The best ideas of 2020 for a summer residence and a garden from scrap materials

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The dacha is an excellent place to relax from the bustle of the city. And in order to enjoy all the beauty, the site must be cozy and well-groomed. The proposed novelties and ideas will help you create an unusual decor from scrap materials for a garden and a summer cottage with your own hands.

Colored pot idea

From such improvised materials as plastic flower pots, you can make a bright craft for a summer cottage and a garden with your own hands in just a few hours. The novelty idea of a vertical flower bed is very interesting and suitable even for a small area.

Materials:

• flower pots;
• spray paint;
• metal pipe.

Master Class:

• We take ordinary plastic flower pots of different sizes.
• We paint the pots in different colors using a spray from cans, and leave them for a while so that the paint is completely dry.

• Now, in the place where the vertical flowerbed will be located, we put the largest pot.
• We insert the metal pipe into the pot so that it firmly enters the ground.

• Then fill the pot with soil suitable for planting flowers.
• Further, in each pot at the bottom, we make a hole of such a diameter through which a metal rod will easily pass.

Now we take the next smaller flower pot, put it on the tube at an angle, and also fill the planter with earth

Then we take another pot and thus collect the flower bed, do not forget to immediately fill the soil into plastic containers

That's all, the bright flower bed is ready, it remains to plant flowers in it. For crafts, you can use any number of pots, it all depends on the height of the metal pipe. But do not overdo it, 7-8 pots will be enough

Cement candlestick

From such an improvised material as cement, you can make a lot of original decorations for the garden and summer cottages with your own hands. We offer such a novelty idea as a candlestick, which in appearance resembles a dinosaur egg shell.

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Materials:

• sand;
• cement;
• PVA glue;
• balloon;
• paint in spray cans.

Master Class:

Pour cement and sand into a container convenient for mixing the solution, the ratio is 1: 2, and mix

We add some water and be sure to add PVA glue. It is needed so that the solution turns out to be plastic, and the finished product from it is strong

Now we inflate a regular balloon and cover it with a layer of solution 0.7-0.8 cm thick. Remember that the candlestick will be in the form of a split eggshell, so the edges should not be even

Leave the ball with the solution to dry for 48 hours

As soon as the solution is completely dry, blow off the ball, and cover the almost finished candlestick from all sides with spray paint

The inside of the candlestick can be painted gold, and the outside can be green or beige. We put a candle in the candlestick and enjoy the beautiful decor

Cement hand pot

One more original decoration for a garden and a summer cottage can be made from cement with your own hands - this is a flowerpot in the form of a hand. A flowerpot made of the most affordable material at hand looks very unusual.

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Material:

• sand;
• cement;
• rubber glove (large);
• spray paint.

Master Class:

In a container, we combine cement with sand in a ratio of 1: 2 and mix the solution with the addition of water

Fill a large rubber glove completely and very tightly with the solution

• We put the glove in the container so that the brush is slightly curved, and we put a stone or other oppression on the fingers themselves. We also make a small depression in the "hand" so that you can pour earth into it later. We leave for 2 days.
• After that, carefully cut off the glove with scissors.

• We make a little more mortar and expand the place of the indentation on the arm.
• After the flowerpot has completely hardened, paint it with spray paint in any color.

Now, in the palm, and, as it were, in the hand, we pour the soil and plant small undersized flowers

If it happens that some finger falls off, it's okay, knead a little solution and "glue" it to the palm.

Live fire in the country with your own hands

For a summer residence and a garden, you can make a real live fire from scrap materials with your own hands. Such a novelty and decor idea will become a real decoration of a garden or summer cottage.

Materials:

• plastic containers;
• cement;
• sand;
• water;
• any oil (hand cream);
• beautiful stones;
• cans;
• acrylic paints (varnish);
• metal grid;
• medical alcohol.

Master Class:

You will need 2 plastic containers of different sizes, you can take ordinary flower pots. We close all the holes with a large tape and grease the inside with any oil or greasy hand cream

• We also grease the second pot with cream, but only from the outside.
• From cement and sand in a ratio of 1: 2, and also with the addition of water, mix the solution.
• Pour it into a large pot and install another container directly into the contents of the pot, slightly sink it.
• We put some kind of load inside a small pot, for example, stones, and leave it for 24 hours.

• Then we take out a small container, remove the large pot and get a planter made of cement.
• We erase all the irregularities with sandpaper.
• We install a metal mesh inside the product as shown in the photo.

Using acrylic paint, paint the pots in any color, apply the paint in 2 layers

As soon as the main color dries, apply a little bronze paint on top and cover everything with a universal varnish

We take a tin can, for example, from under the sprat, and drill holes along the entire perimeter

• Now we also take a tin can, for example, from under canned mushrooms, put the pots inside, on top of a can with holes, cover with a metal mesh.
• We lay out beautiful stones on the grid, leave the middle empty.

Pour medical alcohol into the jar and set it on fire

If it was not possible to buy medical alcohol, which is now in closed access in pharmacies, then you can freely purchase special fuel for biofireplaces.

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Garden figure "Aspen mushrooms" made of cement

The summer cottage can be decorated with bright garden figures. But you don't have to buy such decor, because you can do it yourself. More experienced craftsmen, of course, are able to create real masterpieces, but amateurs should start with simpler ideas.

For example, to make such a novelty craft as boletus from improvised materials for a summer residence and a garden.

Materials:

• 18 pieces of wire;
• 3 wire rings;
• cement;
• sand;
• concrete primer;
• acrylic paint;
• acrylic lacquer.

Master Class:

For mushrooms, and there will be three of them, we take pieces of aluminum wire 3 mm thick. Their length depends on the expected height of the mushroom legs. You can make a length of 35 cm, 28 cm and 21 cm. Each mushroom will require 6 pieces

• We also make rings from the same wire, their diameter depends on the thickness of the legs of future mushrooms.
• Now we take 6 pieces of the same length and tie them with a knitting wire on one side.

On the other hand, we bend the edges of the wire and fasten the ring as shown in the photo

• We also bend the wire a little on the side where the segments are connected, so that later you can attach its cap to the mushroom leg.
• Thus, we get the frame of the mushroom leg and make two more such bases from the remaining pieces of aluminum wire.
• Now let's make a mushroom stand. You will need a wide container, you can take a plastic lid from under the cake. We mix the solution in it in the proportion: 2 parts of sand and 1 part of cement.

• As soon as the solution grasps, insert the metal legs of the mushrooms into it and leave it to harden for 24 hours.
• Now we make mushroom caps. To do this, put a cap on the surface covered with a film, for example, from under a baby bottle, spread the solution on top with a slide, as in the photo.

• In this way, we make all three hats of different sizes.
• As the solution hardens, we correct and give the caps the desired shape.
• When the solution gets a little stronger, we make a hole in the center through which the cap will be attached to the stem of the mushroom. We leave for 24 hours.
• After hardening, we take out the cap from the cap, and while the solution is not yet strong enough, we remove the sharp corners, that is, we give the caps their final shape.
• By this time, the stand will also be ready, you can shape the legs.

• To do this, mix a solution of 1 part of sand and 1 part of cement. It should be thick and resemble plasticine, but not crumble.
• And now we fill one structure up to half with a solution, then move on to the other. And so in turn, as the solution solidifies.

• Using a spatula or knife, we correct the products, give the mushroom legs the desired shape. When they are fully formed, we attach the hats to them.
• Fill the holes in the center of the caps with mortar. We leave for 24 hours.

After a day, we process the garden figure with sandpaper, impregnate it with a primer on concrete. Then we paint with acrylic paints and cover with acrylic varnish.

We decorate the dacha with old records

If you find old vinyl records at the dacha, then do not rush to throw them away, because you can make a beautiful decor for the garden from such scrap materials with your own hands. And there are a lot of new ideas for garden decorations, for example, flower pots or bird feeders.

Master Class:

• To make a cache-pot out of a musical record, preheat the oven to 120 ° C.
• We put a half-liter or one-liter jar on a baking sheet, put a plate on top and send it to the oven for literally 2-3 minutes. During this time, the plate will become soft.
• We put cotton gloves on our hands, take out a baking sheet and press the edges of the plate to the bank.
• After the vinyl has cooled down, remove the ready-made pots from the jar.

• We make a hole in the product to drain the water, paint the planter with acrylic paints and varnish it for color stability.
• For the feeder using the technology above, we make two such bent plates. On one we put an ordinary plastic bottle with already filled grain. At the top, we make holes and fix them on the bottle. In the plastic container itself, we also make several holes so that the grains pour out of it onto the lower plate.

Hares from plastic bottles

Even plastic bottles can be used to make a wide variety of decor for a summer cottage and garden. For example, such as in the photo, adorable bunnies for planting flowers.

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Materials:

• plastic bottle 2 l;
• plastic yogurt bottles;
• glue;
• paints;
• wire.

Master Class:

1. For the body of the future bunny, cut off the upper part of the large bottle and burn the edges with an iron so that they are slightly rounded.
2. Now we take a small bottle for the upper legs, cut off the neck and cut it in half.
3. For the lower legs, take 2 other small bottles and cut out the bottom from them.
4. Next, glue the upper and lower legs to the bottle.
5. Cut out the ears from the cut off top of the bottle and also glue them to the bottle.
6. We paint the bunny gray and leave to dry.
7. Now from the remaining small bottles we cut out the eyes, the face of the figure eight, the nose and the tongue to the bunny.
8. We glue the nose and tongue to the muzzle.
9. For the antennae, we take a thin wire, heat it and thread it into the muzzle. We make 3 antennae on each side, and fix them with glue on the back.
10. Next, paint the eyes, nose and tongue with ordinary markers.
11. Now we glue the eyes and the muzzle with the antennae to the bunny. It remains only to fill the craft with soil and plant some bright sunny flower.

Such unusual and original decorations from scrap materials can be made with your own hands for a summer cottage or garden. Today there are many more interesting new ideas, thanks to which even the most boring summer cottage can be turned into an islet of paradise.