A lot of garbage is produced by modern society. Packages from food, drinks and things filled the bins and dumps. You can bring a little benefit to nature. At least one recycled craft is good. Almost everything that is thrown away after use is suitable as a material. For example, old magazines.
Vase for sweets from colored pieces of paper
Colored pages are cut into small pieces in such a way that you get a lot of confetti. This is the basic material for the job. In addition to paper, you still need to stock up:
- air balloon;
- cling film;
- PVA glue;
- sharp scissors.
Inflate the ball to the desired size and tie a hole so that the air does not come out and it retains the desired shape until the end of the work. Wrap with cling film.
Next, imitating the papier-mâché technique, paste over the lower half of the balloon in several layers. Each of them must dry before applying the next.
When all layers have hardened, the ball is removed from the resulting bowl. Sharp scissors cut off the upper edge of a vase of confetti, in the form of a smooth wavy line.
If necessary, the bowl can be coated with acrylic varnish, inside and out, to give gloss and extra strength.
Craft from recyclable materials. Plastic caps
A simple and original frame is obtained from the caps from plastic bottles. The most important thing is to stock up on the right amount of material. Covers can be the same color or different shades.
More for the manufacture of the framework will require:
- thick cardboard;
- scissors;
- viscous transparent glue;
- the photo;
- ruler;
- paints;
- stationery cutter;
- pencil.
The size of the frame will depend on the number of stocked covers. The more of them, the wider the recyclable crafts. Put a photograph on a sheet of cardboard and draw a circle around it. Step back a little inside the resulting square or rectangle on each side and draw a similar one. Cut with a ruler and clerical knife. The inner window for the photo is ready.
Next, prime the cardboard sheet with the hole. Acrylic paint or gouache with the addition of PVA glue is used. Cover the background with a uniform layer and dry it. When the workpiece is ready for further work, lids are preliminarily laid out on it along the perimeter of the window. In one or more rows, depending on their number. When the order and location are determined, all covers are glued to the base. Now you can outline the outer size and cut out the front of the frame.
The back part is also made of cardboard. It is necessary to cut out a geometric figure exactly repeating the first part, but without a hole in the middle. In a similar way to paint, dry. Apply glue to the inner surface from three sides, combine both halves, stick to each other and make a back support. The original little thing is ready.
Jewelry made of aluminum caps
Sometimes for an unusual and effective DIY recycling (for children) you do not need to stock up on a large amount of material. For cute earrings, one pair of caps is enough. Metal, from drinks in glass bottles, will do. Such details have an interesting corrugated edge with teeth and shallow depth, these properties are ideal for such jewelry.
You will also need two round stickers, finished temples and silicone mugs or varnish. It is necessary to make a hole in the lid and insert a handle for fastening in the ears. A beautiful sticker and a convex lens made of silicone on an adhesive layer are glued inside. If there is no such part, it can be replaced with a layer of varnish. To make a convex surface, it can be used several times, allowing the previous layer to dry. The logo of the drink remains on the back side or a color sticker is attached. Instead of pictures, it is also acceptable to use colored nail polish.
Christmas toys from used bulbs
Modern energy-saving lamps tend to burn out in the same way as old ones. A long tradition - to use them in everyday life after the expiration of the service life. Grandmothers darn socks on light bulbs, and children paint with colorful paints. They make cute handicrafts from recycled materials with their own hands, glass toys - no worse than factory ones. To work, you should stock up on inspiration and some materials:
- beautiful ribbons;
- glue;
- acrylic paints;
- illustration.
First you need to fix the ribbon on the base of the bulb and hang it with the bulb down. Otherwise, the process of applying paint will be difficult. However, an art object can be held in hands, like a nesting doll, and painted in parts.
Having chosen an interesting picture with a character and having it at the workplace, you can pick up paints and begin to redraw the character you like on one of your prepared bulbs. The form dictates the shape. From elongated pear-shaped bulbs, you get nice piggins or cheeky heads, round ones suggest the likeness of traditional Christmas balls. Even elongated bulbs can be used by applying imagination and creative imagination.
As additional decorations, false beards, hair or clothes made of fabric shreds are used.
DIY crafts from school. Interior decoration made of plastic bottles
In an unusual way, you can use empty containers from sweet drinks. For work, no more than the top five halves of the bottles are cut in half. They are painted with acrylics from the inside and connected with each other using beads assembled on a durable fishing line. Such an original decoration looks fabulous and mysterious.
Every day, society produces a large amount of waste, garbage, which, when used correctly, not only benefits, but also decorates life. Craft from recyclables gives a new, second life to things that were intended to be discarded. Garbage turns into a product of applied art.