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Plastic containers, for example from washing powder, can become the basis for making various crafts. The upcoming work can be done by anyone who can hold the simplest cutting tools in their hands.

Will need


To get started, we need to prepare the following materials and equipment:
  • empty plastic container;
  • construction knife;
  • household scissors;
  • marker.

Sink pockets


First of all, taking into account the size and shape of the container, mark it using a marker.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Using a knife, we cut off one of the lower corners of the container along the line so that we have a part in the form of a flat cone in our hands.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

What can you do with an empty plastic container?

We draw a rectangle on the side surface symmetrically to the bisector of the angle, the vertical sides of which do not reach the upper cut by about 10 mm. We cut out the fragment with a knife and get a through groove.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

We place the resulting figure on top of the partition between the kitchen sink containers, using a cut-out groove, the width of which should coincide with the diameter of the partition.
You can put soap and a dishwashing sponge into the resulting cavities on the sides of the partition.The plastic element with “loading” can be easily moved along the partition to a convenient place.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

A wet sponge or soap left in the “pockets” will dry out after a while, as water flows down the cracks between the plastic and the wall of the sink.

Soap box


Using a knife, we cut off a fragment near the neck of the container and remove from it the transverse partition with the element that forms the flow of the bulk substance. We apply the neck to the remaining intact fragment of the side wall and outline it with a marker.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Using the sharp end of the cutting blade of the scissors, we make a series of small holes in the circle.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Cut out the perforated disk and place it in the neck.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

The result is an improvised soap dish in which the soap will always be dry, since water will flow through the holes.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Funnel scoop


What can you do with an empty plastic container?

We cut out the handle and without additional processing we immediately get a convenient scoop for bulk materials.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

We grab the “bulk” with the wide side and send it along the handle into the narrow neck of the same plastic bottle.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Oversleeping is excluded in principle. This scoop is extremely convenient for working with soil in flower pots.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

Handle for metal sponge


We make two small holes in the handle on the wide side, insert the ends of the lace into them, passed through a stainless steel washcloth, and, pulling tightly, tie a knot on the outside of the handle with a knot. Cut off the ends of the lace with scissors. We received a convenient facility for washing dirty dishes.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

What can you do with an empty plastic container?

What can you do with an empty plastic container?

You can also make other life hacks: a wall holder for a hair dryer, cord and towel, a watering can with adjustable water supply for watering indoor plants, etc.
What can you do with an empty plastic container?

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