Once, on the Internet, my sister saw butterflies from a plastic bottle. She sent me a link; I looked and decided to try to make them too. And when I started working with plastic, it turned out to be such an amazing material! So much of it can be imagined that now I can not stop. How to make a flower from a plastic bottle? I tried it, and it worked perfectly the first time. Very interesting flowers can be made from this waste material: large and small, transparent and colored. They look especially beautiful in the courtyard, in the country, in the garden, in the front gardens. The place is immediately transformed, it becomes fun and unusual.
It’s good to do them together with children - this develops children's imagination, interest in creativity and even in the profession. Can any of them become an artist-designer in the future? Try it and you make such flowers.
How to make a flower from a plastic bottle
You will need a lot of plastic bottles in different colors. If there is no color, then they can be painted with spray paints. They are inexpensive, sold in hardware and construction stores. Sharp scissors, hot glue, wire for branches or thin strong wood rods, candle. A little imagination and mood. Plan ahead what flowers you will make and the place where you will place them.
Let's start making a chamomile flower
Cut the bottle under the base. Remove the curly bottom to the side (we will make another flower out of it). Now divide it into equal five or six parts, draw a line marker from the base to the neck, but not end to end. Gently cut along these lines so that the petals are even. Round off or sharpen the edges. Bend the petals from the center, spread them. Hold the edges of the petals over the fire of a candle or gas burner. This must be done quickly so that the plastic only melts slightly. The foundation is ready. If you make another such nimbus, then the petals should be cut a little shorter, and remove the neck. Glue the whisk in a circle around the center with hot glue. Petals should be staggered. It turns out a terry flower such as chamomile, aster, chrysanthemum.
Make stamens
From a small plastic bottle of a different color, cut a circle 8 cm wide. On one side, cut it - you get a strip. Now cut it like noodles, not reaching the edge. Hold candles over the fire. "Lapshichka" curls in lovely curls. Screw it into the cochlea, seal the edge with hot glue. Glue the finished stamens in the center, right in the neck of the bottle. The flower is ready. Fasten the neck under the base to a twig or wire, a floral cone from bouquets or something else. If you cut narrow long strips and carry them over the fire, you get twisted branches, they are quite resistant, they can hold a flower. But it’s better to insert wire into them - it will be more reliable. Now it can be placed in a flower garden, in a pot, on a lawn, in a flower bed. Another option for cutting the corolla of the flower: remove the bottom and neck of the bottle, cut the side of the bottle on one side and straighten the plastic on the table. Cut a flower whisk out of cardboard and transfer it with a marker to plastic. Cut, bend the petals, work over the edges of the fire, glue several corollas in the center in a checkerboard pattern. Depending on the shape of the petals, you get a rose, iris or lily.
Such flowers are not afraid of either heat or frost. And do not think what to do with your own hands as a gift to friends at the cottage.
Bottle bottom - finished flower
Another idea is how to make a flower from a plastic bottle. While you cook some flowers, you will accumulate the same number of bottoms from the bottles. You can also make beauty out of them! Here the flower is ready, you just need to separate each petal with scissors, round it, straighten it and give it the shape that you like. Fix them on a fishing line and hang them in a gazebo or on windows, distribute them to pipes, trees. You can glue the cork from a bottle or stamen in the middle of the flower, then they will be even more beautiful.
Flowers from plastic bottles for summer cottages are an excellent decoration of the landscape, they cheer you up, you can give them to friends and relatives who have a plot, garden, front garden. It will be an unexpected and pleasant surprise for them. They will ask you: "How to make a flower from a plastic bottle? Share your experience!"