Glass, tin, plastic jars crafts - photo ideas, master classes, tips

Preparing jars for work

The jar is a universal package. A huge assortment of bulk, solid or liquid products are sold in a variety of containers. Some of them are interesting starting materials for creativity. For safe and comfortable work, experienced craftsmen make preparations:

• remove paper wrapping, stickers;
• thoroughly wash the emptied container from the remains of food;
• bend the "torn" edges of cans with a pair of pliers to avoid scratches and cuts;
• Before applying paint, degrease the surface of the container with any product that contains alcohol.

With creativity, any unpresentable container can turn into a wonderful handicraft, souvenir, stylish décor item or just a household item. You can get ideas from thematic online resources, which are published many photos of decorated jars.

Tools and materials

Tin cans are not as easy to decorate as glass or plastic cans. To work with them you will need tools:

• pliers to work the edges, bends;
• an awl and a hammer for making holes;
• acrylic, spray paint or spray can paint;
• Brushes with nylon hairs.

For decorating, you can use beads, beads, ribbons, jute cord, foil, satin and lace ribbons, plasticine and other materials at home.

Flower pot

Aluminum cans make stylish flower pots. Succulents and cacti feel great in miniature tin containers. For drainage on the bottom made drainage holes with an awl or a nail.

The degreased surface is painted with gold acrylic paint or spray paint. Stencils allow you to decorate the "tin" with even parallel lines, twisting patterns, geometric shapes. To decorate in the eco-style and to give the pot an original look, it is wrapped with birch bark, jute, encircled with vertically standing twigs. Instead of birch bark, photo paper with a printed wood pattern is often used.

Flower pots look delicate and elegant, if they are decorated with lace, patterned napkin, artificial flowers, beads, beads, scraps of fabric.

Decorated in white and pastel colors, "tins" decorate weddings. Live flowers in beautiful stands set a gentle mood.

Vase

A flower vase can be an independent piece of decor. Purchased options have a boring look. Sometimes you want to create something of your own, exclusive. Moreover, the thing, made by our own hands, carries a huge semantic load and is recognized as a family talisman. For a vase as the starting material is suitable any glass bottle from beer or wine. In order to make a vase, use the following instructions:

1. Thoroughly rinse the bottle, dry it;
2. Degrease the surface with an alcohol-based degreaser;
3. Use different techniques for decorating (decoupage, stained glass painting);
4. Use hot glue to "plant" beads, shaped elements.

To decorate the bottle mono involve children from preschool age and older. Similar master classes are held in kindergartens and schools. The work develops in a child the ability to see the unusual in ordinary objects.

Bird feeder

Crafts from discarded materials not only decorate the house, but also help birds to survive the cold winter and not die of hunger. To create feeders are suitable cans from underneath vegetables. A step-by-step plan of action is as follows:

• Cut out the bottom and remove the rest of the lid;
• Treat the "torn" edges with a pair of pliers, so that the bird will not be injured by them;
• In addition, grease the edges with silicone;
• Glue a wooden or plastic perch to both sides of the feeder;
• Tie a burlap rope around it and hang it from a tree branch;
• Put food in the feeder.

It is advisable not to forget about the feeders and periodically visit them, putting fresh food.

Organizer for storing office supplies

Not only vases and flower pots can be made out of simple "tins". A functional organizer that holds ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens, pencils, is needed on the desk of every schoolboy or student. Purchased organizer is inexpensive, it is easy to buy. But a homemade thing pleases the eye, allows you to be creative, and, most importantly, it is created from discarded material, which in a landfill for a long time breaks down and harms the environment.

There are many options for creating an organizer:

• Paint with stained glass paints in a special style;
• Decorate it using decoupage technique;
• Wrap it with leather cord;
• glue beads and artificial flowers;
• print with acrylic paint and sponge through a stencil funny images of butterflies, birds, animals, flowers;
• crochet or knit the jar with multifaceted yarn.

Everyone chooses the option they like. There are no limits to your imagination.

Candlestick

In the age of electrification candlesticks do not serve their functional purpose for a long time, but are an aesthetic decoration of the space. Candlelight brings coziness, creates a relaxed mood, gives romantic evenings mystery and mystery. Even if the fire is not lit, candlesticks decorate the usual interior of the house.

You can make original candlesticks from tin and glass jars. They are not ashamed to give them as a birthday or New Year present.

Work plan for making a candlestick out of a glass jar:

1. Wash the jar, remove dirt, dry thoroughly;
2. Melt the wax pieces in a metal bowl, stirring regularly with a wooden spoon or stick;
3. Add a few scented oils and colorings to the wax mass;
4. Pour the melted wax into a jar;
5. Insert the wick.

There are a few rules to follow with the wick. Wax tends to harden quickly, but the wick can drown in it even faster. A cotton cord is used as a wick. A heavy button or other weight is tied to one end and lowered to the bottom. The other end of the cord is tied to a wooden stick and placed on the edge of the jar until the wax solidifies. The melted wax is poured in gradually, so that the wax-cord does not move out of the center.

The striped candle looks interesting. For this purpose, the mass of wax is divided into three equal parts and painted in different colors with food dyes.

If the jars with candles are hung on the wall with metal or jute holders, you get lanterns.

Many craftsmen use jars in creative work because of concern for the environment. Tin and plastic containers decompose for hundreds of years, harming the environment. It makes much more sense to give cans a second life by turning them into original decorative objects.

Photo ideas of crafts from jars