What can be done from the covers? Crafts from plastic bottle caps by one's own hands

Those who are fond of creativity, always come up with something unusual, interesting, that can decorate at least a small piece of the world around. After all, there are so many things that are simply thrown away, polluting nature, but could become a material for creativity.

Well, for example, what can you make of covers from all sorts of cans and bottles? It turns out that very, very much is not only interesting and funny, but also useful.

Covers and lids

Plastic - a universal material, which can have a variety of properties. But the one from which food packaging is made, is resistant to ultraviolet light, food components, has a variety of colors and shades. In addition, everything that will be made of plastic covers, will be almost free, because this is a junk material - you just need to accumulate the right amount of lids, asking for help from friends and acquaintances.

Mounting and mounting methods

Plastic is also convenient because elements from it can be fastened in many ways - glue or liquid nails, wire or screws, a cord and a soldering iron. Before you collect the crafts from the lids into one, you need to think about the way of assembly. If the glue and the glue gun are the most optimal options, then the lids will have to be degreased, otherwise the craft will simply fall apart.

For this work, you can use any available solvent at hand. During the preliminary processing of the material for creativity, one should not forget about safety measures, because all solvents are volatile harmful substances.

Beautiful house

Many folk craftsmen try to make their house beautiful not only inside, but also outside. , чтобы дом стал нарядным? And what to make of the caps from the plastic bottles , so that the house becomes elegant? Of course, a beautiful panel on the outer walls. Most often, houses are decorated with ornaments, spreading them out of identical in size, but different in color caps.

To make the pattern beautiful and neat, you must first sketch on paper. You can use the usual graph paper drawing paper with a cell of 1 millimeter around the perimeter, marking the points with colored pencils. Caps are fixed flat side outward with the help of carnations or screws. In the same way, you can decorate the fence around the site.

Curtain made of lids

And what else can you make of the lids with your own hands to decorate the house? For the summer cottage, for example, you can make a curtain on the door, which will be the highlight of the summer house. First, measure the height of the doorway and its width, then calculate the number of elements. For the curtain plastic covers are collected, if necessary washed and dried. Since the curtain will be attached using a cord, it is not necessary to degrease the material.

You will need:

• Covers in the amount of 180-200 pieces (for a standard doorway and a curtain a few centimeters above the threshold);
• A cord - 30-35 ropes in height of a curtain plus 5 centimeters on fastening everyone, it turns out 4-4,5 meters;
• The rake is slightly larger than the length of the doorway;
• Small carnations or screws for fastening cords to the rail, if the rail is metal, you will have to tie the cords with knots on it;
• Scheme for the curtain (if there is a desire to make it according to the figure).

Lids are collected in turn on the cord. In each of them it is necessary to make two holes with an awl or heated nail on the fire so that the cord passes in the middle. The lower lid is attached with a knot or decorative element - beads, buttons or something like that. All subsequent elements of a single curtain thread rest on it.

Each assembled cord is attached to the rail in the order that corresponds to the circuit. You can immediately ready the elements of the curtain made of plastic covers immediately to the lintel - on nails or screws. But the rake can be removed for the winter, and in the spring again to decorate the curtain of plastic covers of the country house.

Beautiful garden path

Coming out of a beautifully decorated house, I want to go along a beautiful path. Let's still consider what can be done from the covers for your site? Of course, the garden path. Covers do not need to be washed and degreased, they are chaotically or in accordance with the scheme simply flattened flat side up on a garden path made of a mixture of sand and cement. You can, of course, use ordinary clay, but such a path will last until the first heavy rain - it will simply wash it.

A chair in the summer kitchen

We continue to draw up a garden plot. What can be done from the lids to be not only beautiful, but also functional? You can make a table and chairs for the summer terrace. Basically, this method is used to decorate the lost items of their appearance. Covers in this case are attached to the base, and then the space between them needs to be filled with special substances - mastic, epoxy resin, putty.

But you can take the base of the old chair, even folding, to collect the right number of covers from plastic containers, to arrange the layout of their placement. Then each cover should be pulled onto the wire. This will form the seat. Of course, the metal wire must be strong enough to support the weight of the human body. You can use not her, but a kapron strong cord. On it, the caps are mounted with 4 holes - they will be, as it were, the intersections of cells formed by stretched cords.

Decor of the site

Plastic covers, bright and colorful, will serve as a good basis for creating all kinds of decorative elements in the open air. They can be voluminous when assembled in a three-dimensional design, and can be attached to any base for a flat decoration. What can be done from the lids to decorate the space around the house or in the courtyard?

For example, you can design a tower. Covers are assembled with a construction stapler. For reliability, they are glued with the same epoxy. To climb, probably, on such designs it will be impossible, but here they perfectly decorate a site.

Delivery under the dishes

How to make a lid for dishes under the dishes - a kettle, a cup? Very simple. To begin with, you need to determine the size of the stand, calculate the number of lids required for this. And they can be mounted in rows, and you can get a picture of "honeycomb". Next, you need to arrange the elements according to the drawing-scheme, previously drawn on paper. The lid is more convenient to fasten the lid with a construction gun. The teeth of the brackets inside the covers must be folded in order not to get injured.

Kashpo under flowers and basket

If the lid from the plastic container is not fastened with ribs, but flat against each other, then from them you can collect three-dimensional objects that hold a shape well-pots for a flower pot, a decorative pail for trash or a basket for toys or underwear. First laid out the bottom - the covers are attached to the sides using a wire or a stapler. Use glue is not very reasonable, because during operation plastic elements can crumble.

When the bottom of the desired size is ready, the lids are stacked on each other in staggered order, reinforced with glue and a stapler or by passing a long strong wire into pre-prepared holes in the center of the lids. Such an element of decor will become a real highlight of the house.

Mosaic panel

Covers can be decorated not only a garden house. In cities, craftsmen also know how to use these elements. What can be done from the covers? For example, decorate the balcony fence with colored ornament. For this purpose, the size of the fence is measured, a pattern or pattern is constructed on it, lids are assembled, and then a mosaic panel is laid using wire or glue. To make a kitchen apron from lids, you need to know that they should be fastened in a bonding base - on plaster or gypsum, followed by trowelling and coating with a protective material such as lacquer or acrylic.

Magnetics on the refrigerator and other small things

Crafts made from lids can be a cognitive activity, interesting for children. Covers are safe even for toddlers, because they are made from food plastic, have a rounded shape, but at the same time can be large enough that the child can not swallow them. Many funny crafts from this waste material can be made for children and with children. For example, magnets on the refrigerator. As a magnetic element is best to use a special cloth - it is thin, easily cut with scissors, with the help of conventional glue it can be fixed on a plastic cover.

The magnet is glued on the outside, inside is a children's drawing or small photographs. The alphabet on the covers with magnets will take a child who learns the alphabet while the mother prepares food. From plastic caps you can make wonderful stamps, if you buy in handicraft shops or cut yourself out of felt stencils of various figures or letters. Such crafts will be pretty and on their own, and will be useful for the child to practice creativity.

Robotics

And how many toys you can create with this wonderful material! Here's how to make a robot out of covers? It turns out that it is not difficult at all. You need to prepare 25 colored drinks caps and a long cord. First, the legs are assembled: four lids are put one on top of the other, fastened with a cord in the center. The hand is assembled with an inverted edge of the lid, and then three pieces are put one on top of the other, fastened in the center with a rope. Now the body - we put two covers with ribs, we put one flat between them.

Such designs need two - the pelvis and shoulders, between them is installed one lid with a rib, and the upper part "sits down" on it, covering almost half. All the parts are assembled together by means of cords, the attachment nodules are hidden under the caps turned upside down. However, this is the most primitive design of the robot, because such toys can make a huge amount, using additional elements - plastic boxes, packages from chocolate eggs, mosaic.

As it turned out, the lids from plastic bottles are an excellent material for creativity. They are bright, of different colors, they are safe for children, they are easily assembled with the help of improvised devices. And what things turn out wonderful!