Stylish plastic bottle crafts. Packed with surprising ideas!
After drinking juice or tea, many of you probably recycle the plastic bottles.
But did you know you can use those bottles to create very stylish pieces?
In this article, we introduce ideas for chic creations made from plastic bottles.
Some of them are perfect for your child’s summer vacation homework, so give them a try if you like.
You’ll find plenty of works that will make you say, “You made this out of a plastic bottle?!”
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Stylish plastic bottle crafts. Packed with surprising ideas! (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!
Hair accessory
Let me introduce some stylish hair accessories made using plastic bottles.
You can shape the plastic into flowers and leaves.
Depending on the size of the piece, the work can be very delicate, so please proceed with care.
Once you’ve shaped your piece and added color, your cute hair accessory is complete! One of the charms of handmade items is that you can get creative—making them small or large to suit your purpose and choosing whatever colors you like.
Be sure to try making your own original hair accessories!
hanging basket
Let me show you how to make a hanging basket using a plastic bottle.
Take a square plastic bottle and cut the neck horizontally, then cut vertically where the flowers will be planted.
Apply vinyl tape around the top edge of the container, and attach gap-filling tape to the planting opening to prevent soil from spilling out.
That completes the basket portion.
Next, plant your flowers and add sphagnum moss to keep the soil in place, and you’re done! It’s lovely to make several and display them in a row.
Give it a try!
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.
wind chime
Here are two ways to make wind chimes by cutting both the top and bottom parts of a plastic bottle.
Cut a round plastic bottle horizontally and cover the cut edge with tape.
For the bell part of the wind chime, all you need is a strip of paper (tanzaku), a small bell, and some string.
Thread the bell onto the string and tie on the tanzaku.
You can choose any pattern you like for the tanzaku to make it cute.
Then simply thread the string through the wind chime and you’re done! You can make adorable wind chimes using either the top or bottom part of the bottle.
They’re easy to make, so give it a try! Just be careful when cutting the plastic bottle.
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!
Stylish plastic bottle crafts. Packed with surprising ideas! (21–30)
kaleidoscope
Let’s make a kaleidoscope that expands into a sparkling view when you peer into the tube, using the shape of a plastic bottle.
You’ll look into the bottle through a hole made in the cap, and the parts inside will add motion to the view.
The contents are finely cut pieces of the plastic bottle; if you color them with markers, the view will shift through a variety of hues.
You can adjust the lighting by how you hold the bottle, and it’s also recommended to line the inside with paper to make the colors appear even more vivid.