What gardener wouldn't want an exotic palm to decorate his garden? personal plot?
The first stage is preparatory. In order for the design of such an original decoration item to be successful, you must have everything necessary for this at hand. The main material from which the tree will be made is plastic bottles of green and Brown. We will use green bottles to create the leaves of an evergreen plant, brown ones for the trunk. Quantity plastic containers determines the size of your tree, i.e. the more bottles, the taller and more luxuriant the tree; you will get the most luxuriant leaves using a 2-liter container. Before you begin crafting, all bottles must be cleaned of paper stickers and labels.
As an auxiliary tool for mastery, you need to prepare:
- stationery knife
- sharp scissors
- wide tape for fixation
- metal base with rods, which will subsequently act as a trunk
- rope with which you will tie the bases of the leaves on the palm tree.
The next step is the manufacture of the product itself.
Remember that in order for the tree to look aesthetically pleasing and beautiful, all bottles must be the same size and diameter. During production we will use two colors - brown and green, so if you have green bottles of “different sizes”, then smaller containers can be attached to the base of the crown, but as for brown ones, vessels of the same size are needed.
Making exotic wood involves three main stages:
Creating leaves;
Barrel assembly;
Collecting all the parts and shaping the tree itself.
Using a sharp stationery knife, cut the bottle into two parts, where the upper half will act as foliage, and we do not need the lower half. In the upward direction towards the neck, with scissors or a knife, the bottle is cut into small longitudinal strips, and this is done with each green bottle. Then such peculiar foliage from half bottles is strung on top of each other, connecting them with a strong cord or rope. A cork is screwed onto the last and first bottle, through which a tourniquet is threaded and tied in a knot so that the container fits tightly together. The top of the palm tree should consist of 5-6-7 leaves, so depending on the amount of containers available, you create your own tree, controlling the size and splendor.
After the foliage is fully prepared, we move on to the trunk. The barrel, as said earlier, is made from brown bottles of similar diameter, we cut off the lower base with a knife, after which wide longitudinal cuts are made towards the neck, there should be 6 such longitudinal fragments. After a similar action has been done with each brown bottle, they are attached to each other, like the green vessels, only the plastic barrel now needs to be put on a metal rod in a vertical position.
The foliage is fixed at the upper base of the trunk, evenly distributed on all sides. Using tape and a tourniquet, the leaves are attached to the trunk. Our tree is ready, all that remains is to find a place for it in your garden.
Let's move on to installation. Ideally, this is a welded metal platform; failing this, it is immersed in the ground by 40-50 cm. For the longevity of your craftsmanship, it would be good to compact the tree installation site with soil or concrete.
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Do you want to decorate your garden plot with an interesting handmade craft? Create a work of art on your own from scrap materials? Palm tree plastic bottles- what you need, it will turn the territory into an amazing exotic garden and will delight the eye for many years. Our master class is devoted to how to make a palm tree from plastic bottles with your own hands, step by step, from used PET containers.
If you have the desire and creative impulse, let's get to work.
Materials and tools
First of all, let's decide on the quantity and quality of materials. What container is suitable for our craft? Of course, every home has used plastic bottles, but are all of them suitable for our work? Of course not. We strictly choose only brown and green bottles for the trunk and crown. For a larger plastic beauty, a container with a volume of 2 liters is best suited; for a smaller tree, a one and a half liter container will do.
We will need:
- 15-20 brown bottles for the trunk big tree and 15-10 for small;
- 6-8 green bottles to create 1 palm leaf;
- stationery knife or scissors;
- a metal rod or wooden handle for attaching the trunk;
- wire and rope;
- scotch.
Below is detailed instructions on making palm trees with diagrams and photos.
Let's get started
Algorithm of actions:
- We create a crown for trees;
- We make the barrel;
- We combine structural elements;
Let's start creating leaves. To do this, take a green bottle and, using a stationery knife or scissors, cut off the bottom, as shown in the photo.
Then, on the resulting workpiece, stepping back 3-4 cm from the throat, we make frequent longitudinal stripes.
Note! The more often the stripes appear, the fluffier our leaves will be.
In the same way we prepare 5 more blanks. We insert the resulting blanks on top of each other. In order to fasten them together, we use wire or rope: we thread it through the neck and fix it. The first sheet is ready.
We bring to your attention the second method of making palm branches. To do this, take a green bottle and remove the bottom using a utility knife. Visually divide the bottle into four parts and cut it. The result is a workpiece as shown in the photo below:
Then we decorate the resulting leaves, for this we make sharp teeth along the perimeter of the leaves, bend the resulting fluffy leaves outward, and fix them.
Repeating steps 1-3, prepare the remaining parts of the crown. We remind you that one palm tree requires at least 6-7 leaves.
The procedure for creating leaves can be represented schematically:
Let's start making the barrel. As we know, in nature the trunk of a palm tree is covered with scales. To make our exotic plastic beauty as similar as possible to its natural counterpart, we will try to recreate the natural relief of its base. This will require almost the entire bottle of brown color.
Carefully cut off the bottom.
Cut the bottle into 6 equal flakes. It turns out such a wonderful “daisy”.
We create similar daisies for two palm tree trunks. We collect them together and fasten them in the same way as the leaves. The trunks are ready.
The number of blanks depends on how tall the trees are going to be made.
The resulting bases should hold the crown tightly; for this it is necessary to strengthen them with reinforcement or a wooden handle as shown in the diagram.
Quick assembly
Now that all the structural elements are ready, let's begin the assembly. There are several options for arranging ready-made elements. Let's stick to something simpler. We prepare the top of the trunk, cut off the neck from the brown bottle. Almost at the very bottom we make several cross-shaped cuts. This is where we will insert our crown. The assembly process is presented more clearly in the diagrams below.
Important! For the resulting masterpieces, it is necessary to make a foundation so that they stick well to the ground and do not wobble.
If you have the opportunity, you can prepare a welded structure for subsequent concreting.
What wonderful and unique trees we have, so you can create a whole exotic evergreen alley in your garden that will be the envy of your neighbors. Imagine and create interesting crafts for your site, involve children in the work.
Use your imagination and decorate your tropical beauties using multi-colored bottles of smaller diameter: add fruits to palm trees in the form of bananas and coconuts.
Pay attention to the creations of your colleagues, take notes and use the techniques and elements you like in your work. Some work options are shown in the photo below:
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Any garden will seem unusual and original if you plant a palm tree there. However, in our climate this idea is impossible - winter tropical plant obviously won't survive. An alternative would be plastic palm tree. The product is not afraid of frost and does not need to be watered.
Craft materials
There are several ways to make a palm tree from plastic bottles, and each uses the same components:
- Plastic bottles - brown and green. Better than two or one and a half liters.
- Scissors.
- Scotch tape or glue.
- A long, even stick that will serve as the base - iron, plastic or wood.
- Small wires or twigs for palm leaves.
Stages of product creation:
- Wash and remove labels from bottles.
- Make leaves.
- Make a tree trunk.
- Attach the leaves to the trunk and install in the yard.
This short description upcoming actions. Below are several instructions for beginners. Everyone will be able to choose which palm tree will look better in the yard.
First way
Creating leaves
Green bottles are cut in half. You only need the part with the neck. A narrow section of it remains untouched, and the rest is cut into many small strips. When a lot of blanks are made, they are all strung on a cable.
It is advisable to fasten them with glue or tape so that they are firmly attached to each other. You need to make at least 5-6 leaves. If you get more, the tree will look even more attractive.
Palm trunk
The trunk requires brown bottles. Cut off Bottom part bottom, and the rest of the bottle is used. The process of creating a workpiece is identical to the first point - longitudinal strips attached to the neck are cut.
However, if in the first case the more stripes the better, then there should be six of them. The edges are neat, slightly pointed and curve inward. You need a lot of preparations. How more details, the longer the palm will be.
It is advisable to select the length of the rod on which they will be strung, but it is important to take into account that part of it is dug into the ground.
Preparing the base
As already mentioned in point two, the rod needs to be dug in. It must be deep enough in the ground so that the structure does not fall from the wind. Brown parts are strung on it. The neck of the first workpiece is slightly buried along with the rod.
We attach the leaves to the palm tree
The blanks from point one should have wires sticking out from the necks of the bottles. Using wires, the crown is tied to the top of the tree.
Second way
The actions are approximately similar to option 1. Only the type of cutting out of parts changes, and this also changes the appearance of the product.
In this case, the brown bottles are not completely used, but only 1/3 of them (which is at the narrow part). Instead of 6 long strips, 8 short pointed petals are cut out.
To make the palm tree wide and voluminous, the petals should stick out. Due to a lack of materials, you can use the bottom of the bottle in a similar way, but then you need to punch a hole in the bottom.
The leaves of this palm seem more real. For realism appearance In addition to green bottles, you can use yellow ones. You can also experiment with the size of the leaves. For huge sheets, you can take six-liter bottles, and for small ones, one and a half liter bottles.
The bottom of the containers is cut off, and the remaining part is cut into 3 leaves attached to the neck. The leaves have a longitudinal shaft (about 1.5 cm) and the rest is cut into many thin transverse strips on both sides of the leaf shaft.
In order to present it visually, the leaves will resemble, familiar to many, fern leaves. To make the tree lush, the fringe needs to be fluffed - the strips are bent alternately up or down.
You need to fasten the parts to each other, just like in the first method.
Third way
The leaves are made from the bottoms of one and a half liter bottles. They are cut, holes are made in the middle and strung on a cable. Such a sheet ends, on the contrary, with the thin part of the bottle.
In this option, a thin base will not work. For the base you need to use a long log. The bottoms of the brown bottles are cut off and nailed to the log until it is completely covered.
A description of these 3 methods can give creative people inspiration to create new ones, unusual options. A little tip: the ideas for creating leaves and trunk can be combined as the taste of the garden owner dictates.
In the photo, especially skillfully made palm trees from plastic bottles, are surprisingly similar to the real ones. The yard in which such beauty “grows” will look like exotic tropics, even in a snowy winter.
Photos of palm trees made from plastic bottles
In this article we want to talk about how to successfully combine love for the tropics, creativity and unnecessary plastic bottles.
The palm tree is an undeniable symbol of summer and relaxation. But it’s expensive to go to live palm trees, but you want to buy a piece of such a wonderful sunny mood. However, why buy a palm tree if you can make it yourself? Moreover, using items that are easy to find in any home - plastic bottles.
How to make a palm tree from plastic bottles step by step?
- Let's start by cutting the palm leaves. To do this, divide the plastic green bottle into two parts, the top one will be useful
- Now strips are cut from this upper part. Work the surface lengthwise. The shape of the bottle does not matter at all - any will do.
- After slicing, the resulting bottles attached to the cable
IMPORTANT: The cable diameter should be between 12 and 14 millimeters.
- And now you can start making the barrel. Plastic bottles with a capacity of about 2.5 liters of brown color are useful for them.
- Along the bottles make cuts so that the stripes are wide
- The bottom is removed
- Prepare a sheet of metal, the thickness of which should be more than 0.5 centimeters. Two rods need to be welded to this sheet about 25 centimeters long. One of them should be at an angle of 90 degrees to the sheet, and the other at a smaller angle
- Place metal tubes on the rods. The diameter is desirable within 20 millimeters. As for the height, it depends on how tall you want the palm tree to be.
- At the ends of the rods you need to weld metal bushings. It is in them that palm leaves from bottles will be planted.
IMPORTANT: It is better to bend the wires on which improvised leaves are attached.
- Once the leaves have been collected, you can start working on the trunk
Diagram of a palm tree made of plastic bottles
- For clarity, you can see in the diagram how to form future tree trunk made from plastic bottles. Secure an iron rod in the ground, and then string bottles on it. Pre-cut the bottom of the bottles
- For green bottles intended for leaves, the bottom is also cut off. Further each bottle is cut into 3 or 4 parts. Each part, in turn, is designed in the form of a fringe.
- Once several green bottles are decorated in the manner indicated in the diagram, you can start assembling the crown
IMPORTANT: It is recommended to make cuts in the shape of crosses on the brown bottle - this way the green bottles will be attached better. For better fastening You can also fasten the composite crowns inside a brown bottle together with wire.
- Now the top with the crown is attached to the trunk as shown in the diagram
How many plastic bottles do you need to make a palm tree?
There are plastic bottles in every home, but how many do you need for a palm tree? For the trunk stock up on 10-15 pieces of brown material, or even more.
Please note the displacement: So, for a craft made from 15 bottles, it is recommended to purchase two-liter material, but for smaller palm trees - bottles from 10 - you can stock up on one and a half liter bottles.
As for the leaves, then it is better to take larger bottles for them - the palm leaves are quite long. On average, one palm requires at least 7 bottles.
How to make leaves for a palm tree from plastic bottles?
- If you want to get wide leaves resembling fans, cut off the bottom first. Then make cuts in the bottle so that three parts are formed. It is recommended to use not only green bottles, but also yellow ones - this way the palm tree will look more natural
IMPORTANT: Bring the cuts approximately half a finger up to the neckline.
- Each of the cuts is rounded and tapered towards the base. in a way that resembles leaves
- Now you need bend all the leaves outward
- The leaves are cut to form a fringe. Fringe is required on both sides of each leaf. The middle, of course, should remain untouched - 1.5 centimeters is enough. To create pomp, it is recommended to bend each clove according to the following principle: one down, the second straight, and the third up.
How to make a palm tree trunk from plastic bottles?
- First of all, cut off about 1/3 of the bottle- namely the bottom
- 8 petals are cut out from the remaining bottle. You need to move half a finger away from the lid
- Turn out each of the segments
IMPORTANT: To save material, you can also use a cut-off third of the bottle. However, you will have to make a hole in it to do this. For such purposes, you can use a knife that has been previously heated on the stove.
How to make a palm tree from plastic bottles?
It is best to use as a rod, which will serve as a support for the palm tree. metal-plastic pipe. Its diameter should be 20 millimeters. But there are no restrictions regarding height.
- Assembly must begin from the bottom. Moreover, select the largest parts for the bottom, and the smallest ones for the top. They are collected using the glass-to-glass method.
- The petals should turn at this time staggered
- The very bottom is best secured with double narrow tape- it connects perfectly. However, you can also use glue
- But 30 centimeters before the top of the stem you need to finish collecting the trunk and start collecting foliage. And also use a checkerboard pattern.
- Once the build is complete, bury the reinforcement 30 centimeters into the ground. In this case, 40 centimeters should remain on the surface. And put a ready-made pipe with a palm tree on this fitting
Options for palm trees made from plastic bottles
Palm trees made from plastic bottles can look different. But it's better to see once, so We present to your attention a selection of photographs with similar artificial trees.
Palm bonsai made from plastic bottles
- To make such a palm tree cut off the top and bottom of the bottle
- From the resulting green plastic material cut small strips, and from them - leaves
IMPORTANT: The strips should be about a centimeter wide.
- Each of the leaf pieces is necessary pierce
- You should also prepare wire for branches- it should be from 0.2 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter
- Now cut 30-50 centimeters of wire and fold it in half. Thread the first leaf and twist the ends 2 or 3 times - this is how it is fixed
- The first rectangle is the top leaf. Place the rest on both sides of it
IMPORTANT: You should retreat 3-4 millimeters from each pair of leaves, and then you need to tighten the wire.
- As soon as the weaving of the twig is finished, curl the ends. In general, you need to stock up on 15 branches for a palm tree. Let the top ones contain the most a large number of leaves, and the lower ones are smaller
- The palm tree will consist of two tiers. The branches should intertwine with each other, creating a common trunk
- Now let's create the foundation. A pot is not very suitable - it is best to fix the palm tree on the island. To make it, you will need a soap dish, saucer, bowl - anything that has an oblong shape. The container is covered with cling film and then filled with liquid alabaster
- Place the palm tree in a container and wait 10 minutes- During this time hardening will occur. Then all that remains is remove the platform How to do large palm tree from plastic bottles?
- First of all, stock up big amount bottles Cut them in half and form teeth on the cut part.
- Next in the ground a metal pin is attached. Alternatively, use strong wire
IMPORTANT: Be sure to ensure that the pin is firmly attached to the ground.
- Bottle blanks string onto a pin. It is advisable to go around them in order to create a natural effect.
- From green bottles cut out the leaves, having previously removed the bottom from the bottles
- Connect all the elements into general design . They can be held together using harnesses or welding
How to make a small palm tree from plastic bottles?
For a small palm like this for a room will be needed only 3 brown bottles and one for leaves with a capacity of 0.6 liters.
- So, cut each of the brown bottles into 4 equal parts. And a cut of each part cuts need to be formed in the form of triangles per centimeter
- Bend those cuts back
- Now divide the green bottle into 3 parts, the largest of which will be the one with a neck - 9 centimeters
- Collect the trunk from the part that consists of the bottom. Glue other components of the barrel into it
As you can see, you can create your own tropics in any part of our vast homeland, and at any time of the year. The material is very accessible, and it takes little time. In addition, such a palm tree is perfect for those who do not have time to care for living plants.
Video: Master class on making a spreading palm tree from bottles
Paper palm trees are great for budget-friendly decoration of terraces, verandas, gazebos and patios, all kinds of parties, as well as school and kindergarten events. These palm trees are easy to make and even a child can do it. But even better is that, for all their cheapness and rudimentary nature, these palm trees really look very realistic.
To you will be required:
- Long cardboard rolls from paper towels or decorative wrapping paper (for a palm tree trunk, which can be made from a wooden, metal or plastic pole/stick, and other analogues);
- Brown paper, a lot - can be crumpled, can be used paper bags, in which at least 1 side is plain - in general, everything that fits the definition;
- Dense green colored paper(you can glue a regular colored one in 2 layers for greater rigidity);
- Brown thin elastic bands or thin brown twine/rope;
- Stapler;
- Scissors;
- Duct tape;
- A stable decorative container in which you will “plant” your palm tree;
- Decorative pebbles or small shells;
- Sand.
1. If you use cardboard rolls as the trunk of a palm tree, you will have to glue several pieces together in length to get a palm tree of the required height. Glue it as securely as possible so that the palm tree does not suddenly bend at the wrong moment. You can even stuff the rolls inside with something hard and long at the junction. If you already have a long stem base, skip this step.
2. Using your hands, tear the brown paper into pieces with deliberately jagged edges, but wide and long enough to wrap around the base of the palm trunk in a spiral with a good overlap. Before wrapping the trunk, remember to wrap the paper with your hands for a more realistic palm tree look in the end.
3. Secure the wrapped paper to the trunk with rubber bands or thin brown rope. Place the rope and elastic bands with large distances between the turns so that the paper holds firmly, but its uneven edges can be bent to the sides. Wrap the entire trunk - bend the horizontal edges of the paper away from the trunk - this will look more like the bark of a palm tree.
4. Cut large leaves of the most common slightly elongated and pointed shape from thick double-sided green paper - 8 pieces. Don't try to make them look like long rectangles with rounded corners, like living palm trees - this is not necessary. When you attach the finished leaves to the palm tree, they will look as expected. Fold the cut leaves in half along their entire length.
6. Take 4 of the 8 finished leaves, fold them together (in a stack) with the lower tips, but point the leaves themselves in different directions - unevenly, naturally. Fasten the folded ends 2-3 times with a stapler. Repeat with the remaining 4 sheets.
7. Crumple it up good ball from brown paper, if you made the base of the palm tree trunk from cardboard rolls. Insert the fastened lower ends of the two “bundles” of palm leaves quite deep inside the upper roll of the trunk opposite each other, having first coated both the ends and the inner surface of the roll with glue. Place a ball of paper tightly on top to prevent the leaves from falling out and also to cover the hole in the trunk at the top. Spread the leaves and adjust their position a little if necessary.
If the trunk does not have a hole, simply use glue at the top and bottom of the fastened ends of the leaves, then wrap them tightly with thin brown rope around the top of the palm trunk. You should also put a drop of glue under the rope everywhere.
Add-ons:
Try placing 2-3 palm trees in one large - wide and deep - container different heights and leaf size;
To make this project even more eco-friendly, glue together newspaper leaves and paint them green with tempera, then cut out the resulting palm leaves.