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Crafts for the home with bottle caps. Crafts for giving from covers. house made of plastic bottles

Like many owners of suburban areas. If you look at their work from the outside, it may seem that there is an unspoken competition for the most original idea. Masters from the people create amazing things, but they complain that the material, although cheap, takes a long time to collect. But when there are enough traffic jams, real masterpieces come out from under the hands of craftsmen.

Vernissage of crafts from corks from plastic bottles

We will also go through the dachas and see what our neighbors have done there.

Another popular product is cork summer curtains. They can be plain and colored, with floral or geometric patterns.

White corks can be assembled for a lamp on the veranda, and colored corks are suitable for decorating a garden table.

In the theme and crafts in the form of animals and flowers. Butterflies, dragonflies, caterpillars inhabit benches and trees, daisies and seven-flowers complement compositions of fresh flowers and serve as decorations for playgrounds.

Cork mosaics are used to decorate the garden and the interior of the house. Spread out of them and garden paths.

As you can see, in most cases, corks are used as a finishing material, but their possibilities do not end there. Armed with a fishing line and an awl, people sew door and massage rugs from them. Let's try and make such a rug.

Mastery Lessons

Understanding that right now you don’t have 2-3 bags of corks stocked at home, we will only tell you how and what kind of garden crafts you can make from bottle caps with your own hands. You just have to choose the idea you like and start collecting material.

Massage Mat

At the cottage, we not only relax, but also work hard. By the end of the day, the legs are tired and require rest. To help them get back to normal faster, we will make a massage mat from corks from plastic bottles for summer cottages, and consider two options.

Scheme for the manufacture of a small massage mat.
Take 19 caps (colors optional), burn 6 holes in each and fasten with four steps of fishing line (shown with lines of 4 colors)

To create a more reliable design, you need to take:

  • traffic jams
  • fishing line
  • awl (you can use a nail or knitting needle)

Let's start weaving:

  1. In each lid, we make 6 holes with a heated awl or nail, placing them evenly around the entire circumference.
  2. The shape of the rug is a hexagon. The length of one side is equal to 10 caps. This means that the extreme side of our rug will consist of 54 covers.
  3. We assemble from the edge to the center of the rug, passing the fishing line, as shown in the figure.
  4. The weaving pattern is shown on a small fragment, but it is not difficult to transfer it to the full size of the product. For clarity, each stage of weaving is shown with colored parts of the fishing line, it is clear that there is only one fishing line in the work.
  5. Having finished weaving, we fix the end of the fishing line by melting it.

Recently, craftsmen have been making crafts from various waste materials. Crafts made from corks from plastic bottles are especially popular. They look bright and attractive, are not afraid of moisture and sunlight, so they are perfect for decorating a summer cottage. Children can also be involved in creativity, they will really like this activity.

Making crafts with the kids

Plastic corks are a great material for children's creativity. They can be glued, strung on a fishing line and decorated, thanks to which funny figures, panels and decorative items appear.

For starters, you can try to make an alphabet magnet on the refrigerator. Using glue, you need to fix the magnet on the surface of the lid, and draw circles equal to the diameter of the lid on a piece of paper. Write letters inside each circle, cut out circles and paste them inside the lid. This will make a useful and fascinating alphabet. The child will play with homemade magnets and at the same time will get acquainted with the letters. In the same way, you can make an arithmetic set by writing numbers instead of letters.

Another type of bottle cap crafts is appliqué. An aquarium of fish, which is made of lids, looks unusual. . You will need:

  • Lids in different colors and sizes.
  • Colored paper.
  • Blue or blue cardboard.
  • Plastic eyes. If there are no ready-made ones, then you can draw with a felt-tip pen or cut out of paper.

Cut out triangles from colored paper., they will serve as the tails of the fish. Then stick them on blue cardboard in random order. Fix the plugs to the tails with glue or double-sided tape. Place ready-made eyes on the lids (or draw them with a marker). From green paper, cut out algae of various sizes and shapes. Paint bubbles with white paint to make the fish look like they are alive. The kid needs to be given room for imagination: make pebbles to the bottom or depict an underwater castle.

Children can make simple animal figurines, flat puppets, and silhouettes of characters they know.

This is easy to do: you need to glue two or three covers, fixing them on a cardboard base and decorating. There is another way that can be made from corks: they can be collected on a fishing line, like beads, to obtain three-dimensional figures of insects and animals.

Boys will have to taste to design a robot a. To do this, you will need colored covers, a cord and an awl. First you need to make holes in the center of the covers. To make the legs, fasten the four covers in the center, placing them on top of each other. Also make the second leg. You need to start collecting hands from the edge of the lid, then put three pieces one on top of the other and pass the cord through the center.

Then proceed to the body of the robot: put two covers with ribs, and place a flat one between them. Assemble another one of the same design. Fasten both parts with a cord, hide the knots under the caps. For the head, connect the two caps in the center with a cord. A wonderful toy with your own hands is ready!

Robots can be decorated with mosaics, egg cartons and plastic boxes. It all depends on the imagination of the young designer.

If there are a lot of traffic jams, then you can try to make a mosaic. You will need: corks, glue gun or screws, a sketch of the picture. First of all, you need to decide on the surface on which the sketch of the future composition will be placed. If it is a wooden surface, then you can use glue. Corks are glued in turn to the surface in accordance with the pattern. If you want to attach from the back, then it is better to use screws. A similar mosaic can be placed on the facade of the house or on the fence, decorate the gazebo or bath.

When attaching plugs to a concrete or brick wall, a special compound will be required. It can be cement, a stucco compound, or a base for laying tiles. Corks are glued gradually, the entire surface is filled in small areas.

You can also cut out some figure from plywood and fix the covers on it with glue according to the sketch of the picture. It will be interesting to decorate the garden with such figures, giving it a cheerful and unusual look. The paths in the garden, lined with traffic jams, look original. For this you will need:

  • A large number of corks of different sizes and colors.
  • Construction adhesive.
  • Cement.
  • Sand.
  • Formwork boards.

First of all, you need determine the location and size of the track. It is worth applying the markup according to which the laying of traffic jams is planned. It is necessary to dig a trench about 10 cm deep, level the ground, make formwork around the entire perimeter of the trench. Then pour sand to half the height. It is worth preparing a solution for pouring in advance: combine sand and cement in a ratio of 1: 4, gradually adding part of the glue.

Pour the cement onto the track in small portions and then press the corks into it in accordance with the figure. It is necessary to carefully monitor the depth of indentation: it must be the same, the cement must reach the top of the cork. Next, you should wait until the cement has completely hardened, if traces of mortar remain on the surface, remove with a stiff brush. Then dismantle the formwork. Bright garden decoration is ready! If desired, the path can be supplemented with borders.

Useful things from lids

Useful household items can also be made from plastic lids. For example, in the country house, original curtains made of covers will look beautiful and creative. To make them you will need:

On each cover, make holes opposite each other so that the cord runs through the middle. The bottom one is fastened with a knot or a bead, a button. All the following elements of the thread are held on it. Attach the finished thread to the rail in accordance with the pattern. Continue to assemble the curtain to the desired size and according to the diagram. Fix the finished curtain in the doorway.

Another interesting idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat can be made from bottle caps. Make a massage mat that will help to cope with the nervous tension received during the day. Good for foot and back massage.

You will need a lot of lids strong fishing line and awl. First you need to choose the future pattern of the rug. In the traffic jams on the sides, make four holes with an awl, according to the principle of a cross. Then lay out a pattern from them and start putting them on the fishing line in turn. After that, the covers of the extreme row are strung on a fishing line through opposite holes. In this order, collect all subsequent rows. Give the rug the correct shape, tighten the fishing line, if necessary. Tie knots on the fishing line, and set fire to the ends or break off. Using a similar method, you can make coasters for cold dishes or make a rug in the hallway.

Plastic bottles are waste material, crafts from which you will not surprise anyone. But, whether it's the caps from these very bottles! Usually we send them to the landfill without thinking, but in vain! Making original crafts from plastic bottle caps is both easy and interesting. And most importantly - no costs. Well, except maybe glue or screws.

At first glance, it may seem that no large-scale products from plastic corks can be made, since there is nowhere to take them. But this opinion is wrong! If you set out to collect a lot of caps, connect friends and acquaintances, then in a month it will be possible to fill the bag with them.

What can be done with plastic corks? Anything from simple fridge magnets to large prints, rugs and wall art.

Simple and creative!

Do you want to decorate your refrigerator with an unusual magnet?

We will need:

  • caps;
  • small magnets;
  • glue;
  • markers.

We degrease the plastic cover, glue a magnet inside, and draw a funny face on its front side. You can make the eyes more “alive” by gluing special decorative elements with a moving bead in a plastic shell. That's all!

It's just as easy to make a stand for a guest name plate. To do this, attach five small ones in a circle to one large cap, and place the craft on a stand using a wire twisted in a spiral and attached to the “core” of the flower.

plastic fantasy

Greater skill requires drawings or a mosaic of plastic bottle caps, which can be either an independent craft or an element of decor. Due to the strength of this material, you can safely decorate the yard, because plastic is not afraid of rain, frost, or snow. The technology remains the same: the caps are fastened together with glue (BF-2, BF-4).

Unusual pictures from plastic bottle caps can be made by turning them over with a rim on the front side. In this case, it is better to fasten them with small screws, screwing the cork to the surface in the center.

For more complex drawings, it is worth making a markup on a primed plywood sheet in advance, and then draw the desired figure with acrylic paints. After the paint has dried, start gluing the corks with a glue gun.

Make the butterfly's head out of foam rubber, and screws can become eyes. Ready!

Bottle cap massage mat

bottle cap massage mat


Everyone has bought plastic bottles with mineral water or something else in stores many times ... Empty bottles are usually thrown away ... along with caps. It turns out that if you do not throw away the caps, collect enough of them - you can do a lot of interesting things. One of them is a massage mat, which can be turned in different directions as needed.

Such a rug can be placed near the chair in front of the TV and put tired legs after a hard day's work on it. You can periodically walk on it for 5-10 minutes. The projection of all organs is displayed on the feet, massaging the feet, you give a charge to the whole body.

If the rug does not fit into the interior, you can put it in a closet or put it in the bathroom.

And from such covers you can make bright and festive coasters for mugs.

For the manufacture of such a rug, the covers themselves, an awl and a fishing line will be needed directly. Let's show the scheme of collecting covers on the example of a small stand. The base is a hexagon. If you want to make a stand, then three covers should fit along the length of one side. And for the rug you need to take about 10 - 12 covers.
As a result, for a stand on the extreme line, you need to take 12 covers (3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1), and for a rug with a side length of a hexagon of 10 covers - 54 (10 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 +8). That is, it turns out the number of caps in the side multiplied by 6 (number of sides) minus 6 repeating caps.

In the lids, 6 holes are pre-pierced with an awl. Then 12 extreme covers are assembled on one fishing line. And then we begin to twist the covers with fishing line, as shown in the figure.

We continue to weave the covers, threading the fishing line into the holes.




The fishing line is one, the process of tightening is shown in different colors, so as not to get confused when crossing the threads. If there is not enough fishing line, then you can increase it by tying several pieces.

To make the drawing interesting and colorful, it is better to pick it up in advance by spreading the covers on the floor or on the table.

There is no limit to human imagination. How many crafts made from plastic bottles have been invented? No less interesting ideas are embodied in the use of corks from such bottles. Only finished products with lids are less common due to the fact that it is not very easy to collect a large amount of such material. But, if a person is interested in this, then he will involve the whole family, relatives, friends, neighbors, work colleagues in the collection of caps. As a result, he will have enough material to implement his masterpieces.

What is the difference between plastic cork crafts?

For those who have never been interested in crafts and recycling, plastic bottles along with corks are ordinary garbage that it is advisable to take out of the apartment on time. For creative and homely people, this is an invaluable material for the realization of their fantasies and creativity. From the caps you can make interesting and necessary items, toys, decorations that delight others. Crafts from plastic corks differ:

  • the amount of material used;
  • the method of connecting the covers to each other;
  • shape, color, size;
  • purpose;
  • the complexity of the pattern or ornament.

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For beginners - the way to create unique masterpieces!

How to fix?

There are several ways to attach covers to products. For paintings, children's toys, special glue for plastic, "Moment", superglue is suitable. Such a connection is appropriate for gluing corks to the base with the front and back sides and even sideways. Fastening to a wooden base can be done with nails with a wide hat or gasket, self-tapping screws. In order for the thing to be strong and reliable, the lids are interconnected with a fishing line. In this case, they need to make from 2 to 6 holes. The design of 2 holes in the middle is similar to sewing on a large button. 4 holes on the sides will ensure the reliability of the connection with a fishing line or nylon thread. This type of wire fastening will contribute to the integrity of the structure. Such fastening is used in the manufacture of fences, enclosing products, arbors.

Application

Crafts from plastic corks can have a different focus. They are most often intended for summer cottages, summer kitchens in a private house, and baths. But they are also acceptable for apartments and even offices. Watches made from a small number of caps of different sizes look spectacular. Original coasters will decorate the table for tea drinking. Lids can decorate a mirror, create protection from water near the sink. In the country, you can hang a homemade cork chandelier, a spectacular curtain. A table and chairs with a metal frame and a cork cover can stand outside all summer long. Such furniture is not afraid of moisture and sunlight. A beautiful rug made of multi-colored caps can be placed at the entrance to the house or in the bathroom. If the rug has a strong, reliable and safe fastening, then it can serve as a massage tool. The elements for the massage mat are fastened with a fishing line, having previously made 4 holes in each cap with a hot awl.

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