Garden sculptures with their own hands. Ideas for summer residence

Often people leave a noisy city for a summer cottage in order to rest from the city bustle, to be alone with nature, to do physical labor. And, of course, we want our corner of the earth to be pleased not only with abundant crops, but also was beautiful. To make it pleasant for the owners and guests, it is necessary to equip their plot, and, to the best of their ability, decorate it with various decorative elements. Ideas for cottages are very diverse. Someone buys ready-made beautiful and bright fences, benches and gazebos, interesting garden sculptures, swimming pools, and someone does it all with their own hands. It turns out pretty nice and, of course, exclusively. Going to such a dacha site, do not cease to be surprised by the richness of imagination and the skill of amateur landscape designers. You ask yourself the question, can this be done with your own hands? Of course. Try your hand at this not very complicated and very interesting affair.

Decorating the cottage with your own hands is an exciting occupation that does not require the investment of large funds. For the garden and the garden everything is made from improvised material, from what we often throw into garbage.

Here, for example, a garden figure-giraffe. For its production, we take as a basis a snag, similar in appearance to a giraffe. She should have one branch long (for the neck) and at least two (and preferably four) shorter. It will be legs.

First, we choose a place where our giraffe will show off. We excavate a small hole, put our snag there and cement it. When everything is ready, and the giraffe is firmly on its feet, take a small canister and cut off the handle from it, on the sides make two parallel holes in order to insert the ears that we cut out of the unnecessary plastic bottle. From above also make two small holes (you can make it matches) and insert two identical twigs there. These will be the horns of our giraffe. From below we make a hole in the size of a snag and put a can on the neck of a giraffe. Next, paint it with oil paints and let it dry.

What other interesting ideas will we offer for you? If you put a little effort and show creativity, then, perhaps, your garden and garden can soon turn into a bright fairy-tale country with amazing and cute characters.

Another easy way to decorate your villa site is to make painted barrels with your own hands. Accomplishing the dacha with your own hands directly depends on your imagination. When the yard is not rusty terrible barrels, and beautiful colorful ornaments, this greatly changes the overall appearance of your garden plot. Here you can use alkyd enamel of different colors and shades. Also need a wide and narrow brush, chalk and thinner.

First, we clean both the inner and top surfaces of the barrel from rust and dirt. Then paint it inside with one color, and outside with the other. Then, when the main layer dries, start experimenting. To invent and draw shallow contours of the future face of dwarfs or flowers framing the bottom and top of the barrel will not be difficult. When this work is completed, we proceed to painting. When the barrel dries and takes its rightful place in the garden, you will certainly want to make for it the same no less bright neighbor, and maybe not one. Decorate your site. Fantasy and creativity have no boundaries.

For those who like to travel to the sea, relax in exotic countries, there are also special ideas for giving. You can install a couple of homemade palms from plastic bottles in the front garden . They are quite easy to make, and they are very similar to the real ones. You will need plastic bottles of green and brown color, a drill, a metal rod or wire and scissors.

At brown bottles we cut off bottoms and we cut their edges denticles. This is done to make the edges appear to be rough. Leaves for our palm are made from green bottles, cutting them along. In each part of the barrel we drill a hole, in diameter suitable for a wire. String the details on the rod, before that, having stretched the cut edges - the denticles - to the sides. Then attach the leaves to the tree. On the last bottle with leaves should remain cork and neck. In the cork we make a hole and fix the tip of the rod in it.

Now our palm tree is ready. The most important thing is that no weather conditions for her are a hindrance. Use our ideas to give and enjoy the beauty and originality of your infield. Enjoy your vacation!