Crafts from scrap materials

Useful tips

Using available materials you can make a huge number of crafts

, and not only
beautiful
, but also
useful
.

If you find old things, bags and/or bottles, as well as unnecessary pens and other items, do not throw them away immediately

Perhaps you can make something interesting out of them and even
attract children to make crafts
.

Here you will find some interesting ideas, you can get inspired, and come up with your own crafts

from scrap materials.

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Crafts from candy wrappers. Butterfly.

To make a butterfly you will need 2 candy wrappers.

First you need to bend the candy wrappers (see pictures 2 and 5)

Use scissors to cut off the excess, thereby making two even squares (see pictures 3 and 6), while one square should be larger than the second.

Now the squares need to be bent like an accordion, starting from the middle.

Place both squares together and place the strip on top of them that you should have left after you cut the candy wrapper.

Tie the squares together in the middle using thread.

All that remains is to spread the wings of the butterfly.

Flower pot

Multi-colored pots will be an excellent decor for any room, and you don’t need artistic skills to create a beautiful painting.

The craft is prepared from available materials and will be a great activity for both children and adults.

For work you should prepare: a clay pot, newspapers, masking tape, acrylic paint, a brush and a large jar.

First of all, the workplace should be covered with newspapers or film.
The hole in the flower pot is sealed with tape to prevent paint from leaking through it.
The container is painted with white acrylic paint along with the rim; the inside should not be touched.
When the paint has dried, the pot should be turned upside down and placed on the jar.
Now comes the fun part - working with colored paints.
Colors are selected, the coloring composition must be squeezed onto the bottom of the pot so that it begins to flow down the walls.
Other colors are selected and, by analogy, poured onto the bottom.
The container will dry in approximately 1-3 days, depending on the number of layers of paint.
The last step is to pierce the hole that was sealed with tape.

Crafts from candy wrappers. Fish from candy wrappers.

Like the previous craft, this work can also be done by a child, naturally with the help of an adult.

You will need 3 candy wrappers of different sizes.

To make the body and tail of the fish, you need to prepare 2 candy wrappers (one large and the other small). These candy wrappers need to be folded like an accordion and then in half.

Glue both accordions from candy wrappers in the middle.

Use glue to glue the fish's tail to the body.

Glue on the eyes and fin

You can also make a Christmas tree out of candy wrappers.

To make such a Christmas tree, you need to know how to make modules. Complete instructions for making a Christmas tree from modules are in THIS ARTICLE

Home products

Various useful crafts for the home include kitchen items. The kitchen is the place where the family often gathers for meals and for beneficial communication. A variety of textiles will help make this room truly cozy.

You can make the following things:

Aprons;
Potholders;
Napkins;
Towels;
Dolls for a teapot;
Covers for chairs.

Surely you are wondering: how to make useful crafts? They are easy to make from leftover sewing, old jeans, and scraps of fabric. Various techniques are used in production: satin stitch or cross stitch embroidery, patchwork.

A beautiful product can be knitted from the remaining wool. A hardworking owner will try to make a table or stools. The material you can use is boards or construction pallets. Useful fakes would be different shelves or cutting boards.

A great idea is to make an organizer out of used tin cans, which are painted in expressive colors and mounted on a stand or between each other. Such a product will be useful for home or country house arrangement.

What to make from scrap materials. Photo puzzle.

You will need:

- popsicle sticks (or wooden medicine sticks, which can be found at the pharmacy)

- white glue

- scotch

- stationery knife

- photo

Place several sticks next to each other and equalize them in height.

Using tape, glue the sticks together at the top and bottom.

Prepare a photograph, coat it all with glue and glue it evenly to the back of the sticks (where there is no tape).

This example uses a special glue that can be applied to the image to give it a glossy look.

Place the workpiece under the press until the glue dries.

Remove the tape.

Now you need to separate the sticks. To do this, use a sharp utility knife and another stick that needs to be placed on top.

The puzzle is ready!

For garage

Let's take a look at some useful garage crafts. For some car owners, the garage serves not only as a place to store vehicles, but also as a repair base and they spend a lot of time there.

The minds of a large number of car owners have worked to create a quality and convenient service location. As a result, this made it possible to obtain a considerable number of accessories for the garage.

In a small garage area, the owner needs to conveniently arrange many tools and other accessories. He needs to ensure that they are stored safely and that they are always convenient to take for use.

People thinking about how to improve the decor of their garage often come up with useful fakes that are based on the latest methods of invention.

Taking into account the safety regulations in the garage, you should take care of convenient exit and entrance to the room and avoid obstacles in the way. Tires are stored in the garage with and without rims.

If the tires are located on a rim, then for preservation they are suspended from a support on the wall or ceiling, and a cable, chain or luggage strap is used to tie them together.

To store tires without rims, racks are used, independently made of iron, which are mounted on the garage wall. You can see various photos of useful crafts, think about them, and then make them yourself.

Portrait made of plastic caps

American artist Marie Ellen Croteau made this self-portrait using a huge number of small plastic caps.

In the foreground of this work of art there is a note in which the author of the work explains that this self-portrait was created to draw attention to the problem of environmental pollution, especially with regard to the use of plastic bottles with caps.

It is worth noting that the work itself is 2.5 meters wide and 2.1 meters high.

Soft caterpillar

For games, children sew a soft toy in the shape of a caterpillar. The craft is made from children's clothing: old blouses, trousers, tights.

It is not customary to throw away children's clothes, and you can only give away good things without stains or patches. Therefore, it is advisable to make something from old things.

You will need for homemade:

Knitted and other bright children's items;
Filling (sintepon, holofiber and shreds);
Thread and needle;
Buttons for the eyes.

The creation process step by step:

Several paired circles the size of a flat medium plate are cut out of things.
Sew it from the wrong side, turn it inside out and fill the pancake pad through the unsewn small hole.
After finishing filling, sew up the hole.
In total, 8-10 such “pancakes” need to be sewn (the more, the longer the caterpillar will be).
Next you need to cut out the legs, two pieces for each pad. Stuff them with cotton wool or other filler and sew them to the body.
The caterpillar is connected by stitching the elements together. They sew on eyes from buttons, and make a smile from threads.

If desired, you can make horns for the caterpillar (sew them like legs).