DIY crafts for home and garden: original ideas

In the summer, most gardeners and gardeners go to their dachas to take a break from the bustle of the city. The garden area can be decorated in an original way using decor made with your own hands. The site will not only be beautiful and landscaped, but also functional.

Content:

• Original ideas for cottage decor
• Crafts from improvised materials
• What you need for work
• Tire swan: step-by-step manufacturing instructions
• How to make a palm tree from plastic bottles: stages of work

Original ideas for cottage decor

Garden decor can be purchased at a specialized store, but you can make it yourself from old unnecessary items and other scrap materials. All family members can be involved in the process. There are many options for decorating the local area, so you need to show imagination and creative skills.

Old suitcases, chairs, basins, garden tools and other items that have outlived their useful life can become beautiful decorations for your garden plot, giving it an unusual and unique look. Large boulders or pebbles can be used to create decorative fencing or animal shapes. The most popular garden decor option is plastic bottles.

They are easy to bend, paint and cut. On your garden plot you can make various animal figures: hares, frogs, penguins, flowers, etc.

A palm tree made from bottles will look unusual and original.An old bucket, pots, basin, watering can, car tire can be used as a container for planting flowers. You can create very aesthetic things from wood - garden furniture from branches or logs, fairy-tale characters, etc.

Thanks to original garden decorative elements, you can transform your area and not spend any money on purchasing various garden decorations. This is not the entire list of original ideas for decorating a garden. You can use your imagination, look for your own original ideas and experiment.

Crafts from improvised materials

Before you start implementing interesting ideas, you should conduct an audit of the old things that you have on the farm. Crafts for the garden perform not only a decorative, but also a practical function. It is much more pleasant to work on the site, receive guests and have a tea party while contemplating creations made with your own hands.

An old and unsightly object can be given a new attractive look with the help of multi-colored paints. You can paint an old teapot in a single color and add eyes and a mouth. The end result is a teapot from the children's cartoon about Beauty and the Beast.

You can make a snail from an ordinary stick in the shape of a slingshot. The round stone will be the snail's house, and the stick will be its body. Any craft made from scrap materials can be used not only as decoration, but also as an independent element. For example, you can make a swan from an old tire, and inside disembark flowers.

Design can be varied and extraordinary things can be created from simple objects. Below is the technology for making a swan from an old tire and a palm tree from plastic bottles.

What you need for work

Taking into account what kind of decor you plan to create, you need to prepare the appropriate tools. For a bottle palm tree you need a lot of plastic two-liter bottles in green and brown. The size of the palm tree and its splendor depend on the number of bottles. You should also prepare a stationery knife, tape, scissors, rope and a metal base with rods.

To create a swan you will need the following materials and tools:

• Old tire
• Knife
• Jigsaw
• Electric drill
• Pliers
• Chalk
• Metal rod
• Dye

From tires, you can take an old, worn out tire. The material should be worn because it is easier to work with. It is recommended to choose tires with a nylon cord, as they can be easily cut with a knife, unlike imported rubber.

Tire swan: step-by-step manufacturing instructions

It’s not difficult to make a swan from an old tire; the main thing is to follow the sequence of work. The tire should first be cleaned, washed and dried.

Swan marking. First, divide the tire in half using chalk and outline the beak, neck and head. The length of the beak should be about 9 cm, and the head about 10 cm. The width of these parts is 4 cm and 8 cm, respectively. The length of the swan's neck with a wheel circumference of 180 cm is 95 cm.

Cutting. This is the most labor-intensive work that requires not only skills in working with tools, but also patience. Cutting should be done from the base of the neck to the head. You can use a sharp knife, a jigsaw or, if necessary, a grinder. The tire must be cut on both sides at the same time. The edges of the workpiece must be processed.

Swan assembly. Place the workpiece with the cut part down and press down with your foot. Next, turn the side parts up, and press the central part to the ground.To strengthen the swan’s neck and head, make paired holes at a distance of 15 cm from top to base. Then thread staples into them and lay a metal rod, which will later be connected by them. To give the desired shape to the tail and neck, bend the rod.

Painting the finished product. After completing the main work, you should check the swan for sharp edges and protruding wires. The swan can be painted white or black. Make the swan's beak red, and make its eyes from wide bolts. It is important to choose the right paint so that it is resistant to weather conditions. Such a swan can become a decoration flower beds, a small pond.

How to make a palm tree from plastic bottles: stages of work

An exotic palm tree will become a truly original decoration for your backyard. Making a bottle palm tree is very easy. Before use, remove labels from bottles.

Main stages of work:

• Barrel assembly
• Creating leaves
• Barrel assembly

Creating leaves. Cut the bottle into 2 parts. The bottom part will not be needed, but the top will be the foliage. Next, cut longitudinal small strips towards the neck. Repeat this process with each bottle. After this, the foliage is strung on top of each other, fastened with rope. Then screw the cap onto the first and last bottle and thread a tourniquet through it to secure it tightly.

Barrel assembly. It must be strong and durable so that the palm tree does not fall under a gust of wind. You can use a metal platform as a base or immerse the future tree 50 cm into the ground. Cut off the bottom of the brown bottles and make wide cuts along the neck. Each bottle should have 6 cuts. They are secured together with a rope.

Formation of a palm tree.Place a barrel made of plastic bottles on a metal stick vertically. Next, fix the foliage in the upper part and distribute it evenly in all directions. Attachment to the barrel is carried out using tape and a tourniquet.

The palm tree made from plastic bottles is ready. This evergreen tree will give your garden plot an original and unique appearance.

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