Slowly, but purposefully, the summer cottage season begins, and with it - the desire to quickly get away from the bustle of the city. Do you want to decorate the plot with nice little things or do you need to keep the child busy while the adults are working in the garden? We share ideas of interesting crafts for giving with our own hands from scrap materials!
1. Partitions from glass bottles
The accumulated glass bottles of different shapes and colors will make a very interesting partition. For example, this is how you can decorate the walls of gazebos instead of the usual wicker sheets. In addition to the shade, such partitions give a beautiful stained glass effect, refracting the sun's rays.
2. Pallet furniture
Country furniture made of pallets is no longer a novelty, but this does not make it worse. Unnecessary boxes and pallets make excellent benches, armchairs, sofas and tables. You can even lay out the floor with them in a gazebo or under a canopy, but be sure to carefully sand and varnish so that there are no splinters.
3. Flowerbeds of all sorts of things
It seems that there are no things from which it is impossible to make an unusual flower bed. Use old beds, dressers, drawers and chests, a bathtub, shoes, whatever. The main thing is not to forget to make holes for drainage and choose the right nutrient soil for the flowers.
4. Wicker balls
The same openwork balls made of threads and ribbons, popular in modern interior design, can be used in the garden as well. Just make them from flexible branches and rods, and the joints of the lining are not on PVA, but with staples and thin wire. Fold the composition of several different sizes, and if desired, paint with waterproof acrylic paint.
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5. Garden figurines made of stones
Garden compositions made of stones will sparkle with new colors if you paint them with waterproof acrylic. Turtles, hedgehogs, ladybugs and frogs - they will all live in your garden. It is especially interesting to look for and compose new forms with children, because such a process develops fantasy and imagination.
6. Decorations for the pond
If there is a small artificial pond or fountain in the garden, be sure to decorate it too. Collect whole fairy-tale scenes from figurines, decorative figurines and ornaments for the aquarium. And plastic water lilies, frogs and birds from old bottles just do not drown.
7. Funny scarecrow
To make the scarecrow not only useful, but also beautiful, you can do it yourself. Use any fabric that is thick enough and use straw and dry grass for stuffing. If you love sewing, you can even prepare a few costumes for the scarecrow. If not, just decorate your old clothes.
8. Concrete sculptures
Concrete skills open up endless creative possibilities. Flowerbeds, flowerpots, sculptures - whatever you like, are cast from it. If you are still a beginner, but after construction there is a bag of mixture - start with something simpler, like these cute pot-bellied owls.
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9. Flowers and animals from plastic bottles
From bulky plastic bottles, you can make almost any animal for a summer residence: from tiny mice to funny piglets. Cut and painted bottles make bright flowers to decorate fences or partitions. From them, you can also collect fancy trees or even a whole garden flower bed.
10. Simple kennel for a dog
To make a booth for your beloved pet, you do not need the skills of a designer and an architect. A beautiful stylish house can be made literally from a few boards that were left after finishing work. And so that the dog does not overturn the bowls, cut holes for them at the base of the booth.
11. Garden paths made of plastic covers
From the accumulated caps from plastic bottles, bright and mosaic garden paths are obtained. They do not slip and do not part, do not fade in the sun and can be easily washed with water from a hose.Naturally, they do not last forever, but you do not have to fiddle with heavy bulky tiles and concrete mortar.
12. Bird feeders from old dishes
Tree feeders aren't necessarily ugly tetrapacks or expensive, store-bought mini bird cottages. A very beautiful and unusual feeder can be made just from glued dishes. The inverted cup protects against moisture and wind, and birds will sit comfortably on the sides of the saucer. There is something of "Alice in Wonderland" in these feeders!
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13. DIY hammock
From a wide rectangular cut of dense fabric and a skein of strong rope, you can make an excellent home hammock. After all, there is nothing easier than pulling the canvas between two supports. And if you want it to keep its shape better, first sew the loops to the fabric and put it on a round wooden frame - like curtains on a cornice.
14. Children's tree swing
If you have a fairly strong tree with powerful branches on your site, then you can make a children's swing on it. To do this, you will only need a wide board and a thick rope. Sand the board from all sides so that you cannot hurt yourself or drive a splinter on it. Fasten the ropes in the holes with the help of large volumetric knots, which at the same time make the structure heavier.
15. Bench made of wooden logs
Literally from several wooden logs of different diameters, a very beautiful country bench will turn out. Remove the bark, sand the wood, cover it with protective antiseptics, stain and varnish. Connect the parts together with long self-tapping screws, and for more color, tie it with a coarse rope.
