Recycle plastic bottles: 12 ideas to make colorful decorations or useful tools at zero cost
Plastic is a truly ubiquitous material in our lives, even when we try to minimize its purchase in everyday life. It often happens that you find yourself with bottles at home, filling the garbage cans during the week. But sometimes, instead of throwing away yet another bottle, we could consider reusing it in a creative way, to transform it into something decorative and original, or into a useful tool that can help us around the house or in the garden.
Plastic is a malleable and versatile material, which does not get wet and which can be decorated in various ways. Discover some ideas for recycling plastic with imagination by reading further:
Fantastic lights for your home, balcony or garden - these colorful lights are all made from old plastic bottles!
Generally, for these strings of lights, the neck of the bottle is always used, cut according to the shape you want to make. To decorate them, you can use a little paint but also claddings such as colored string!
With a little care, heat sources can be used to shape the plastic, causing it to melt just enough to give the desired shape. The more skilled can make proper sculptures!
Tutorial via cravingsomecreativity.com
Are you looking for pot holders for seedlings? Here's a very easy and fun idea!
Under the eves, on the balcony, or even hanging from a few branches in the garden, or at home near a window that is illuminated by the sun: suncatchers are always fascinating objects, and they can also be made with plastic bottles.
Colored plastic bottles can also be used...
Or have fun decorating them with markers and paints.
With a little imagination, the colored bottles can even become colorful fish for a mobile for the children.
There are also ideas for recycling bottles in a useful way, making them accessories to be used in various parts of the house, including the garage.
If you want to germinate seeds or try hydroponics, a plastic bottle could help!
In the garden you could make bird feeders out of them!
And if you use the large bottles with thick plastic, you can make a garden scoop - very useful to scoop up soil, sand and more!
Get creative!
