Crafts with plastic bottles
Has it ever occurred to you to give plastic bottles a second life? Today we share with you some crafts with plastic bottles that in addition to awakening your creativity, will serve to decorate your home and give it a very personal touch.
the bottles of water, soft drinks or detergent They can become beautiful objects that decorate different corners of your home. So before throwing away the ones you have at home, take a look at the ideas that we share with you today and if you like any of them, put your hands to work!
You will be amazed to discover everything that can be done with plastic bottles. We already had some ideas in mind but we have found many more than we expected to find. And among them we have selected four for being practical, original and fun.
Lanterns and decorative garlands
Are you going to celebrate a party soon and need decorative elements to help you give it color? Do you have a nondescript outdoor space that you would like to transform with original and fun ideas? The lanterns and decorative garlands in the following image are a great proposal in both cases.
Crafts handmade charlotte y creative jewish mom
And the best thing is that you can be inspired by these and create your own if you are creative, but also copy them because both Handmade Charlotte and Creative Jewish Mother teach you how to make them in simple tutorials. Among the crafts with plastic bottles that we propose today, this is, without a doubt, one of the most fun.
Vases
Have you been hoarding plastic bottles just in case? I think that when you see these vases you will not hesitate to take them out to create one like the ones you propose Collective Gene. Bill minimalist and imperfect finish of their designs have conquered us, although there is no shortage of other proposals on the net.
vases of Collective Gene
Collective Gen shapes the vases with plastic bottles and hot glue, wraps them in masking tape and then applies on it modeling paste. With patience and a few touches of sandpaper, the result after two coats is fantastic. Although you could also use newspaper, white glue to make one or simply bet on pastel stitches and apply them on detergent bottles to achieve results like those of Foekje Fleur
Cactus garden
If we all had creativity like Veronika Richterova, there would be no plastic bottles in the recycling bins. And it is that this Czech artist turns PET bottles into cacus that can become decorative elements or even sculptures to decorate our home or outdoor spaces.
Cactus Gardens by Veronika Richterová
Cut them, heat them, assemble them... the artist has managed to develop a style by applying all her knowledge of recycling to create designer pieces. And these have great aesthetic value. Are you able to do something similar? It's all trying.
You have nothing to lose. If you don't like the result, the bottles will end up in the same place they would have if you had not used them. Look for ideas on Pinterest and go crazy creating your own small-scale designs.
Toys for children
When I saw the picture of that robot from bottlerobot.com I thought that if someone had thought of making a robot there must be similar ideas on the net and it didn't take me long to find them. And they look fantastic to me hang out with the kids, Don't you agree?
They are not appropriate toys for the little ones but they are, of course, an entertainment for those who already manage with the paint, glue and scissors. Imagine how proud they will be after creating one of the animals in the image.
Do you like these crafts with plastic bottles? The ideal in terms of sustainability is to do without these, but since we have them, why not give them a second life? There are beautiful and fun ideas like these that will give a personal touch to any space and that will entertain us along the way.