During any construction, a lot of waste remains. These can be boards, pallets, broken bricks, “extra” aerated concrete or concrete blocks, cardboard reels and sleeves left over from wallpaper, plastic and metal pipes, etc. The list of these unnecessary things can be continued endlessly.
Sorting waste and putting into use what can still be used is exactly what thrifty owners do. After all, living “on earth”, you get used to appreciating every little thing, and if you approach the matter with invention and imagination, useful things from garbage with your own hands will find a second life.
Cardboard sleeves left over from rolled materials can become the basis for original furniture: tables, shelves, etc. It is enough to collect the cartridges in a “package”, cut them to required sizes, come up with something to make a tabletop from, and the furniture is ready.
The bestseller of any summer cottage is an old car tire. IN in capable hands such material can become the basis of a foundation in a swampy area.
Original fences for flower gardens are made from old tires.
The tire can become a table.
Rocking chair. Great stuff!
A seat for a swing.
garden pond
Wall flower bed.
The main thing is to think everything through possible options using waste material and allowing yourself the most unexpected.
An old wooden door can become the basis for a shelf. It will decorate the interior of a room or become a vertical storage system for various useful small items.
Shelves can be made from unnecessary gas or concrete blocks:
... from scraps of rope and wide wooden boards:
... water pipes:
... waste wood remaining after dismantling pallets:
You can also assemble an original structure in the form of a word from small wooden shelves.
In addition to home craftsmen who famously make their own furniture from garbage, the use of waste and recycled materials is attracting the attention of designers from all over the world.
Belgian designer Jens Priet proposes making original furniture and interior items from waste left over from shredding paper and glossy magazines.
"Chopped" paper shavings mixed with a binder component (epoxy resin is used) and then furniture is made from the adhesive mass.
Moreover, by adding different components and pigments to the mixture, the designer manages to give the surface a noble shade, make furniture with a granite-like surface, etc.
On average, one product, depending on its size, takes from 5 to 20 kg of waste paper.
More original version The use of recycled materials was invented by Taiwanese designer Chiz Chiu. This is a sliding “transformer” in the form of a sofa chair.
The unusual furniture is made from two sheets of plywood and recycled cardboard. Sheets of cardboard are connected to each other in a special way and form a structured “honeycomb” that can stretch, like the bellows of an accordion or button accordion.
Dimensions of the sofa chair when folded (model for 8 people):
- thickness – 13 cm;
- height – 65 cm;
- depth – 55 cm;
- weight – 15 kg.
When stretched, the chair turns into a 3.5 m long sofa that can withstand a load of about 1 ton. The model for 16 people weighs 25 kg, stretches 7 meters and can withstand a load of more than 2 tons.
In the comments to this product, the designer says that thanks to its flexibility, the sofa chair can fit into almost any layout. It can be wrapped behind the wall, quickly assembled and put away when guests arrive. Therefore, a flexible “transformer” can be in demand both in apartments and office premises.
Among the disadvantages of the design, it can be noted that the surface does not like shock loads (dents remain on the cardboard). Also, the stretchable sofa chair cannot be used outdoors or in wet areas.
Tatiana Melnichenko
Every year the Earth needs more and more decisive measures to combat pollution. There is no need to wait for this issue to be resolved on its own. Each of us can contribute to improving the environment. We will talk about waste that is in close proximity to us. This household garbage - waste which we produce ourselves.
Daily from household waste people throw away a lot of used material that could still be used for crafts with your own hands from waste. Typically these are paper or plastic items such as How: bottles, packaging, corks, cups and many other various materials. Using waste in such a craft as a starting material is very profitable, because it costs nothing and in case of failure, you just need to try again to make the intended figure or useful thing.
In our kindergarten parents were invited to participate with their children in exhibition of crafts made from household waste.
Crafts from waste will not only keep your child occupied or amused, but it is also a very good way to save the environment from extra tons household waste.
Name Exhibitions and the flowers are made from candy wrappers.
"Bunny"
When making the bunny, bags were used for garbage.
"Hedgehog"
The main material is plastic bottles. The apples are made from egg capsules.
"Caterpillar"
The caterpillar is made of many corks. strung with an elastic band, what a toy for developing a baby’s fine motor skills!
Publications on the topic:
Before the New Year, our kindergarten hosted a wonderful exhibition of crafts “Symbol of the Year - Rooster 2017”. Parents with children again.
April 19, 2017 Exhibition of handicrafts “Ton buoru tobulan, kun dieki tardiyar Nyurguyunnar” Every year April 19 is celebrated all over the world.
The ecosystem of our common home - planet Earth - is extremely fragile and vulnerable. To draw attention to the environment, encourage the population.
Our group organized an exhibition dedicated to the birthday of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky on March 31, 2017. Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky - Russian.
Photo report on the exhibition of crafts “Such different snowflakes” Winter is a magical time of year: there is an opportunity to ski and sled, and play.
Photo report from the Exhibition of crafts “Do-it-yourself toys” “Our toys are good: Dolls, bears and firecrackers” (Z. Petrova) In our kindergarten.
In our kindergarten there was a show-competition of crafts “New Year's Fantasies”. The purpose of this competition was: joint activity of the child and him.
At the beginning of April, our kindergarten announced a family crafts competition dedicated to Easter. This is a holiday for every family in our country.
If there is construction waste, any scraps or leftover materials at your dacha, you should not throw them away, because almost everything can be given a second life! Country trash can become material for the production of very useful things!
First, we decided to introduce our readers to bicycle parking. This is the simplest and very popular transport among summer residents and residents of villages, which often simply rests on a tree or fence after arriving at the place. But if no one wants to equip a place to park bicycles on their property, this does not mean that bicycles in your dacha should knock off bark from trees or peel paint from the surface of a new fence!
Find some old car tires, bury them vertically at intervals of just 7-10 cm, and your bike rack is ready. Agree, cheap way to do something useful, as well as the opportunity to put garden waste to good use!
Garden figure made from tanks and bottles
We have several articles devoted to this topic, and one of the most interesting is material on the application. Today we rise again this topic and show you a fun and very cute product for the garden!
This is a small elephant, for the assembly of which you will need several one and a half rubles and one five-liter bottle.
The good thing is that you don’t need to use even expensive ones here Consumables. Wire or glue for connecting elements of a garden figure, leftover paint from repairs to give it an appearance, and a corrugated pipe so that our elephant has a trunk!
This great idea, especially since there may be more similar figures on the site, and perhaps they will be completely different!
New crafts from car tires
And again we return to car tires, because the material they are made of is extremely strong and durable. That is why garden figures are made from tires, and even, which we will also pay attention to today.
But now it's cartoonish, and very famous character– minion. Such a figure will brighten up the atmosphere on the site and may even be loved by children, who probably know the history of small and very colorful eccentrics!
How to make such an interesting figure from tires? Everything is very simple! You need to fasten several tires, placing them on top of each other, paint them in the appropriate colors, add eyes made of plastic and foil, and add emotions by sketching a smiley face!
Not all crafts are especially useful, but if they are cute, then they are worth talking about too. Yes, in this section of the article we have already moved on to smaller hand-made items, but in just a couple of lines we will correct ourselves!
So, an insect from frankly unnecessary garbage. A couple of scraps of steel or knitting wire, which, by the way, is easier to work with, a couple of washers and a light bulb painted in any color. The whole thing is formed, tied or glued, and hung in a window opening, in a gazebo or in any other place you choose.
Our next proposal is much more serious. This is a small shed made from construction waste. Interestingly, a lot of useful things can be done on the basis of such a structure:
- Compost storage shed;
- Shed for firewood;
- Rabbit farm or poultry pen (you will need to work more carefully by reading the basic requirements for such structures on our website);
- Shed for temporary storage of sand or other bulk materials building materials, and so on.
That is, the design is very simple, and at the same time very functional. And the most pleasing thing is that it is assembled in just a couple of hours from leftover materials after construction or renovation. Metal pipes, corners, boards, slate, you can use brick or stone for laying the base, more materials for building walls and covering them, protection from wind, moisture, sun.
Set of country furniture made from tires
Car tires are not so difficult to find, but for some people they are even stacked in the garage or near it, and take up a lot of free space. These are old summer or winter tires that you can’t even put on your car anymore, and it’s a pity to throw them away, as usual... just like an old suitcase. But now the tires will be useful for one more good thing. From them you can make not the main, but auxiliary country furniture, which, say, will be in the garden, where you can always cool down in the shade, read, and relax.
How to make furniture from tires? On the one hand, it is simple, but it will require a little effort! Tires should be washed thoroughly, as dried rubber is quite easily soiled. Next, remove all burrs, protruding reinforcement and other defects from the tires that could cause injury or damage to clothing.
After this, a rope, clothesline or just a thick insulated cable is required, with which the seats and backrests will be made. Here you will need to work hard, since to attach a rope or cable you need to make many holes with an awl or a screwdriver. You can also use wooden elements, bolted fastenings, and other little things, for example, pillows.
Country pool made from a trolley, bucket, tank
Storing water in the country requires us to have a variety of containers. Only today we are gradually switching to new plastic tanks and large-capacity containers. Previously, every second summer resident on his site had old loading trolleys, transport elements from factories or mines, buckets from tractors and lifts, or simply tanks welded from thick metal. Many still have them today, and most often, the owners want to get rid of them after purchasing plastic barrels. The reason is clear - make a little money from unnecessary scrap metal before thieves make money from it!
But there is a more interesting idea. Firstly, you can always settle water for watering young plants and seedlings, mix fertilizers in tanks or collect rainwater in them by removing the pipe from the gutters. But if the container is in good condition, it can be used for a very interesting purpose. This is an almost ready-made pool that you no longer need to buy. A minimum of finishing, purchasing a small pump to discharge water or simply installing a drain hole, and the pool is ready!
Decorative lighting made from glass bottles
Recently, DIY decorative lighting has become quite fashionable. You can make a wooden chandelier, add forging, steel elements, install high-quality light bulbs, and at the same time get a lighting device that is many times cheaper than a store-bought one. Therefore, such solutions are extremely relevant for dachas! Here the design style is somewhat different, and the budget for such acquisitions is limited. Therefore, a DIY lamp is a really good idea!
We have already told you about decorative lighting in the country, but today we present a lamp made from bottles. To obtain quality and beautiful view, we need to cut the bottles, sand the edges, place lamps with high-quality sockets inside, and simply connect them to the network. But you definitely need to work carefully with electricity, as it is unsafe, and also with the glass itself!
There are several ways to trim bottles. Today, glass cutters, automated glass cutting machines, and home cutting methods using burning thread are used. They are known to many people and are quite simple. Grinding is considered more difficult. You need to work in tight gloves, always with a petal, so as not to inhale fine glass, and fine sandpaper. It is also advisable to moisten the surface that is being sanded in order to obtain best effect!
Country house table made from old doors
This table can be made to be placed indoors or outdoors. It will be strong and durable enough for its original condition. It’s not a pity to buy such furniture, since you can assemble it from unnecessary leftovers after renovation, on your own, and in just a couple of hours. Therefore, in this way, not only a decorative dining or coffee table is assembled, but also a cutting table or workbench for the workshop!
It is advisable to use wooden doors for furniture production, since hollow ones will get wet and deteriorate very quickly. But even if you took doors from solid wood or laminated veneer lumber, minimal finishing is required. Firstly, this process will change appearance to the one that is most suitable for styling a room or outdoor recreation area, and secondly, the finishing will serve as additional protection.
Most often, the old paint is removed from the door, for which it is better to use a hair dryer and a scraper, sanded with a block of sandpaper, and then covered with stain and varnish, or weather-resistant translucent paint. The effect is simply amazing, especially if the doors are installed on massive legs... for this you can take old beams, timber, sleepers.
Some time ago we told you how to make a bar counter in your country house to get an interesting place to relax with your own bar. Then we also used unnecessary materials, one might say, country garbage. But today we want to start from something else... let's take an old piano. Naturally, it should not completely fall apart, since it will be extremely difficult to restore it. But if you have a piano at home or in the country that does not work or that simply no one plays, it can be converted into an excellent bar, installed in a patio or gazebo.
Pay attention to the photo below how original a similar craft from an unnecessary thing looks. Elegant and beautiful, and most importantly, very functional.
Light repairs, sanding, new paint, installing the necessary fittings... and you're done! In some cases, of course, it will be necessary to remove all the “insides” of a given musical instrument. But this is only beneficial, since the strings can be used usefully, for example, as wire, and the bronze elements inside are expensive!
Furniture for a summer kitchen from an old cabinet
Do you have old furniture at your dacha that you've been wanting to throw away? Don’t rush, because any similar product today costs money. This is if you want to sell... but you can always restore an old cabinet, completely remodel it. You can install a sink, household kitchen appliances in it, provide the necessary communications and use it for a new purpose in a summer kitchen or makeshift dacha. This is simple, since you and I had a much more complex and serious job. Look at the photo and you yourself will understand the whole plan of work, the process of transforming old furniture into new!
The only thing we would like to point out is the need protective coating. Choose a high-quality antiseptic, as well as weather-resistant paint, which must be applied in at least two layers!
Outdoor closet or shed made from old doors
At the dacha there is an urgent need for utility rooms. It is not always possible to store work equipment or tools in the garage, and therefore you need to build a shed, a small outbuilding or an outdoor closet for various kinds garden supplies. This can be done using the same old doors that could have remained after renovation at the dacha. You can also get them from neighbors who have recently done similar renovations.
The whole structure is quite simple, and consists of a frame covered with doors. It must be durable, and old doors fixed as walls must be painted. Inside you can make shelves, small racks, hooks.
Country arch made from old doors
The doors you replaced are junk. They are often simply taken out behind some kind of dacha building, where they remain for a very long time until they completely dry out or rot. But you can use this garbage for good, as we have already talked about more than once.
Now we recommend doors as decorative elements. They can become the basis for construction original arch. Look at the photo below to see how it's done. A pair of doors that are fastened together, painting, and decorating with plants, hanging planters, pots and containers with flowers. Such a nice structure can also be installed on the border of different functional areas of the dacha territory.
Cabinet for storing bolts, nails, nuts
There is always little space in the garage or utility unit. We often clutter such rooms with things that are not needed there at all. And, although the garage is definitely a place for various small things for a car and other equipment, it is not always necessary to store nails and screws there!
Today you can buy special organizer boxes where you can put hardware and fasteners. But they are very expensive, although they are made from simple, cheap plastic. Then the idea arises to again make something useful from dacha garbage.
Take several pieces of chipboard, chipboard, plywood or OSB and put together a cabinet. You can fasten individual parts with self-tapping screws or nails, but it is also recommended to glue all joints. In just a couple of hours, a small closet or cabinet can be made. Next, you will need to take old cans or plastic bottles, carefully lay them out on the finished shelves and fill them with small things. It would be correct to label all containers for nails, washers, and bolts.
Construction from reinforced concrete pipes
It's time to talk about more serious projects in which precast concrete residues can be used. We hasten to note that the reinforced concrete pipe we propose does not always remain after the construction of a well or other important facility, but it happens. Moreover, in dacha cooperatives and various kinds of villages this material often available after work has been carried out on sewerage and water supply installations. In short, the offer is specifically for those summer residents who have such a pipe.
A reinforced concrete pipe is an almost finished room, only that it is open on both sides. It can be used to equip a utility structure or even a house as a small residential building. Of course, for the last project you will have to spend a little money, and use all your knowledge in construction and repair, but believe me, it’s worth it.
The pipe is laid in the desired part of the site, secured in place with stops so that it does not move later, and is converted into a structure for the desired purpose. To do this, the outside is waterproofed and painted, and one end part is hermetically sealed. Wood, brick, and various blocks such as aerated concrete or foam concrete are used here, which are then plastered and painted.
Any decor is possible from the inside, and in some cases, even insulation; on the other side of the pipe there are doors or a screen, if it is a summer-type building. It is clear that such a structure will not become high-quality housing, but it could easily become a place for summer overnight stays, or a structure for some kind of warehouse.
By choosing a destination, you regulate and own costs. A warehouse of this format must be ventilated and dry. If this is a residential building, it is necessary to ensure maximum comfort and safety inside. All this is real!
Country house from a container
We will definitely talk about this topic in more detail in order to explain to readers how an ordinary cargo container can be converted into a real country house or temporary hut. In the meantime, we would like to invite you to familiarize yourself with this project.
Such a structure and its complete finishing can be considered profitable in the case where there is already a container. If to implement such an idea you need to purchase a container, then the entire structure will be quite expensive, which will be unprofitable. But we know for sure that there are containers and trailers in many dachas, so it is becoming increasingly possible to implement a rather interesting project.
As an announcement, I would like to say that from one or several containers, which for many are not just garbage, but rusting and unnecessary cargo in the country, you can make a very good cottage that will be the envy of every neighbor. The house will turn out dry and warm, although not very big!
Useful and original crafts from trash and debris, and sometimes even more serious objects, are possible today. You just have to take the time and show interest in implementing such ideas, and you will definitely succeed. We, in turn, will try to help with recommendations from our experts and new ideas!
Crafts from waste is a topic that makes people think creatively, get used to treating nature with care, instill environmental thinking in children, develop their craftsmanship skills, and satisfy aesthetic needs.
On planet Earth, people produce approximately 3.5 million tons of waste and garbage every day. Over time, this figure will, unfortunately, grow, but not decrease. Now all civilized humanity understands that this is serious problem, requiring a decision that must be cardinal. What does a radical decision mean? If you threw a bus ticket on the ground, threw a plastic coffee cup there, poured broken glass to a “secluded place” in the forest, then this is not a fundamental solution to the problem. In this barbaric way, you solved the purely personal problem of not cluttering your space with trash at home or at work.
Meanwhile, in developed countries people have learned to sort industrial and household waste and recycle it. Recycling of recyclable materials is called (from the English recycling - recycling). That is to an ordinary person Just carefully sort the garbage and put it outside. Then begins the work of specialists who give the garbage a second life. However creative personalities sometimes they find amazing ideas for making something useful or interesting out of garbage.
What types of recyclable materials can be used for manufacturing various crafts? First of all, this is paper, old clothes, various types of plastic, wood waste, scrap metal, glass and glass products, rubber and rubber objects.
Why is it worth recycling waste and making something out of it, rather than just throwing it away?
- Once waste enters the environment, it becomes a pollutant. For example, 1 liter machine oil, poured onto the ground, forms a thin film on it with an area of two football fields.
- Many resources on the globe are exhaustible or limitedly renewable, so it is logical to use waste as secondary raw materials.
- Garbage and worn-out items are a cheaper source for making new products than natural ones. Here it would be appropriate to use the statement that the rich are rich not because they spend a lot, but because they know how to save.
- Making crafts from garbage - a most exciting activity, requiring creative approach and ingenuity. You can involve children of any age in the process, which will take them away from computers and tablets and make the family more friendly.
What can be made from waste
In everyday life, people often use things obtained from garbage. These things can be obtained in production, or they can be made with your own hands. Here are some examples of using garbage as recyclable materials.
The scourge of garbage cans in Russia is plastic bottles. What can be made from plastic waste in production? Turns out, this type Garbage is very easy to recycle, and it can be recycled an infinite number of times! At the enterprises, caps and labels will be removed from the bottles, sorted by color, then compressed, crushed, passed through a steam boiler to remove residual impurities and eventually get granules (flex). Flex can be used to produce not only plastic containers, but also, for example, non-woven or polyester. Has the thought at least once occurred to you that you are wearing clothes made from plastic bottles?
It takes 60 days to recycle an aluminum can, such as a Coca-Cola can, and put it back on the store shelf. Approximately 75% of all aluminum produced since 1988 is recycled aluminum.
In addition to recycling waste in production, there are many ways to make crafts from household waste. So, for example, you can create with your own hands Beach bags, rugs, decor items, toys for children, Christmas decorations and many other crafts made from solid waste.
On the eve of the funniest holiday of the year, here are a few original ideas crafts made from waste material - garbage.
Previously it was light bulbs, and now – cute toys for the Christmas tree.
You have accumulated used cocktail straws! Stack them, tie them with wire in the middle, straighten each tube, and paint it with gold paint. Original decoration ready for the Christmas tree! You can also do Christmas tree toy, following the instructions described in the picture above.
Don't throw away toilet paper tubes! They can be turned into cute Santa Clauses!
What do you think of these “cozy” penguins made from plastic bottles using paints, yarn and imagination?
We could give dozens more examples of how waste is turned into design elements, but the length of the article will not allow this. Therefore, we will focus on tips on how to make crafts from garbage for children at school and for children in kindergarten.
What should a child do for school?
On environmental theme, that is, the topic of relationships in nature, you need to start talking to your child from an early age. It's even better to back up your words with action. An excellent lesson in ecology can be joint production with junior schoolboy useful crafts from waste for school. They say that children should not play with matches, and this is absolutely true! But you can make a whole didactic game out of empty boxes!
To work you will need:
- 33 matchbox;
- colored photocopy paper;
- colored self-adhesive paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- many small items: buttons, doll slippers, keys, acorns and so on.
It is clear that a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter should work together with an adult. The steps are very simple:
- Cut out rectangles from xerox paper, the length and width corresponding to the surface of the matchbox.
- Seal top part matchbox with prepared rectangles.
- Cut out letters from self-adhesive paper and attach them to the top of the rectangles.
- Put in each box small item, whose name begins with the letter written on the box.
The multifunctional toy is ready:
- the child, putting objects into the correct boxes, learns the alphabet;
- tries to arrange letters in order;
- makes words from letters.
Important! The child not only experiences the process of memorizing Russian letters and develops ecological thinking, but also develops fine motor skills fingers, which has a positive effect on brain development.
What to do for a child in kindergarten
It is known that mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers relive childhood events again and again with their children and grandchildren. Adults, just like children, are interested in making something and turning ideas into reality. Let it surround us now Christmas story, but Easter is just around the corner, which means that soon it will be necessary to paint eggs, and painted eggs Need stands. Here is a master class on making Easter egg stands from the most banal material - tubes from used toilet paper.
To work you will need:
- toilet paper rolls;
- corrugated multi-colored paper;
- ribbons, scraps of lace sewing, strings;
- glue;
- a lot of positive.
- Take the sleeve and make a strip of glue in the center.
- Cut from corrugated paper different colors rectangles with a width equal to the height of the sleeve and a length 1 cm greater than its diameter. We wrap the sleeve in a piece of corrugated paper, gluing it.
- We fix it in the middle of the product: a rope, lace or braid, and tie it.
- Ready!
And if in kindergarten teachers teach children how to color Easter eggs placed on homemade stands, then this will be a wonderful lesson. In the process, children will come into contact with beauty and learn the basics Orthodox culture, they will understand that things need to be treated with care, that before throwing them away, they need to think about where this thing might be useful.
If kindergarten children master the technique of making pom-poms from plastic grocery bags that have become unusable or from garbage bags, then together with adults they can make a lot of toys and useful things.
This poodle is assembled from pompoms of the same color, made from plastic bags, which could simply be thrown in the trash.
And again a relevant topic: this sun can become great decoration for the New Year tree.
The question arises: how to make pompoms from plastic film (from garbage bags)? Very simple! The following materials and tools are required for work:
- clean garbage bags;
- sharp scissors;
- thread with good density;
- two cardboard rings with a hole inside.
The packages, depending on what is planned, can be of different colors: either all one color, or multi-colored.
- First we make long strips from the bag.
- Next, we wrap the cardboard rings in a circle using the slot.
- If the strip runs out, then cut it off at the root of the ring.
Apply a new strip. - We stop laying the polyethylene strips when the rings are completely closed. Using scissors, we make a slit between the cardboard rings.
- We slightly move the rings away from each other and pull the polyethylene strips between them with a strong thread.
- We remove the cardboard rings and straighten the resulting pompoms.
- It's time to turn on your imagination and collect pom-poms into the right thing or into a toy. If you don't want a toy, put together this charming rug.
Modern life dictates its own rules to a person, one of which is careful attitude to nature. By making useful things from waste material, people preserve one or another natural resource and contribute to saving the planet from being littered with garbage.
Today, many adults are truly concerned that our children are mostly destroyers, not creators. They're trying to decide this problem. And these wise educators suggest interesting option solutions - DIY crafts from garbage! Children who see this and then begin to turn unnecessary trash into amazingly beautiful things themselves will certainly be characterized by a desire for creativity and creativity.
Fairytale house made of plastic bottles
As you know, plastic practically does not decompose in the ground. And during processing it emits harmful gases. Therefore, it is easier to reuse drink containers than to destroy them or recycle them at recycling plants. And craftsmen with “golden hands” offer to make such crafts from garbage with their own hands for children’s playgrounds, such as gazebos or houses from plastic “eggplants”. Even the roof of a building can be made from cut bottles, gluing the pieces “under the tiles” and painting it in a bright color.
Of course, adults must do the main work of constructing the bottle building, and children can only act as observers. However, even such participation will bring great benefits to the kids.
Original flower beds on children's playgrounds
Large things that are often found in landfills can also be successfully attached and made creative crafts from the trash. With your own hands, it is appropriate for children on the territory of the institution to make flower beds from old toilet bowls, painting them and turning them into cheerful gnomes who have green grass and bright flowers instead of hair.
And an iron bed can easily turn into a flowerbed if you work a little magic on it. Although there is no additional material indispensable: boards will be needed to make a box, which is strengthened where the mattress used to be. Plants should be planted as climbers that will “crawl” along the headboards of the bed and hang down beautifully.
Flowerbeds made from old tires are very common today. They are used either one at a time or stacked in a pyramid, arranging a “vertical” flower garden.
Students themselves can make crafts from garbage for school, such as flower beds made from bags. They just need to fill the bags with earth and old leaves, which they will collect from the area in the spring while cleaning the area, make small holes in the bags, where they put the seeds of climbing plants. Caring for these flower beds is common: watering and weeding. But extraordinary beauty plot guaranteed!
Sculptures made from trash
DIY trash crafts for kids can be truly fundamental. Fairy-tale creators offer to make entire sculptures from used plastic containers. Some people build huge fish out of bottles, while others specialize in elephants made from disposable cups or cups.
Very often you can see such crafts made from garbage for children, such as sculptures from car tires. Moreover, craftsmen turn them into swans, and dinosaurs, and giraffes, and hares, and squirrels, cutting the rubber here and there and painting the product in the desired colors.
Handicraft competitions at school
Competitions for craftsmen and needlewomen will help to cultivate a desire to create in teenagers. A separate point in this competition should be crafts made from garbage. It is very important for schools to instill in the younger generation the desire to do something unique, to make a discovery, even a small one. Children's imagination, as everyone knows, is inexhaustible! And crafts made from garbage for children are one of the ways of self-expression.
Surely kids will bring here entire compositions of broken toys, sculptures made of clay or plasticine, covered with buttons, scattered Lego parts, and made from plastic bottles.
Weaving from newspapers
Many crafts made from household waste on children's competition will surprise even adults. For example, charming boxes and vases woven from newspaper tubes, can be a real discovery for some. But making such things is not so difficult.
Old newspapers are cut into strips about 6 cm wide. Then knitting needle this part is wound in such a way as to form a tube. To do this, the knitting needle is applied to the right corner of the strip at 30 degrees to the long base of the rectangle. You need to twist the paper tightly. The strip will curl around the knitting needle, partly covering the finished tube, and partly lengthening it. The tip of the paper original part should be glued.
A product is woven from ready-made tubes in the same way as things are woven from willow and willow twigs. You can extend the end of the tube by inserting another one into its hole. For strength tip new straw It is also recommended to apply glue.
Amazing things made from trash bags
It is appropriate to create an entire exhibition for children's creations. For example, an exhibition where crafts made from garbage bags will be presented can be very original. Craftsmen and craftsmen will present to the audience, for example, wickerwork from carved various baskets, boxes, vases, even bedside tables for dirty laundry.
And especially gifted ones will try to create clothes knitted from this creative “yarn”. Otherwise, how can one call such crafts made from garbage bags as a masterpiece? ball gown With full skirt from inflated and tied garbage bags, or an elegant handbag, crocheted. Using colored bags as the starting material, you can create a charming attribute for a fashionista.
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Increasingly, polyethylene cut into strips is used by craftswomen for knitting. Here you just need to take into account that it is best to cut the bags in a spiral so that the “thread” is as long as possible. Wonderful washcloths and floor mats are made from this “yarn.”
Those who are wondering how to make crafts from garbage should look at these two photos.
For strength and stability, ordinary clothesline or soft insulated wire is tied with packet tape. You should knit with a single crochet. By the way, here too you can use trash prepared for discarding (rope, twine or unnecessary wire).
After the bottom of the product is knitted (round for a box or oval for a handbag), adding loops in the rows must be completed. And if you knit strictly along the loops of the previous row, the product will “grow” upward.
Handles for a handbag or a lid for a box or chest can also be knitted.
Elegant and useful items made from old fabric
Children's crafts made from garbage can be quite practical and can be used in everyday life. These, for example, will be rugs made of stripes old fabric. They are also easy to crochet.
Rugs can also be created using sewing. To do this, on a base cut from thick fabric, put pieces of multi-colored material in rows. You can cut them in the form of triangles or squares, circles or petals. You need to stitch the row along the top part. Then you should lay the pieces of the second row so that their lower part overlaps the seam line. The row is stitched again. In this way, you can sew not only a rug, but also a creative bag for shopping or for storing small items, toilet paper, or a newspaper holder.
Products from old jeans
A skilled craftsman will find a use for any trash. For example, from old jeans you can cut strips, process the edges and weave a beautiful one. Best used in making fabric. different shades to highlight the weaving principle. Pockets for small items should be sewn onto the panel, decorating them with applique.
You can weave a bedspread for a chair or sofa, a rug, or a handbag using the technique described. Although sewn together they look extremely elegant.
By the way, original accessory It can work out for an extravagant fashionista if she cuts off the top part of her jeans, which have become too small for her, as for shorts, sews up the bottom of the legs, and attaches handles to the belt.
The use of colored lids from plastic dishes in children's creativity
Making crafts from garbage for the garden also plays a huge role. For very young children, you can suggest doing simple applications- flowers, bees, butterflies or caterpillars.
Older children can already create a picture in the form of a mosaic, where the background of the picture is also laid out with lids. By the way, using this technique it is reasonable to decorate gazebos and houses on playground, doors and walls in the room itself.
Creating works of children's creativity from disposable cardboard plates
In classes on manual labor Educators can also use unnecessary trash as source material. Interesting crafts from garbage for the garden, such as applications from disposable plates made of cardboard. Using scissors, glue and paints, you can easily create beautiful wall decorations in the form of cute animals.
Sometimes you don't need glue to create panels from cardboard plates. You can use a stapler to connect the parts of a caterpillar or an adorable cat.
Parsley-shifter
The motto of true creators and creators should be: “Give a second chance to everything you are going to throw away!” Even something as useless at first glance as the inside of a toilet paper roll can be reused.
For example, the wonderful Upside Down Parsley is easily made using this part. You just need to prepare a metal ball of slightly smaller diameter than the cylinder itself. After placing the ball inside the part, the ends of the tube should be sealed with cloth. Now the part should be checked for functionality. The tube is placed vertically on an inclined surface and released. The ball, having rolled to the edge with the fabric, should not drag the entire structure down, but, having rolled over the fabric, turn its upper end down, simulating the process of “tumbling” forward.
If the required length of the cylinder and the weight of the ball are selected correctly experimentally, you can proceed to the next stage - sewing the upper part of the toy, that is, Parsley itself. The weight of the ball and its volume can be increased using plasticine and small metal parts placed inside the mass.
Egg coasters for Easter. Master Class
Crafts made from trash can even decorate festive table. For example, elegant stands for Easter eggs can be easily made from cardboard cylinders from toilet paper even to a baby.
- A stand of the required length is cut from the middle part of the roll.
- A strip of glue is smeared in the middle of the cylinder.
- A decoration for a cylinder is made from corrugated paper by cutting off a rectangle of equal height, but slightly wider than the circumference of the tube.
- Glue a frill of corrugated paper so that you get a fluffy “skirt” at the bottom and top.
- The place where the frill is attached is decorated with a piece of lace, a “belt” made of golden paper, an elegant cord, or tied with a ribbon with a bow.
You can make a stand in the shape of a blooming flower by gluing petals to the top of the cylinder. You can decorate the stand with applique by gluing bright pictures cut out from old unnecessary magazines onto the outside of the craft.
By making beautiful things from trash, people show their taste, help realize their creative potential, save money, and make the world around them beautiful and bright.