Plastic Spoon Rose
Magnolia Brooches
What you'll need:
600mL plastic soft drink bottles
Scissors
Serrated or Stanley knife and cutting board
An oven
Baking tray
Oven mitts
Cheap nail polish OR acrylic paint (and painting supplies)
Craft glue
Gold seed beads (tiny little beads)
Brooch pin
Method:
Note this is definitely is a project that needs an adult.
1. Preheat your oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
2. Using a knife, over a cutting board and holding onto the larger part of the bottle, cut the bottom off a 600mL bottle.
3. Trim the bottle base into a flower shape with a pair of scissors. Cut wedges out that line up with the moulded
grooves. Then you need to round off the wedges into petal shapes
4. If you are colouring with nail polish you need to paint the inside of your flower now.
5. Prepare a baking tray. Use an old baking tray and cover it with alfoil. Place your bottle flower on the tray and into the oven. Close the door and watch as the petals curl up. It won’t take very long (30 seconds). Then, using oven mitts remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool.
6. If you are colouring with acrylic paint. Cover and protect your work surface. Paint the inside of the plastic bottle. You need to apply it thickly and as evenly as possible.
7. When the paint is completely dry, add a spot of craft glue to the centre of your flower. Pour the tiny seed beads onto the glue. Gently push them into the glue then wait a minute for it to set. Tip out the excess beads and allow to dry completely.
8. Turn your flower over and attach the brooch pin to the back using craft glue
What you'll need:
600mL plastic soft drink bottles
Scissors
Serrated or Stanley knife and cutting board
An oven
Baking tray
Oven mitts
Cheap nail polish OR acrylic paint (and painting supplies)
Craft glue
Gold seed beads (tiny little beads)
Brooch pin
Method:
Note this is definitely is a project that needs an adult.
1. Preheat your oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
2. Using a knife, over a cutting board and holding onto the larger part of the bottle, cut the bottom off a 600mL bottle.
3. Trim the bottle base into a flower shape with a pair of scissors. Cut wedges out that line up with the moulded
grooves. Then you need to round off the wedges into petal shapes
4. If you are colouring with nail polish you need to paint the inside of your flower now.
5. Prepare a baking tray. Use an old baking tray and cover it with alfoil. Place your bottle flower on the tray and into the oven. Close the door and watch as the petals curl up. It won’t take very long (30 seconds). Then, using oven mitts remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool.
6. If you are colouring with acrylic paint. Cover and protect your work surface. Paint the inside of the plastic bottle. You need to apply it thickly and as evenly as possible.
7. When the paint is completely dry, add a spot of craft glue to the centre of your flower. Pour the tiny seed beads onto the glue. Gently push them into the glue then wait a minute for it to set. Tip out the excess beads and allow to dry completely.
8. Turn your flower over and attach the brooch pin to the back using craft glue
Magazine Chair
What you'll need:
Old magazines
Old cushion
Belt
Wooden stumps
Glue
Method:
1. Stack all the magazines together.
2. Place a cushion on top of the magazines, and tie the magazines and cushion with a belt
3. Glue everything onto the wooden stumps.
What you'll need:
Old magazines
Old cushion
Belt
Wooden stumps
Glue
Method:
1. Stack all the magazines together.
2. Place a cushion on top of the magazines, and tie the magazines and cushion with a belt
3. Glue everything onto the wooden stumps.
Cherry Blossom Art
What you'll need:
Soft drink bottle- 2 Litres
Canvas
Paint – black and any other colour
Plastic plate
Method:
1. Start by getting paint ready on a plastic plate. Spread it out so that the soft drink bottle can fit onto it
2. Dip the soft drink bottle into the paint.
3. On the canvas draw up tree like branches or anything you want as it’s your design.
4. Place the soft drink bottle into the canvas in any position, if you drew tree branches you should probably put the bottle at the end of the branch, thus then looking like a tree.
5. Place the bottle on the canvas various times till satisfied with the design
6. After this wait for the paint to dry and then it is finished.
What you'll need:
Soft drink bottle- 2 Litres
Canvas
Paint – black and any other colour
Plastic plate
Method:
1. Start by getting paint ready on a plastic plate. Spread it out so that the soft drink bottle can fit onto it
2. Dip the soft drink bottle into the paint.
3. On the canvas draw up tree like branches or anything you want as it’s your design.
4. Place the soft drink bottle into the canvas in any position, if you drew tree branches you should probably put the bottle at the end of the branch, thus then looking like a tree.
5. Place the bottle on the canvas various times till satisfied with the design
6. After this wait for the paint to dry and then it is finished.
Candle Holders
What you'll need:
Tin cans (tuna cans would be good)
Pegs
Candles
Method:
1. Get a tuna can and clip the pegs all around it.
2. Place a candle inside and light it.
Your creation is finished! See how simple it is to recycle something and reuse it to make a brand new product! This D.I.Y definitely saves you allot of money and looks very professional.
What you'll need:
Tin cans (tuna cans would be good)
Pegs
Candles
Method:
1. Get a tuna can and clip the pegs all around it.
2. Place a candle inside and light it.
Your creation is finished! See how simple it is to recycle something and reuse it to make a brand new product! This D.I.Y definitely saves you allot of money and looks very professional.
ZigZag Pattern shoes
What you'll need:
Canvas shoes
Markers
Pencils
Method:
1. Get a pair of canvas shoes and draw a design on them.
2. Once pleased with the design colour in the design with the markers. You can use different colours and use a set of colours.
3. Once you have finished colouring the shoes in, you can wear them straight away as they do not need to be dry.
Canvas shoes
Markers
Pencils
Method:
1. Get a pair of canvas shoes and draw a design on them.
2. Once pleased with the design colour in the design with the markers. You can use different colours and use a set of colours.
3. Once you have finished colouring the shoes in, you can wear them straight away as they do not need to be dry.
Lace Lamp
What you'll need:
Balloons
Crochet or small lace table cloth
Wallpaper glue
String
Method:
1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Glue the crochet or small lace table cloth onto the balloon. Make sure to use heaps of glue and double coat on the balloon.
3. Hang the balloon onto the string and hang it up somewhere to dry.
4. Once the glue has dried completely, pop the balloon inside. The lace lamp will be finished and now you can hang it anywhere.
What you'll need:
Balloons
Crochet or small lace table cloth
Wallpaper glue
String
Method:
1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Glue the crochet or small lace table cloth onto the balloon. Make sure to use heaps of glue and double coat on the balloon.
3. Hang the balloon onto the string and hang it up somewhere to dry.
4. Once the glue has dried completely, pop the balloon inside. The lace lamp will be finished and now you can hang it anywhere.