DIY Plastic Bottle Life Hacks for Home

Life hacks from used plastic bottles solve the problem of recycling secondary raw materials, cleaning your site and the planet as a whole from garbage. From recycled plastic you can make furniture, interior elements, useful devices for the kitchen and bathroom.

Pouf

The advantages of furniture made from used bottles are lightness, mobility and practically free materials.

To work you will need:

• plastic bottles;
• thick cardboard;
• glue;
• a piece of foam rubber;
• bright fabric;
• furniture stapler.

Step-by-step master class:

1. Assemble the bottles in stacks of two, inserting one into the other to ensure the strength of the structure.
2. Fasten together with tape. The shape can be any desired: square, semicircle, circle, rhombus.
3. Attach plywood blanks to the bottom and top of the structure using self-tapping screws around the perimeter and in the center.
4. Wrap the structure with a layer of cardboard across the entire width to create a rigid frame.
5. Wrap the top of the pouf with tape so that the frame holds tightly.
6. Cut out a piece of foam rubber of the required size and shape to make a soft seat.
7. Using a furniture stapler, fasten the foam rubber to the plywood, cover it with fabric, and attach the upholstery to the staples.
8. For beauty, paint the bottom with acrylic paints.

You can make a pouf from bottles in an hour, the furniture looks presentable, it will decorate a hall, veranda or gazebo.

Flowers made of plastic

From thin and elastic plastic you can make ornate voluminous buds.

The following steps need to be taken:

1. Cut off the bottom of the workpiece so that the height of the remaining product is 5-6 cm.
2. Divide the plastic circle into 5 pieces so that each cut piece includes one bulge of the bottle bottom.
3. Cut the plastic to the base of the bottom along the marks, form petals by singeing the cut in a circle with a candle flame.
4. Make a hole in the center of the bottom with a hot nail and thread a wire through it, which will act as a stem.
5. Decorate the flower stem with corrugated paper, use it for home table decoration, place the bouquet on the veranda or in the summer gazebo.

Cute flower pots

Unusual and cozy pots for indoor flowers look like stylish handmade things, so it is difficult to guess that the products are made from trash. You need to cut off the top of a 2-liter bottle, and glue the cut out ears to the remaining part. Burn a hole in the bottom with a heated nail so that excess moisture can drain there.

Paint the plastic the appropriate shade: pink for a pig, gray for a kitten, green for a toad. Drawing funny faces on the walls of the pot looks impressive. Fill it with soil and plant the plants. It is also permissible to use plastic products as a tray for second pots: you just need to insert one pot into another.

Feeder

Life hacks from plastic bottles will benefit not only humans, but also birds. A convenient feeder with uninterrupted access to food is made from used containers.

You should screw a hook with a screw into the lid, make holes in the walls, make a frame for the sharp edges from piping or tape. Hang the feeder, fill it with grain, bread crumbs, pieces of lard.

Thread container

In needlework, threads can get tangled, spools can fall or roll away. To avoid trouble, you can make a special sewing container. Take a bottle that is larger than the spool.

Cut the middle along the length of the entire bottle in the form of a small strip in the center. Put the skein inside and connect the two parts of the bottle. Thread the end of the thread out through the neck. When unwinding the threads, the spool will not get tangled and torn.

Kitchenware stand

The device is suitable for a comfortable rest in nature or at the dacha. A cheap and convenient dish dryer can be made from a 5-liter eggplant. Make 4-5 slits for plates on the wide part of the eggplant. Make a small round hole near the neck, insert a second neck from a simple bottle into it.

After washing, place the plates in the holes and place the cutlery in the vertical new hole to dry. The water will drain into the container and will not stain the space around it. After each use, the stand should be washed and dried.

Garden with automatic watering

A fragrant home garden of rosemary or sage is a natural green decoration for the kitchen.

Required:

• marker;
• 1 liter bottles with screw caps;
• scissors and knife;
• soil;
• seedling.

The process of creating a garden:

1. Measure and mark a strip 12 cm from the bottom edge of the container.
2. Carefully make a hole with a knife and cut around the container with scissors.
3. If necessary, wipe off stickers.
4. Place the top of the bottle with the cork into the bottom base upside down.
5. Fill the top part with soil.
6. Insert seedlings, lightly compact the soil, fertilize.
7. Pour water into the lower compartment so that it covers the lid.
8. Add water as the soil absorbs it.

For beauty, the surface of the plastic beds can be painted to match the kitchen or a bright accent paint can be applied.

Organizers

Office small items or handicraft items often get lost.

For convenience and ease of use, you need to:

• 6 bottles of 1 liter;
• scissors with a knife;
• old newspapers;
• spray paint;
• glue;
• paper clips.

The procedure in stages:

1. Place the bottle on its side, carefully insert the knife blade, cut along the contour, trim the remaining pieces.
2. Place the entire container upside down on a newspaper and spray with paint in 2-3 layers.
3. Align the edges of the cut with glued strips of felt, secure with paper clips, wait 20 minutes for the felt to harden.

Connect the parts of the organizer to each other at the sides and place them in the desired location.

Sealed package

To make a hermetic bag from recycled materials, you need:

1. Cut the threads off the bottle, capturing a small part of the neck.
2. Pass the edges of the bag through the hole and twist.

The product allows you to hermetically seal the bag to extend the shelf life of bulk cereals and other products.

Convenient vase

Life hacks from plastic bottles can turn into original and stylish decor.

A plastic vase will be impressive, durable and lightweight:

1. You need to cut the bottle along the top contour, leaving the required height of the product.
2. Divide the walls of the bottle with thin lines, reaching the middle.
3. Press to turn the strips inside out.
4. Turn the bottle over onto a horizontal surface to even out the edges.
5. Bend the end of the strip under the adjacent two to create a weave.
6. Attach stones, balls, and other decorative elements.
7. The vase turns out to be light, so you need to place a weight inside to ensure the correct balance of the product.

Otherwise, you can cut off the top of the bottle and apply a figured pattern to the walls with a low-power soldering iron. Cover the vase with white or colored acrylic paint on top.

Bowl for cereals

It is necessary to cut off the bottom of a 2-3 liter bottle to get a bowl of the required height. For a smooth edge, it should be melted on a hot iron.

To keep the sole clean, use a special silicone nozzle or a sheet of parchment paper for melting.

Baskets

Cut the bottles into strips of equal width. The containers must be cut in a spiral so that the strips are long.

Knock together a frame of thin planks, weave a basket using a criss-cross overlay. This basket is great for storing umbrellas, laundry, and children's toys near a pool or sandbox.

Shade

Plastic can be used for weaving lampshades only if LED lamps without incandescent effect are used. The fusible material is not compatible with other lamps.

Examples:

• Draw thin stripes of the same width on a 2-liter bottle. Make holes at the beginning and end of each strip with a hot soldering iron or nail. Insert scissors into it and cut to make thin plastic membranes.

Make a hole in the bottom, pass a thick fishing line through the neck, bring it out to the bottom and attach decor in the form of tassels, buttons or stones to the back. Pull the fishing line so that the shape of the lampshade flattens. Put a low-power light bulb inside.

• Separate the bottoms from the bottles, glue them together with transparent glue, forming a ball shape. Install a relief lampshade over the base for a table lamp or an old lamp. It is important that the lamp does not heat up inside.

Lamp made of petals

Life hacks from plastic bottles will allow you to add uniqueness to the decor of the room, since it is easy to make handmade things from durable and flexible material.

Required:

• clean plastic bottles without stickers;
• manicure scissors;
• light bulb with socket;
• thin and thick wire;
• blowtorch;
• soldering iron;
• scissors and knife;
• gloves to protect hands;
• chandelier frame.

Manufacturing of designer lighting fixture:

1. Cut off the bottom and top of the bottles. Cut the walls so that the plastic can be unfolded into a sheet.
2. Apply markings of different sized leaves to the surface. It is better if they have patterned edges, similar in shape to maple.
3. Cut out leaves from plastic using manicure scissors.
4. Put on gloves and process the edges with a blowtorch to make the material smoother and more shaped.
5. For a bright visual effect, heat the sheets with a blowtorch and cut out natural veins with a knife.
6. Cut thin wire into small pieces and glue heated leaves onto it to make branches.
7. Screw all the branches to a long large wire, wrap it around the frame of the chandelier, straighten the leaves so that they cover the workpiece evenly.

Insert a socket with a lamp that does not heat up into the device and secure the product to the ceiling.

Stand for school stationery

Life hacks from used plastic bottles are indispensable for storing small items or office supplies. Beads, rubber bands, paper clips, beads, and construction set parts are stored in convenient containers.

For a transparent school pencil case with a zipper for pens and rulers you will need:

• 2 bottles of 1 liter;
• 1 zipper;
• glue gun;
• manicure scissors.

The process with a description of the steps:

1. Cut off the tops of the bottles. Make 2 parts for the pencil case of the same or different heights. The height can be chosen depending on the desire where the clasp will be located.
2. Check that the zipper is long enough for the entire diameter of the pencil case, and that there is a small reserve left.
3. Glue the zipper to the back of the bottle so that the clasp is visible.
4. Measure the distance so that the runner can move freely along the teeth and does not catch on the edges of the bottle.
5. Glue the top part of the zipper around the circumference.
6. Layer the remaining stock onto the initial section of the zipper and glue it.
7. Check the reliability of the fastener and the free movement of the tongue.

If desired, decorate the pencil case with beads, seed beads, acrylic paints, tulle and other materials.

Air humidifier

Life hacks from plastic bottles will help improve the indoor microclimate. During the winter cold, when you turn on heating devices, the air in the room dries out. It is easy to make a cheap, silent and simple humidifier from a used bottle.

Required:

• sticky tape;
• scissors;
• a medium diameter cord or strip of fabric;
• 2 liter bottle;
• a piece of gauze cloth.

Manufacturing process:

1. In the side section of the bottle, cut a hole measuring 5 x 10 cm, with a slight margin of error.
2. Use a cord or fabric to hang the container on top of the radiator's upper pipe with the cut-out section facing up, and secure it tightly with tape so that the bottle does not turn or spin.
3. From gauze, fold a rectangle 10 cm wide and 1 m long.
4. Place the middle of the folded gauze into the hole of the bottle and wrap the edges around the pipe.
5. Pour water into the bottle so that the gauze is immersed in the liquid, wet the edges of the fabric.

If you add a few drops of pleasant essential oil to the water in the bottle, the humidifier will act as an air freshener.

Insect trap

The trap will attract mosquitoes and other pests with carbon dioxide released during the fermentation process.

Need to:

• 1 g yeast;
• 2 liter capacity;
• dark fabric;
• 50 g sugar;
• 200 ml of warm water.

Making a trap:

1. Cut off the top of the plastic container so that the neck, when turned upside down, fits into the bottom part and does not touch the liquid that is poured into it.
2. Pour sugar and yeast into the bottom of the bottle, slowly add water at 40℃, stir until the yeast dissolves.
3. Insert the inverted neck like a funnel.
4. Wrap the trap in thick, dark fabric that does not allow light to pass through.
5. Once trapped, insects will not be able to crawl back out.

The bait works for about a week, after which the yeast mass inside needs to be replaced with fresh one.

Broom

It is easy to assemble a durable and simple broom from several empty bottles, which is much easier to sweep shaggy surfaces. The softness of the broom depends on the number of uncut blanks.

Manufacturing process:

1. Separate the bottom and neck of the bottles, leaving the middles. Dissolve the remaining pieces into strips 2 cm thick. Cut, reaching half the length of the plastic, since the free edge will act as the bristles of the broom.
2. You will need 4-5 of these blanks, and you will need to leave one more container with a neck.
3. Fold the broom, insert it into the neck of the last bottle, squeeze the common edge, thread a stiff wire through it and wrap the edges.

Insert the handle, secure the broom with wire, and hammer a nail into the center for reliability.

Garden sprinkler

Life hacks from plastic bottles can be easily used in the garden. The simplest method is to build a sprinkler to moisten garden plantings. Attach a bottle to a flexible hose, make many small holes in the bottom.

Wrap the junction of the neck and the hose tightly with adhesive tape. It is important not to turn on high pressure so that the structure does not break., and the bottle did not fly away under the pressure of the water.

Phone holder

To conveniently charge your phone near a wall without a table or chair, you can make a holder out of plastic. You need to cut off the neck of a bottle, leaving a holder height of 6-7 cm and a long strip 3-4 cm thick with an extension at the end.

Make a hole in the extension to fit the socket. Place the phone in the remaining holder capacity, thread the charger unit through the hole in the plastic holder strip and plug it into the socket.

Life hacks from used plastic bottles allow you to successfully use secondary raw materials to make convenient kitchen utensils, home decor, lampshades for lamps and chandeliers, pencil cases, brooms and baskets. It is important to carefully process the edges of the blanks and work with gloves.

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