Conventional plastic bottles provide tremendous scope for creative expression. The use of this cheap and readily available material as a secondary raw material will save the environment from excessive pollution and will make it possible to produce unique decorative products that can decorate any garden plot, cottage or apartment with their interesting appearance. In this article, we will tell you several
ways to make the original “hedgehog” craft from a plastic bottle. Do it yourself with your own hands to make a beautiful, unique thing that will become your favorite garden decoration! So the charge of optimism and joy from
creative work is provided to you. So, let's get to work.
Hedgehog from a plastic bottle. We make a miracle decoration with our own hands
If you want a cute and funny hedgehog to live under a bush or in a flower garden at your summer cottage, make it out of plastic. This craft is simple and quick to make. For her you will need:
- any plastic bottle;
- scissors;
- glue;
- buttons for the nose and eye;
- gray dense fabric (burlap or durable tights);
- markers.
The technology for making crafts from plastic “hedgehog” bottles: we take a transparent container and cut a rectangular hole on one side of it. Next, we draw up the blank with a gray cloth so that the animal has a natural color. Now we take the buttons and sew them to the muzzle, thereby marking the eyes and nose of the hedgehog. Tip: plastic eyes and spouts are sold in stores for decorating toys, they can be purchased and used to decorate your craft. If desired, the hedgehog spout can be sewn from black material by stuffing it with cotton or foam rubber. Your product is almost ready. It remains to fill the inside of the bottle with garden soil and plant lawn grass or any other plants that can at least slightly resemble needles. Interestingly enough, hedgehogs symbolize cacti. After a while, the sowing will sprout, and your hedgehog will acquire chic green needles. Such a craft from a plastic bottle “hedgehog” looks very beautiful and funny! It will bring a little comfort and warmth to any exterior.
DIY hedgehog from a plastic bottle. Another manufacturing method
You can make hedgehogs according to this scheme. For work you will need the following materials:
- plastic bottles of 5 and 1.5 l;
- PVA glue;
- Newspapers
- Toothpicks
- buttons (eyes for toys);
- gypsum putty;
- paints;
- plaster bandage;
- egg trays.
First we make the frame. To do this, take a bottle of 1.5 liters and cut off the neck. Then gently insert it into a large eggplant. Thus we form the muzzle of our hedgehog. Now we glue the blank with newspapers (papier-mâché technique) and fix the paper with a plaster bandage. This technique will give the hedgehog volume and naturalness. Now we cover the figure with a special mass, which must be prepared in advance. To make it, you need to soak the egg trays for several hours, then squeeze them well and grind them using a food processor. We add putty, PVA glue to the resulting mass and mix well. You should get an elastic mixture, which you need to stick around the whole figure. After that, you need to leave the hedgehog to "relax" - dry well. After drying, we cover the workpiece with gypsum putty. Until it has dried, we insert spikes - toothpicks - into the back of the hedgehog. Our do-it- yourself hedgehog from a plastic bottle is almost ready. It remains only to paint it. At the end of the work, draw up the face of the animal - glue cute eyes and a black nose.