Among the New Year's decor, which can be easily made from ordinary office paper, it is necessary to mention voluminous icicles.
Paper icicles are made quickly and look very impressive, especially if you add a small yarn tassel and a few bright beads to them.
For crafts you will need:
- 2 squares of office colored paper 9 * 9 cm;
- lace or thread for knitting;
- 3 beads for decoration;
- scissors;
- gypsy needle.
How to make an icicle out of paper:
- On a square sheet, with the help of folds, outline both middle and two diagonal lines.
- We connect the halves of the horizontal line, the figure turns into a triangle of several layers along the edges.
- In origami, such a basic figure is called a “water bomb”.
- Raise the first layer of the triangle on the right side.
- The line that was the lateral side is combined with the vertical line emanating from the top of the triangle. Smooth out the folds.
- We bend the left side of the resulting quadrangle to the right. Raise upper layer triangle on the left side.
- We repeat point 5.
- Turn the figure over to the other side and lift it up right side triangle.
- We repeat point 5.
- Repeat step 5 for the last (left) side of the triangle.
- Similarly, we make the second half of the icicle.
- Now we make a suspension. We insert a piece of cord or knitting thread folded in half into a gypsy needle.
- We pierce the upper part of the icicle in the middle, bringing the needle out from the inside. We remove the needle - there is a loop left. We tie a thick knot at the ends from the inside - such that it does not slip into the hole.
- For a brush, wrap 7 circles of thread around three folded fingers.
- We cut the resulting skein in two places and tie with another thread in the middle.
- We put all the threads of the brush together and under the knot we wind several turns of another thread, which we fix with a knot and hide the ends under the turns. Trim the brush with scissors.
- We thread both ends of the thread on which the brush is held into the needle, string 3 beads on them.
- Now we make a puncture of the second half of the paper icicle in the center from the outside, bringing the needle inward.
- Closer to the paper, tighten a thick knot and cut off the excess thread.
- We insert both halves of the icicle into each other. This requires accuracy and slowness. Each long sharp part of the icicle should lie under the short triangle-pocket of the other part. Load parts sequentially.
For strength, I put a couple of drops of glue under the pockets. Otherwise, the weight of the beads could separate the paper structure.
Have fun preparing for the holidays!
Shared the master class
Kononenko Anastasia
What will be needed:
1. Plastic bottle (preferably transparent, smooth is best, but you can experiment).
2. Scissors (or a sharp knife - just don't cut yourself!).
3. Candle.
4. Thread (invisible, can be found in shops for magicians).
Actually everything. Next comes the instructions.
Instruction.
1. Take the bottle and cut off the top with a knife (or scissors).
We cut, again with scissors or a knife, the bottle lengthwise into strips of approximately the same width (optimally - 1-1.5 cm). Due to the fact that the bottle is usually in the shape of a cone, the bottom of the bottle will be slightly wider than at the top of the bottle. As a result, you will have a number of strips with a width of 1 cm at the beginning to 1.5 cm at the end. Do not worry about some flaws - at the end of the work they will be almost invisible. Here is just one good advice - cut off the sharp end, you can really cut yourself on it, since the PTF from which the bottles are made is a fairly durable material.
3. We light a candle. The candle should not smoke and flicker (if so, just cut the wick). We take a plastic strip at both ends (we do not heat them so as not to burn ourselves) and slowly draw it over the candle flame (at a height of about 3-4 cm), at the same time, as it were, stretching and twisting while moving. When you reach the end, do not stop and stretch the strip until it cools, as the icicle may turn out to be bent.
4. If desired, you can cut off a thinner end, and the wider one must be cut to a rounded shape.
5. At this wide end, you need to dig a dirk for a thread and thread an invisible thread into it (but you can also see it, but with an invisible one it turns out cooler).
6. That's it, hang up and rejoice.
Good advice from experience: the first icicles will most likely be thrown away by you. Do not despair, try again - a few prototypes will help you achieve such a mode of movement and warming up so that the plastic on the one hand does not melt, on the other - it still becomes pliable. A rancid plastic smell should alert you - either run the strip over the candle too slowly, or hold it too close to the fire - in any case, the plastic starts to burn.
If you are making a long icicle (for example, from a 2 liter bottle), stop in the middle of the way, let it cool down a bit - this way you will achieve a more controlled warm-up.
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Many people notice that the older they get, the more difficult it is to re-experience that magical feeling of a fairy tale and a miracle that always came to us in childhood on New Year's Eve.
But we are in website sure - good New Year spirit It won't keep you waiting if you make one of these wonderful decorations for your home and Christmas tree with your own hands. Almost all, with the exception of two or three, do not require much time and some special materials- they can be made in half an hour from what is at hand.
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A wreath of balloons and an old hanger
In just half an hour, you can make a colorful wreath by buying a couple of sets of inexpensive balloons. Blogger Jennifer, the author of this article, recommends unbending an old hanger, but if you don't have one, then a piece of strong wire will do just fine.
- You will need: a pair of balloon sets (20-25 balloons different colors and sizes), wire hanger or wire, fir branches, braid or ready-made decoration for decorating a wreath.
Snowflake tablecloth
A delicate and surprisingly festive tablecloth will turn out from snowflakes, on which we have stuffed our hands since childhood. You can sit down and cut snowflakes with the whole family, and then lay them out on the table and fasten them with small pieces of tape. A wonderful solution for receiving guests or just having dinner with the family during the holidays.
multicolored hats
The cutest colored hats can be made from leftover yarn, which can be used to make a garland for a Christmas tree or for decorating a wall. Or hang them on a window or chandelier at different levels. Children over five years old will also do just fine with this simple decoration. See details.
- You will need: sleeve toilet paper for rings (or plain cardboard or thick paper), scissors, colorful yarn and a good mood.
Lamp "Snowy City"
For this charming lamp, you need to measure a piece of paper around the circumference of the can with a small margin (to glue), depict and cut out the simplest urban or forest landscape. Wrap around the jar, and put a candle inside.
- You will need: a jar, thick paper of any color, white can be, any candle. Alternatively, you can cover the top of the jar with "falling snow" using a special "snow" spray, which is sold in hobby stores.
Balloons with photos
A great idea for decorating the Christmas tree or as a gift to relatives and friends. The photo must be rolled up into a tube so that it passes into the hole of the ball, and then spread with a wooden stick or tweezers. Small black-and-white rectangular shots will do, and you can also cut out the photo in the shape of a ball or silhouette (as in the case of a cat in the snow).
- You will need: plastic or glass balls, photographs, various things to fill the ball - tinsel, garlands, coarse salt (for snow).
Christmas lights
And this miracle is a matter of five minutes. It is enough to collect balls, fir branches, cones and put them in a transparent vase (or a pretty jar) and add luminous garlands.
embers
Luminous garlands hidden among cones, branches and coniferous paws create the effect of coals smoldering in the fireplace or a cozy campfire. They even seem to be getting hot. For this purpose, a basket lying on the balcony for a hundred years, a nice bucket or, for example, a wicker container for small things from Ikea, is suitable. Everything else (except for the garland, of course) can be found in the park.
floating candles
A very simple decoration for the New Year's table or for a cozy evening with friends during the New Year holidays is a composition with candles floating in a vessel with water, cranberries and coniferous branches. You can use cones, circles of oranges, fresh flowers and leaves from flower shop- whatever your fantasy tells you. And as a candlestick - deep plates, vases, jars, glasses, the main thing is that they are transparent.
Snowman on the fridge or door
From this, the children will definitely be delighted - fast, fun and very simple, because even a three-year-old can handle cutting out large parts. It is enough to cut circles, a nose and a scarf from self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper or colored cardboard and attach them to regular or double-sided tape.
Snowflakes on the window
An interesting use for a glue gun lying around idle. In order to stick these snowflakes to the glass, just press them lightly to the surface. See details in our video.
- You will need: a stencil with a snowflake drawn with a black marker, tracing paper (parchment, baking paper), a glue gun and a little patience.
Christmas trees-candy
Bright Christmas trees can be built together with the kids for children's holiday or decorate them festive table. Cut out triangles from colored paper or cardboard, attach with tape to a toothpick and stick the resulting Christmas trees into sweets.
- You will need: Hershey's Kisses or any other truffle candies, toothpicks, scotch tape, colored paper or patterned cardboard.
Garland with photos and drawings
New Year, Christmas - warm, family holidays. And it will come in handy with photographs, children's drawings, pictures. They are easiest to secure with clothespins that can be decorated with hearts or snowflakes.
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painted spoons
Ordinary metal spoons or wooden spoons for cooking with acrylic paints turn into interesting Christmas decorations. This idea is sure to please the kids. If you bend the handle of metal spoons, they can be hung on a Christmas tree. And wooden spoons will look great in the kitchen or in a bouquet with spruce branches.
Hello dear gardeners! The topic of today's material is interesting to everyone and always relevant. It is probably familiar to many, but still I hope to surprise you.
Today, everything is sold in plastic bottles: water, lemonade, milk ... Of all the garbage that we accumulate, the most voluminous are the bottles: you put one in the trash can - and that's it: consider half a bucket occupied. And what is it like in the country! In many holiday villages, there are simply no garbage containers. There is only one way out: either take all this “good” to the city, to the nearest container, or somehow use what cannot be processed in country conditions.
Logical question: how plastic bottles can be used on the farm to be both useful, and convenient, and beautiful? That's what we'll talk about.
By the way, information sheet: plastic decomposes in water 100 to 500 years(according to different sources and depending on the type of plastic).
We have few factories that process garbage, so people themselves find interesting application simple and seemingly completely unnecessary things.
Plastic bottles in garden decor
If you wish, you can create such beauty - the neighbors will envy! Want to decorate your garden without spending too much? See if there are empty plastic bottles in your country house.Beautiful neat flower beds
Plastic bottles can be used to protect flower beds. The benefits here are obvious: flower beds and beds are not washed away by showers, they always look neat and pleasing to the eye. I think it looks great ... How to make such a flower bed?
Of course, you will need a lot of bottles (preferably the same size). We pour sand into them, close them and begin to build a "palisade". Bottles will have to be dug a little into the ground to give them stability. After the flower bed is fenced, paint the resulting border in any color. In principle, you can do this in advance - as you wish. But it seems to me that it is more convenient to paint an already finished fence than each bottle individually. And dark plastic containers can be left as they are, it also looks pretty. An example of the performance and opinions of summer residents on this method of using bottles, see the materials:
Flowers, palm trees, butterflies and other "tropics"
The beauty is indescribable. Turn on your imagination, wake up your fantasy and create all kinds of flowers in your garden that will never fade or rot)).
To make it clearer how to make something out of bottles (for example, flowers), let's look at an example.
What may be needed:
- plastic bottles of different colors;
- scissors, awl, thick threads;
- PVA glue and "Master";
- acrylic paints;
- candle;
- wire;
- beads, beads - for decoration.
The stem is best made from thick wire. The stamens are made of thin wire, on which beads can be strung. It remains only to assemble the whole thing, fastening it with glue, using an awl and wire if necessary. Just look how beautiful the result is!
Cute animals for the garden
No one is made from bottles. The simplest, perhaps, is this. All you need is to cut and bend the ears, attach the tail and color it beautifully. However, there are crafts and very complicated ones. For example, animals from fairy tales. I will not describe their production step by step, otherwise the article will turn out to be of galactic proportions. I'd rather just show the video from the slides. From the photo, in principle, you can see what and how to do, it's not difficult to figure it out.How do you like these animals? I think they look great! And if you involve children in the process, they will be delighted!
The tools used are the same as listed above. Paints - not necessarily acrylic. But they dry faster, which is a plus. And they hardly smell. True, they are also different.
Air curtains for the garden
These crafts captivated me precisely with their lightness and unusualness. I’ll specially collect bottles and make such a curtain in my yard! I think you can use bottles of different sizes.
The bottoms will come in handy, but you can also cut the leaves! From a distance it is not very clear what these transparent flowers hang on, but more interesting idea. We look ...
As you can see, you can fasten the flowers with threads, you can glue them to the base (for example, polyethylene film). I think this option is perfect for a gazebo. And it will be light, and the rain will not penetrate. There are a lot of options for curtains from bottles. But I still liked the first one better, and you?
Lamps and chandeliers for the garden
Actually, why not? Buying a lamp for the garden is unprofitable, just hanging a light bulb is ugly. A lamp made from plastic bottles is a great lighting option garden plot.Such chandeliers are not ashamed to hang in the house.
Main rule: do not allow plastic parts to come into contact with the light bulb, otherwise they may melt. True, you can use an energy-saving lamp, it heats up less - up to +50 ... + 60 ° C.
Girls! If you don’t know how to attach the light bulb itself, leave this matter to husbands, brothers or fathers ... From you - creativity, from them - a lighting element \u003d)))
bottle garden path
I recently wrote about garden paths in an article. But there was nothing about bottles, only about their caps. It turns out that a good path is obtained from the bottoms, along which it is pleasant to walk barefoot. note: the bottoms are laid on loose sand, the master must make an effort to fill them with sand. This will prevent their deformation in the future when you walk around them.Household supplies from plastic bottles
That's where the expanse is ... If you think that garden decor from bottles is not for you, perhaps you will be interested in useful things that can be made from them.Wash basins and boxes
The easiest option is to hang upside down the bottle, and when you need to wash your hands, just turn off the cap a little. It is better to cut off the bottom of the bottle and make it removable so that it is more convenient to pour water. There is nothing complicated here, even a child can handle it. Such a washbasin can be hung on a tree or somewhere else. By the way, use this idea when you go on a picnic - it's very convenient, and your hands are always clean.
It is advisable to make a homemade washbasin closeable so that leaves, insects and other debris do not get into the water. There are more complex structures. You can, for example, embed a hose with a tap into a large bottle. But this is to be quite convenient.
Or you can make a box for bags, napkins or something similar out of a bottle.
Scoops and shovels
Making a scoop with your own hands is easy. Take the bottle and mark the shape of the future scoop with a marker. Next is the case of scissors. Well, or a knife.
Slippers
These are shoes that wear out pretty quickly. Therefore, durable and beautiful slippers on the farm will always come in handy. No, no, don't think that bottle slippers are just scoops with heels =))). I would like to see it ... Although simple options is also there. For example, this one:A more complex version looks like this:
Of course, it is not necessary to make such bouquets. But in general, slippers are excellent. In order not to slip, and the leg feels comfortable, you can experiment with “layers”. How to make holes? Yes, even a hole punch! And if there are men in the house, let them solve this problem.
And from plastic bottles you can make very useful large containers for household needs:
Devices for repelling rodents and insects
There are many different ones. I will only talk about the mole repeller and the mosquito trap.Let's start with the trap
Make it very easy. Cut off the top of the bottle and insert it into the bottom with the neck down. The design must be darkened with paper or cloth - mosquitoes will be more likely to fly there.
Pour into the bottom of the bottle as bait sugar yeast syrup. Easy to make: pour hot water, add sugar and yeast there, stir and cool. Such a trap will attract not only mosquitoes, but also bees, wasps, flies.
You can put the structure on the window or hang it - this is optional. It needs to be cleaned once a week.
By the way, I don’t know why the syrup is brown in the photo - maybe from cane sugar?))) Or maybe it’s kvass. By the way, yes - insects also fly to kvass. Somehow they left a jar of kvass on the porch, so many midges flocked there!
Wind vane repelling moles and more
These devices were described in detail in the article. There is also a video - you can see how to make such a design, how it works. Ask what scares him? At the bottom of the bottle, it is advised to pour beads, balls from bearings and other “rattling” elements. They say that the sound that this windmill makes is not tolerated by moles. Who has moles? Try it, then unsubscribe here, agreed?
Yes, the axis on which the craft is attached must be stuck into the ground - I think you understand.
About the fact that some use bottles, I think you already know. The bottom and throat of the bottle are cut off - a cylinder is obtained, which is dug into the ground. This cover protects the root system young plant from the attempts of a bear.
Tool boxes
For these purposes, rectangular bottles are more suitable. For example, from under machine oils. However, there are also water bottles of this shape. Containers are made simply: mark with a marker, cut. Everything =))
These boxes can be very useful in the household.
Device for deep watering plants and their night heating
Some plants do not like surface watering. Therefore, my mother waters some beds with plastic bottles.You need to cut off the bottom of the bottle, but not completely, to get something like a cap. We tear the earth on the side of the plant, make a small trench and put pebbles there. Drainage is needed so that water does not erode the soil. Then we put the bottles with their necks down and lay them on the ground. Now, to water the plant, all you need is to open the lid and pour the right amount of water. Here, look how our summer residents use plastic containers.
Some people dig in containers upside down, but then you need to make holes in the bottle so that the water leaves.
As for heating plants, you can simply pour water into bottles and put them over the plant. In the sun, the water will heat up and will give off heat to the earth for some time. I know that glass bottles they also dig into the ground, but today we are talking about plastic.
Garden knee pads
It is generally contraindicated for many people to work bending over, this is especially true for hypertensive patients. But how then to weed the garden? Yes, I'll tell you about the knee pads. If you work on your knees, your head will no longer be down, therefore, your well-being will not suffer.All you have to do is find the right bottles, fit them to your knees and cut the knee pads to the desired shape. Then attach the ties. Everything is simple.
Flower pots
And what only pots from plastic bottles do not exist! Some simply pour earth into bottles, others make real masterpieces. The possibilities are endless. What's good: the bottles can always be painted in any color and hung anywhere. For example, what do you think of these ideas?
Very cute, and you won't immediately guess what the pots are made of.
Candlestick
Your first candlestick plastic bottle I did in primary school, at the lesson of labor. It's simple. Cut off the neck and bottom of the bottle (about half the bottle). Then cut the part with the bottom into strips and bend them. And inside you insert the part with the neck. She will hold the candle. In general, it's easy.
But this is only one of the options, you can connect two necks.
Broom
Instead of a thousand words, I will show one video.Why buy a broom when you can make one in half an hour?
Funnels
On the farm, from time to time there is a need to pour something from one container to another. Not necessarily something edible - it happens, and diluted fertilizer, and poison for Colorado beetles ... Do not use a funnel from the kitchen for such purposes! And you can make a funnel from a bottle at any time.
Bird feeders
We fed the birds in these all winter. Bottles used large, 5-liter. I cut out windows in them, made small “thresholds” and “porches”. So that it was comfortable for the birds to sit, and the snow did not sweep inside. Another plus is that it is convenient to hang such feeders on trees, they already have handles.
Buildings made from plastic bottles
These are not funnels with pots, but something more serious. Entrepreneurial people can build something out of anything. Plastic bottles, for example, make excellent greenhouses and gazebos.Greenhouses from plastic bottles
A finished medium-sized greenhouse costs more than 15 thousand rubles. I know for sure, because I was interested in this issue. Add to that the cost of assembly. Not everyone can figure out what's what. But there is an alternative that is not inferior in performance and will cost you ... only 500-700 empty plastic bottles! =))The plastic from which the bottles are made is 20 times stronger than dense polyethylene. It keeps the temperature perfectly, does not melt in the sun and can last for decades. Greenhouse made of plastic bottles there are a number of advantages:
- she is cheap;
- durable;
- easily repaired;
- light in weight, it can be rearranged if necessary;
- looks pretty cute.
I took a look at different sites and realized that there are 2 main ways to use plastic bottles in construction:
- The bottom of each bottle is cut off. A thin rail is taken and all the bottles are strung on it. Get ready-made building strips.
- The bottom and neck of the bottles are cut off. Then what happened - the middle part - is cut along. It turns out a rectangular piece of plastic. We iron it with an iron (necessarily through hard paper) to level it. From such sheets we sew more sheets. Overlap preferably. You can use an awl; for fastening parts - cord thread or wire. It is not recommended to sew with thread or fishing line - the seams will quickly rot and disperse.
When the sheets (slats) are ready, you can make a frame. It is made from ordinary wooden bars with a hammer and nails. Form - any. You can - a house, you can - a triangle. And then we attach what we made from bottles to the frame. In the first case, the planks should be placed as close to each other as possible so that the wind does not walk. Well, you can always stick it with tape. In general, you'll figure it out!)) And in the second case, ready-made plates from plastic bottles are simply nailed to wooden frame.
Important point- roof. In general, a good frame can withstand quite a heavy weight, but knowledgeable people it is advised to cover the roof not with bottles, but with polycarbonate sheets. Or something to strengthen for the winter - suddenly it will pile up a lot of snow. Here is another interesting post
How is it very easy to transform an ordinary room by letting winter magic into it? How to make simple and beautiful Christmas decoration with your own hands? See our master class "foil icicle".
The time is coming. The most favorite crafts are those that are easiest to make. Foil - the basis of our crafts is in almost every home.
To make foil icicles, we need:
- foil
- scissors
- sequins
- floss threads
Cut out a triangular shape from the foil.
Bend the base of the triangle. We cut off a little floss thread and fold a loop handle out of it. Glue the loop on the edge of the foil folded in half.
We twist and squeeze the foil around the loop. We try to give the icicle a natural look. It should be wider at the base and taper towards the end. We make several of these.
We cover the icicles with PVA glue.
While the glue is not frozen, sprinkle the icicles with blue or any other sparkles.
Shake off excess glitter from the icicles. Our "frosty icicle" is ready! You can hang icicles on a Christmas tree or decorate a chandelier with them for the Winter holiday.
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