Crafts for giving from plastic bottles with your own hands: useful ideas for your site
At first glance, plastic bottles are absolutely ordinary containers, which are enough in every yard. But do not underestimate these products - in fact, they can bring a lot of benefits to your dacha. Flowerbeds, paths, irrigation structures, decorative installations - all this can be done from the usual plastic bottles with your own hands. Next, we will share original ideas for fakes for the garden and garden, tell you how to make them yourself and show in the photo how amazingly they can transform the site.
flower beds
Of course, the main decoration of any suburban area - flower beds. But in order for them to give the maximum aesthetic effect, it is not enough just to plant the plants you like - they need a "cut" that will put the design in order. An interesting and at the same time affordable solution for implementation is a flower bed made of plastic containers.
The classic version of a plastic flower bed is a “fence” made of bottles. To make it, prepare a container of approximately the same size. Any color can be. Next, cut all the bottles at the same height from the bottom. And then, in turn, dig them into the ground upside down, constructing a "fence" of the desired shape.
Flower garden from plastic bottles
A more complex solution is a flower bed. The scheme of its manufacture is as follows:
- cut all containers in half;
- take the tops of the bottles and cut out the "petals" from the neck - use a knife or scissors for this;
- gently bend the "petals";
- dig the parts into the ground with the neck down.
Advice. To make the finished flower beds even more spectacular, paint them. Use oil formulations designed specifically for outdoor use - they tolerate precipitation better. Flowers can be planted immediately after the paint has dried.
garden paths
The arrangement of garden paths in a summer cottage is not an easy task, because it is necessary to fix the soil, buy material and lay it correctly. Agree, the costs and efforts are rather big. But on the other hand, there is no desire to walk through the mud. What to do in this case? An excellent solution to the problem is bottle garden paths. Naturally, this is a temporary solution, but cheap and non-trivial.
Any bottles are suitable for tracks
The arrangement of garden paths from plastic containers will not cause difficulties:
- Dig a trench 1.5 bayonet deep and mount the wooden formwork.
- Fill the trench with crushed stone and a 3 cm layer of sand, and then tamp.
- Prepare the bottles and fill them with sand.
- Lay the container horizontally in the prepared trench - the necks should be directed to the edges of the garden path.
- Prepare a small volume of cement mortar and fill the gaps between the containers with a thin layer.
- When the cement mixture has set, remove the formwork.
Advice. To level the plastic bottles, before pouring cement, place a board on them and walk on it - this will compact the structure.
Do not forget about the lids - they can close the gaps between the bottles.
Decorative installations
A very popular trend in garden decor is volumetric installations made of plastic containers. But here you need to have considerable patience and skill, because it is not very easy to cut out the figures. The best solution for those who will make such decorations for the first time is installations in the form of animal figurines, as they are within the power of an inexperienced gardener.
The most common decor is a plastic pig. Take: an eggplant with a volume of 5 liters - for the body, four necks from a half-liter container - for the legs, a neck of a 1.5-liter convex bottle cut in half - for the ears. Fill the container for the body with sand so that it is not blown away by the wind. Make cuts for the legs and ears and insert the appropriate elements, securing them with glue or tape. Eyes can be made from beads. Then dig the product and paint to taste.
Plastic bottle figurine
Another affordable option is a plastic hare. Here you will need an oblong eggplant for the body and two 1.5 liter bottles for the ears. Connect the elements and draw paws and a muzzle on the resulting design. Then fill the eggplant with sand and dig it into the ground.
Tanks for growing and watering plants
Plastic bottles can be used not only to decorate the site, but also for specific practical purposes - for growing and watering plants. Cut the container into two parts, take the bottom one, pour earth into it and plant plants - here you have the finished “pot”. Be sure to drill small holes for drainage in the bottom of the newly made container for growing flowers. Do you want to decorate the "pot"? There are a lot of options: stick corks to it and get a cheerful little man, paint with oil paints - get a bright garden art object.
Another original option is vertical gardening: hang "pots" on the wall of the house, securing them with an ordinary fishing line.
Plastic containers will serve well in watering plants. Everything is simple here: pierce 4-8 neat holes in the bottom of the bottle and attach it to the hose with its upper part - this way you will get a rather peculiar, but effective water sprayer.
Watering plants with a plastic bottle
Also, bottles can be used for subsoil watering garden crops:
- take a container with a capacity of 2 liters and cut off its bottom;
- in the bottle cap, make 2-4 holes with a diameter of not more than 2 mm;
- under the selected plant, at a distance of at least 10-15 cm from the stem, dig a container 10 cm deep;
- insert a plastic bottle with the neck down at an angle of 30-45 degrees into the resulting hole and dig a little;
- fill the container with water - through small holes it will slowly and evenly flow to the roots of the plant.
As you can see, there are several interesting ways to use seemingly unnecessary plastic bottles to the maximum benefit for your summer cottage. If you want - make decorative figurines, if you want - equip flowerbeds and paths, or if you want - design tools for watering. The main thing is that all the proposed fakes can be easily made with your own hands, so you have no restrictions.