You can plant flowers in the country in pots, in original containers, giving a second life to old barrels, plumbing fixtures, car tires and other waste materials. Who doesn’t want to be beautiful on a personal plot? It is possible to solve the question of how to decorate the cottage even with small funds. Look, maybe you have an old wheel, or you found one on the side of the road. Turn it into a scenic flower container.
Flowerpots for the garden from tires
You will get such a product in just 1-2 hours of work. It is very interesting to create such dacha crafts. After all, it is fascinating to watch how a nondescript tire, by your efforts, turns into a garden decoration.
Before you start creating, you should have at hand:
- car tire;
- glass of water;
- sharp boot knife.
Put the tire on, draw a zigzag line on it in a circle with chalk - these are the future petals. Use a sharp boot knife to cut along the markings.
If you know how to use an electric jigsaw, then entrust this work to this tool. If you cut with a boot knife, then dip the blade in a glass of water more often to make this difficult process easier.
Set the workpiece aside. To further make a flowerpot out of a tire with your own hands or, having called an assistant, turn the lower part inside out. Usually it is not difficult to turn the tire halfway out, it is more difficult further. Therefore, fix the top petals of the workpiece on a block, workbench or hemp. Then flip the tire over to the edge of one of these devices.
In order for the flowerpot to have a beautiful leg, attach the first cut out zigzag part with self-tapping screws to the bottom of the turned-out tire. Punch holes in it to drain the water.
You just have to paint your creation, pour earth into the pot and plant flowers. This is how tire crafts are created. But not only flowerpots can be made of them. The swan from the tire will also turn out beautiful - this is a kind of mini-flower bed. Flowers will grow in the bird too.
Small flower bed for giving from tires
Referring to the photo, redraw this marking on the tire. Now also cut with a sharp knife or jigsaw. Note that the bird's head and neck are made up of two parts. After cutting them out, pull them forward towards you, connect both halves. You can make the edges of the flower bed zigzag using the above tools.
After cutting along the markings, turn the tire out. The bird's beak can be made from any material:
- plastic;
- plywood;
- a piece of another tire.
Secure the beak with screws between the two halves of the head. Now you need to raise the swan's head and slightly press it into the wheel. Fasten the formed fold in several places with self-tapping screws.
DIY swans turn out to be realistic if you paint the birds white. Mark the eyes with black paint and the beak with red.
Ideas for giving from old barrels
Useful crafts for the garden with your own hands can be made from anything. If you have leaky barrels, convert them.
How such crafts are created, the photo will tell you. If you want to make a gallant gentleman out of a barrel, paint it blue. Once the background is dry, paint the finer details on it: eyes, mouth, nose, eyebrows, collar and tie. Cover the barrel that will turn into a lady with pink paint. When it's dry, apply fine details as well.
Flowers planted in a container will feel great, as there is enough earth and warmth. Plants can be covered with umbrellas from the scorching rays of the sun.
The old barrel is also transformed in another way. Making such crafts for the garden with your own hands is a pleasure. If the barrel is leaky not only at the bottom, but also on the sides, make the holes even larger. Put the earth in the container, plant the seedlings of flowers in the holes. If they are curly, pre-wrap the container with wire or attach a metal mesh. Plants will trail beautifully over it and will soon cover the outside of the barrel. Ideas for giving can be different.
Crafts for giving from old shoes
Usually in a country house rubber boots accumulate over time, which have become leaky or become small for children. These wardrobe items can also be turned into country crafts, which can then be planted with flowers.
If rubber boots have a beautiful appearance, then they are already ready to use. If not, then paint them as you see fit. Make several holes in the sole so that the water can drain off, put it inside a light fertile soil and plant the plants.
There are several ways to fix such original containers for flowers. Drive 2 nails into the wooden fence, put the bootleg between them, wrap it with wire.
It is best to do this when no dirt is poured into the shoes yet. You can screw empty boots with self-tapping screws to a wooden house or fence, and then pour soil and plant seedlings.
If you do not want to hang rubber boots or galoshes, then just put them in the garden, place them on the edge of the flower garden, as shown in the photo of the flower bed.
Other ideas for giving
Even out-of-order plumbing is turned into original flowerpots. It is not always possible to take such things from the dacha to the trash heap, especially since they will be useful in a suburban economy.
Wash these items, fill them with soil, and plant flowers. The sink can be turned into a small alpine slide, placed in the country or on the balcony at home. Then you will have a natural corner in a city apartment.
Place a container under the drain hole in the sink to drain excess water when watering. Glue stones and shells along the edge of the shell. Pour coarse sand or broken brick on its bottom, and fertile soil on top. Place several stones on it, plant flowers between them for an alpine slide.
A decorative fence will help this part of the territory to be fenced off from others. An old leaky bathtub will also become a large container for ornamental plants. Paint it on the outside, you can apply grout and attach pieces of broken tiles. Then there will be a mosaic pattern here. Colored glasses, shells also perfectly decorate such things. You can also transform an old clay pot.
Wrap glasses, tiles in cloth, hit it with a hammer several times. When the pieces are the right size, lay them in a mosaic on the mortar that covers the item to be decorated.
Where else to plant flowers in the country?
If you have an old car but can't recycle it, turn it into a picturesque flower bed that your neighbors will envy. After all, they hardly have such a creation.
A lot of land will fit in the car, so there is simply expanse for the plants. You need to cut some holes in the roof and hood of the car and plant some flower seedlings.
Old iron beds with armor mesh are transformed in the same way. Boxes or pots of flowers are placed on it, after having painted the backs and legs of the bed.
Plastic cans with a capacity of 5 liters can be transformed into such a funny little train. Cut holes on top of the containers, fill with soil. Paint makeshift carriages brightly colored. The wheels can be painted with white paint or cut out of plastic and attached to the canisters with small self-tapping screws.
The plastic bottle, which acts as a locomotive, is transformed in a slightly different way. A square hole is cut at the top at the back, and a round hole at the top at the front. An inverted plastic bottle filled with soil is inserted into it. Make eyes for the train from two caps. Here's what can be made from plastic bottles for a summer residence so that flowers smell in them. Wood crafts will also help transform a summer cottage and become wonderful containers for ornamental plants. Such can be made even by those who have never been involved in this type of creativity.
Country crafts made of wood
From birch blocks, such original decor items for summer cottages are obtained. To craft a man, you need 2 pieces of wood. Place them on an iron pin that will act as a neck. Connect together to form a head and body.
Saw off 2 circles from the block. Make a straight cut on one side. Glue these figurine ears into place. You can make holes with a drill and put earrings made of wire and iron rings into your ears.
The photo clearly demonstrates how such crafts are made from wood.
Draw or cut out eyes from the block of wood. Birch sticks will make the arms and legs of the figurine. Attach them to the body with self-tapping screws or nails. In the same way, make the second man, put a flowerpot in front of him, as if he is giving flowers to his soulmate. She sits on a bench, the legs of which are also made of birch, and the bottom is made of a rectangular sheet of plywood.
If a tree has died on your site, do not rush to uproot it. Attach plastic pots to it, plant flowers in them.
So that the earth in small containers does not dry out quickly, it is better to close the drainage holes with foil, you can weave the pots and hang the containers on a tree.
If you like working with this material, then make other wood crafts with your own hands, the photo will help you with this. It shows how to turn wooden planks, shovel cuttings into a decorative garden cart. The wheel for it is cut out of plywood with a jigsaw. Do not forget to cover the product inside and outside with an antiseptic, you can paint it with varnish for shine.
In this way, do-it-yourself crafts are made to the dachas. Old plumbing fixtures, birch blocks, leaky tires, rubber boots, in skillful hands, turn into useful elements of a garden plot decor, in which you can plant flowers.
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