It would be nice, of course, to have a beautiful lake with white and black swans on your site. On a quiet warm evening, you can turn on the lights, Tchaikovsky's music…. However, it is said that it is better to have a titmouse in your hands than a pie in the sky. This also applies to the swan, so that with a certain diligence with your own hands from plastic bottles, you can create an almost living proud bird in your garden.

All sorts of different swans from plastic bottles

Let's make a reservation that we have already touched on this topic.

In the photo below you can see how a swan-flowerpot is created from a five-liter container using plaster.

It must be admitted that there are many options for assembling a swan from plastic bottles. As soon as you get down to work, then do something in your own way, and you get another performance. Below we will look at four typical designs. There is no dispute about tastes, and you will choose what you like best. We will discuss the features of each proposal and give master classes for their manufacture.

Three options for a snow-white bird

Most of all I liked the option with the use of plywood

First of all, I would like to tell you about the most interesting. The swan figurine below is made with plywood and white plastic bottles. It is convenient to fix the plumage of a bird made of plastic on a flat sheet. Little material is required. The graceful and thin neck is well reflected by the plywood sheet. The body of the swan takes on a volumetric shape.

In general, an elegant craft is created quickly and easily. The step-by-step instructions are as follows:

Light and airy bird using plastic wrap

A proud garden bird can be assembled from a five-liter eggplant and plastic wrap. The appearance of such a craft, of course, attracts attention.

Consider the master class step by step:

1. Two holes are made in the bottom and cork of the container and a wire is threaded through, as seen in the image below. The wire will provide a skeleton for the neck and tail of the craft. In the bottle, you can cut a window through which you will be able to guide the wire inside the case by hand.
2. The container is punched out in front and behind to give a smooth shape to the bird. The required shape is fixed with tape.
   
   
3. Next, we need an isolon. If there is no ready-made strip, you can cut strips about 7 cm wide from a material with a thickness of 3-10 mm.
   
   The entire workpiece is wrapped with an isolon tape. The material is fixed with tape. The latter helps to smooth out the irregularities of the isolon. Several layers of isolone are required to form the bird's head.
   
   
4. Now you need to prepare a plastic tape to simulate the plumage of a bird. For this, tape 70 mm wide is cut from a film with a thickness of 100-150 µm. The strips are cut across to a depth of 50mm in 5-10mm increments. It is convenient to fold the film in several layers to speed up the work.
   
   
5. A prepared tape is wrapped around the tail, body and neck of the bird. Each turn of the film is fixed with narrow tape. The next layer is shifted by 20mm relative to the previous one.
   
   
6. It is convenient to make the eyes of a bird from black buttons. They are sewn to the head in the right place.
7. A good beak is made with a red marker. Several short longitudinal slots are made on the body of the marker to form a wide part of the beak. The marker is placed on the wire of the frame. The swan is ready!

Metal mesh and tire for large swan

You will get a large bird if you use a car tire and mesh as a supporting structure. The tire can be buried halfway in the ground, or it can be cut in half. In the latter case, the craft can change its placement. You can hide it for the winter. The neck is made of wire, on which the corrugated hose is put on. The rubber of the wheel and the plastic of the hose must be primed for the paint to adhere properly.

The bird's head is made of foam. The workpiece is sanded with sandpaper, putty and painted. Better to use water-based putty and paints that won't ruin the styrofoam.

The bird's two wings are made of plastic feathers attached to a mesh frame. Feathers can be shaped as shown below. They are attached to the mesh with pieces of thin copper wire through holes in the workpieces. The fenders are attached to the tire with wire.

As you can see from the picture below, the mesh is cut out in the form of an oval with jagged edges. A galvanized welded mesh with a mesh of 20x20mm is well suited.

The front side of the wing looks pretty decent. We make two wings.

As you can see in the picture below, the fenders can be reinforced with thick wire supports at some distance from the tire. You will get a large and voluminous swan with spread wings. However, the craft does not have the best appearance from the back and you will have to find an appropriate location for it in the garden.

In this arrangement, two car tires are required. In addition to the wings, the tail must be made using the same technology.

A lot of bottles, a lot of work - and you get an almost live bird

"Delicious on the third." Finally, let's take a look at the fourth option, which looks great. However, it will take a lot of packaging and even more patience when making the craft.

Master class for making a swan from plastic bottles:

1. We make a blank from a five-liter eggplant and wire with a diameter of 3 mm. In the bottom and cork of the bottle we pierce holes opposite each other. The container can be cut to straighten the wire from the inside.
   
   
2. To make a bird's head, take a white bottle with a narrow neck. Cut off the bottom and cut it lengthwise in 5mm increments, as shown below.
   
   
3. We make the beak from a red cap and a cap from construction sealant. Cut out a hole in the cork and insert the red cap into it.
   
   
4. Draw the eyes with a black marker. A head taper will form on the narrower part of the neck detail, which is shown separately. During assembly, an elastic band for money is first put on the neck, which is then changed to fishing line. It is better to melt the edges of the fishing line with a match so that the knot does not come loose.
   
   
5. We make the details of the neck as in the photo. They may have slightly different sizes, which is normal for different locations.
   
   
6. The image below illustrates how the neck and head details will be set. For the final attachment of the head, a copper wire bent in half clings to the upper part of the frame wire. Then the beak is screwed together, and the copper wire is threaded through the head. A thin wire is folded over and wrapped around the bottle neck thread. The beak is wrapped again.
   
   
7. So that the parts on the neck are evenly spaced and form a smooth bend of the neck, isolon must be wound around the wire. The latter is fixed with tape. Instead of isolon, you can use bottle caps with holes.
8. To fasten the "fur coat" of the swan on the body of the workpiece, pull the stocking. We put an isolon on the bird's chest to organize a convex shape. Tie the stocking with twine.

   It shouldn't sag!

   
   
   
9. To make the tail feathers, cut out the parts shown below. We make holes through which we sew the details to the stocking.
   
   
10. The image below shows how to mount the tail pieces.
    
    
11. The lower curvature of the tail covers the specially shaped element.
    
    
12. The bird's body is sequentially sheathed with the details shown below. In places of bends, it is convenient to use separate ovals. The wings located on the sides are cut from the side with a step of 3-5mm. The accuracy of the work determines the type of future craft.

We have completed our review of the various options for making a white swan for the garden. If you do not limit your imagination, you can build both very simple and quite complex beautiful bird crafts.

The swan is a beautiful bird that adorns any pond. But not everyone can afford to buy and care for real swans. But you can make your own, artificial swan from improvised items.

This swan can be used to decorate a garden or playground.

You can also make a swan, in which you can pour earth and plant flowers. One way or another, both you and the children will receive aesthetic pleasure from such a craft.

How to make a swan out of a tire

1. Prepare old tires, preferably "bald" ones, and chalk the cut lines.

2. Start cutting along the lines, then bend back to form the wings.

3. In order for the head and neck with the breast of the swans to keep their shape, it is advisable to use a stainless steel plate, which must be bent so as to give the shape of the head, neck and chest.

4. After that, you need to screw the plate to the rubber using inconspicuous small screws.

5. Also cut out the eyes from the rubber and, using all the same screws, attach them to the swan's head. After that, cover our swans twice with white water-based paint, only make the noses red.

6. All that remains is to fix the swan in the halves of the covers, previously painted in the color of the water (blue, light blue, green), and your swan floats in the pond.

How to make a swan from a wheel

This is another option for making a swan with your own hands from a tire. To make it, prepare, as always, an old wheel, chalk, a sharp knife (just in case, prepare a hacksaw or jigsaw) and paint.

1. Using chalk, draw on both sides of the wheel all the details of the future swan, i.e. head, tail, wings, neck, beak.

2. Start with a sharp knife to cut out all the details along the contour lines.

* In case some details do not lend themselves, you can use a hacksaw or jigsaw.

3. Bend back the wings and neck. If the neck is difficult to bend, plywood will help you with which you can fix it.

4. It remains to paint the swan.

How to make a swan (video)

Watch a video tutorial on how to make a swan out of a tire if you want to understand some of the details. In this tutorial, I used a jigsaw.

How to make a swan from a tire

1. The first thing to do is to mark with chalk the places on the tire that you will be cutting. The images show these lines.

* If your knife is sharp enough, then everything will take you no more than 20 minutes.

* It is worth noting that it is very difficult to cut thick rubber, so use a sharp knife, which periodically moisten it in soapy water.

2. The hardest part of the tire must be knocked out with a chisel or grinder. This part will serve as the head and tail of your swan. Everything will take no more than five minutes.

3. It's time to turn the tire out.

4. It is advisable to properly handle the head and tail of the rubber swan, as it can be scratched due to the uneven edges.

5. It remains only to paint the swan - you can use white or a very unusual and beautiful bronze color.

How to make a swan from modules

Crafts from plastic bottles. Swan.

There is no need to dispose of plastic bottles if they have already been used for their intended purpose. There are many crafts that you can make from them.

For example, there are several ways to make a beautiful garden swan. Moreover, such a swan will not only decorate your garden, but will also be useful.

You will need:

Plastic bottle 5 l

Milk bottles 300 g

Rigid Wire Hose

Wire

Scissors

1. Use a marker to mark the lines along which you will cut on the 5 liter plastic bottle.

2. Cut off the top of the bottle first and leave the neck you need to secure the swan's neck in the hole.

3. Use a stiff wire hose as the skeleton of the swan's neck. Insert it into the bottle through the neck and wire the neck to the lower torso. You have the swan frame ready.

4. Cooking feathers for the bird. Take a white plastic bottle (usually used for milk) and cut off the neck and bottom.

Start cutting the "feathers" - their width and shape depend only on your imagination.

It is advisable to cut the edges of the "feathers" with a fringe to achieve an even more realistic effect.

From the outside, heat each candle feather.

5. Start collecting two feathers and fixing and wire.

6. Use bottles without bottoms for the bird's neck. Depending on the number of them, you can choose the length of the neck. In this example, 16 bottles of 300g were used.

The part near the beak was made from the top of a bottle without a neck.

7. Where the beak is, the hose ends, and to attach the structure, you need to make holes on both sides in the bottle and in the hose. Then secure it with wire.

8. Close the lid and take the chemical cap to prepare the beak base. This cap needs to be cut in half, similar to the letter M.

9. Take another such lid and insert the beak into it - there is a groove inside, so that everything comes out exactly.

10. Glue the first and second covers.

11. Paint the beak, and place your favorite plants in the flowerbed.

How to make a swan from plastic bottles

This is not just a swan - this is a swan princess who will decorate any garden. It should be noted right away that assembling this swan is a laborious and rather lengthy process, so be patient and let's get started.

You can call for help in creating the craft of one or more people to speed up the process.

Prepare:

Plastic bottles

Thick copper wire (if you have thin wire, fold it in half so it doesn't break)

Stationery knife

Pliers

White and yellow paint (can be regular or in aerosol)

1. You should start making a swan from plastic bottles from the head and neck. Then these parts of the swan pass into the body. First, cut the plastic bottle under your head.

2. Cut off the neck portions of the craft. It is advisable to make 18 such blanks in advance to make a neck.

3. Use an awl to pierce each piece.

4. Prepare the wire and thread it through the holes of the blanks, gradually stringing them together to form a neck (you need to thread the bottom to the head). Attach your wire to the tip of the beak.

5. When you have collected all the blanks on the wire (1 blank for the head and 18 for the neck), start assembling the torso. Prepare 4 bottles and cut them as shown in the image:

6. Using the same pattern, start stringing the workpieces onto the wire. Insert a whole bottle into the outer blank.

7. Secure the other end of the wire.

8. To make the swan's neck stronger, you first need to give it the desired shape. To do this, simply adjust the depth of entry of one workpiece into another.

Use wire to secure all the parts of the swan together.

Begin to pierce the holes in the bottles that make up the neck so that the wire runs parallel to the floor (this should be done on the floor and preferably starting from the tail).

You should have a kind of "zigzag" of wire - it should "enter" and "exit" from the neck where the two blanks enter each other.

9. Bring out the uppermost end of the wire where the crown is attached.

10. Cut out a crown for the swan princess from a plastic bottle.

11. Take the crown and clip it onto your swan's head. To do this, you need to make 2 holes in the neck of the crown and thread a wire from the neck through them. Next, you need to wrap the wire around the neck and clamp it with pliers.

12. It's time to collect the torso. The first thing to do is the belly, which has two "sticks" and each of them is made up by connecting 4 large blanks (point 4) and 1 whole plastic bottle.

You need to "flash" these "sticks" using a wire. This should be done in a zigzag parallel to the floor. You need to get a solid foundation for the swan.

13. We continue to make the torso, namely its next row. The middle will be occupied by the swan's neck, which means that you will need the help of another person - while you will be "stitching" the second row, your assistant needs to keep the neck constantly upright.

Still, first you need to prepare 2 "sticks", each of five large blanks and one whole bottle (for the tail) collected. After that, all 3 blanks need to be fastened with a wire, setting the neck between two "sticks".

14. Pay close attention to securing the bend of the neck at the front.

15. We are preparing the third row of the body. Start collecting another "stick" - use 4 large blanks and 1 whole bottle for the tail.

Slide your workpieces tightly into one another, and pour water into an untouched bottle to balance the neck and tail of the craft.

It should be noted that the stick does not need to be stitched separately. All you need to do is put it on top of the neck from the side of the body and attach it with a wire to the side "sticks" of the 2nd row of the swan body.

16. It's time to tinker your swan's wings. To do this, you need to collect 2 "sticks", each of which contains 4 large blanks and one whole bottle. Bend the workpieces as shown in the image and zigzag them again with wire.

To make the base of the wings, you need to make 2 short "sticks", each of which consists of one whole bottle and one large blank.

17. Begin attaching the base of the wings to the swan's torso. The image shows a top view with a bird's tail on the right side. To attach everything, use a wire that needs to be passed through the bases of the wings and fastened to the already installed parts of the swan.

18. Use wire to attach the curved wings.

This is how it looks from above.

Here's a side view - here you can see that there is a short "stick" attached under the swan's curved wing.

19. For the swan's neck, you need to do additional stretches.

20. The construction of the neck can be made stronger with additional wire stitches. You can also fix your neck in the desired position.

21. It is time to place the top of the bird on the belly that was assembled earlier. After that, fasten the structure with wire, threading it under the swan's belly. Next, thread the wire under the curved wings and secure it to the back with pliers.

22. It's time to paint. To do this, you can use both spray paint and regular paint (but it will take more time). If you decide to use an aerosol, then you need to paint outdoors, and not indoors.

In this master class, you will learn how to make a beautiful flower bed out of a swan that you made earlier.

You will need:

Plastic bottles

Plastic bags (preferably thick, for example, from laundry detergent or dry pet food)

Stapler

Saw or knife

Pliers

Scissors

Soil (preferably a special ready-made soil from packages).

1. First you need to firmly fix the swan in a place specially prepared for it. To do this, you need to dig a shallow hole.

To keep the swan straight, you need to hammer in 2 wooden pegs on both sides of it, in the upper part of which you need to make small cuts.

Pull a wire through the cuts, which will help the craft stay level.

The wire is threaded, tied and secured under the curved portions of the wings.

2. Prepare one tight bag and cut it to form a large rectangle.

Use this plastic "blanket" to cover the inner space between the wings.

* The edges of your bag should protrude slightly above the wings.

3. You have got a kind of pot, in which you need to pour earth for flowers.

4. Use a stapler to staple the front and back of the flower bed.

* If you wish, you can cut off the extra edges of the polyethylene.

5. Now all that remains is to plant something in the finished flower bed.

How to make a paper swan

How to origami a swan

Today we will tell you how to make an original and very beautiful handicraft for your summer cottage - "Swan" - a flower pot made of plastic bottles.

This does not take very much time, and there are materials for it in every home. So, let's consider the process of making our swan in stages:

DIY plastic bottle pots

Material for production:

• plastic 5-liter bottle (preferably square).
• iron rod
• putty
• putty knife
• tassel
• metal mesh
• water tank
• container for mixing the solution
• sand

Have you prepared everything? Then let's get started:

1) We bend the rod in the form of a swan's neck and fasten it through the hole made to the bottle cork. For reliability, we fix it with tile adhesive.

2) Fill the bottle with sand, tightly so that the edges widen slightly.
3) Prepare the bottom of the putty for our planter. And we install our "swan" on it.

4) We coat the cork together with the rod with putty. This will be the base of the neck.

5) In the same way, cover the whole bottle with putty. The layer should be about 2 centimeters thick.

6) We attach the mesh to the resulting base - the future wings of the swan. We fix it with a small amount of solution and let it dry.

7) We sculpt the wings: we apply the putty to the outside of the wing, and hold it with the other hand from the inside.

8) While the wings are drying, we begin to build up the swan's neck. We make a roller with wet hands and attach it to the rod. As you move, we wrap a wet bandage around the neck and squeeze it a little, thereby fixing the solution.

9) We fix the head and let our sculpture "rest" and dry up.
10) Make a tail out of a small piece of wing mesh. We bend it at an angle of about 40-45 degrees and fix it with a solution. We repeat the same operations as when making the wings.

11) In parallel, apply a second layer of putty on the neck and head.

Our work is almost complete. It remains to correct minor flaws until the solution dries. After a couple of days in the sun, the sculpture will dry up and you can give it a finished look. In our case, we clean the flowerpots from plastic bottles - swans with a plaster skin, paint with a primer, enamel and varnish.

And of course the flowers planted in our "Swans" - do-it-yourself flowerpots made from plastic bottles will give them a special thrill and romance.

Any summer resident wants his site to be the most spectacular among the rest. As soon as they do not decorate the local area, the most common way is to create figures from plastic bottles due to the ease of installation and the availability of material. The most frequently performed are birds and animals. Today we will talk about the creation of a noble swan bird with graceful outlines from plastic bottles. Such a craft will become the highlight of the entire garden and will definitely not go unnoticed.

Varieties of bottle swans

At the moment, you can create a swan of any configuration and design from plastic bottles. Moreover, it can be not only decoration, but also a functional addition to the site, for example, a flower pot. The end result depends only on the imagination of the master and the materials and technique used in the work process. Among the variety of options for creating from plastic bottles, you can easily choose the one that is most suitable for the time spent, materials and simply an algorithm of actions for a particular master.

Swan-shaped planter

To complete this craft, you will need one 5 liter bottle and a sufficient number of small plastic bottles. It is best to take those in which milk was bought, since they are white, which will be relevant for a swan, and subsequently you will not need to paint the material. In addition, you will need a metal rod to create a long swan neck, a metal mesh to decorate the base of the wings, tape, thin wire and fishing line serving as connecting materials.

We carry out blanks

The preparatory step before creating a swan is to clean the plastic bottles from dirt, labels and glue. Further, markings are made on each small bottle.

So, for a start, a line is drawn below the neck of the bottle by 2 cm. The lower dotted line should be located 1 cm above the embossed part of the bottle. They are connected by a strictly perpendicular line. It is necessary to mark and cut out the details as evenly as possible.

After cutting off the neck from the white bottles, you do not need to throw these parts away, they will serve as a decoration for the swan's neck. The lower part under the neck is cut into 6 rounded parts. You can hold them over a burning candle for a bit to get a more realistic look. At the base of the finished petals, 3 paired holes are made.

The swan's head is a 0.5 liter bottle. It is performed according to the following algorithm:

1. Removing the neck plug.
2. Making an incision along the seam in a tapered section.
3. Cut lines 0.5 cm apart.
4. Gluing a clothespin to act as a beak.
5. Cutting out the fringe from the bottom of the bottle.

The base of the swan's body is a 5 liter bottle. Holes are made on it from the bottom and top to attach the neck.

Assembling the structure

After all the components of the future swan are completed, you can begin to collect it. First you need to fix the eyes on the swan's head. It is best to do this not with glue, since they will quickly fall off with the constant influence of the environment, but fasten the buttons with wire.

The blank of the swan beak must be wrapped with tape so that the halves of the clothespin do not fall apart. On top, the structure is decorated with red fabric or foil.

Next, you need to fix the rod for the neck in the head of the future swan with wire, and fill the bottle with a padding polyester. After that, you can string the bottle necks created earlier on the rod. The fringe on the head is fixed with a fishing line to cover the beginning of the swan's neck.

The twig from the swan's neck goes through a large plastic bottle and out. The whole body of the bird is formed with nylon threads or a nylon stocking is pulled over it. With strong synthetic threads, starting from the tail, they mount the parts of the plumage, laying them on top of each other to hide the places of fixation.

As a result, a gorgeous swan will turn out from the bottles, which, in addition to external beauty, will also serve as an effective container for planting flowers. You can put such a craft anywhere on the site, but most organically the swan will fit into the territory near an artificial reservoir, if one is present on the site. And if it is not there, then from the same plastic bottles it will not take long to imitate a pond.

Swan made of bottles and tires

If one or more tires are available at the summer cottage or in the garage, it is quite possible to build a swan from them. The combination of plastic bottles and rubber allows you to get not only beautiful, but also resistant to external influences and overturning crafts for the garden.

Execution technology

To create the body of a swan, a tire with a diameter of about 50 - 55 cm is taken.Therefore, the formation of the body of the future swan is carried out according to the following technology:

The head of the future swan is made from a piece of foam with dimensions of 20 * 12 * 10 cm in this way:

For plumage, birds will need

• plastic bottles, preferably white;
• pliers and a sharp knife;
• construction mesh;
• wire cutters and wire.

When calculating the number of bottles, you should take into account the fact that one container will become the basis for 5 - 6 nibs. From it, petal-like elements of the same size are cut, on which 4 holes are created for fixing on the mesh. For more believability, the edges of each petal can be slightly melted or simply trimmed with fringes.

Important! The mesh is pre-coated with an anti-corrosion compound to extend the life of the finished swan.

All swan feathers must be mounted on a piece of mesh, shaped like a wing, with an overlapping wire so as to cover the joints. Even on the inner side of the wing, it is necessary to create several rows of feathers so that the mesh is not visible in the finished structure. The tail of a swan is performed in the same way.

After the preparatory work, they proceed to the direct assembly of the structure. The neck is connected to the body of the swan by screwing in the bolts. It is important to bend the end of the metal rod from the neck so as to fix it in the ground. The wings must be fastened together with a wire and fixed with a rod. After that, the swan's tail is set.

Figure made of putty and bottle

An interesting version of a craft for a summer cottage is a swan from a five-liter bottle, decorated in the form of a sculpture. This is a unique creation that allows fantasy to play out in full force. Such a swan will decorate a veranda, a terrace and will even look good just in a clearing. Among other things, it is very practical, since it is possible to create a small flower garden inside. If you decorate it with white flowers, then you can achieve the effect of a bird's plumage.

The main stages of making a swan:

After completing the swan figure, it is necessary to wait until it is completely dry, carefully sand it with sandpaper, and then paint it in the likeness of a living bird. The swan is a symbol of loyalty, so it's best to pair it right away. Such figures will revive and diversify the landscape of the summer cottage. Marigolds can be planted in a recess from a plastic bottle, which will become the completion of the composition.

Spectacular film swan

It is easy to assemble a real proud swan from plastic wrap and an ordinary five-liter bottle, which not a single guest will pass by without surprise. Let's consider the manufacturing technology step by step:

1. We make 2 holes in the bottle and stretch them through a thick wire that can keep its shape. It will become the skeleton of the future bird's neck and tail.
2. To give a neat and smooth outline, the bottle is slightly crushed from the front and top. The resulting form is fixed with tape.
3. Ribbons about 7 cm wide are cut from isolon.They are used to wrap the entire swan blank and fix it with tape.

   Important! The head is also formed from isolone, but using more layers.

4. A plastic wrap is being prepared to create the plumage of the swan. To do this, the strips of tape are folded in several layers and cut so that a fringe is obtained. 17
5. The whole bird is wrapped with such blanks, fixing the film with narrow tape. Each subsequent turn is shifted by 2 cm relative to the previous one.
6. The head is supplied with buttoned eyes. They are easy to just sew on.
7. The beak can be made from a red clothespin or marker. In the second case, it is necessary to make several cuts on it so that you can form a wide part of the beak. The marker is then pushed onto the wire.

Such an unusual swan will bring originality to the landscape of any site, and with any breath of wind, its plumage will flutter easily, which is also very unusual.

Conclusion

A swan on a plot is a wonderful decoration that will add variety to the landscape of an ordinary summer cottage. Thanks to the creation of figurines of this bird from plastic bottles, you can not only take time, develop your imagination, get a spectacular decoration, but also get rid of unnecessary containers. Thanks to the presented master classes, everyone will be able to choose a technique for themselves and update their site.

The swan has always been a symbol of beauty, grace and grace. Making a swan from plastic bottles with your own hands is not difficult. Although you need to show perseverance, patience and spend a little time, then a beautiful swan made from simple used plastic bottles will be a great decoration for a garden or summer cottage.

In this article, a master class on crafts will be presented, two techniques for making a swan are described with detailed instructions, which are supported by photos and videos.

Here are some photos of how the swan should look like:

Composition creation stage

First, it is important to choose a place in the garden or in the country where the swan will stand. This original bird is used as a tub for flowers or other plants. The name of this craft is the swan flowerpot. A stunningly effective and functional thing.

First technique

For crafts, you will need materials such as:

• 5 liter large plastic bottles;
• 0.6 millimeters of iron wire;
• Metal mesh to make bird wings;
• Putty;
• Putty roller;
• White bandage;
• Brush.

It is necessary to cut the bottle in half, bend the wire and make it look like a number two, make a hole in the bottle cork and insert the wire. Strengthen the structure with special glue for ceramics, and to make the product stronger inside, cover it with stones or broken bricks. Fill the hole with wet sand.

How it works? Under the pressure of the sand, the bottle should become more rounded and take the shape of the bird's body.

The workplace for working on the craft should be covered with cellophane. At the next stage of work, it is necessary to make a putty solution. To make the swan easier to sculpt, you need to make the solution thicker. In order to make the bottom of the product, the first layer of putty must be spread directly onto the cellophane.

Place the bottle on top of the solution and gently smooth out the layers with a spatula.

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The next step is to blind the bird's neck. To do this, you need to start coating the wire with putty. Start from the bottom and do it with wet hands.

In a similar way, coat the entire bottle with a spatula, with a thick layer of two centimeters.

To make the wings of a bird, you need to bend the mesh into the shape of a wing, attach the bottle to the side and press down, fix it with putty. Wait for the solution to set.

When the putty has grabbed, smear the bird's wing with the solution with your hands.

While the wings are drying, you need to smear the bird's neck.

During the working process, wrap with a wet white bandage.

It is required to form the tail of the bird. To do this, bend a part of the mesh at an angle of 40 degrees and hold it with a solution. Then hold your head and leave the product to dry for 30 minutes.

From the bottom of the tail, make a roundness at the bottom of the tail.

Make the top of the tail in several steps.

Top view of the tail.

Side view of the ponytail.

When the swan blank is ready to dry, you need to plaster it, paint it with white paint and varnish it.

The beautiful swan is ready!

Second way

For crafts, you will need the following materials:

• White liter plastic bottles, exactly 25 pieces and one bottle of 500 milliliters;
• 5 liter transparent bottle;
• One flexible plastic bottle, volume five liters;
• Three meters of thick wire;
• Women's elastic tights;
• Sintepon and bottle caps;
• Fishing line and wire;
• Small stones;
• Red fabric for the beak;
• Scotch;
• Buttons for the eyes.

First you need to prepare the bottles. Remove the neck, plugs, rings, peel off the labels. Next, you need to cut the bottles, but before cutting, draw clear lines along which to cut.

Cut a half-liter bottle, remove the neck and cork. Make cuts to the cone of the bottle. Make the first cut along the molded seam. Next, make a beak, melt the ends of the clothespin and pin two holes with an awl. Use scotch tape to put together two halves of a clothespin. Make the body of a swan with a 5 liter bottle.