If you want to decorate your garden, courtyard or country cottage area, then do not rush to buy ready-made expensive products, because you can make a lot of interesting and useful things with your own hands, using for this already unnecessary items and even waste materials like plastic bottles.
Plastic bottles make very funny and cute animals, for example, hedgehogs, penguins, kittens and even pigs. Try to make such bright and cheerful pigs with your own hands, especially since piglets from plastic bottles can be very multifunctional, bringing not only aesthetic pleasure, but also benefit.
Several secrets and nuances of making crafts
It is not for nothing that this material is considered the most popular among masters for decorating a summer cottage and a garden, because it is very cheap and affordable, very light and pliable to work with, unpretentious. You can transform a plastic bottle into any product, use it as a basis for working with other materials or as an independent raw material, give it any color you like, work with the shape and decide on the purpose of your future craft.
For example, a pig from plastic bottle can serve you as a beautiful and original decor, to be a convenient flower bed, stand, piggy bank and even an educational toy for a child.
There are many workshops with detailed instructions, describing step by step how you can make a bottle pig with your own hands. Some master classes offer and step by step photos, so if this is the first time you are going to do something like this, do not worry - you will definitely succeed. Of course, all pigs are different, they are different from each other, and this is very cool, because you can also make a unique craft.
The plastic bottle is easy to cut sharp knife, with scissors, you can also melt the edges with a lighter, glue the parts to it and paint to your liking (it is preferable to use special enamel and glue for plastic, however, you can use ordinary spray paints in cans, acrylic paints also hold well and firmly ).
To get the bottles ready for use, you need to wash them and remove the labels from them. This process will be much easier if you pre-soak the bottles in water - then all you have to do is peel off the labels. Plastic labels can be carefully cut and then removed.
Getting Started
First, let's try to do the most simple craft- an educational toy for a child.
- We will make it from a liter or 1.5 liter plastic bottle. You don't even have to paint it, but just sew a cover on it, for example, from felt or plush fabric. He will dress up to the beginning of the neck of the bottle.
- Most likely, you will need a pattern - sew four legs to the cover, having previously stuffed them with padding polyester or other filler, a tail (you can twist it out of wire and sheathe it with fabric) and ears.
- Glue the eyes to the pig (special plastic ones with a moving pupil inside), you can also cut them out of paper or just draw.
- The plastic cap will play the role of a patch, so you need to paint it accordingly.
- It will be interesting for the child to "feed" the pig with acorns, chestnuts or large beads.
A similar pig will turn out if you paint the bottle pink and already make all the necessary details for it from the plastic: ears, a tail, legs from the legs of the neck and from the corks (you can even use spools of thread). It is interesting to make a pig with mom or a whole large family of pigs at once (for mom, pick up a large bottle, for example, a five-liter bottle).
- Rinse and dry the bottles you will be working with.
- For the legs of the piglet, you will need to cut the legs from the necks of the bottles (one liter each). Also cut out the ears and the tail from the plastic.
- Fold over their bottom edge and use wire to attach them to the head.
- Then attach the legs (with lids) and the tail - also using wire.
- Paint the product, and when it dries, glue the eyes (you can also take the buttons), draw a snout and a mouth on the nose cap.
Punch a hole on top and you have a piggy bank. You can also decorate crafts according to your taste and desire: stick sequins, sparkles, beads, make an applique or other decor.
Some master classes show how to make a piglet from one bottle with your own hands, while others show how to make it from several, connecting them and thereby forming different parts of the pig's body. Sometimes the legs are used and plastic cups, and pieces of pipes. The elements can be fastened with glue (both simply over the plastic base-body, and in the cut-holes made), as well as with the help of wire.
Everyone in the house will surely have a large number of various subjects, which are not very convenient to store, and it seems like a pity to throw it away - the leftovers disposable tableware, bags, old newspapers and plastic containers different forms... Of course, you will say that you can just immerse it all in one big garbage bag and throw it away, but if you use a little imagination, some of these seemingly completely useless things can turn into original crafts... For example, from this article you will learn how to make a piglet out of a plastic bottle with your own hands. This method of disposal will not only help save the environment, but will also entertain adults and children.
These funny pigs
The pig is a very prolific animal. That is why in our city apartments it is so often present in the form of pretty piggy banks for Money, as well as in the form of various souvenirs to attract wealth to the home. Some even have pigs at home as pets and claim that this animal is not inferior in devotion even to a dog. Thanks to the master class below, you will learn how easy and simple it is to make a cute pig using unnecessary plastic bottles.
Such a charming piglet can become a wonderful pot for garden flowers or simply decorating the landscape of your infield:
To craft such a miracle, you will need the following materials:
- sharp office scissors or a knife;
- one large plastic bottle for the pig's body and four small bottles for the legs and ears. From size big bottle the degree of "fatness" of the piglet depends;
- acrylic paint, enamel, in the form of an aerosol or any other permanent paint of your choice;
- large and medium-sized brushes;
- pencil or felt-tip pen, paper;
- glue gun;
- black permanent marker;
- a small piece of wire for the tail.
First, you need to draw the patterns of our pig's ears on paper. They should be triangular in shape - sharp at the top and more rounded at the bottom. Then, according to the prepared templates, we cut out the ears from a smaller plastic bottle.
You can make ears different shapes, depending on which part of the bottle to attach the template to.
Next, you need to cut off the heads of four small bottles at some distance from the thread. These will be the legs. It is better to cut under slight angle- this will make it easier to connect them to the body of the pig. All four hooves should be the same height.
The next stage is the preparation of the torso. A large bottle should be placed horizontally and several slots should be made in it: in the front part - two for the ears, in the back - one for the tail, and on the bottom - four for the legs.
Let's start assembling the pig. We insert all parts of the body into the prepared incisions - ears, hooves and tail, fix the joints of the parts with hot glue for reliability. Instead of a piece of wire twisted into a spiral, you can use a thin strip of plastic cut from one small bottle.
After that, we paint the pig, on the face we draw eyes with a marker or glue ready-made plastic ones, on the patch we draw two circles of nostrils.
Depending on the purpose, you can leave the pig intact or cut a hole in the upper part and fill it with an earthen substrate for planting.
For more information on how to make a piglet, see this video:
Plant sprinkler pig
Surely in the house everyone has a used container from under household chemicals with a handle. It can be used to create a handy piggy watering can for indoor flower care. Below is the step-by-step instruction for its manufacture.
At first plastic container need to be cleaned of labels and stickers so that they do not interfere with the painting of the product in the future and do not spoil the appearance. Remaining glue can be washed off with soapy water or dried and peeled off with a hair dryer.
For the legs, you can also use the necks from smaller plastic bottles, but in this case they are not inserted into the slots, but simply attached to the pig's body with glue. You can also use empty thread spools, old baby cubes, or small plastic medicine jars instead of bottle necks. If the bottle-body has a stable rectangular shape, you can do without legs altogether.
There is no limit to fantasy
Using plastic bottles of various shapes and sizes, you can also make small souvenir money boxes or containers for storing bulk products.
And you can also create other characters, for example, frogs, an elephant, a hedgehog and much more, as in the photo:
It is almost impossible to imagine a modern life without plastic bottles. A particularly large amount of containers accumulate in the hot summer months. Do not rush to completely part with the waste material, the funny pig will become original decoration summer cottages for a long period. Further publication is devoted to the design of a piglet from a plastic bottle with step-by-step instructions and a photo.
Handy materials for a plastic pig
Plastic containers with a volume of 5 and 6 liters have a striking resemblance to the outlines of a pig, they will become the basis of the craft. In addition, you will need material for making ears, legs and the familiar curl tail. Of the materials at hand, it is worth taking care of the availability:
- scissors and a stationery knife with a sharp blade;
- black marker;
- pencil with paper;
- glue designed for plastic;
- wire;
- waterproof paint for outdoor use;
- brushes, in the absence of aerosol cans.
Usually, the legs of a plastic pig are cut out of 0.5 liter bottles, so you should have a container of the appropriate volume in the amount of 4 pieces at hand. You will also need a 1.5 liter bottle to cut the ears. The absence of certain additional elements for decorative finishing the piglet is not an obstacle to creating a plastic figure. The creative process is so good that it allows you to show imagination and use non-standard materials at hand.
Fantasy is the key to successful creativity
By tradition, a piece of wire helps to achieve a twisted shape of the pig's tail. I do not like a too thin hook or there was no suitable piece - it can be successfully replaced by a narrow strip of a plastic bottle left over from the legs.
The muzzle of a piglet from a bottle - special place for experimental ideas. The easiest and fastest way to draw eyes with a marker. Whether it will be a sad or mischievous pig is up to the craftsman. The original beady eyes are obtained from convex buttons, the loop of which is fixed with a wire in a plastic bottle. An expressive element of the face can be made from self-adhesive film by coloring the pieces with the desired marker colors.
The neck of a plastic bottle is a patch that also needs some work. But the formation of the image is carried out at the final stage of making a pig.
Comment! Small bottles for legs will successfully replace plastic cups that contained yogurt or other small containers for fermented milk products. PVC pipes- another version of the modification of the legs of the pig.
Pig color color pink- not a dogma. In nature, there are black, beige and spotted individuals. Therefore, the craftsman has all the cards in his hands, or rather paint.
Decorative pig
A piglet from a plastic bottle is formed quite easily and quickly, a simple process consists of the following steps:
A funny piglet needs to find a worthy place in the garden. It can be placed on a small hill or a little to clear the area around the site.
A single figure most often needs additional elements.
There are many options for composing an interesting composition. Decorate the meadow with amanita mushrooms or make the pig offspring from plastic bottles small size- it is up to the craftsman to decide.
Craft with a practical bias
Landscaping is extremely fascinating activity... The stereotype that such pleasure is available only to wealthy people is wrong. The beauty lies in the ability to transform the space with simple objects. One of the common design methods original flower beds is the preparation of containers for them in the form of a plastic pig.
The initial stage practically does not differ from the decoration of the decorative plastic craft... The only thing is that a rectangular or oval hole is cut in the bottle on the back of the piglet.
Advice! It is not necessary to bother forming a drainage layer before planting flowers. Several holes in the piglet's abdomen ensure that excess moisture can be removed easily.
When the pig is collected, the bottom of the plastic bottle is covered with fine expanded clay, and nutrient soil is distributed from above. The miniature flower bed is ready for use. It is not necessary to equip the flower garden with legs. To prevent the piglet with flowers from turning over, you can first make a hole at the bottom and fix the craft with a wooden peg. The flowerbed looks original when pigs of various sizes are placed on the stump and near it.
Unnecessary plastic bottles, people with imagination began to turn them into very interesting decorative elements for decoration adjoining territory, garden or vegetable garden. And this topic spread very quickly. Today you can see different flower arrangements from plastic bottles, images of animals, figurines. The undoubted advantage in creating such a fake can be considered very low financial expenses, as well as spent minimal amount time. In today's master class, a wonderful pig will be made from an already unnecessary used plastic bottle.
Let's create a piglet from a plastic bottle with our own hands in MK
If you collect plastic bottles and do not know what to do with them, then the idea of creating decorative elements is just for you. Plastic piglets are a very common craft. They are usually created very bright and funny. You can also make flower pots from plastic bottles, again with the image of cute pigs, and place them on the balcony or loggia.
Before you start creating plastic piglets, you need to decide on their appearance and size to understand what bottle capacity is needed. Perfect for such purposes plastic containers from under the water, vegetable oil, beer, liquid soap, powder or detergent... The larger the bottle you take, respectively, the larger the pig will be. Selected plastic bottles must be washed before work and all stickers must be removed, and if staining is expected, then degrease the surface of the bottle before this procedure - this way the paint will hold better. Acrylic paint is best suited for painting. If you use a different paint, then there is a very high probability that the paint will peel off quickly.
Before work, novice needlewomen also need to remember that for safety reasons, before assembling all parts of the craft into a single whole, they must be melted so that they do not cut themselves if careless. This can be done with a candle.
In order to make a cute pig from an already unnecessary plastic bottle, you will need the following materials and tools:
- Plastic bottle with a volume of at least 5 liters;
- Plastic bottle with a volume of 0.5 liters (4 pcs.);
- Plastic bottle with a volume of 1.5 liters (1 pc.);
- Scissors;
- Pink paint;
- Wire;
- Brush;
- Buttons or beads in black (2 pcs.);
- Paper (1 sheet);
- Simple pencil;
- Glue;
- Black marker.
Most of the declared materials, if necessary, can be easily replaced with any others. For example, if you don't have four 0.5-liter bottles on hand to make your legs, you can replace them, alternatively, with yogurt cups or any plastic pipe. If there is pink paint in a spray bottle in the bins of the house, it is not necessary to buy paint in a can, you can perfectly use the existing paint. If there is no wire at hand, then a thin cut from a bottle can be an option for replacing it. plastic tape... If there are no unnecessary buttons, you can simply draw the eyes of the piglet with a marker.
Your attention is invited to step-by-step instructions for creating a plastic pig with a photo accompanying the steps taken.
When all the tools and materials are prepared, you can start the creative process of creating decorative item in the form of a plastic pig.
Let's get to work. Take four plastic bottles with a volume of 0.5 liters and cut off the top part along with the lid at an angle. These bottles will make legs.
Take a piece of paper and a simple pencil, draw a sketch of the pig's ear. Next, you need a 1.5 liter bottle, from which a pair of ears will be cut. For these purposes, and top part plastic bottle, and the middle part.
The next step is to prepare the pig's torso. Take the largest 5L bottle and use a knife to make slots: 2 holes for the ears (in front, near the bottle cap), 4 slots for the legs. If you decide to make legs out of yogurt cups, then you don't need to cut anything out, as these legs just stick. Another hole is needed in order to attach the tail.
When all the elements are ready, you can collect the pig.
Here the piglet is assembled. Now you can start painting it. We take a brush, paint and cover the plastic pig with pink paint. Let the paint dry well. When the pig is completely dry, you need to take care of its eyes and a piglet. We will make the eyes with the help of buttons or simply draw them with a marker. On the patch, we will also draw holes with a marker.
If you really enjoyed making such a pig, and you would love to do something else like that, then you will love the idea of creating a flower bed pig in which you can plant flowers.
At the end of the master class, we would like to advise you to watch a few videos on creating cute and funny plastic pigs.
Related videos
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So how to make a piglet out of a plastic bottle?
Phased production of a pig
Plastic pigs are very popular as they look very realistic and immediately attract attention.
You will need five-liter plastic bottle, in which water is usually sold. A bottle with a hole made, which will have the shape of an oval or square, is used as the body. Cut off the handle of the bottle, and only then cut out a rectangle about 12 centimeters in size.
It is more expedient to draw the ear pattern on paper. Cut out the pig's ears along the workpiece and insert them into the cuts, which can be made with a sharp knife.
In the event that you paint the pig using a spray can, the ears can be left in place. And if painting is carried out with a brush, then each part is coated separately, and is fixed in place only after complete drying. It is best to use paints with a dense structure.
We paint the pig
Everyone who undertakes this task is concerned about how to make a pig out of a plastic bottle so that it looked like he was alive. To do this, you need to draw a piglet, eyes and funny brushes on the ears of the little pig. For this purpose dark will do plastic bottle. Use plain paper as your stencil material. Prepare a thin black marker for any marks you will need to make on your craft blank.
You can pour earth inside the body, and then you can plant there beautiful flowers , and the piglet will perform not only an aesthetic function, but also serve as a flower bed.
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Now you know how to make a pig out of a plastic bottle. You can use it in different ways: as a decor, flower beds or for zoning the territory. Plastic pig can be placed on the balcony by planting flowers there.