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)
suncatcher
Let’s try making a suncatcher by hand.
Cut your favorite decorative sheet, a milk carton, and a plastic bottle.
Thread beads onto fishing line (nylon thread) as you like, assemble it, and you’re done! Finish it off by decorating it cutely with the decorative sheet.
Placed by a window, the suncatcher sparkles and gently sways in the light—it’s so soothing to watch.
Mixing different bead sizes and threading them onto the fishing line would also look adorable.
Be sure to create your own original suncatcher!
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!
snowman
These snowman ornaments made from plastic bottles are perfect as Christmas decor or gifts.
We use Calpis Water bottles, making the most of the white contents while adding decorations like a hat, ribbon, and facial features.
Although we chose this drink to take advantage of its white color, using an empty bottle will let you enjoy it longer as interior decor.
If you make it with an empty bottle, we recommend using a rounder-shaped bottle to emphasize the snowman look.
Tree
Only 4 materials! Let’s make a cute tree using an LED strip, a plastic bottle, a toilet paper roll, and sparkly decorations.
Make a hole in the bottom of the plastic bottle and put the LED strip and the sparkly decorations inside.
Insert the toilet paper roll so that the LED strip passes through the inside of the roll.
Once you glue the roll in place with a hot glue gun, turn on the lights and you’re done! It’s simple, but you’ll have a warm, glittering tree! It’s also lovely to turn off the room lights and switch on the tree.
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!
Stylish plastic bottle crafts. Packed with surprising ideas! (21–30)
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!