Recommended for lower elementary school students! A collection of plastic bottle craft ideas made with everyday materials.
Crafts with plastic bottles packed with amazing potential! Here you’ll find heart-thumping ideas that make you think, “I want to make this!”—like a Bubble Maker you can enjoy with lower-grade elementary school kids, and a Rolling Engine that older kids will get totally absorbed in.
The materials are all easy to find around the house, so it’s great for getting started right away.
Nurture imagination through making, and enjoy the fun of playing with the finished creations.
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Recommended for lower elementary school students! A collection of plastic bottle craft ideas made with everyday materials (11–20)
Terrarium
We’re introducing how to make a terrarium using a plastic bottle that’s soothing just to look at.
First, prepare a paper cup and a small plant of your choice to put inside.
Place the plant in the paper cup, put it into the plastic bottle, close the cap, and wrap twine around the bottle.
It’s safer to secure the twine with glue or similar so it doesn’t loosen.
In no time, your plastic-bottle terrarium is complete! It’s also fun to decorate the bottle with your favorite designs.
It’s easy, so give it a try!
cosmetic box
Let me introduce a small cosmetics box made from plastic bottles.
Cut off the bottoms of the bottles and round the cut edges with an iron.
Prepare two of the same pieces.
Attach a zipper (available at 100-yen shops) to the top and bottom of the two pieces to join them together.
That’s basically it—then add your own design and decorate it to make it cute.
You’ll have a one-of-a-kind, adorable cosmetics bag! It can be used for various purposes, such as storing small items or accessories.
Be careful not to burn yourself when using the iron.
planter
Here’s how to transform a plastic bottle into a planter.
Draw lines on the bottle with a felt-tip pen and cut along them.
Spray the bottle with colored paint to make it cute.
Once it’s colored, add soil and flowers, and you’re done! What used to be a clear plastic bottle is now an adorable planter.
It might also be cute to draw pictures on the planter container.
This will make your home gardening even more enjoyable.
remade pot
A flowerpot made by adding decorations to the base of a plastic bottle can end up looking quite professional, not just easy to make.
First, cut off the top of the plastic bottle, then simply cover it with clay or paint to complete the pot’s base.
The shape of this base is important too—think about what kind of patterns you want on the surface and refine the shape with a spatula or similar tool.
After that, just add color and you’re done.
It’s recommended to add decorations that enhance the overall feel, keeping in mind the shape of the base and the plants you’ll put inside.
Mini bouquet
After cutting a plastic bottle in half, make small vertical slits in it with scissors.
Open the slit sections outward, then attach cute little flowers made from toilet paper to the tips.
Make a flower stand as well, and once you combine it with the flowers you just made using the plastic bottle, it’s complete! In the video, we used a regular-size bottle, but using a smaller bottle to make a mini bouquet might also look cute.
It’s fun, so give it a try!