes sense to choose darker plastic - it will be less visible what’s inside.

The first technology - one to one

The second requirement for bottles as a building material is an even shape. This one, you know, without recesses. Otherwise, folding the walls so that they retain heat will not work - it will “siphon” into the curly cutouts. Remove labels from bottles and dry. You also need to prepare pins or rods - bottles are strung on them. Their diameter is small so that the neck passes freely. Now you can start building a greenhouse/shed from plastic bottles.

To build a greenhouse or shed, pillars are dug in the corners. Frames are assembled from timber according to the size of the walls. These frames will be the base for the bottle walls. We assemble them (the frames) on the ground and, ready-made, attach them to the dug-in pillars. When you make the frames, don't forget the doorway and windows.

We build a frame, cut off the bottom of the bottles, and string them onto a pin. From such “columns” we assemble walls, roof

The construction process begins with cutting off the bottom. We string the cut bottles onto pins, pointing the necks in one direction. We insert the bottles with force so that they become very tight. Having collected a row of the required height, we attach it to the frame. You can fasten it with clamps, strips cut from metal, nails... In any way available to you. We press the second row against the first so that there is a slight deformation. We fasten it in this position. So, row by row, we assemble all the walls, then the roof.

Using the same technology you can make a gazebo. But here there is no need for tightness, so you can collect shaped and colored containers. This will make it even more interesting (example in the photo).

Second technology - sewing plastic

Bottles will also need to be smooth, transparent or yellow. The central part is cut out of them, obtaining a piece of plastic square shape. The pieces are sewn together into long strips. In the strip, the pieces are placed so that they curl in one direction. Then the strips are sewn into canvases. To make the canvas even, the strips are positioned so that they curl in different directions. As a result, they equalize each other. The finished canvases are nailed to the frame. This completes the construction of the greenhouse for plastic bottles.

This type of “cladding” for greenhouses withstands winters well; it does not need to be removed. Due to the firmware (many small holes), there is no absolute tightness, which allows you to regulate humidity. You won’t be able to heat such a greenhouse, but it will delay autumn for you and speed up the arrival of spring.

You can sew plastic for a greenhouse by hand, but it is not easy. It will be easier for those who have non-capricious Sewing machines. Old Podolsk machines cope with this task. There may be problems with others.

Fence and enclosure

You can make a fence from plastic bottles different ways. If you need a serious monolithic fence, you can use bottles as bricks. The technology is the same as when building a house. To avoid plaster (after all, there is a high risk that it will collapse) - select the color of the plastic to obtain the required Rusinka. But in this case you will have to look for “building materials” of the same diameter or from different sizes lay out patterns. In general, the process is creative, no matter how you look at it.

You can also make filling for the fence from plastic bottles. Make a frame, say, from wood, and come up with a beautiful filling from shaped containers and their parts.

Furniture from scrap materials: recycling plastic bottles

Not only can you make a house and a fence from plastic bottles, they are also used as the basis for upholstered furniture. The idea is to use plastic containers rather than wood for the frame. With the lids tightly screwed on, they have a high load-bearing capacity, and when assembled into blocks, they are quite capable of withstanding loads of up to 100 kg or more.

A bed made of plastic bottles... needed good mattress, and the base is not too difficult to make

Although the furniture is made differently, the general algorithm of actions is the same:

• Select “building material” that is the same height and tighten the lids well.
• Collecting blocks the right size, fastening them with tape.
• Having assembled the base of the required shape, sew the cover. For softness, adding furniture foam.

The trick is to ensure that the bottles fit very tightly against each other and do not move. The slightest play can lead to destruction of the structure. Therefore, assemble the blocks slowly, carefully securing them. You can stack bottles in layers, securing each layer in several places. For the inner layers, it is better to use double-sided tape - the fixation will be more reliable.

Ottomans/banquettes

The easiest way is to make an ottoman or banquette from plastic bottles. We proceed in the order described above. You need to find bottles of the same height. It’s better if they are the same shape - it’s easier to assemble. From plastic containers with tightly screwed lids we assemble a base in the form of a cylinder. It is advisable that the radius of the base be greater than the height of the bottles - this way the bench will not tip over.

Next, you need to cut out two circles from fiberboard, which will be slightly larger than the resulting radius of the base - this is the “bottom” and the base of the seat. We secure them with tape. We take furniture foam rubber and, according to the obtained dimensions, cut out the necessary parts. We sew a cover from furniture fabric, colors that suit the interior.

Such a banquette can be not only round. It is quite possible to make it square. And so that this furniture is not too light, it can be made heavier by pouring water. But water is not very reliable. It's better to pour sand. Both heavier and more reliable.

Sofas, chairs, armchairs

If you need furniture higher than one bottle, proceed as when creating walls for a house. Find “material” of the same shape and height. Leave the first bottle intact, screw the cap tightly (you can add sand to prevent it from turning over). The bottom of the other is cut off and one is placed on top of the other. The bottle goes a certain distance and does not move further, no matter how much effort you make. If the resulting height is enough, great; if not, put on the next one. This is how you assemble rows of the required height, then fasten them into blocks.

There is another way. It is more reliable in the sense that the bottles are not held by compressed air, but due to mechanical stop. And they have double walls, which is also important. Minus - more work, more feedstock is needed. The whole process is illustrated step by step.

1. Take the bottle and cut it approximately in the middle of the height (the upper part with the neck is smaller).
2. We insert the upper part of the neck (the lid is screwed on) until it stops into the lower part.
3. We take a whole one, the same size and shape, and insert it bottom down into the prepared structure.
4. We cut the third approximately in half and put the lower part on the top (with a lid).

From such modules we assemble blocks of the required configuration, fastening them with tape. Don't skimp on scotch tape. You can first fasten two bottles together, then assemble larger blocks from the double ones.

As you understand, with this technology there are a lot of bottle tops left (half of the third bottle). They can be used to make other crafts from plastic bottles: flowers, more practical things for the household.

Flower making methods

The most common crafts made from plastic bottles are garden figurines and flowers. About garden figurines read There are others interesting ideas, but there are a lot of collected interesting animals and insects. And we’ll tell you about flowers made from plastic bottles below - these are probably the crafts made from plastic bottles that bring the most pleasure. The process is simple, there are a lot of possibilities, the result is amazing.

You've probably noticed that the bottom of a PET bottle looks like a flower. All you need to do is find a bottle of a beautiful color and cut off the bottom. Now you have a nice flower. In the middle you can add petals cut from the central part, a core from plastic strips cut into noodles, or glue beads inside, but more on that in a little more detail.

Using the power of fire

To work, you will need a marker, a lighter or a candle (it’s more convenient with a candle). If available, take pliers, tweezers or pliers to hold the workpiece while processing. You will also need acrylic paints, glue and beads may be needed. The entire manufacturing process comes down to a few steps:

There are a lot of options here. Just start doing it. It may not work out perfectly right away, but you will understand what and how you can fix it. Check out some more pictures from step by step photos process of making flowers from plastic bottles.

The simplest

For beginner crafters, you can try making flowers from plastic bottles simple shapes for garden decoration. In this case, you can also use milk containers. To avoid painting plastic, look for colored ones. And it doesn’t matter so much whether they are transparent or not. They can be combined to produce flowers of different shapes.

To create such flowers, use the part near the neck. It is cut to form petals. Next - warm it up a little, giving the desired bend to the petals, a little paint, the core from a melted piece with a thread (a bottle of a smaller diameter, a pharmacy bottle will do). So it turned out to be a buttercup.

Another option is to cut from the neck into strips of equal width - 1-1.5 cm, bend them (warm up a little at the base). Make a middle whisk from the side of a milk bottle or paint clear plastic with acrylic paint.

The middle is any bright. Here is a piece of cork, but you can cut it into thin noodles, roll it up and then heat it. You will get a shaggy core.

It's all about the form... Despite the imperfections, they decorate the site

The topic is actually inexhaustible. A variety of flowers are made from plastic bottles. From simple and uncomplicated to very realistic. It's not so much a matter of skill as different tastes and desires.

Useful ideas for the home

PET containers turned out to be so good material that they make a lot of useful things. In this section we have collected useful crafts made from plastic bottles that can be used around the house.

For the kitchen and more

If you cut off the bottom of a bottle with a capacity of 2–3 liters, you get a bowl or a bowl, and so that its edges are even, they can be melted on a heated iron. But so that you don’t have to clean the sole later, use a special silicone pad. If you don't have one, you can do this through a sheet of baking parchment.

Container for food. The plastic is food grade...

From the same bottle we cut off the threaded part. There should be 1-2 cm of plastic left around the thread (we melt the edges using a well-known technology). Now it won’t be difficult to seal any package hermetically: we pass it through the cut neck, wrap it outward, and screw on the lid.

The bottom of the bottles attached to the bar makes an excellent newspaper shelf (photo on the right). You can also store umbrellas.

From plastic cut into strips you can weave different shapes containers. Bottles need an even shape, with thick walls. They are cut into strips of a certain thickness. You need to cut in a spiral - the result is quite long strips. If their length is not enough, they are sewn perfectly.

Lampshades

You can even make a lampshade, but under one condition: you will use similar crafts from plastic bottles in lamps - only they hardly heat up. Plastic is incompatible with other lamps. We will describe three ways to make a lampshade from a plastic bottle.

First. You need a large capacity bottle. We draw it into strips of equal width. At the beginning and at the end of each strip, we make holes with a heated soldering iron or a nail heated on fire. We insert scissors into this hole and cut. The result is smooth stripes.

When the strips are cut, we also make a hole in the bottom, pass a thick fishing line through the neck, bring it out through the hole in the bottom, with reverse side we attach the decor. Maybe a button, maybe a pebble suitable color. Now, by pulling the fishing line, we get an interesting shaped lampshade. You can put a low power light bulb in it.

Another lampshade was made using a similar technology. But then they cut part of the bottle with the neck into strips, wrapped the strips and secured them to the neck. To give the desired shape, the bend can be slightly warmed over the flame of a candle or lighter. We attach the resulting “flowers” ​​to the base. So we get an unusual design.

They also make lampshades from the bottoms. You need to find a sufficient number of identical bottles, cut off the bottom of them, and glue them together using universal glue (choose transparent). The main thing is that it glues the plastic and hardens quickly.

Flower vases

Making a vase from a plastic bottle - what could be easier... Just cut off the neck and you're done. But there is a technique that allows you to get patterned walls. You will need a soldering iron with the thinnest tip possible. Its power should not be too high. Then everything is simple: use a heated tip to burn out the patterns.

Magically! To make the drawing appear brighter, take acrylic paint and paint the resulting beauty. The paint can be in a regular can, but it’s faster and more convenient to work with a spray can.

These are the options...

Photo ideas

Crafts from plastic bottles is such a broad topic that it is impossible to talk about everything. What’s nice is that if you know a few tricks, you can easily find out how and what to do just by looking at photographs. So here we have collected a few ideas that we found interesting.

You can even make a boat...

And this is just decoration...

The amazing thing about plastic bottles is that there are endless new uses for them. From them you can make not only all sorts of funny trinkets, but if you have enough source material, you can try to create something more serious. Furniture made from used plastic containers is useful both on the playground where children play and in the garage or shed. You can take it with you when you go on a picnic, and such furniture will not become a heavy burden for you, because it is easy to carry. Fashionable and popular in Lately began to use furniture of this kind at street presentations, as well as for outdoor events of various types. Master class on making beautiful furniture from the most ordinary plastic bottles, which have not been needed for a long time, with your own hands - for clarity, let's look at some examples, talking about how this can be done.

Master class on creating an outdoor breakfast table from bottles

This convenient device can be built easily and quickly. The only materials you need are a plastic tray and any four plastic containers. If the bottles are thin and long, then the product can be used as a coffee table.

The idea itself is very simple:

• It is necessary to glue the bottles to the surface of the tray with their bottoms. These will be the legs of the table, and the tray itself will be the surface of the table.
• To make the product more attractive and have a nice appearance, the bottles can be coated acrylic paints or wrap it with thin and strong twine or jute twine.
• The tabletop can be decorated by gluing various objects to it. This technique is very popular and is called decoupage. It is necessary to use old photographs and postcards as objects, unnecessary playing cards. Pieces of material are also quite suitable. For gluing it is possible to use both regular glue and PVA glue. The tabletop can also be laid out with flat small pebbles.

You can see in the photo that it will look simply amazing.

If you get the hang of it, build a bigger table.

Here you will have to act in approximately the same way. Only for the surface of the table it is necessary to choose a stronger material. A piece of plywood or, even better, a used tabletop from an old table will do just fine.

To make the table durable, you need more bottles.

You need to proceed approximately as follows:

• Give the surface the intended shape. The table can be made either rectangular or square. If desired, even round.
• Make the necessary markings on the back of the surface. In these places, you should use self-tapping screws to connect the bottle caps to the back surface of the tabletop.
• To make the legs longer and stronger, you can glue a second row of bottles to the first row, so that the bottoms of the first row join the bottoms of the second. Use special glue for plastic or universal glue as glue.
• If desired, the containers can be painted or painted.

We are trying to create our own country furniture from plastic containers

Country furniture made from plastic containers is an excellent option. It is convenient, comfortable and attractive, and most importantly – mobile. It can be placed both in the house itself and on the veranda or gazebo. From this material it is possible to build a single bed on which you can rest, placing it in the shade country garden. It is also convenient because it can be easily transported from one place to another.

To make furniture you will need from 600 to 800 plastic bottles.

Once you are made of plastic simple types furniture. You can try to do something more complicated. Using the example of making a chair, it will be convenient to show how bottles should be fastened, and this, in turn, will be useful for creating the most grandiose things. The starting material will be “logs” (modules) made from four plastic containers.

Stages of work:

• Cutting the bottle in half top part should be turned over and inserted into the bottom.
• The whole bottle should be inserted into this design. Having cut open another bottle, put the bottom one on top.
• To secure the module, it is wrapped with transparent tape.
• We also use tape (you can take cling film) to connect the large module.
• By increasing the modules in this way, we manufacture the parts of the chair. Sew a chair cover from the selected fabric.
• Put the cover on the product, placing it under the seat soft material(foam rubber or synthetic winterizer).

When a person has a desire for creativity, and he is driven by the desire to organize everything, any “garbage” in his house turns into colorful masterpieces. He will sew toys for children from old clothes and rags, from cardboard and paper beautiful garlands to decorate the room for the holiday.

Read more about what convenient things you can create for your own comfort and decoration country house, find out by watching the video.

The most ordinary thing in the world is a plastic bottle. But you can’t count the number of times it can come in handy on the farm. From it it is possible to create both very small but extremely useful things, for example, pots for seedlings, and to build very global buildings for the garden and personal plot.

Video lessons on the topic of the article

You can independently bring grandiose ideas to life and make the necessary things from unnecessary plastic bottles by watching the videos we have selected.

A chair made from plastic bottles can become an indispensable piece of furniture in the country house or even on the balcony. Concerning appearance, then its sloppiness can be compensated for by beautiful upholstery or a light cover. The main advantages of such a chair are its lightness and low cost (unnecessary bottles can be collected, and the material for the cover or upholstery can be found in any home). How to make such an interior item? Everything is very simple.

The most important thing is to act strictly according to the scheme and carefully attach the bottles.

We warn you right away that in order to make a chair, you will need a lot of bottles, about 90 pieces for a large chair.

Necessary for work

However, its size can be reduced. In order for the process to move faster and easier, we recommend stocking up on large bottles - two or one and a half liters.

In order to assemble such a chair, you should carefully study the assembly diagram.

Scheme for making blocks for a chair

In addition, you should stock up on stretch film and wide tape.

Making blocks for a chair

After you understand the scheme, we will begin to make modules from plastic bottles with our own hands, which, after assembly, will turn into a chair. To begin, cut several bottles along the diameter into two equal parts.

We cut off the neck of the bottle We connect the cut part with the whole bottle We glue the resulting joint with tape

The upper part is turned over and inserted into the lower one, and into finished design a whole bottle is inserted, covered bottom another container. The end result should be some kind of “logs” of plastic.

If you have extra bottles left, you can additionally make an ottoman, stool or mini-table from them.

Assembling the chair

You can make a chair from plastic bottles with your own hands step by step diagram. After the production of blocks is completed, you can begin assembling them.

We connect the resulting elements with tape Block of six elements

The shape of the product can be completely different, it all depends on your imagination. In order to make a seat, the largest blocks are tightly wrapped with tape. Each block should have 4 structures. On average you will need four blocks. Thus, the seat will be assembled from 16 plastic structures, combined into 4 blocks. We connect the finished blocks together using tape, forming the intended seat.

For the base of the chair you need 4 such blocks We will glue blocks of two elements to it, which will become armrests

Now let's move on to the back and sides of the product. They will be made from single modules, the height of which reaches three or even five bottles.

On the next layer we do the same We also add blocks for the armrests

In order to “increase” the length of the structure, it is necessary to cut off the bottom from the topmost bottle and install it inside - as we did with the necks when creating the seating blocks. Then we take another bottle and place it neck down.

Starting from the fourth or fifth level, we raise only the armrests and backrest We carefully attach each block

Stretch film will be needed to wrap it around the bases, which may come apart during weight testing of the seat. But if you can’t find stretch film, you can get by with tape.

The most important thing is to tightly wrap the made base blocks.

DIY furniture made from plastic bottles is fashionable, environmentally important, and modern. Billions have been spent developing and marketing plastic bottles designed to carry liquids. But after the container is empty, it is perceived as something superfluous, and people rush to throw it away. This is wasteful! Moreover, plastic and glass bottles, if they are thrown out, they clog environment for thousands of years to come, they never completely decompose, causing a lot of harm to nature. Our descendants, when excavating, will probably call the 21st century: “The Age of Plastic Bottles.” One of best options don't pollute your city - reuse plastic in creative projects.

Ideas 2016

The problem that our civilization faces is already being successfully solved by designers. In 2016, in the UK, graduates of the Royal College of Art developed eclectic furniture made from plastic bottles, with so-called “plastic joints”. Today students give master classes to everyone. Designers used construction materials to work with plastic " heat guns", which heat up to 300 degrees Celsius. Thus, plastic transforms individual wooden parts into solid forms, firmly holding them together.

Strength plastic connections depends on the shape of the wooden objects, as well as the shape of the grooves in the wood. Deeper protrusions allow for a stronger grip on the plastic; individual parts of the structure are tightly soldered. In this way you can, for example, repair old furniture or create an original, completely new one. “There is something satisfying, magical in this process,” says one of the students, demonstrating a master class. “Everyone encounters plastic bottles, can learn about a new way to use them, it inspires people to try to do something themselves.”

Canadian designer Aurora Robson has been creating her amazing sculptures from trash, including furniture from plastic bottles, for 20 years. During this time, the artist seems to have gone through creative metamorphoses - each of her works is more complex and amazing than the previous one. The masterpiece created by Aurora is made from 20,000 plastic bottles. This is an incredibly delicate work of interior art.

The whole world is at your feet!

creative shelves

Furniture made from plastic bottles is a step into the future. You can make anything out of plastic, approaching the production of new things as if you were holding a cube from a children's construction set in your hands.

Everyone can come up with something new themselves. Sometimes it is very difficult to solve storage problems in the house, but using plastic products, you can quickly create convenient containers for storing small items.

Transparent and bright containers can be easily woven by cutting bottle plastic into strips 2-5 cm wide.

A small shelf for storing children's things can be made from plastic bottles by simply cutting them off.

Royal sofa

The creation of sofas began in ancient Egypt, later these pieces of furniture were created for the royal family and other social elites. Frame modern sofas most often made of wood, some options include steel, but you can make a sofa using plastic bottles. And it will look no worse than Egyptian if decorated with beautiful fabrics! The master class on making this furniture is very simple and accessible to everyone.

• You will need quite a lot of bottles to make a sofa. It is important to collect products of the same size.
• Before you start, you need to prepare several rolls of tape, a sharp knife and scissors.
• Plastic is a soft material, it needs to be strengthened. Therefore, the products are cut in a special way, one part is inserted into the other and glued with tape. Then the second part is inserted there.
• So you need to make 4 bottle “bricks”.
• After this, the “bricks” can already be connected to each other and the production of new ones can begin.
• If the sofa is made of plastic 2 liter bottles, then with a bottle diameter of 10 cm, for a sofa 2 m long, you will need 20 “bricks” in length. You can arrange 4-6 bundles of 4 “bricks” along the width.
• The back and handrails are made from one row of bottles.
• After the “skeleton” of the sofa is made, prepare padding polyester or foam rubber, and then sew a cover.

If the sofa cover is sewn with high quality, then no one will guess that the furniture is made from ordinary and unnecessary bottles.

Another advantage of such furniture is that it is very light and easy to move. You can make chairs in the same way. A master class on making chairs is very similar to any Master Class on the sofas.

Soft pouf

Before creating a sofa or armchairs, you should try to make the simplest piece of upholstered furniture - a pouf. It will take a lot less materials. To do this you will need to prepare:

• plastic bottles,
• cardboard,
• sticky tape,
• textile,
• yarn,
• knitting needles,
• ruler,
• scissors,
• sewing machine

To make the base for the ottoman, cut out circles of cardboard for the bottom and top. Plastic bottles are washed and dried well. They are then carefully secured with adhesive tape. The ottoman is wrapped and covered with foam rubber or synthetic padding. Then they sew a beautiful cover from fabric or knit wool. However, a pouf cover can be woven using plastic cut into thin strips.

"Marine" table

Plastic bottles can also become beautiful furniture legs.

To make a chic coffee table you will need to prepare:

• 4 bottles,
• leg-split,
• glue,
• sand,
• large tray,
• sea ​​pebbles,
• spray paint.

A master class on making such a table is no more difficult than any other. Each leg is made from two bottles. One bottle is cut and used to lengthen the second. For strength and stability, sand is poured into the resulting form. The tray is covered with pebbles and painted spray paint. After this, the legs are glued to the prepared tabletop.

Masters and beginners use crafts from plastic bottles for the interior, like garden decor and in the form practical furniture. Colored plastic bottle caps are an excellent material for mosaic panels on walls and fences. Best ideas With detailed instructions and the photo 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 hands Runet Roman Ursu presented an amazing 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, which 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 the long collection of identical containers, since the containers are produced different color and volume.

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 they make crafts in the winter, practical country houses in the summer, and in spring and autumn all that remains is to build a “clearing of fairy tales” near the house for the 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 soft seat will be needed round pillow or a block of foam rubber to fit 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.

For construction coffee table you will need 4 racks of plastic bottles and plywood board as a table top that can be hidden with a long tablecloth. They do it in a similar way convenient stand for a laptop or a remote 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 LED light bulbs to the middle insulated wire. 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 to the very top, large capacity cut off about half. 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.

Flower pots, flower pots and containers for seedlings

Colored plastic container in the form of bottles and bottles of different sizes, suitable as containers for growing live plants. It’s very easy to make a fragrant balcony from 3-liter tanks - cascade 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 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 dacha 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. For this purpose, the tank is used as a feeder, and at the roots fruit trees place traps from bottles of chemicals. From double plastic containers, craftsmen construct traps for wasps, where they fly into sweet water and can't get back.

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 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 collection of lipsticks 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 against the background of living plants, but in early spring and in late autumn only they attract admiring glances.

For daisies you will need small ones plastic containers 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 attach the required form, warming it up over a candle flame. We attach the leaves to the wire handle; they should bend slightly around it. 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 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, 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.

For fairy tale characters Sometimes additional painting is required. 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 for in capable hands. Using them as a basis, it’s easy to teach children a lesson in environmental education and fill your home or yard 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.