The modern world without plastic is nowhere; it has become so firmly entrenched in our life that it is hard to imagine how it used to be without it. But this benefit of civilization has become a scourge of ecology. Therefore, the secondary use of the same plastic bottles is a necessary and certainly useful business.
If you reconsider at least what is posted on the Internet, one wonders at the immense imagination of handicrafts lovers. But in this article we will consider what can you make lamps from plastic bottles with your own hands. Here is how you even this unusual chandelier, which is in the photo?
In order to make this superb chandelier, you will need a few empty Coca-Cola bottles and other soft drinks. First you need to cut leaves from plastic bottles in different colors. After that, make a drawing of the leaves with a soldering iron. Glue the finished pieces of plastic to the wires to mimic leafy branches. Give a spherical shape with a gap, and fasten the wires covered with leaves. Connect the LED lamps in the middle of the sphere and the fantastic chandelier is ready.Source cupcakepedia.com
You can choose an option and simpler, such as plastic bottle lights perfect for the kitchen or hallway.The upper part of a five-liter bottle is suitable as a material for the lampshade, if it is still painted, as shown below in the photo, an almost storey ceiling will turn out. By the way, they can be hung at different levels and the mounting configuration to choose at your discretion.
Table lamp made of plastic bottle
To make such table lamp from a plastic bottleneed more plastic shampoo bottle or something like that, polymer clay and set of paints for glass surfaces. I would not say that it is very simple to make a lamp, but look what a beauty, in my opinion it is worth some effort. The main thing is that all this is done with your own hands, and the costs are not so big, and mind you, it will be exclusive thing, handmade and no matter what is made of a plastic bottle. Manufacture can be divided into two stages. At the first we pick up a bottle, five-liter is suitable, cut to size, give shape, apply polymer clay and paint. In step-by-step photographs, two images with lamps, from which they took an example for drawing. Of course, you can choose any other one that you like.
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In the second stage make the lower part, the base of the lamp. We fix the bottle from the shampoo, or whatever you find, to the carved plywood stand. We run a wire through the holes, fasten with nuts and lay the whole thing with polymer clay. Then we paint, it is possible, as in this case, under the metal. In the upper part above the light bulb, make such a design as in the penultimate photo, then no additional fasteners needed. The lamp will be closed with a cap on top, it can also be made of clay. Perhaps everything, an exclusive lamp is ready.
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Original lampshade from a plastic bottle
Everything can be made much simpler, for example like this. A little paint, imagination and done. Below in the pictures by hand, it’s simple and affordable how to make such a lamp.
If your lamp has a broken lampshade, you can replace it with one "Bouquet" made of plastic bottles.DIY decorative chandelier
How do you like that original chandelier using bottoms from plastic bottles? Of course, only the decorative part is made with your own hands, but the idea is impressive. Not a cheap option, you will need to buy a chandelier with a round plastic lampshade and try not to spoil it, but art requires sacrifice.
This is how it will look.
The main decorative detail, the bottoms of plastic bottles, they will need a lot. Cut along the lower ribs
You make holes with a soldering iron and push it onto wooden sticks. Plastic hardens quickly, so for reliability you can add superglue.
Put markings on a plastic ball, also make holes with a soldering iron and insert sticks with plastic “petals”. You have to be very careful with the soldering iron, a little overexposure, the hole will turn out more than necessary, in this case you can wrap the end of the pin with electrical tape and fix it with glue. In general, be patient.
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Plastic bottle night lamp
For such a product, we need an LED bulb with a cartridge and a plastic bottle. Making a nightlight out of a plastic bottle is not difficult, no tool will be needed, only sandpaper, awl and scissors. Next, see the step-by-step photos, the last one shows how you can colorize the nightlight.
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Romantic lantern from a plastic bottle
Agree, such a street lamp will look very good in the evening garden or near the path in the country. Meanwhile this romantic lantern is made of a plastic bottle and other prosaic materials that are in every home. The main thing is to find candle pill in a metal sleeve, a shovel handle, rubber ringsthat can be made from a bicycle tire and empty plastic bottle for shampoo not a problem at all. And then look at the step-by-step photos on how to make such beauty out of all these things.
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A small lamp made of a plastic bottle and a CD
CDs are another thing that has become too many, but they can also be found worthy of use. In combination with a plastic bottle, you can make such a nice lamp. As they say, cheap and cheerful. All you need to do is work a little with scissors, cut pretty flowers out of a plastic bottle, give them a shape with a hot hairdryer, paint the disk itself with paints, attach diodes and glue a flower to the disk. Attach a box for wires and a battery at the back.
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Original chandelier made of plastic spoons
You probably already saw a photograph of this chandelier on the Internet, a remarkable thing. If you look at the instructions, it turns out that it’s so difficult to do it yourself. Especially happy that such a product will cost almost nothing, surely everyone will have a lamp with a cable and a large plastic bottle, unless you have to go broke packing plastic spoons. And then look at the step-by-step photos, the work is, of course, tedious, gluing spoons to the bottle, but the result is worth it.
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A selection of 50 photographs of fixtures from plastic bottles
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