In this mistress nothing is wasted. She tries to use even the most unnecessary at first glance little things - plastic and glass bottles, scratched discs, covers, etc.
Many simply throw away unnecessary things, even without knowing how much benefit can be extracted from this material. Surely, you have already seen beautiful fences, decorated with covers from plastic bottles. The time has come to get acquainted with the process of creating crafts from this material, along with our detailed master classes.
Crafts from plastic bottle caps
The idea that the covers can be used for decoration and the creation of handicrafts arose largely due to the variety of colors that amaze with their brightness and richness. Covers - a great base for crafts with your child.
Magnets from bottle caps
Covers with a diameter of 5 cm or more are suitable for creating magnets on a refrigerator or children's board. To create crafts you need:
- colorful covers
- magnets - can be purchased in stores for handmade
- double sided tape or glue gun
- alcohol - for degreasing caps
- pencils, colored paper, scissors
From this set we will make an alphabet on magnets, which will look much more interesting than classic pictures with letters and will not leave your kid indifferent.
The first thing you need to do is prepare the covers - degrease with medical alcohol, clean the dirt. Thanks to this, it will be easier for them to glue colored paper and magnets.
We glue small magnets to the back or inner covers using double-sided tape or glue. Much stronger magnets will stick to the glue of the moment, however, if you are doing crafts with children, you should choose a safer glue.
In the inner part of the lid, glue colored paper circles, which are equal in diameter to the size of the cork. Next on paper, draw letters, syllables, numbers or other drawings. In addition to colored paper, you can use ready-made images with which you can later make logical and educational games for children.
Letter caps can be used even without magnets. Instead of learning near the refrigerator, your child may put words on his desktop.
For younger children, you can make fun fruits and emoticons from colorful covers. This will require thin colored wire, ready plastic eyes, quick-drying glue and thick knitting threads.
Glue to a clean bead lid or eyes. Make a smile from a piece of thread or wire. Tie a sprig of cherry into peculiar petals and glue it with Moment to the caps.
Creating a cherry is the easiest craft that you can do with your child. In addition, from the covers you can make emoticons, animal faces, bees and other insects.
Crafts of bottle caps: facade decoration
The first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the caps from plastic bottles is spectacular panels adorning the fences of private plots. Such a mosaic can decorate the place where the child plays and spends time.
For those who draw well, the creation of a pattern of caps is greatly simplified. It is enough to circle the outline of the future mural and lay it out with colored traffic jams. It is better to glue the material with a glue-gun. If you do not have the required colors of plastic covers, you can lay out the overall picture and then paint it with the necessary colors.
If you do not have artistic abilities, but really want to have such a spectacular mosaic on your backyard plot, you will have to tinker with embroidery programs or use ready-made schemes.
Many of us have seen and maybe have embroidered cute drawings on the canvas. They will serve as the basis for the future mosaic. Simply lay out the covers in layers, repeating the pattern on the diagram.
Experienced needlewomen advise against using a quick-drying glue and glue gun to hold the material in, since it will simply dry out in the open air and the covers will fall off. Your mosaic will be permanently preserved on the wall if you attach the covers with thin self-tapping screws.
Flower vase decor plastic covers
This rather light technique allows you to transform a single-colored flower vase into an interesting decoration of your home. To fix the lids, you can use a glue gun, placing them inside the pot.
Massage mats made of plastic covers
Despite the fact that plastic is quite sensitive to the effects of high temperatures, rugs made of lids can easily be used as a stand for hot dishes. Of course, fire pans should not be placed on rugs, but a cup of hot tea or a plate will feel great on such a stand.
To create a rug, prepare the covers - clean the dirt and degrease with alcohol. Next, glue the covers edge to the edge with a glue-gun.Ready-made rug can serve not only as a stand, but also be a convenient way to massage your feet. It is enough to turn it upside down.
Parents of children suffering from flat-footedness, use the reverse ribbed side of the covers for recreational procedures. In this case, it is necessary to connect the covers with the help of thick twine, so that the mat does not spread out while walking along it.
Crafts from the bottle caps: decorating the backyard
To translate this idea into life from the master will need a special talent and ability to create beautiful crafts from unnecessary things. Even such a trifle as plastic covers in the hands of an experienced needlewoman become an excellent basis for decorating the house and the backyard.
Plastic covers can decorate the facade of the house. Such work requires careful preliminary preparation and understanding of the finished work. Take a look at the photo below, this design looks like the patterns that embroider needlewomen on the canvas. Use this method to decorate the facade of the house, the fence and you will definitely get an extraordinary beauty mosaic.
Due to the hard texture of the plastic covers, they are great for creating paths on the site. You can lay out such a panel from monochromatic traffic jams or create a complex composition.
Plastic covers are truly versatile gizmos for creating crafts. List all applications of traffic jams is simply impossible. In addition to the methods given in the article, covers are used for decorating furniture, creating paintings and murals, chandeliers and even door curtains. If there are many colorful traffic jams in your house, then it’s time to create original crafts and decorations from them.
