Recently, various decorative bottles and jars have become very popular. They are brought from travel or purchased in souvenir shops for a lot of money. However, creating such beauty yourself is quite possible. You just need to show your imagination and spend a little time.
Any glass container can be turned into an exclusive item by decorating it with fabric, beads, shells, paints, appliqué, etc. A beautiful and original trinket can be made by filling it with tinted salt.
To create it, prepare:
• transparent jar;
• salt;
• colored crayons;
• funnel;
• sieve;
• several small containers.
To work, take any salt (fine, coarse, sea salt) and small glasses (according to the number of crayons). Pour 3-4 tablespoons of salt into a flat plate and rub it with chalk until you get the mixture of the desired shade.
Salt can be colored using a few drops of any dye, dried in the oven or microwave, and then crushed. Crayons can also be turned into powder in various ways: grated on a fine grater or crushed in a mortar. The main thing is to get a homogeneous mass without lumps. To do this, sift the crushed chalk into a prepared container.
Fill one of the cups with uncolored salt: white can also be useful. After all the shades are obtained, you can move on to the creative part of the work.
Choose a jar or bottle made of clear glass or plastic. It can be of any shape and have a neck of any diameter. Wash it and wipe dry. Using a funnel, start pouring salt into the jar so that you get beautiful waves or even stripes.
You can pour regular uncolored salt in the center, and to get an interesting pattern, slightly tilt the jar in the desired direction, correct the pattern with a sharp stick, or move the spout of the funnel to the desired point. The sequence of arrangement of color layers can be arbitrary - it all depends on your imagination and taste.
Periodically, you need to lightly tap the bottle on the table so that the salt lies more densely. So fill the container to the very top, compact its contents again, add more salt and close the lid tightly.
All that remains is to decorate the jar. Beads, ribbons, ropes, bright scraps of fabric or flower paper are suitable for this. Cut a circle of the required diameter from a suitable material. Wrap it around the lid and secure with an elastic band or thread. Decorate the top to your liking with the decorations you have on hand.
This original jar can be placed on a shelf next to spices or on a windowsill with flowers. If desired, it is possible to make real paintings in a jar from colored salt. To do this, use sharp sticks to mix the already poured layers and give them the required shape.
