Tires are not a material that can be easily processed. This is a rigid product made from a number of elastic but durable elements. Processing must be done carefully, carefully, and in compliance with safety precautions. It is advisable to involve children in the work only at the final stage of creating a craft.
To work you will need:
- electric drill, set of drills;
- jigsaw, grinder;
- paints, brushes, solvent;
- self-tapping screws, sets of nuts, bolts, washers.
You can make various items from tires. Can be used for:
- economic needs;
- creating territory decor;
- equipment for play areas.
Household crafts
Most often used for caring for livestock and gardening. When breeding poultry, they are used as drinking bowls and feeders. For arrangement, they are cut into two halves and placed on a walking area. It is advisable to install drinking bowls and feeders on stands. Tires can be used as perches. Manufacturing is simple and will not cause any difficulties during creation. It is enough to put out a few tires and fill them with straw and hay.
Arrangement of beds
It is convenient to use them to equip beds for vegetables grown using the bush method. To make the base of the bed, the middle is cut out from both sides of the tire. The resulting border is installed in a specific place in the garden. Filled with soil and fertilizers. Plants are planted in the created bed.
For growing cucumbers, tomatoes, and eggplants, passenger car tires are preferable. It is advisable to plant lettuce, parsley, and celery in beds equipped with truck tires.
Furniture making
Furniture is a necessary household element. Tables, ottomans, chairs are always in demand. Manufacturing is not difficult, but the process is longer and requires decoration.
Materials, accessories:
- thick plywood, chipboard;
- jigsaw, drill;
- self-tapping screws, a set of furniture bolts and nuts;
- foam;
- glue for plastic, foam rubber;
- textile;
- furniture stapler;
- enamel paint.
Creation process
To make a table you will need three tires. To make a pouf, two. We fasten the car parts together using self-tapping screws or bolts. We cut out a table top and pouffe seats from plywood and chipboard. We glue foam rubber onto the seats, cover them with fabric, and staple them to the seat. We secure the tabletop with self-tapping screws and bolts. We paint the details of the table and pouf. The leisure area furniture is ready.
Decoration of the territory
The neat appearance of the area near a residential building always pleases people. Landscaping is a necessary and enjoyable activity. The beauty and uniqueness of lawns and paths evoke a feeling of respect and add pleasant impressions. Most often, flower beds and flowerpots are equipped to create decor.
Required parts:
- tires;
- plywood, chipboard;
- dye.
Manufacturing procedure
A circle covering the bottom of the tire is cut out of plywood and screwed to the base with self-tapping screws. The manufactured container is painted. After drying it is exposed to plot of land. It is filled with soil, fertilized, and planted with flowers. Such flower beds will improve the entire area of the site.
A flower bed made up of several tires looks impressive. A flowerbed can consist of several rows. The simplest option is a two-row flower type. Flowers are planted in the central part, which are the basis of the plan. Flowers and grass are planted at the bottom, creating a general background.
Making flower pots
For production you will need:
- specified tools;
- tire;
- rope;
Creation order
On the tire, draw a straight line with chalk along the top edge of the inner rim. Use a jigsaw to cut off the remaining sidewall. We turn it over to the other side and carry out the same manipulations. It turns out to be a rubber basket. We paint it, after drying we hang it in a designated place. We fill up the soil and plant flowers.
These are the simplest elements. TO complex elements include animal figurines, cartoon and fairy tale characters. But they can also be manufactured. Imagination, patience, desire will help you accomplish any task.
We will equip a playground
The children's playground is a special place. It should be equipped with various play areas, the interior should be pleasing to the eye, and ensure safety during transportation. The use of tires will ensure that these conditions are met.
The following are made from tires: trees, sandboxes, labyrinths, swings, tunnels. On sports fields they are used as airbags when equipping jumping areas. For ambiance, we decorate the site with figurines of your favorite cartoon characters and animals.
To create a swing you need:
- tire;
- chains, rope;
- 4 staples;
- drill.
Manufacturing procedure
Painting a tire bright color. On its upper part we drill holes equidistant from each other. We fasten the brackets in the holes with bolts. We attach chains or tie ropes to the staples. We hang it on a crossbar, a branchy tree.
The second version of the swing. Used:
- one tire;
- wooden beam;
- board;
- self-tapping screws;
- door handles.
Manufacturing procedure
Cut the tire into two equal halves. We install timber on the cutting line equal to diameter tires, attach with self-tapping screws. We paint the outer and inner surfaces. After drying, we attach a polished, painted board to the timber. On both sides of the board, at an equal distance, we screw the door handles. The swing is ready, we install it on the site.
Craft "Cheburashka"
One of the favorite children's characters is Cheburashka. This cartoon character always pleases with his presence.
For arrangement you will need:
- 3 tires;
- paints;
- plywood sheet;
- self-tapping screws;
- small furniture corners.
Figurine production
Passenger car tires are used to create it. We insert plywood into two tires, which we attach with self-tapping screws. Paint the base dark brown. We paint the plywood inside the tires with a lighter color. We fasten tires with inserts together. We install it vertically on a tire placed horizontally. We cut out the ears from plywood and attach the figures to the head with staples. We paint the elements of Cheburashka's face.
There are many photographs of crafts made from tires on the Internet. They will help you make decisions when making crafts. This activity will bring benefit and joy to the family. Will inspire new creative actions.
Used car tires do not need to be thrown away. After using them for their intended purpose, you can use the tires to decorate the yard or garden plot. More and more interesting ideas you can see it in others, but why not try to do the same at home? After all, the process of making many crafts is very simple.
Giraffe
For this interesting figure, you need to dig one large tire into the ground, up to the middle of the circle. Secure a tall round log in front with self-tapping screws. You need to attach a muzzle to it - a small frame of a tree. Eyes and ears can be cut out from plastic bottle or a piece of linoleum. All that remains is to paint everything yellow and make brown spots.
Zebra
This figure is made in exactly the same way as the giraffe, only the paint is needed white and black.
Elephant
To make this you need 2 tires of the same size. Fix them together with self-tapping screws and attach them to the board (base). The elephant's head is a 10-liter plastic canister, the ears are ovals from the same canister. The trunk is a piece of old corrugated pipe, the eyes are lids from canisters. Eyelashes can be cut from a plastic bottle. It's better to paint the elephant gray, or you can turn him into a cartoon orange hero.
Teddy bear
This figure is made from two tires different sizes, connected to each other. The large tire is the body, and the small one is the head. To make the structure more stable than a tire, you can put it on a thin metal rod. You cut out the ears from plastic or linoleum. To cover the circles in the middle of the tires, you can use hardboard. If desired, the figurine can also have paws cut out of linoleum. After painting the bear becomes attractive decorative decoration garden
Matryoshka
An original Russian toy – matryoshka. It can also be made from used tires. A total of 7 tires will be required. Five of them are attached to one another in a horizontal position - this is the torso. For greater fixation, you can place a tall log buried in the ground inside. A tire is attached vertically to the edge of this log - this is the head, the hollow holes are closed with circles of hardboard. On the sides you can place hands from a tire cut in half. Afterwards, you need to paint everything with bright colors and depict a face. It turns out to be an interesting lady-madam.
Mickey Mouse
You can make two cartoon characters: a boy and a girl. Each character requires 4 tires. Two bearings are placed on the ground in a horizontal position, and two figure-eight tires are attached to them. The entire structure is supported by wood. Mickey Mouse's ears are made from plastic bucket lids, and his arms are made from pieces of plastic pipes. The bows, skirt, palms and faces must be cut out of linoleum. The lower tires are filled with fertile soil and can be used as mini-flower beds.
After painting, the characters look simply gorgeous and attractive!
Tire flowerbeds
Almost everyone has seen flower beds and flower beds made from tires - in the simplest version, when the tire is used without any special modifications, they can be found in any yard. But the imagination of folk craftsmen does not stand still.
Using simple available tools, a tire can be turned into a large flowerpot.
DIY flowerpot made from an old tire with a disk. It must be cut using a knife or a small grinder. To do this, place the tire on the ground and cut it along the entire perimeter from the side of the tread. The tire should be trimmed without removing it from the rim. Then turn both the bottom and top inside out. Thus, you have a kind of glass, the sides of which can be cut and various pebbles, shells, etc. glued to them. You can also paint it different colors. Here everything depends on your imagination. Then you can plant flowers in the middle. It will take you no more than two hours to make such a flower bed.
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A flower bed made of a tire in the shape of a swan with a cutting diagram:
Flower beds made from ordinary tires. It seems like nothing special, but the tires are arranged in certain compositions, combined with the surrounding environment and therefore look good:
Decorate summer cottage plot or just a courtyard near the house can be done with ordinary old wheels, and many handicraft masters make real masterpieces with their own hands! Indeed, in our country the recycling of used tires is not highest level, and we can see a lot of tires thrown right onto the street. But you can combine business with pleasure and create crafts - decorations for your summer cottage, garden, or vegetable garden with your own hands. Let's look at a selection of photos of crafts made from tires:
We use tires in the garden
With the help of paint and imagination, you can create your own real work of art. There can be a lot of options for making flower girls; we will look at the master classes themselves in the following articles, but now let's look at the southern exotic - the palm tree:
DIY tire tree tree
Crafts on the theme of southern holidays are very popular with us; we have already published an article that described its production in detail. Except exotic plants You can also create African predators:
Tire crocodiles
Decorate your garden with tire crocodiles
Such animals can not only inspire admiration, but also scare away unwanted guests... They are really made very beautifully and believably.
Elephant made from an old tire and inner tube in the garden
A colorful blue elephant, all from the same southern African countries, will look very good on the playground. Here are a couple more examples of these wonderful inhabitants of Africa:
By painting a tire correctly, you can create your own zoo from a wide variety of animals from all over the world. And all you need is desire, a few tires and a little imagination. Here at someone’s house a tire was turned into snails and a black and white zebra:
Snails and Zebra: crafts from tires for the garden
You can come up with fancy birds to decorate your garden; for example, a parrot can be a good home for flowers:
Parrot and swans: homemade products from an old tire
For bird lovers, you can make these fun crafts:
Birds - crafts made from tires for the country garden
The pet birds turned out very wonderful, they don’t even look so impressive!
Turtles from a tire
“Auto” turtle from a used car tire
Car tire turtles
How about a cup good tea?? You can also make a “tea set” to decorate a flower garden; such a cup will be difficult to pick up, but it looks great!
Tire crafts for the patio
For a complete tea set, these cups need a good garden furniture, here are just suitable samples from a tire:
Old tire as furniture
The furniture turned out to be truly original, although it cannot support the weight of a person on its own, so the frame must be made of a metal structure.
Playground decorations using a tire
Fairy-tale animals can decorate both your playground and the area near your home. Few people will be able to pass them without smiling, and children will be most interested in such figures.
Funny horses
Horses made from car tires
These garden helpers will help you transport something, or simply transport a tire or flower garden with your carts.
Garden Crafts
basket - flower garden for the garden
Well, at the end of our photo selection, let’s watch a video in which I also use tires for needlework and which will be a good addition:
DIY tire crafts
That's all, we hope you liked the photo selection of crafts made from tires and tires with your own hands, see you on our pages!
Figures made from tires decorate many summer cottages. The use of these car wheel parts allows you to make original design garden The material is cheap and practical. Can be done easily garden figures from tires with your own hands.
Old tires can be used to make original figures that will be an excellent decoration for your summer cottage.
How to make soft ottomans from tires and create the composition “Donkey with a cart”
In order to have something to sit on in the garden free time, you can use car tires instead of wood. To do this, you need very little - fabric in the form of a ribbon or wide belts. The tire is tightly wrapped with these elements, and their ends are intertwined with each other. It takes no more than 60 minutes to create and decorate a soft pouf for a summer cottage. Tires of any diameter are suitable for such a furniture set, but you must try to select ones so that their reinforcing fibers do not stick out from the main body, otherwise you can get cut (scratched). The resulting ottomans will look something like the one in Fig. 1.
Figure 1. Stages of making a pouf from tires.
Many people have wooden figures of horses and other animals on their property. These statues are not difficult to make, but the material for them requires painting to protect against moisture or rain. They are made from logs, timber, and most often all summer residents have such things. It is possible using car tires, make a figure of a donkey (or a horse - as you like).
To make such a statue, you need to use only 2 wheels, which all summer residents usually have in their barn or garage.
To work you will need a sharp knife, a small skein knitting wire, metal or wooden ring, 2 poles, 2 bicycle wheels, legs from an old chair. You can create a composition within a few hours.
Work begins by cutting the tire in half. Then one half is rotated 180° and inserted into the second. Secure with wire. The hanging end is processed with a knife and given the shape of an animal's head. The donkey's ears and mane are cut out of the second tire and attached to the main body. Then they attach the legs from the chair and place the figure on them. A ring is placed on the donkey's neck and connected to poles. They make a cart from bicycle wheels and boards and attach them to the free ends of the poles. On the resulting cart you can install flower bed, and the whole composition will be easy to rearrange from time to time different places plot, thus changing the design of the garden. An approximate view of a donkey with a cart is shown in Fig. 2.
How to make a parrot from tires
Figure 2. To make a donkey, you only need two old tires.
There is nothing difficult in creating the figure of an exotic bird. First you need to draw on whatman paper what you want to get. Then you should prepare the necessary tool for the job. Technology for making a parrot from car tire next:
- The tire is cut on both sides, leaving a thin strip on its inner circumference. You should get a whole small radius, and the large one will be divided into 2 parts.
- To get the desired shape for decorative works, you need to make cuts along a small radius.
- The parrot's head and tail are made along the cut edges, for which the tire must be cut into strips. They become pointed at the ends. You need to cut a shape out of rubber that looks like a parrot's head.
- IN in the right places All these parts are painted in a color corresponding to the design concept.
- The figure is hung in the right place.
The composition can be made in 2-3 hours even if you have no experience working with such things.
The parrot is shown in Fig. 3.
How to make a Frog Princess for a summer cottage
Figure 3. Tire cutting diagram for the parrot figure.
If a person has several old tires, then you can try to make a fabulous composition and place it on the territory of your summer cottage. This will be the Frog Princess resting on the edge of the lawn. The only purchased materials you need are paint. All work will last 3-4 hours.
Work begins by laying two tires on the ground. They must be installed close to each other. Another tire is installed on top of them and an improvised pedestal is obtained. The inside of the tires must be filled with soil. After this, you can begin designing the composition. This is done as follows:
- Using 2 short branches, make the front legs of the frog.
- The hind legs are made using the same method, but from two long branches.
- The bars are processed with a hacksaw to shape the resulting legs.
- Using a knife, a frog's crown and eyes are made from a plastic bottle, and everything else is painted on.
How to make a flowerbed from an old tire
To create a reliable shelter for flowers, you need to use not only the rubber of the tires themselves, but also a metal wheel rim, from which you can build a durable stand for a flower bed. To do this, you need to take and cut out the semblance of petals along the small diameter of the tire with a knife, which are then folded upward. The metal rim is slightly deepened into the ground and the resulting rubber casing is installed on it. Soil is poured inside and flowers are installed. The flowerbed can be painted in different colors.
Figures made from old tires
To get a fairy-tale plot and install it in your summer cottage, you can use such popular characters as bears.
They are made this way. First, a large diameter tire is installed on the rib. Then a smaller splint is attached to it. This is the body and head of the future bear. To the inside big wheel you need to insert a plastic basin of the appropriate size. To get the animal's face, it is painted on plywood and attached to the inside of a small tire. The ears are made of plastic or wood, and paws can also be attached. To do this, strengthen a plastic bottle and a pole. Flowers are planted around the figure.
If there is a natural pond or swimming pool at your summer cottage, then you can decorate it with figures of swans, which are made from old tires. The technology for their creation is reminiscent of what was described above for the parrot. The difference is that instead of the head of an exotic bird and a loose tail, you need to make long neck and secure in the desired position with wire. The swan's beak is painted red. Inside this figure you can put flower pot with plants and secure it in a certain place in the reservoir.
You can create a caterpillar using tires painted in different shades of green and flexible plastic hoses. To do this, take a dozen old wheels and, placing them in horizontal plane to each other, form a body. Then plastic hoses, bent in the proper order, are attached to the sides. The head is made from a plastic container.
If a person does not want to make the donkey described above, then you can make a simple horse. For this old tire buried edgewise into the ground. On the remaining outside part they put on a horse's head cut out of plywood, and the mane is made from a bunch of straw. You can install such a figure anywhere in your summer cottage, and it takes 40-60 minutes to create it.
Materials and tools for creating different compositions
- Old tires from a car.
- Bicycle wheels.
- Fabric ribbons or wide belts.
- Wooden or metal ring.
- Poles and board.
- Bars.
- Legs from an old chair.
- Paints of different colors.
- Wire.
- Hacksaw.
- Construction knife.
- Paint brush.
- Whatman paper and pencil.
Anyone who has the skills to use the simplest tools and gives free rein to their imagination and imagination can decorate their summer cottage with various figures made from old tires.
