The easiest way to make an empty bottle a must-have is to turn it into a vase. And in the summer you will certainly find how to use the finished product.
But in order to like a vase, it is necessary to decorate it. For this purpose, stickers, multi-colored threads, ropes, paper napkins, spray paint, polymer clay and ribbons are used. Consider the most beautiful and easy-to-perform transformation options.
Coloring: the easiest option
It is best to take a bottle of the original form, then the vase will turn out spectacular.- Before applying the coloring composition, the container must be washed and dried. In this case, it is recommended to first apply white water-based paint, and then paint of any other color on it.
- If there is a desire to make any drawing on the bottle, it is applied with a pencil, and then painted with markers or gouache.
- It is not necessary to paint the bottom of the vase. After the drawing dries, it is fixed with a layer of colorless varnish.
Pictures transferred to the container using a stencil or stamps of leaves on the surface of the product look great!
Decoupage transformation
You can turn a bottle into a vase with decoupage napkins. To begin with, the product must be washed and degreased. Then a series of actions are performed sequentially:
- A primer is applied to the bottle with a sponge in 2 layers.
- Then a napkin with the pattern you like is glued around the bottle. To make it easier to stick, you can cut the image into 2 parts, and to separate the top layer from the rest, moisten a napkin placed on polyethylene with water. You can remove the napkin layer from the stationery file, and transfer the motif with the pattern to the bottle again through the file, then the picture will definitely not tear.
- Then all the folds of the napkin on the bottle are smoothed out with a brush, and excess glue is removed with a napkin.
- It remains only to apply paint on top of the bottle with a sponge everywhere, except for a napkin.
- If you wish, you can make cracks with craquelure.
- The final stage is the application of varnish to the product.
With the help of such simple actions, a luxurious vase is obtained from an ordinary bottle!
Linen cord decoration
A linen cord will help turn a bottle into an interesting vase. It is glued to PVA glue, and beads are used as an additional decoration.
- Take a glass bottle. It is cleaned from the factory sticker and wiped with alcohol.
- PVA glue is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 1.
- Then napkins are glued onto the bottle.
- After that, the container is treated with PVA glue and put to dry.
- Then you can decorate the bottle with a linen cord. To do this, the selected sketch of the pattern is transferred to the product, and then a cord is glued according to it.
- In the central part of the vase, you can place large beads, and then randomly stick halves of peas on the product.
After the bottle has dried, it can be coated with acrylic paint.
Application of polymer clay
Any bottle will become a wonderful vase if you decorate it with small flowers or other decorative shapes made of polymer clay. The option looks spectacular when the lower part and the neck of the bottle are decorated in this way. In combination with polymer clay, painting with stained glass paints looks great.
That is why needlewomen are attracted to vases that you can make yourself, a master class from a craftswoman nika-ethnica how to create a vase from a jar with your own hands.
To make such an original vase, we need:
- a glass jar of baby food (such jars can be of various sizes and shapes);
- Double-sided tape;
- scissors;
- paper and pencil;
- a piece of foam rubber;
– gold contour on glass;
– matte and transparent stained glass paint;
- threads "Iris" (preferably melange).
Before starting work, you need to think over the pattern, and apply its elements with a pencil on paper. The example uses a variety of leaves, but you can come up with your own version of the picture. Butterflies, various flowers or berries will look very beautiful.
Glue the paper decor elements on the adhesive tape, and cut them out.
We place the cut out elements on the jar of baby food, and with the help of foam rubber we apply stained glass paint.
Since the paper elements are easily peeled off, we cover the jar with a continuous layer, not forgetting about its bottom.
When the paint dries, remove the glued elements. As a result, we get a colored jar with transparent figured "windows".
Now we take the gold outline for the glass, and draw a strip along the edge of the transparent "window". We finish the missing details of the picture on the painted part.
When the contour is dry, take a transparent green stained glass paint and paint the places that remain transparent. Contrasting bright autumn colors will also look beautiful.
We apply leaf veins or other elements (depending on the chosen pattern) to the dried transparent paint using the contour.
It remains to decorate the neck of our vase. To do this, wrap the thread around the neck of the bottle in the place where the cap was screwed on. The thread must be laid in tight and even turns.
Similarly, we make a bend at the base of the jar, and continue to wind even turns until we cover the entire part protruding at the base.
A handmade vase from a baby food jar combined with a bunch of wild flowers looks much more impressive than any ready-made vase. Since kids often give their mothers just such unpretentious, but very valuable bouquets, such vases will definitely find application in your home.
The second method is extremely simple and allows you to quickly turn a glass bottle into a spectacular vase:
Minimum cost and maximum effect - in this master class!
Materials and tools for work: an empty glass bottle, masking tape, white acrylic paint (in a tube or spray can), acrylic varnish, brush or kitchen sponge, scissors.
How to make a vase from a glass bottle?
The first and very important step is to wash and degrease the bottle. Otherwise, if there are fingerprints or dirt on it, the paint may lie unevenly or peel off over time.
Cut the masking tape into strips of the desired length and width. For example, the width of the strip will be 2 cm, no more.
Glue the tape in the places where you want to form a pattern. Pay special attention to the neck: right under the ledge, it can be glued with a thin strip. Or even close the neck so that in the end it turns out to be unpainted.
This master class shows geometric patterns on bottles that are suitable for strict interiors and high-tech rooms. However, you can make other designs as well, such as cutting out hearts or flowers from masking tape and gluing them to the bottle.
Cover the bottle with acrylic paint. If you have it in a can, then you need to spray the paint, holding the can at a distance of about 50 cm from the bottle. At home, it is better to use paint in a tube: in this case, less harmful substances will enter the air.
The paint from the tube can be applied with a kitchen sponge or a regular brush. When painting a bottle, hold it by the neck. Then put the bottle upside down and wait for the paint to dry. After that, put it upside down and paint the neck.
Thus, it is necessary to apply two or three layers of paint so that there are no gaps.
It turns out that the whole bottle was stained, except for those places that were sealed with masking tape. If you are sure that the paint is already dry, you can proceed to the next step - removing the masking tape.
After that, cover the bottle with acrylic varnish 2-3 times so that the vase acquires a beautiful shine.
The vase is ready! Now you can put in it a bouquet of fresh flowers or a floristic composition made from dried natural material!
Master class on spot painting glass according to a pattern Julia Yu.
How to paint glass according to a template.
To make such a bottle you will need: the bottle itself, spot stained glass paints (they are sold in tubes with a sharp nose), checkered paper, scissors, compasses, double-sided tape.
Painting with dots according to the template: description of the work.
As in working with any other glass, in this work you must first make sure that the surface is clean. Before coating with any paint, the bottle must be degreased and dried. Only after that, you can cut a strip of paper into a box and use double-sided tape to glue it to the bottle. From paper, you need to make such a wide belt for yourself, which will mark the area of \u200b\u200bdecoration.
Now the glued paper can be used as a template. At the top and bottom of the paper with stained glass paint, it is worth prescribing points, making, as it were, rims under the “ruler”. Together with the upper rim, you can immediately draw additional upper dots.
Now you need to measure the girth of the bottle in place of the paper strip. Further, if the volume came out a multiple of five, divide it by five, and if four, then divide by four. That is how many semicircular patterns you can fit along the rim of the picture. Meanwhile, the first applied dots have dried up: peel off the paper and throw it away. Well, using a compass, draw a semicircle on paper, the base of which is equal to the girth of the bottle, divided by a multiple. Let's say the volume of the bottle is 24 cm, then this number should be divided by 4 and make a semicircle with a base of 6 cm. Cut this semicircle, stick it to the bottle with tape and circle it with dots.
You can slightly point the dots with another layer of paint, if it turned out poorly.
So, you can paint as many semicircles as will fit on the bottle.
In some places, you can make dots in two rows to make it more elegant.
Small dots can be written between small semicircles. In general, this painting is very reminiscent of Indian "temporary tattoos" called mehendi, when dots on the body depict elegant lace.
Fill large semicircles with smaller elements - eights, bows or curls. Do not forget to dry the drawing well so that it does not smudge.
There are no strict rules in dot painting: you just paint what is easiest to portray. Elementary details (circle, triangle, curl, zigzag) are welcome here, because you can assemble a charming lace from them.
You can draw and quite voluminous flowers.
You can take additional templates into the work if we are talking about figures that will be difficult to repeat by hand. For example, it is a rhombus and an oval. If you want to draw these details small, cut out small templates from paper and also glue them to the bottle with tape.
Circle these templates with dots.
It turns out a very beautiful part of the painting.
First, you can draw a "draft" of points with large distances, and then outline with larger points.
Paint in tubes is good because with the help of a spout you can make both barely noticeable dots and bold marks.
Very tiny dots will help you make veins.
This method is great for vases, candle holders and cups, give it a try!
Beautiful vases with flowers serve as decoration for the interior of the room, bringing bright colors and zest to it. You can buy a suitable vase in a ready-made form in a store, or you can use all your creativity and make a vase from a glass bottle yourself, guided by the ideas in this article. Crafts that were made by hand are always especially expensive and memorable. They will not only serve as an excellent element of interior decor, but also give warm positive emotions to the whole family every day. we already wrote about crafts from plastic bottles, now let's see what can be made from glass.
In order to make a beautiful vase, you can use a glass bottle of any shape and color. For example, here is a master class “paint the bottles from the inside“, with the help of which such bright vases are made, as in the third photo above. A vase can be made with a narrow neck, designed for one small flower, or at the stage of preparing the bottle, pre-cut off the neck. How to do this at home with improvised means will be discussed below.
How to cut the neck of a bottle at home
In order to carefully get rid of the bottleneck, you need to prepare the following materials and items:
Thick woolen thread;
Solvent (you can also use acetone, kerosene, alcohol, gasoline);
Gloves and goggles for safety purposes;
Matches;
Basin with water;
Sandpaper or stone for sharpening knives.
Next, you need to mark a cut line on the bottle. The woolen thread is unwound so long that it is enough to wrap the bottle three times around its axis. Then it is necessary to moisten the thread in the solvent, quickly wrap the bottle around it three times in the place where the cut is planned, set it on fire and wait until it burns out. The bottle should be held so that it is in a position parallel to the ground. Next, the bottle is quickly lowered into a basin of cold water. From a sharp drop in temperature, the neck itself will break off in the intended place. The last stage is the processing of a sharp edge with sandpaper or a stone for sharpening knives. The second option is better to carry out in the water.
How to make an original silver vase from a glass bottle
First you need to remove the neck from the bottle in the manner described above and prepare everything you need: a can of silver paint, woolen thread, paper napkins, PVA glue, rhinestones and beads, scissors, cotton buds, transparent moment glue, a ribbon for decoration.
Napkins should be cut into 4 parts, apply PVA glue to the future vase and carefully glue all the napkins in turn, while on each napkin it is necessary to create special recesses where beads and rhinestones will be glued later. This is done with a cotton swab. It must be applied to the center of the napkin and scrolled around its axis. When the bottle is completely glued in this way, it must be left to dry for 4 hours. Then you need to stick patterns from pieces of woolen thread with PVA glue. Once dry, the vase is ready to be spray-painted with the appropriate color. Finally, after 45 minutes, you can decorate the vase with rhinestones, beads and a ribbon using Moment's transparent glue.
Vases from glass bottles with a knitted cover
This option will especially appeal to those who know how to knit beautifully. To implement this method, it is necessary to knit a beautiful cover for a future vase that matches the style and interior design of the room. Such vases create a feeling of warmth and comfort in the house.
However, if you do not know how to knit, do not despair. You can create amazing vases using multi-colored knitting threads by winding from the base of the bottle to the neck. To create an even more beautiful effect, you can also put a variety of beads on the threads.
How to make a glass bottle vase using crepe paper
In this case, it is necessary to cut multi-colored corrugated paper into pieces and stick it on a transparent glass bottle, using PVA glue with water in a 1: 1 ratio. Pieces are glued in several layers, the glue will not be noticeable after drying. The finished vase can be decorated with other elements to taste and varnished.
Glass bottle vases decorated with fabric and lace
If you have beautiful pieces of fabric with an unusual ornament, original lace and actual glass bottles, then you should not throw them away. All this can be put to good use in creating truly amazing handmade masterpieces. It will be enough to carefully glue them with PVA glue on the bottle.
Whatever the way to create such a craft, the main thing in this business is desire and creativity. Be sure to think in advance which of the options is the least difficult for you in terms of implementation. It is worth starting your first experiments with it. The main thing is that the result of the work looks beautiful and harmonizes with the interior of your home.
Elizabeth Rumyantseva
For diligence and art there is nothing impossible.
Content
For those who like to make various crafts, there are many ways to make a vase with your own hands from ordinary bottles. Master classes allow you to decorate things even for beginners. What can be used in bottle design? Use the instructions below to create a unique vase at home.
How to make a glass bottle vase
To make a vase from a bottle with your own hands, you first need to create a base by cutting off the neck. You can leave the blank and so, but then the bouquet will not fit in it. If you do not have a cutting tool at hand, to remove the neck you will need:
- 0.5 m thick woolen thread;
- matches or a lighter;
- container with water;
- solvent in the form of gasoline, acetone, kerosene or alcohol;
- gloves with goggles for safety;
- sharpening block or sandpaper.
To cut off the neck, use the following instructions:
- Mark a line on the bottle along which you will cut the neck.
- Soak the thread with solvent.
- Wrap the marked line 3 times with a thread.
- Holding the bottle horizontally, set fire to the thread.
- After the thread burns out, quickly lower the bottle into cold water - the glass will burst from a sharp change in temperature at the place of heating.
- Treat chips with a bar or sandpaper.
In decoupage technique
Today it is very fashionable in different countries to decorate bottles using decoupage technique. Its essence lies in gluing a pattern on the surface and then fixing it with varnish. Decoupage of the vase takes place in the following order:
- Degrease the surface of the bottle with alcohol.
- Cover the glass blank with white primer or acrylic paint of the same color in one layer. You can use paint to match the napkin.
- When the paint dries, apply PVA glue with the next layer.
- Apply a napkin or its cut out part. Sponge, brush or sponge, smooth from the center to the contours.
- Mask too noticeable contours with paint using a sponge or brush.
- Finish the details, glue on rhinestones or beads, or look for a painting tutorial.
- Cover with 2-3 layers of varnish.
Dot painting
Spot painting bottles requires tools such as:
- acrylic paints;
- thin marker;
- gold or silver outline on glass;
- cotton buds or cotton wool with matches;
- brushes, preferably synthetic.
To paint a homemade vase, you can choose any pattern - flowers, tree branches, an intricate pattern, children's cartoon characters or, for example, a peacock. To apply them to your bottle, follow the instructions:
- Degrease the surface with alcohol.
- Sketch on paper a sketch of a peacock, its tail - make the details richer, emphasize the beauty of the bird.
- With a felt-tip pen, transfer the drawing to the bottle, circle it around the glass, holding the tube at an angle, like a pencil or pen. Don't press it too hard to avoid blobs.
- Let the sketch dry, remove the remnants of the felt-tip pen with a cotton swab.
- Start filling the space of the drawing with dots of paint, making them in different sizes and colors. It is desirable that some kind of pattern can be traced. Start painting with the bird's body.
- In the same technique, complete the tail and wings. In feathers, leave an empty central part.
- Glue a glass ball into the middle of each feather or fill the space with beads. The peacock is ready.
Decorated with ribbons
Mother-of-pearl ribbons are another idea for decorating a bottle vase. The simplest option involves just a few steps:
- Applying glue to a small area of the bottle. Use a special composition for decoupage or PVA.
- Wrapping the workpiece with ribbon or threads, and both a plain vase and a colored one look beautiful. You can also take any width. Wind the tape or thread tightly - so that there is no gap.
The finished vase can be left as it is or decorated with beads with bows, and also supplemented with kanzashi technique - accessories in the form of flowers from the same ribbons. Wrap the bottle either horizontally or obliquely. In addition, a beautiful design is gluing the tape in the form of a kind of pigtail - when the ends cross in one direction for evenness of the pattern.
How to make a vase from a plastic bottle
Vases can be made from plastic bottles: take standard or large five-liter ones. Any size and shape will fit. For the simplest option, you only need a bottle, scissors and a clerical knife:
Openwork
An openwork vase is unusual and original. For such crafts from plastic bottles you will need:
- empty plastic bottle;
- marker;
- dye;
- a nail on a wooden base or an ordinary metal one.
To create an openwork vase, use the following step-by-step instructions:
- Cut off the neck of the bottle, apply the pattern you need with a marker. It is not necessary to make only round holes - chaotic ones look no less beautiful and unique.
- Heat a nail or soldering iron and make holes according to the picture. The main thing - do not connect the holes, so as not to get big holes.
- Paint the vase with a spray can or stained glass paints.
- Pour water and put flowers - the vase is ready.
floor
A simple, but at the same time very original version of a floor vase made of plastic bottles and a glass jar will perfectly fit into the interior. The height of the finished product is about 95 cm. This thing is easy to wash, because the hand passes freely inside. Here's what you need to make such a vase:
- napkins, toilet paper;
- PVA glue, adhesive tape;
- 14 plastic milk bottles;
- 3 liter jar.
Having collected all these simple materials, proceed to the manufacture of the vase itself:
- Fasten the bottles in pairs with adhesive tape - 12 pieces bottom to bottom, and 2 - necks.
- Connect with tape - put a pair connected by necks in the center, and place the remaining 6 pairs in a circle.
- Place a 3-liter jar on top, attach it with tape to the base.
- Next, decorate the vase using the papier-mâché technique - make the first layer from napkins and undiluted PVA, and the second from toilet paper with the same glue, only half diluted with water.
- Leave the product to dry, repair the irregularities with napkins.
- Make a pattern with a glue gun, glue flowers or other accessories with it.
- Apply an additional pattern using a stencil, napkin and putty.
- After applying the putty, remove the napkin immediately.
- Dry 1-2 hours.
- Go over the pattern with sandpaper.
- Paint everything with spray paint.
small vases
To make small vases, you will need plastic bottles and a few more materials and tools:
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- tape or glue.
The instructions for making such vases are very simple:
- Rinse the bottles, cut off the necks and cut the top into petals.
- Bend the petals outward and attach them to the bottle itself with glue or tape.
- Paint the finished vases with any colors, complement the decor with beads, beads or other accessories. At the bottom you can make holes for water to flow out, but then you need a stand.
Photo of original bottle vases
In addition to the above methods of making and decorating handmade vases, there are many more interesting decor options. The drawing can be applied using a stencil from ordinary electrical tape, as shown in the photo - you get a bottle with intricate stripes, both in one direction and in different ones. For children, a good fine motor training will be vases decorated with improvised bulk materials or pasta, pebbles or shells. In cases of wrapping with satin ribbons, the option of using a rope instead looks very bold.
Of course, in stores, the shelves are bursting with a large number of vases, vases and flowerpots. But I want something of my own, made with my own hands, with a soul and a good mood. So we get down to business and often we get something wonderful. I will not describe in detail in this article what materials will be required to work on bottle vases, because you can use all sorts of little things that are in every home:
- remnants of fabrics, matting, guipure, tulle and lace
- beads, beads, cabochons, colored stones
- artificial flowers
Suitable for work:
- glue gun
- PVA glue
- brushes
- acrylic, stained glass or spray paints
- contour for glass
- hair dryer
Getting started, first of all, prepare the bottles. They must be washed with any dishwashing detergent. Remove all stickers and labels. Wipe and dry, only then proceed to decorating.
Uplifting spring vases can be obtained from curly bottles if they are simply painted in different colors.
For uniform coloring of bottles, it is better to use spray paint, but you can also paint bottles with acrylic or stained glass paints. To do this, take an ordinary sponge and, dipping it into the paint, carefully paint the bottle. It may not work out all at once. You need to let the paint dry and paint the bottle as many times as necessary. When the last coat of paint is dry, cover the bottle with acrylic varnish.
Use gloves when painting with spray paint, cover the table with cling film to protect the furniture, and paint outdoors if possible.
There is another way to color the bottles - from the inside. To do this, liquid paint of the color you like is poured into the bottle and evenly distributed inside the bottle. When you see that the walls of the bottle are completely painted, the excess paint should be poured into a jar. Next, the bottle must be allowed to dry. It is better not to pour water into such a vase.
With the help of any you can make a bottle-vase with a pattern. Of course, it is better to choose stencils with a small pattern.
It is easy to create a picturesque composition from identically colored bottles by placing flowers in them. Such groups of bottles can decorate any room. The white color of the bottles will suit almost any interior.
If you like, color your white bottles with simple drawings. Draw what you like or what you can.
And bottles painted in brighter colors will cheer you up and invigorate you.
Paint the bottles in your favorite colors (for example, color) and flower bouquets will not need to be left in a lonely vase.
To make the new color fit into the interior, alternate it with bottles that match the color of your interior.
Sometimes, in order to get a vase from a simple bottle or jar, you just need to wrap it with guipure and fasten it with twine or an elastic band on the neck. We decorate the "vase" with a flower made of the same material. A place for such vases in interiors or in.
Simple glass jars become more attractive if you get a little creative and decorate them with whatever is at hand. We cut pieces of matting to the size of the jar, glue them with a glue gun, and glue lace on top. On the neck of the jar we tie a twine with a bow and glue a simple button. The vase is ready.
Lace can decorate even a simple bottle and turn it into a vase, even if only for one flower.
A vase from a small glass jar can be made using polymer clay. This is a plastic material that can be given any shape. We coat the jar with polymer clay in a rather thick layer so as to glue small pebbles to it. Then the "vase" must be sent to the oven, heated to 110-130 degrees. Allow the clay to harden, cool and cover with blue paint. When the paint is dry, fix it by applying acrylic varnish to the vase.
Polymer clay is a versatile material. From it you can fashion any figure or flower, dry it in the oven, and then stick it on a bottle (or jar). Further, the bottle can be decorated with other materials or left as is.
Pre-primed and painted bottles are decorated with flowers made of polymer clay.
