Ordinary cups or boxes do little to decorate the windowsill, if not to say that they completely spoil its appearance. Last year, my household successfully planted onions in pots where flowers grew. The plants turned out to be quite friendly neighbors. The flowers did not react in any way to the appearance of the onions, and the uninvited guest, in turn, pleased the hostess with lush greenery.
This year, in order not to embarrass indoor flowers, I decided to make several flower pots from plastic bottles. Here is the result of one of the works.
For crafts used:
- brown and white plastic bottle
- ready-made eyes for toys
- scissors
- pliers
- fire
- pink nail polish
- glue for plastic, glass or wooden parts.
First, cut the brown bottle in half to get a glass of the required height. Further from the top part with the neck, we cut out the lion cub's head in the form of an irregular oval. Initially, the shape of the bottle makes our head convex.
We cut the edges of the oval into thin strips up to 1 cm long. This is how we imitate animal fur. We bring the ends of the strips to the flame of a gas burner, match or candle for a few seconds. The plastic melts and takes on slight bends. The base for the head of the craft is ready.
We return again to the top of the bottle with the neck and cut out the lion cub’s face in the form of a figure eight. This part also turns out to be convex. Traditionally, melt the edges of the muzzle over the flame of the burner.
We cut out rings from white plastic and make two strips from them. Then, using scissors, we thickly cut strips along the length, leaving approximately 0.5 cm intact from the opposite edge. We melt the parts over the fire and get a fluffy mustache.
Then we cut out a drop from the remaining white plastic and paint it pink. This is the language of an animal.
All that remains is to decorate the lion cub's tail. To do this, we bend half or even 2/3 of a brown ring cut from a plastic bottle in several places, and burn the tops of the bends with fire. Due to the deformation of the plastic, we get the curved line we need.
To decorate the tail tassel, you need to cut one side of the rectangular plastic into thin strips, then roll the rectangle into a tube and burn both ends of the “tassel” over the fire. The stripes will curl and become curly. Next, we will attach the tail itself to the rounded base of the brush.
At the last stage we put the parts together. First we glue the head of the lion cub, then the muzzle, and attach the mustache, nose and mouth to the muzzle.We glue the eyes above the cheeks, and the tail from the back.
The DIY flower pot “Lion Cub” is ready to decorate the windowsill on the loggia.
If it makes sense to make a hole at the bottom of the glass (so that excess water flows into the pan), then you can put a bottle of the same shape, only green, on the animal’s paws. You will get the craft “Lion Cub on the Lawn.”
