Those who are fond of creativity, alwayscoming 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, and could become material for creativity.
Well, for example, what can be made from the caps of all kinds of cans and bottles? It turns out that very, very much not only interesting and fun, but also useful.
Covers and caps
Пластик - универсальный материал, который может have a variety of properties. But the one from which the food packaging is made, is resistant to UV light, food components, has a variety of colors and shades. In addition, everything that will be made of plastic caps will be practically free, because it is waste material - you just need to accumulate the required number of caps, asking for help from friends and acquaintances.
Mounting and mounting methods
Plastic is also convenient because elements are made of it.You can attach in different ways - glue or liquid nails, wire or screws, cord and soldering iron. Before you collect crafts from the covers into one, you need to think about the method of assembly. If the glue and glue gun are the best options, then the lids will need to be degreased, otherwise the craft will simply fall apart.
For this work, you can use anyavailable at hand solvent. During the pre-processing of material for creativity you should not forget about safety measures, because all solvents are volatile harmful substances.
Beautiful house
Many craftsmen are trying to make their home beautiful, not only inside but also outside. BUT what to make from the caps from plastic bottlesto make the house elegant? Of course, beautiful panels on the exterior walls. Most often houses are decorated with ornaments, laying them out of the same in size, but different in color covers.
To make the pattern beautiful and neat,you need to start to perform a sketch on paper. You can use the usual graph paper for drawing paper with cells of 1 millimeter around the perimeter, marking the points with colored pencils. Covers are fixed with the flat side out using nails or screws. In the same way you can decorate the fence around the site.
Cover curtain
And what else can be made from the covers with your own handsto 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. To begin with, 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 with a cord, there is no need to degrease the material.
To work will require:
- 180-200 covers in the amount of (on a standard doorway and a curtain a few centimeters above the threshold);
- cord - 30-35 ropes in the height of the curtain, plus 5 centimeters for fastening each, it turns out 4-4.5 meters;
- rail slightly more than the length of the doorway;
- small carnations or screws for attaching cords to the rail; if the rail is metal, you will have to tie the cords on it with knots;
- scheme for the curtain (if you want to make it according to the picture).
Covers in turn are going on the cord.In each of them it is necessary to make two openings with an awl or a nail warmed over a fire so that the cord runs in the middle. The bottom cap is attached with a knot or decorative element - beads, buttons or something like that. All subsequent elements of one curtain thread are based on it.
Each assembled cord is attached to the rail in thatorder that matches the pattern. It is possible to immediately attach the finished elements of the plastic cover curtains to the lintel - with nails or screws. But the rail can be removed for the winter, and in the spring again to decorate the country house with a curtain of plastic covers.
Beautiful garden path
Coming out of a beautifully decorated house, I want to goalong a beautiful path. Let's look at 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 flush with the flat side up on the 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 just be washed away.
Chair for summer kitchen
We continue to make out the garden plot.What can be made of covers, so that it is not only beautiful, but also functional? You can arrange a table and chairs for the summer terrace. Basically, this method is used to decorate items that have lost their appearance. Covers in this case are fixed 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 basis of the old chair, evenfolding, to gather up the necessary quantity of covers from plastic container, to issue the scheme of their placement. Then each cover should be pulled on the wire. So the seat will be formed. Of course, metal wire must be strong enough to withstand the weight of a person’s body. You can use not her, and kapron strong cord. The lids are mounted on it with the help of 4 holes - they will be like intersections of cells formed by strained cords.
Plot decoration
Plastic covers, bright and colorful,will serve as a good basis for creating all sorts of decorative elements in the open air. They can be voluminous when they are assembled into a three-dimensional structure, or they can be mounted on any basis for flat decoration. What can be made of covers to decorate the space around the house or in the city courtyard?
For example, you can design a tower.Covers are assembled with a construction stapler. For reliability, they are glued with the same epoxy. It will probably be impossible to climb on such structures, but they will perfectly decorate the site.
Delivery under the dishes
How to make a lid stand for dishes -teapot, cup? Very simple. First you need to decide what size the stand is needed, calculate the number of covers required for this. And they can be mounted in rows, and you can get a picture of the "honeycomb". Next, you need to arrange the elements according to the drawing-scheme, previously drawn on paper. It is more convenient to fasten covers with a construction gun. The teeth of the brackets inside the covers must be bent to prevent injury to them.
Flower pots and basket
If the caps from plastic containers do not fastenwith ribs, and flat in relation to each other, one can collect large objects that hold the shape well - a flowerpots for a flowerpot, a decorative bucket for garbage or a basket for toys or linen. First, the bottom is laid out - the covers are fastened sideways using wire or a stapler. It is not very reasonable to use glue, as during operation plastic elements can crumble.
Когда дно нужного размера готово, крышки ставят staggered each other, reinforcing them with glue and stapler or passing a long, solid wire into the prepared holes in the center of the covers. Such an element of decor will be a real highlight of the house.
Mosaic panel
Covers can decorate not only the garden house.In cities, craftsmen also know how to use these elements. What can be made of covers? For example, decorate the balcony fence with colored ornaments. To do this, the size of the fence is measured, a pattern or pattern is drawn on it, covers are assembled, and then a mosaic panel is laid out with the help of a wire or glue. To make a kitchen apron out of covers, you need to know that they should be fixed in a bonding base - on plaster or plaster, followed by troweling and covering with a protective material such as varnish or acrylic.
Fridge magnets and other little things
Crafts from the covers can be informativefun activities for kids. Covers are safe even for babies, because they are made of food plastic, have a rounded shape, but at the same time can be large enough to prevent the child from swallowing them. A lot of funny crafts from this waste material can be made for children and with children. For example, fridge magnets. As a magnetic element, it is best to use a special cloth - it is thin, easily cut with scissors, with the help of ordinary glue it can be fixed on a plastic cover.
The magnet is glued on the outside, inside is placedchildren's drawing or small photos. The alphabet on the covers with the magnets will take the child who masters the alphabet while the mother prepares the food. You can make wonderful dies from plastic covers, if you buy them at handicraft stores or cut stencils of various figures or letters yourself from felt. Such crafts will be cute in and of themselves, and will be useful for the child to practice creativity.
Robotics
And how many toys can you create with this?great stuff! Here's how to make a robot out of the covers? It turns out not at all difficult. You need to prepare 25 colored beverage caps and a long cord. At first legs gather: four covers are put one on another, being fastened with a cord on the center. The hand is assembled with an inverted edge of the lid, and then three pieces are put one on the other, fastened in the center with the help of a rope. Now the body - we put two covers with edges, between them we place one flat.
Таких конструкций нужно две - таз и плечи, между they are installed one lid edge, and the upper part of the "sits" on it, closing almost half. All parts are assembled among themselves with the help of cords, fasteners are hidden under the covers turned upwards. However, this is the most primitive design of the robot, because such toys can be made a huge amount, using additional elements - plastic boxes, packaging from chocolate eggs, mosaic.
As it turned out, the caps from plastic bottles -Great material for creativity. They are bright, of different colors, safe for children, easily assembled with the help of available tools. And what kind of things are wonderful!
