Useful crafts from do-it-yourself canisters for the garden

For housekeeping and everyday life, a person often acquires things with packaging, which is plastic. Plastic bottles, cans - an interesting ornamental material. Craftsmen make garden decorations, practical devices. Do not rush to throw away empty containers left after air conditioners, water, fertilizers, fuels and lubricants. They can give a second life. From improvised means plus imagination turn out original crafts for the garden.

Household items

To create a camping or country washbasin you will need a canister of at least 5 liters, a tap or valve, a rubber gasket and a fixing nut. As well as desire. In the canister, you need to make a hole at the bottom, where using a nut and gasket to fix the tap. Fill with water through the upper opening. Such a device can be mounted on any vertical surface with a hook, belt or used in a campaign.

From small vessels of 2-3 liters, you can make a plastic scoop. The shape will depend on the canister taken. The handle exactly matches the handle of the container used. It will take a pencil and scissors. Using a pencil, mark the boundaries of the future scoop and carefully cut it out.

Creating a watering can is probably the simplest thing that can be done from containers left over from detergents. A small capacity per liter and a half is ideal. You need to drill holes in the lid and the watering can is ready. The main thing is not to forget to make a larger hole closer to the handle so that there is no pressure drop when watering.

A bucket on a summer cottage is an essential item. It’s not always possible to go and buy it right now. A bucket from a canister is a solution to the problem. Required: 5-10 l capacity, sharp knife, pencil, pen from an old bucket. Pre-wash the container with a thick soapy solution. With a pencil mark the top of the future bucket. Using a knife, cut off on a marked line. It remains only to install the handle and the new bucket is ready.

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Decorative ideas

A quick way to make a bird feeder is to empty your empty can. It is necessary to cut holes on four or two sides and equip them with poles. It remains only to pour grain and wait for guests.

Figurines of animals and birds in the infield are not only loved by children. To make a swan figure, use:

• plastic;
• cardboard;
• paper napkins;
• some gypsum;
• fantasy.

It is necessary to cut the plastic container so that the tail, neck and body of the bird are visible. Take a thick cardboard and cut out the wings. Stick on. Using paper to make a head and neck. The whole figure needs to be covered with a layer of paper napkins and plaster.

Allow to dry and decorate. For the eyes, you can use colored pebbles, buttons or beads. Life hack how to make a machine out of an old canister will please the boys.

To do this, you will need the container itself, 4 covers, liquid nails or glue, a pair of metal or wooden pins.

The side of the container must be drilled in the lower part, 2 holes on both sides, so that the pins can be inserted and the covers glued to them.

So the car will have wheels. Then the fantasy works. You can decorate with stickers, decorate with paints.If you tie a rope to the car, the child will be able to roll it.

If many identical empty cans have gathered, then you can build a cabinet. This will require a strong thread, glue, sandpaper, a sharp knife. It is necessary to cut out the sides of the cans so that the laid things do not fall out, but at the same time it was convenient to use homemade shelves. Fold the containers in 2 or 3 rows, glue and tightly knit together. Sand the cut edges with sandpaper.

Of ideas for garden using old plastic containers mass. The cost of creating new assistants in the garden and the vegetable garden is minimal. However, if a person is not a fan of homemade products, and a lot of plastic has accumulated, then it is worth recycling it. So the world will become cleaner.