Crafts from glass bottles
Most homes have an arsenal of glass bottles for various drinks. Many of them have beautiful colors or shapes. Therefore, it will be easy to use them in the interior or to decorate a garden plot.
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What can be made from glass bottles
A home party with alcohol or just a family celebration ends with the collection of various containers that are left after drinking drinks. Some of them are truly masterpieces, with complex shapes and colors. They can fit into any interior, even the furniture around is expensive and carefully selected in style.
Handmade products always look advantageous against the background of faceless store-bought ones.
Vase
The simplest option that first comes to mind is a flower vase. And it’s quite easy to do if you have a certain skill. You can simply take a beautiful wine container and decorate it to your own taste.
For example, paint the walls white and glue black lace to the bottom. This accessory will look stylish and expressive in any stylistic design. If you have artistic talents, paint the bottle with beautiful patterns or ornaments.
Need a wide vase? I'll have to get busy cutting off neck.It's not as difficult as it seems at first glance.
Candlestick
To create something like this, you will need to divide the container into parts. To do this, use a glass cutter. At home, if you don’t have a special tool, you can use a burning thread.
Next, melt the paraffin, place the wick at the bottom of the bottle and glue it with a piece of solid substance. Then pour in the resulting liquid and let it harden. The flickering of candles always calms and gives a romantic atmosphere.
Chandelier
If you are the happy owner of a private house or apartment with high ceilings, this option is for you. Antique lampshades, created with your own hands from wine bottles with darkened glass.
You just need to cut off the bottom of the container and firmly install the light bulb. You don’t have to limit yourself to one or three lampshades, creating a real masterpiece of design art. The light from such a chandelier will be mysterious and provide a romantic atmosphere.
Cans for bulk products
Bottles that are beautiful in shape or color remove the neck and polish the edges to prevent cutting. Such dishes will delight the hostess while preparing dinners. In various small items stores you can even pick up stoppers for homemade glass jars.
Mug
It is difficult to guess at first glance that such a device is created from an ordinary glass bottle, of which there are thousands on store shelves. Cut off the bottom and the very top of the neck. Carefully process the edges to avoid injury; glue the resulting ring to the main part with liquid nails.
If you choose products with an unusual color, it will turn out beautiful and original.
Liquid soap dispenser
In this case, you will not have to carry out complex manipulations at all. Just take a bottle that has been cleaned of alcohol. It is better if it is of an original form.You don't even have to remove the label, creating the illusion in your own bathroom. Find a suitable dispenser nozzle for left over dish soap or liquid soap. Attach it to the neck and use it with pleasure.
Shelves
Empty glass bottles without stoppers are incredibly durable. They can easily become supports for the wooden boards from which shelves are created. Buy blanks, make several holes to match the size of the necks of the prepared bottles and insert them into place. Your rack or hanging shelf is ready.
Hangers
Hooks in the hallway made from wine or beer bottles are considered a real work of art. At the same time, the thing is useful and original.
Step-by-step manufacturing guide includes:
- collection of long-neck wine bottles;
- removing the top part in such a way that when attached to the wall they create a large slope;
- we drill the mirror surface - it will be the basis of the structure;
- Glue parts of the bottles to the glass using liquid nails.
All you have to do is wait until it dries and use coat hooks.
Table
A small stand for tea ceremonies is made from multi-colored bottles and a wooden tabletop. Here we act according to the principle that was used to construct the shelves. We cut holes in the wood to fit the size of the necks and insert the bottles into them.
Dishes
Cut the glass container in half lengthwise to create an original plate for snacks or cakes. Be sure to sand the edges of the cut to prevent injury to anyone.
Crafts from glass bottles for the garden and cottage
Not only in the apartment you can use decorations made of multi-colored glass.In the garden or at your summer cottage it is easy to use various products created with your own hands from glass containers for wine, beer and soda.
Hanging terrarium
An original idea for decorating your home and garden. Simply cut holes in wine bottles, place them on a wooden vertical surface and fill them with different colored soil.
This decoration looks very unusual. It seems that the bottle grew from a plant, and not vice versa. Guests and site owners will definitely love this decoration.
Feeders
An inverted bottle is filled with cereal, inserted into a wooden base and secured to trees. Place any container under the neck, such as a glass or saucer. The millet will gradually pour into the feeder as the birds consume the food.
"Music of the Winds"
A creative activity to make original jewelry. The colored wine bottle must be divided into several parts. It is also necessary to make small holes for wires around the perimeter of each individual part.
Next, we connect the large parts, decorating the rope with beads, beads and other “charms”. They will ring subtly in the wind, creating natural “music”.
Flowerbeds and fences
You can simply stick products of the same color into the ground, thus creating a fence for a rose garden or flower bed. And some prefer to make a more original version of the fence.
To do this you need:
- Take an old car tire.
- Plaster the lower part with cement mortar.
- Place the first row of containers with the neck towards the center.
- The second and subsequent rows are laid according to the same principle, but with a slight offset to create a checkerboard pattern.
- The final one is filled with mortar and sprinkled with soil.
On the visible side, only the wide parts of the bottles remain, which serve as decoration for the flower garden.
Fences, fences, flower beds and much more.There are countless options for designing your own site. Use your imagination and don’t be afraid to experiment.
