Plastic bottles are a unique material from which you can make many interesting crafts. If you make a little effort, then out of the garbage you can make an interesting toy or a container for storing little things. A monkey from plastic bottles looks very original. How to make it?
What is required
To make the monkey out of plastic bottles original and beautiful, you should prepare all the tools and the necessary material before starting work. To make crafts, you will need:
- Plastic containers that taper in the middle.
- Paints. In this case, it is better to use acrylic. If there are none, then you can replace them with ordinary gouache in combination with acrylic varnish.
- Cardboard.
- Tassels.
- Glue of good quality.
- Knife and scissors.
Tank preparation
So how to make a monkey out of plastic bottles? First of all, prepare the containers. They must be thoroughly washed and cleaned of labels and glue residue. It is recommended to dry the bottles before starting work. After that, you can begin to work.
From each bottle you need to cut the neck: one is cut to the middle, and the second is below the middle. This part will serve as a cover. Plastic bottles should be selected so that after removing excess parts, one container enters the second without difficulty.
Staining process
The monkey from the plastic bottles is almost ready. Now it needs to be painted. To do this, both parts of the figure must be put together to form a box. For coloring, use acrylic paint. Such a coating will not be washed off. If there is no such paint, then you can use gouache. However, upon completion of work, the finished product will need to be varnished based on acrylic. As for the color, you can choose to your taste. It can be orange, brown or yellow.
On the upper part of the workpiece, it is worth drawing a part of the muzzle with eye sockets using darker tones. When the first coat of paint dries in the area of the body, it is worth drawing a tummy in the form of an oval and the lower part of the face with cheeks. All this should be well dried. In conclusion, you need to make the monkey's mouth, nose and eyes. To do this, it is better to use white paint.
Ears and forelock
Monkey made of plastic bottles painted. Now you should make her ears. This will require brown cardboard. On the reverse side of the sheet, draw an approximate diagram of the parts, and then cut them out. You do not need to cut through the middle. It is enough to cut a blank of white color, which will be smaller than the eye of cardboard, and then glue it inside. Received parts must be glued.
Before this, the product should be coated with acrylic varnish, if gouache was used for coloring. Now you can fix the ears with glue. That's all. Now you know how to make a monkey from plastic bottles. If desired, on the upper part of the figure, you can stick a cup made of brown cardboard.
A monkey from a plastic bottle: a master class
There is another fairly simple way to make interesting monkeys from plastic bottles. To do this, you will need:
- Bottle from "Actimel" or yogurt "Rastishka".
- Paper napkins.
- Gouache.
- Paint.
- PVA glue.
- Art brush.
- Colored paper, preferably brown.
- Scissors.
- Water.
Manufacturing process
How is a monkey done ? You can create very original crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands . First you need to tear paper napkins into pieces. If they are double, then they should be stratified. PVA glue needs to be diluted a little with water. The resulting solution should be applied to the surface of a previously prepared container. From above you need to attach pieces of a napkin. They should also be impregnated with glue. This will make it easier to apply paint. In a similar way, you need to paste over the entire bottle.
When the glue dries, you can gently paint the blank with gouache. It is better to apply several layers of paint. In this case, it is worth drawing a monkey a muzzle, a tummy and pens.
In conclusion, it is necessary to cut out the ears and the forelock from paper, and then glue them carefully. That's all, the beautiful monkey is ready.