Homemade flower beds from plastic bottles. The shape of flower beds and borders made of plastic bottles. Original and bright flower beds in the garden from plastic bottles with your own hands
Hello dear gardeners! The topic of today's material is interesting to everyone and always relevant. It is probably familiar to many, but still I hope to surprise you.
Today, everything is sold in plastic bottles: water, lemonade, milk ... Of all the garbage that we accumulate, the most voluminous are the bottles: you put one in the trash can - and that's it: consider half a bucket occupied. And what is it like in the country! In many holiday villages, there are simply no garbage containers. There is only one way out: either take all this “good” to the city, to the nearest container, or somehow use what cannot be processed in country conditions.
Logical question: how plastic bottles can be used on the farm to be both useful, and convenient, and beautiful? That's what we'll talk about.
By the way, information sheet: plastic decomposes in water 100 to 500 years(according to different sources and depending on the type of plastic).
We have few factories that process garbage, so people themselves find interesting application simple and seemingly completely unnecessary things.
Plastic bottles in garden decor
If you wish, you can create such beauty - the neighbors will envy! Want to decorate your garden without spending too much? See if there are empty plastic bottles in your country house.Beautiful neat flower beds
Plastic bottles can be used to protect flower beds. The benefits here are obvious: flower beds and beds are not washed away by showers, they always look neat and pleasing to the eye. I think it looks great ... How to make such a flower bed?
Of course, you will need a lot of bottles (preferably the same size). We pour sand into them, close them and begin to build a "palisade". Bottles will have to be dug a little into the ground to give them stability. After the flower bed is fenced, paint the resulting border in any color. In principle, you can do this in advance - as you wish. But it seems to me that it is more convenient to paint an already finished fence than each bottle individually. And dark plastic containers can be left as they are, it also looks pretty. An example of the performance and opinions of summer residents on this method of using bottles, see the materials:
Flowers, palm trees, butterflies and other "tropics"
The beauty is indescribable. Turn on your imagination, wake up your fantasy and create all kinds of flowers in your garden that will never fade or rot)).
To make it clearer how to make something out of bottles (for example, flowers), let's look at an example.
What may be needed:
- plastic bottles of different colors;
- scissors, awl, thick threads;
- PVA glue and "Master";
- acrylic paints;
- candle;
- wire;
- beads, beads - for decoration.
The stem is best made from thick wire. The stamens are made of thin wire, on which beads can be strung. It remains only to assemble the whole thing, fastening it with glue, using an awl and wire if necessary. Just look how beautiful the result is!
Palm trees, bells, butterflies and other things are also easy to make. For example, a palm tree trunk is easy to build from brown plastic bottles, cutting off the lower part of each and stringing the bottles one on top of the other. Fantasy and everything will turn out! Want more cool ideas? Then take a look at the article:
Cute animals for the garden
No one is made from bottles. The simplest, perhaps, is this. All you need is to cut and bend the ears, attach the tail and color it beautifully. However, there are crafts and very complicated ones. For example, animals from fairy tales. I will not describe their production step by step, otherwise the article will turn out to be of galactic proportions. I'd rather just show the video from the slides. From the photo, in principle, you can see what and how to do, it's not difficult to figure it out.How do you like these animals? I think they look great! And if you involve children in the process, they will be delighted!
The tools used are the same as listed above. Paints - not necessarily acrylic. But they dry faster, which is a plus. And they hardly smell. True, they are also different.
Air curtains for the garden
These crafts captivated me precisely with their lightness and unusualness. I’ll specially collect bottles and make such a curtain in my yard! I think you can use bottles of different sizes.
The bottoms will come in handy, but you can also cut the leaves! From a distance it is not very clear what these transparent flowers are hanging on, but the idea is all the more interesting. We look ...
As you can see, you can fasten the flowers with threads, you can glue them to the base (for example, plastic wrap). I think this option is perfect for a gazebo. And it will be light, and the rain will not penetrate. There are a lot of options for curtains from bottles. But I still liked the first one better, and you?
Lamps and chandeliers for the garden
Actually, why not? Buying a lamp for the garden is unprofitable, just hanging a light bulb is ugly. Plastic bottle lamp - great option lighting garden plot.Such chandeliers are not ashamed to hang in the house.
Main rule: do not allow plastic parts to come into contact with the light bulb, otherwise they may melt. True, you can use an energy-saving lamp, it heats up less - up to +50 ... + 60 ° C.
Girls! If you don’t know how to attach the light bulb itself, leave this matter to husbands, brothers or fathers ... From you - creativity, from them - a lighting element \u003d)))
bottle garden path
I recently wrote about garden paths in the article. But there was nothing about bottles, only about their caps. It turns out that a good path is obtained from the bottoms, along which it is pleasant to walk barefoot. note: the bottoms are laid on loose sand, the master must make an effort to fill them with sand. This will prevent their deformation in the future when you walk around them.Household supplies from plastic bottles
That's where the expanse is ... If you think that garden decor from bottles is not for you, perhaps you will be interested in useful things that can be made from them.Wash basins and boxes
The easiest option is to hang upside down the bottle, and when you need to wash your hands, just turn off the cap a little. It is better to cut off the bottom of the bottle and make it removable so that it is more convenient to pour water. There is nothing complicated here, even a child can handle it. Such a washbasin can be hung on a tree or somewhere else. By the way, use this idea when you go on a picnic - it's very convenient, and your hands are always clean.
It is advisable to make a homemade washbasin closeable so that leaves, insects and other debris do not get into the water. There are also more complex designs. You can, for example, embed a hose with a tap into a large bottle. But this is to be quite convenient.
Or you can make a box for bags, napkins or something similar out of a bottle.
Scoops and shovels
Making a scoop with your own hands is easy. Take the bottle and mark the shape of the future scoop with a marker. Next is the case of scissors. Well, or a knife.
Slippers
These are shoes that wear out pretty quickly. Therefore, durable and beautiful slippers on the farm will always come in handy. No, no, don't think that bottle slippers are just scoops with heels =))). I would like to see it ... Although simple options is also there. For example, this one:A more complex version looks like this:
Of course, it is not necessary to make such bouquets. But in general, slippers are excellent. In order not to slip, and the leg feels comfortable, you can experiment with “layers”. How to make holes? Yes, even a hole punch! And if there are men in the house, let them solve this problem.
And from plastic bottles you can make very useful large containers for household needs:
Devices for repelling rodents and insects
There are many different ones. I will only talk about the mole repeller and the mosquito trap.Let's start with the trap
Make it very easy. Cut off the top of the bottle and insert it into the bottom with the neck down. The design must be darkened with paper or cloth - mosquitoes will be more likely to fly there.
Pour into the bottom of the bottle as bait sugar yeast syrup. Easy to make: pour hot water, add sugar and yeast there, stir and cool. Such a trap will attract not only mosquitoes, but also bees, wasps, flies.
You can put the structure on the window or hang it - this is optional. It needs to be cleaned once a week.
By the way, I don’t know why the syrup is brown in the photo - maybe from cane sugar?))) Or maybe it’s kvass. By the way, yes - insects also fly to kvass. Somehow they left a jar of kvass on the porch, so many midges flocked there!
Wind vane repelling moles and more
These devices were described in detail in the article. There is also a video - you can see how to make such a design, how it works. Ask what scares him? At the bottom of the bottle, it is advised to pour beads, balls from bearings and other “rattling” elements. They say that the sound that this windmill makes is not tolerated by moles. Who has moles? Try it, then unsubscribe here, agreed?
Yes, the axis on which the craft is attached must be stuck into the ground - I think you understand.
About the fact that some use bottles, I think you already know. The bottom and throat of the bottle are cut off - a cylinder is obtained, which is dug into the ground. This cover protects root system a young plant from the attempts of a bear.
Tool boxes
For these purposes, rectangular bottles are more suitable. For example, from under machine oils. However, there are also water bottles of this shape. Containers are made simply: mark with a marker, cut. Everything =))
These boxes can be very useful in the household.
Device for deep watering plants and their night heating
Some plants do not like surface watering. Therefore, my mother waters some beds with plastic bottles.You need to cut off the bottom of the bottle, but not completely, to get something like a cap. We tear the earth on the side of the plant, make a small trench and put pebbles there. Drainage is needed so that water does not erode the soil. Then we put the bottles with their necks down and lay them on the ground. Now, to water the plant, all you need is to open the lid and pour the right amount of water. Here, look how our summer residents use plastic containers.
Some people dig in containers upside down, but then you need to make holes in the bottle so that the water leaves.
As for heating plants, you can simply pour water into bottles and put them over the plant. In the sun, the water will heat up and will give off heat to the earth for some time. I know that glass bottles are also dug into the ground, but today we are talking about plastic.
Garden knee pads
It is generally contraindicated for many people to work bending over, this is especially true for hypertensive patients. But how then to weed the garden? Yes, I'll tell you about the knee pads. If you work on your knees, your head will no longer be down, therefore, your well-being will not suffer.All you have to do is find the right bottles, fit them to your knees and cut the knee pads to the desired shape. Then attach the ties. Everything is simple.
Flower pots
And what only pots from plastic bottles do not exist! Some simply pour earth into bottles, others make real masterpieces. The possibilities are endless. What's good: the bottles can always be painted in any color and hung anywhere. For example, what do you think of these ideas?
Very cute, and you will not immediately guess what the pots are made of.
Candlestick
I made my first candlestick from a plastic bottle back in primary school, at the lesson of labor. It's simple. Cut off the neck and bottom of the bottle (about half the bottle). Then cut the part with the bottom into strips and bend them. And inside you insert the part with the neck. She will hold the candle. In general, it's easy.
But this is only one of the options, you can connect two necks.
Broom
Instead of a thousand words, I will show one video.Why buy a broom when you can make one in half an hour?
Funnels
On the farm, from time to time there is a need to pour something from one container to another. Not necessarily something edible - it happens, and diluted fertilizer, and poison for Colorado beetles ... Do not use a funnel from the kitchen for such purposes! And you can make a funnel from a bottle at any time.
Bird feeders
We fed the birds in these all winter. Bottles used large, 5-liter. I cut out windows in them, made small “thresholds” and “porches”. So that it was comfortable for the birds to sit, and the snow did not sweep inside. Another plus is that it is convenient to hang such feeders on trees, they already have handles.
Buildings made from plastic bottles
These are not funnels with pots, but something more serious. Entrepreneurial people can build something out of anything. Plastic bottles, for example, make excellent greenhouses and gazebos.Greenhouses from plastic bottles
A finished medium-sized greenhouse costs more than 15 thousand rubles. I know for sure, because I was interested in this issue. Add to that the cost of assembly. Not everyone can figure out what's what. But there is an alternative that is not inferior in performance and will cost you ... only 500-700 empty plastic bottles! =))The plastic from which the bottles are made is 20 times stronger than dense polyethylene. It keeps the temperature perfectly, does not melt in the sun and can last for decades. Greenhouse made of plastic bottles there are a number of advantages:
- she is cheap;
- durable;
- easily repaired;
- light in weight, it can be rearranged if necessary;
- looks pretty cute.
I took a look at different sites and realized that there are 2 main ways to use plastic bottles in construction:
- The bottom of each bottle is cut off. A thin rail is taken and all the bottles are strung on it. Get ready-made building strips.
- The bottom and neck of the bottles are cut off. Then what happened - the middle part - is cut along. It turns out a rectangular piece of plastic. We iron it with an iron (necessarily through hard paper) to level it. From such sheets we sew more sheets. Overlap preferably. You can use an awl; for fastening parts - cord thread or wire. It is not recommended to sew with thread or fishing line - the seams will quickly rot and disperse.
When the sheets (slats) are ready, you can make a frame. It is made from ordinary wooden bars with a hammer and nails. Form - any. You can - a house, you can - a triangle. And then we attach what we made from bottles to the frame. In the first case, the planks should be placed as close to each other as possible so that the wind does not walk. Well, you can always stick it with tape. In general, you'll figure it out!)) And in the second case, ready-made plates from plastic bottles are simply nailed to a wooden frame.
Important point- roof. In general, a good frame is able to withstand a rather heavy weight, but knowledgeable people advise covering the roof not with bottles, but with polycarbonate sheets. Or something to strengthen for the winter - suddenly it will pile up a lot of snow. Here is another interesting post
If you want a bright strawberry bush to decorate your cottage at any time of the year, a stork to rise, daisies to turn white, and a firefly to burn in the evening, then find out how all this can be done from plastic bottles.
Broom from plastic bottles
It will certainly come in handy in the household. She can sweep not only garbage from the hut, but also collect fallen leaves, rubbish from garden paths.
To make such a strong whisk, you will need:
- 6 plastic bottles;
- scissors;
- a hammer;
- cutting.
Do not cut off the neck of the fifth bottle, make a fringe on it in the same way. Now put 4 bottles on top of it. Prepare the sixth differently. Cut it below the shoulders, leaving the neck.
Put this sixth bottle on the blank of five containers. Insert the stem into the neck. Now squeeze the blanks a little so that the broom becomes flatter.
The final touch remains, make a few holes with an awl in the working part of the panicle, put a wire here, fix the product on the handle. Here's how to make a broom out of plastic bottles.
How to make a stork
This is what a wonderful stork can decorate your garden, city yard.
If you still have floorboard trimmings after building a house or repairing, they will come in handy. Here is what you need to prepare in addition to them:
- plastic milk bottles;
- green and red electrical tape;
- self-tapping screws;
- block of wood;
- 2 metal rods;
- glue gun;
- eyes for toys.
Draw a stork template on paper or cardboard, attach it to the board, outline it, cut it out with a jigsaw. Draw a wing separately, also cut out 2 such details, screw them to the stork's body with self-tapping screws.
Leave the bird's beak unformed for now, starting from the head, glue the body and wings of the stork with blanks from plastic bottles. Note that the plumage of the bird on the head is different from the plumage on the body. For the head, shorter blanks are made.
To decorate the wings, you need to make not only white, but also black feathers. You will make the last ones by taking a shampoo bottle of that color. The same, but long, you will need when decorating the stork's tail.
Wrap red tape around the bird's beak. Glue the eyes, attach two metal rods in place of the legs. Fix their lower part on the bar.
Here's how to make a stork so as not to spend extra money on buying such a garden figurine.
Decorative flower beds - the first idea
Beautifully decorated flower girls are pleasing to the eye. Plastic bottles will also help in their creation. If you don't have suburban area you can implement the idea below in the summer on adjoining territory in the city, on your balcony and even on the windowsill.
This flower bed-container is also made of plastic containers, but rectangular in shape. Prepare the following for work:
- 3-4 plastic bottles;
- awl;
- scissors;
- glue;
- white paint.
Similar plastic flower beds may be based on not two, but more bottles. Then the middle elements of the flower garden are cut out without "sides".
Now you need to make holes in the bottom of the blanks with an awl to drain excess water. If such a decorative flower bed will be at home, then you need to put it on a pallet or tray.
A beautiful fence is also cut out of plastic bottles. Its vertical fragments have a width of 4 cm, and the height should be 5-7 cm more than the height of the sides of the containers. The upper part of such a picket fence is pointed, the lower one is rounded.
Now cut the rest of the bottles into long strips. Attach them horizontally to a vertically located picket fence, glue. If the bottles are transparent, first paint them white or any other color, let the paint dry, and then cut out the elements of the fence. After that, glue it to the flower girl.
You can leave the flower bed like this or decorate it with flowers made from plastic bottles. When filling the containers at the bottom, first lay drainage in the form of small pebbles, then a small layer of coarse sand, and then fill in fertile soil.
The second option of a flower bed made of plastic bottles
This idea will certainly appeal to lovers of classic forms. Cut off the necks of two eggplants, but do not throw them away. The photo shows how they need to be shaped so that these parts turn into the legs of a mobile flower bed.
At the bottles themselves, cut out the sides, but leave along the side near the bottom and near the shoulders. Slide these parts of the two containers one into the other, remembering to secure with glue. Use it to attach the legs.
It remains to cover your creation with paint, let it dry, fill it with a small layer of drainage, light soil and plant your favorite plants.
When purchasing glue, see if it is suitable for plastic. The same applies to paint, because not every one fits well on this material.
Crafts for giving
After winter, there are still few bright colors in the garden. These naughty plastic bottle crafts will help fill this gap. These funny little mice will become both small flower beds and garden decoration.
For this garden craft you will need:
- plastic bottles;
- acrylic paints;
- scissors;
- glue;
- fishing line;
- buttons;
- felt-tip pen.
Color the tail and body of a mouse from a plastic bottle in grey colour and the ears are pink. Glue all the details in place, use 2 dark buttons for the eyes. Draw a mouth for the craft, glue pieces of fishing line on the nose that will become the mustache of the toy. After that, it can be used for its intended purpose.
The next flower garden for giving is done in almost the same way. Also cut out the side of the bottle, ears, tail for these funny piglets, then paint them pink. When the paint dries, fill the container with earth and plant flowers.
There are crafts for giving that look good during the day, and even more spectacular - at dusk, due to the fact that a neon lamp is lit inside.
Here are the materials needed for work:
- green plastic bottle;
- black or green wire;
- yellow paper;
- gold decorative wire;
- neon lamp;
- scissors.
Wash the bottle with warm water, remove the label. Now cut 3 strips of wire, twist them on the container as shown in the photo. The bottom of the wire will become the legs of the firefly, and the other parts of the wire will be draped with a rectangle cut out of yellow paper.
Draw wings on cardboard, cut them out and glue them on the back of the insect. Glue 2 beads to the lid, which will become the eyes of the firefly. Twist the golden wire in the form of his antennae. Bend the neon stick so that it lights up, insert it inside the container, secure its upper part inside the neck with adhesive tape.
Here's how to make a firefly out of a plastic bottle. It will look nice next to ornamental plants also made by hand.
Strawberries and flowers from plastic bottles
These beautiful daisies will turn out when using empty containers from under dairy products. Of course, first you need to wash them well and remove the labels. To make one flower, put in front of you:
- 3 white plastic bottles;
- cover;
- scissors;
- wire;
- felt-tip pen.
Leave the neck on one bottle, cut it off from the other two.
Lid orange color perfect for the center of a flower. It will only be necessary to erase the numbers indicating the date of production and the expiration date of the product. This is easy to do with acetone or paint thinner.
Now make 8 petals on each blank. To make them the same, use a stencil or first outline them with a felt-tip pen, and then cut them out. Then it will also need to be erased. Put on the first blank, on which the neck is preserved, the second, then the third. Remove the petals first to make the flower more voluminous. Close the lid.
Using a drill or a hot nail, make 2 holes in the lid, thread through them soft wire, wind it on a solid one, which will become the stem of the plant. That can be wrapped with green electrical tape or painted in that color. It remains to cut and fix the leaves from the green bottle on the trunk, make 2 more daisies, and the hand-made flowers are ready.
Such bright juicy berries will also be a wonderful decoration for a summer cottage at any time of the year.
This strawberry bush is made very simply. The bottom is cut off from the bottle, set aside. The middle part of the container is not useful, it and the neck must be cut off and thrown away. But the remaining fragment from the neck to the bottom of the shoulders, insert into the bottom of the container. 2 more berries are also made, or as many as you wish to create.
Now these blanks need to be painted red, and when this tone dries, make dots of white or dark color.
A sepal is cut out of a green bottle and put on the recesses of the berry. In his and her center with a drill or with a nail and hammer, you need to make a hole, combine them and thread the wire. On the other hand, leaves cut from a green plastic bottle are put on it. Below the wires are connected and the lower edge is stuck into the ground. As a result, what a wonderful craft for the garden you will get!
There are others interesting ideas for giving. From the video you will learn what else you can make flowers from plastic bottles:
This video shows how to make bees from small plastic bottles:
The following master class will teach you how to create country figures of storks from the same material:
Recently, flower beds have become increasingly popular, for the creation of which plastic or glass bottles are used. This material attracts attention with its ease of processing and lack of financial investments. After all, everyone has stocks of plastic containers (large or small), and there will always be glass bottles too. It remains to show a little imagination - and the original flower bed is ready. In addition, in such a flower bed, the soil will remain moist longer and it is easy to take care of it - the planted flowers will not go beyond the flower bed, and the weeds will not penetrate from the outside. Some examples of bottle flower beds are discussed in the article.
Flowerbed-animal from one container
A flower bed created from one plastic bottle of various sizes is suitable for those who have little space on the site, besides, such a flower bed can be rearranged or decorated with ready-made flower beds. The shape depends on the size of the plastic container. From bottles of 2 liters, cute little animals are obtained, and from a five-liter bottle - a fabulous pig.
To do this, you need to cut a hole on one of the sides of a plastic bottle, into which flowers will be planted later. On the reverse side (bottom of the flower bed), make drainage holes. From the neck, make a muzzle, and from the cut out piece of plastic - the necessary details such as a tail, ears, legs, etc. It remains only to paint the beast in your favorite color.
Here are the flower beds in the form of animals and even equipment can be made:
Flowerbed of bottles dug vertically
The shape of such a flower bed depends only on desire, you can lay it out in the form of some geometric figure (circle, oval, square) or give it the shape of an animal or bird. For the construction of a flower bed, plastic bottles of any size are suitable: for a small flower bed - half-liter containers, respectively, for a larger flower bed it is better to take two-liter containers. Instead of plastic containers, glass bottles of the same color can be used.
The design technology is as follows:
- In the area allotted for the flower bed, make markings and dig a not very deep groove along it, the width of which is equal to the thickness of the bottle, and the depth is about half its height.
- Fill the container with earth or sand (what is available) - this is necessary so that the bottles are more stable and do not fall out.
- Set the bottles in the groove tightly to each other, avoiding the formation of cracks.
- Dig a ditch with bottles and trample well.
- If desired, paint the protruding part of the bottles.
Below are options for decorating flower beds in this way.
A flower bed of glass bottles laid on a base
The main difference of this flower bed is that, due to its dimensions, it is likely to be stationary. Suitable as a base old barrel or stacked tires. If there is a bottom at the base of the flower bed, drainage holes must be made in it.
To build a flower bed, you must:
- establish the basis for the flower bed;
- cook cement mortar (1:2);
- starting from the bottom, apply a solution to the base of the flower bed;
- lay out the first row of bottles, pressing them into the cement;
- lay the next layer of bottles on top of the first in a checkerboard pattern, and so on - to the desired height of the flower bed.
When the solution hardens, pour crushed stone or pebbles for drainage inside the flower bed (on the bottom), and nutrient soil for plants on top.
There are still a lot of examples of designing flower beds using bottles, the main thing is to show a little imagination, and elegant flower beds will delight with their appearance all year round.
Ideas for decorating flower beds from bottles, video
Plastic bottles are not only garbage, for real needlewomen they are a precious material for making beautiful crafts for giving. How to decorate a flower bed with plastic bottles? Today we will look at various options using plastic bottles to make original crafts for a garden or country plot.
bottle border
There are two main ways to make a border - vertical and horizontal bottles. The first way is simpler. For its implementation, bottles of various capacities and purposes are suitable. It is advisable to use bottles made of more rigid plastic, but this is not required condition, since their subsequent filling with earth will significantly strengthen the material.
The described method is also good because it allows the use of bottles of any color, quality, and the bottles do not need to be stained. The material for filling the bottles will be ordinary earth.
To create original design flower beds from plastic bottles, containers up to 2-2.5 liters are taken and filled with earth. You can also use those that have already cut off the neck. They are easier to fill, and the trench will need to be less deep, but the strength of such a fence will, of course, be somewhat weaker than when using whole bottles.
After that, a trench of the required depth is dug. The height of the fence will depend on the depth of the oblong fossa. The bottles are tightly packed, sprinkled with earth, after which the earth is rammed.
Horizontal laying more difficult and requires more precision. A trench is also dug for her, but much less deep, and the necks are not cut off. You can put the necks inside, or you can turn the bottom of the bottles towards the florist. This method allows you to make a fence multi-tiered. It looks very nice, but difficult to implement. The necks of the bottles are fastened together with a net and dug in with earth.
Photo examples of such borders
Flower bed-lake
The highlight of this decor is, first of all, its brightness. Of course, the finished lake can be decorated with flowers, birds, but it will not look so wonderful if the color is not kept.
paint over outer part bottles in this case doesn't make sense. This is good for smaller works, and for such a large-scale street decor, neither spray can nor Oil paint. But you can use diluted acrylic paint.
It's better to fill such a bottle light sand. This is done for least distortion colors. If you cut off the necks, it will be inconvenient to shake the paint inside the bottle, and it will become impossible to fill it with dry sand.
Ideal if you have bottles originally dyed blue or blue-green tones. Just green ones are also suitable, but then it will turn out not a lake, but a swamp, which is also interesting. In the swamp, it would be nice to add a plastic frog and mosquitoes.
The place for the lake should be flat.
Slightly recessed terrain it doesn’t matter either, it’s enough to adjust the bottles in height, or you can remove excess land along the edges of the lake, and perform raised border. Bottles are placed close to each other hexagon method. Any other way to fill the plane with round objects is not suitable, as it leaves a lot of holes.
Plastic flowers are a great decoration for flower beds
One of the most beautiful crafts made from plastic bottles are flowers. For plastic flowers, it is advisable to use colored bottles. If you have gathered a lot of transparent containers, then a translucent flower with painted ends of the petals will look very beautiful.
White, yellowish and milk bottles will be great center of the flower. To bring this idea to life, the edges of the containers are cut according to the shape of the intended petal, the bottles are stacked in many tiers one into one, so that the petals turn out to be multi-layered.
In boiling water or over a gas fire, you can change the texture of the petals.
Please note that when plastic is processed at high temperatures, the material may release toxic elements.
In order for the deformation to go in a certain direction, you must first bend the cold petal tongs or other devices. In this case, the shape can turn out to be as close as possible to a natural flower, or, if desired, fantastic for fantasy decoration. Under the green petals, you need to look for green bottles, but any dark ones will do. Brown makes a wonderful effect. autumn leaves. Dark ones look very stylish. As you can see, the possibilities of decoration flower beds from plastic bottles are very wide.
Depending on the idea, you can use both the central fragment of the container and the rest. The upper part is denser and already has its own distinct shape. This can be conveniently beaten in a flower. The lower part is also interesting in texture, even deformations on fire will be somewhat specific for it.
There are many flower technician. In one small section overview even half of it is impossible to see. Those who are interested in this topic should look for articles separately with a flower theme. The world of plastic flowers is diverse and immense. In the flower bed, they perfectly enliven the exterior.
Flower bed-container
The flower bed-container has small dimensions, thanks to which it can be installed anywhere. Light, mobile, small, nevertheless, with good performance, it will always attract attention and create positive.
There is nothing complicated in manufacturing, since it is usually made from a single large water bottle. Such containers are also available in 3 liters, 5 liters and 10 liters. For a very large flower bed, you can take an even larger bottle, but the very charm of the container flower bed is precisely in its small size and low weight. In its own way, it can even be called just a flower pot. Many people know cases when bottles with a cropped top were used for seedlings.
The main container performs only the function of a pot, but in addition it can be decorate with flowers. It is also possible to make such a container in the shape of an animal. The result is very cute compositions.
To complete, you will need glue, scissors, a main bottle, auxiliary small bottles for jewelry and acrylic paints. In this case, you can also use oil dyes, and sprayers in cans.
If this is the first work of the master, and the general idea of \u200b\u200bperformance has not yet been found, then the most The best way-feel the material and its capabilities by making a container in colors. This will allow you to master both the labor-intensive flower technique and the arrangement of flowers on a three-dimensional plane. Flowers should be fixed with glue.
Ladybug flowerbed
This type of flower bed is very suitable in cases where there is a flat large lawn. A convex bug will create an elevation on a boring plane, improve the exterior.
The first thing to start when doing this type of street decor is to create earth bulk. The elevation will become the place to install the bottles. Plastic containers must be painted. A reddish brown beer shade would not look good in such a flower bed.
If earth filling is planned, then the necks can be cut off. This makes it easier to compact the earth in a bottle and easier to install later. central part made from dark bottles. It must be done from the very beginning of work. If you do not follow this rule, then the center may inadvertently shift or be curved.
The next step is laying the head of the bug, starting from its edge. In the plane of the head on the oval surface there will be inevitable displacements of the rows of bottles. Therefore, so that they do not affect the border of red and black, it should be performed first of all after the center line. The next step is to smoothly lay the red bottles, tamp them down and make a fence.
Flowerbeds-animals from plastic bottles
Flower bed-animal can perform the functions outdoor flower pot. To do this, it is based on one main plastic bottle. All parts that are necessary for decoration are attached with glue. making holes permissible only in those parts of the bottle that will not hold water, that is, at the top.
To make an animal, you need a lot of paint. The paint must be waterproof and preferably have dense texture. Oil paint may be suitable, but keep in mind that it does not dry well.
Plays of bright color will provide paint in spray cans. Paints based on acetone solvents soften and deform plastic. Perfectly fit for the job acrylic dye solution. It is able to create that very dense matte texture and brightness, while it is not poisonous and dries quickly.
It is advisable to have enough small and large bottles on hand to complete the details of animal figurines. All of them are attached to the glue and covered with paint mainly from the outside. Even here, however, there are exceptions. Very complex work is performed by many different techniques.
Gnomes from plastic bottles
A very cute detail of the flower bed is a gnome. It can be placed along the edge of the path, and in the middle of the flower bed, it will look appropriate everywhere. Exist two ways its implementation. The first - actually from the bottles, the second - with the use of papier-mâché. The first method is undoubtedly simpler and requires less time to manufacture, but the second allows more opportunities to show the facial expressions of the figure. In both cases, it is recommended to use a large 5 liter water bottle as a basis.
Simple gnome performed by connecting simple parts. As hands one-liter or one and a half liter bottles are used, as they are elongated and thin. You can glue it with any tool that can fix plastic.
The necks of the bottles are cut off in the place where the rounded convex part ends and only the cylinder is left. Special small fixtures attach the part to the main body without deforming it. By adjusting the shape in this way, elements of clothing and a hat are made. The finished figurine is painted, small elements are painted, dried and placed in a flower bed.
A more popular junk item than a plastic bottle is hard to come by. The sales volumes of carbonated drinks, mineral waters and light alcohol increase many times by the summer, which means that there will be enough consumables even for large structures made of plastic bottles. Gardeners have long appreciated the practicality of this container, actively using it as jars for seedlings, boxes for small things and molds for kids to play in the sandbox. But the possibilities of using plastic containers do not end there. This material has a number of characteristics that allow you to create not only exclusive landscape decorations but also durable practical designs.
Material Advantages
The advantages of this material in gardening practice are obvious:
- plastic is a cheap and ubiquitous material;
- thin plates are easily cut and glued without requiring professional equipment for processing;
- polyethylene is easily painted;
- plastics do not lose their shape, do not corrode, are not subject to destruction from changes in humidity or temperature;
- plastic bottle By itself, it can withstand solid loads, and when filled with water, it becomes stronger than wood.
These qualities and freeness have made bottle plastic one of the most popular materials among lovers of exclusive country decor.
A plastic bottle is a cheap material that gives a huge scope for creativity.
How to decorate a flower bed with plastic bottles
The easiest way to organize a flower bed from plastic bottles is the elementary edging of the area prepared for planting. The container pressed into the ground will not only decorate the flower bed, but also keep the earth from being washed out. Plastic parts can be used in the "original form", leaving them the factory color, but they can also be easily dyed. Enamel or acrylic paint with the addition of color expands the horizons of fantasy. The very bottom of the bottle, designed by someone in the shape of a five-petalled flower, looks very elegant when filled with a contrasting color, turning into a camomile. A self-made flower bed made of bottles will last longer without deformation if the container is filled with water before digging into the ground. In addition, if the bottle itself was not painted, then the sun's rays refracted in the water will turn into sparkling sunbeams that scatter along the paths from a makeshift flower bed. Decorating a flower bed with plastic bottles is an interesting and exciting activity. The fence can be both multi-colored and monophonic, the flower bed itself is simple in shape or intricately indented, flat or multi-level.
Bottles dug around the perimeter of the flower garden - a finished fence
high flower beds
A higher design can be organized using the "woodpile" method. The height of such a flower bed is limited only by the desires of the gardener. In a kind of plastic "wells" you can confidently plant even plants with creeping roots, since the margin of safety of the structure is quite solid. Ordinary glue can be used as a fastening material, although many craftsmen prefer to heat-weld the structure in one piece. For such work, even a gas burner is not required, just enough heat from a candle or soldering iron.
Artistic cutting and heating turns a plastic bottle into a work of art
Those who decide to aim at complex forms will have to work a little harder. Making a flower bed from plastic bottles in the form of a ball or a boat requires preliminary cutting of the bottoms, which will require a lot. The main difficulty lies in finding the most original form for such a cavity. As a support, you can take an ordinary children's ball. Pre-prepared bottoms, which can also be pre-painted, are fastened in contact with the ball. After the volume is laid out and dried, it is enough to blow off the ball and return it to the children. The question of how to make a spherical flower bed out of bottles has been resolved. The bottom of the structure is laid out with a dense film that prevents soil from spilling out, and flowers can be planted. The same structure can also be used as large vase, as it will hold water securely. The design of a flower garden made of plastic bottles can be both plain and colorful.
Lightweight and practical plastic allows you to build a wide variety of shapes
For greater structural strength, you can cement the base of a kind of fence, but in this case the flower bed will already be stationary, and serious dismantling of the foundation will be required to transfer it to another place. An unsecured model is less durable, but also more mobile. Such a flower bed made of plastic bottles is easy to disassemble. Just don't be in a hurry to throw it away. construction material". The bottles have not lost their shape, it is enough to wash them and carefully put them away until next spring. The winter months are enough to come up with an even more original design for an exclusive flower garden.
Flower beds from plastic bottles in the photo
Hanging flower beds and planters
Hanging cups with greenery perfectly mask nondescript walls of garden buildings.
In addition to the flower beds, the vertical surfaces of the garden can be decorated with decorative planters made of the same material. Plastic is simply cut with the most ordinary knife, turning into a real work of art in the hands of a master. Attached to ropes or chains are mini pots of the most various forms- a great opportunity not only to place your favorite bindweeds and marigolds in a variety of ways, but also to cover them with a nondescript wall of an agricultural building. The only prerequisite for the design is the presence of a hole for rainwater runoff. This will keep the soil from rotting. The holes for the tapes that hold the cups themselves can be punched with a regular paper hole punch.
Even children can make such miniature homemade flower beds from plastic bottles, and the process will give them a lot of pleasure. The only danger is the possibility of injury from the sharp edges of the plastic, about which children must be warned in advance. However, this risk remains when planting flowers, but it is easy to prevent it by edging the cut edge of the bottle with insulating tape or tape. The first one will also play the role of a decorative border, thanks to the range of colors offered by manufacturers.
