Throughout life, a person tries to find more and more new ways to decorate his yard, summer cottage, garden. People who are professional decorators and decorators regularly come up with ideas on how to decorate the site. What could be better than a handmade product? After all, people put their whole soul into it. A modern dacha is not only a place to work, as the past generation used to think. The main task of giving today is rest. People come to country houses, dachas specifically to take a break from the bustle of the city and enjoy the silence, the beauty of nature. The decor of the dacha and its elements play a very important role in the mood of a person. There are various figures that you can do with your own hands and without spending much money. Making crafts from old car tires is gaining more and more popularity every day. What can be made from tires?
Some people just put soil in a tire and plant flowers in it. Others perceiveold tires as a tool for creating wonderful decor elements. For example, if you put a layer of paint on a tire, draw beautiful patterns on it, it will take on a completely different look. If you add several of these tires one by one, and even if they are of different diameters, you can get a very beautiful figure that pleases the eye.
Tools needed to make figures
In order to master the basics of making crafts from tires, you must have the following tools:
- different tire sizes;
- shovel;
- paints of different colors;
- jigsaw or grinder with disc;
- ropes or ropes;
- brushes.
Advice! In order for the craft to turn out to be as beautiful as possible and without any gross defects, it is better to use tires from imported manufacturers, as they have more flexibility and less density.
Also, do not forget that winter and summer tires have a number of differences. For figures, winter ones are more suitable, as they are easier to turn inside out.
The use of crafts from tires in the country can be very different. You can make the fence itself out of tires, which will separate your cottage from other neighbors. You can simply divide your area into smaller zones with tires. There are many options for use, below they will be discussed in more detail.
How to decorate the cottage with tires?
The most common elements in the summer cottage are flower beds, flower beds, paths, animals from tires. It's easy to create thembuy old tires at a tire shop and come up with a craft option.
Creating flower beds and flowerbeds with tires
The cheapest and easiest way to make your own flower bed is to create it from old tires. This is done in this way:
- car tires need to be cleaned and prepared for painting;
- apply a coat of bright paint to each tire;
- line tires one by one, filling each with a layer of earth.
The last item is optional.
For those who have more free time and desire to make a more beautiful flower bed out of tires, there is such a model as a hedge flower garden. To make such a model, you will need to stock up on two types of tires. Larger tires will be used to create a flower bed. Smaller tires are used as a hedge.
So, first of all, you need to cut across the smaller tires. Then they need to be threaded into larger parts. The result should be a chain.
Tire swan
This is a very interesting and great craft. To make a swan from a tire, you have to cut it. To make your work easier, it is advisable to take the old worn out rubber. The creation of the swan will take place in several stages:
- Markup. You need to take a tire and put on it a sketch of the neck of a swan. Half of the length of the entire tire is allocated for this part.
- Next, you need to continue the drawing and draw the headswan and beak. The head should measure about 10 centimeters, the beak should be slightly smaller.
- The tail should be started to draw in the place where the beak begins. The width of the tail should be equal to the neck of the swan. For the length of the tail, you need to measure 33 centimeters.
- Cutting. As mentioned above, cutting will require a grinder or a jigsaw.
- At the end of the cutting, turn the shape inside out.
- Strengthening. It is necessary to make holes along the neck and tail with an indent of 15 centimeters. A rod will be threaded through these holes.
- Painting. The swan's beak turns red. The body of the swan can be either white or black of your choice.
Tulip Flowerbed
Before creating this flowerbed of tires, you will need to stock up on a tire disk. Creating a flower bed:
- You need to make a small indent. After that draw the petals.
- Cutting. You need to cut along the drawn contour (when cutting, the tire must be put on the disc).
- Unscrew both parts of the tire. The result is a flower.
- Painting.
Difficult flowerpot
The variant of the flowerpot has already been considered above. It was made quite simply and without features.
This example is unique and quite simple. To create, you just need to draw a line on the tire in the form of a zigzag and cut along it. Everything that has turned out must be turned out. One part will be used as a stand, the second as the flower bed itself. It remains to decorate and the flower bed is ready.
Paths in the tire garden
Very practicalcar tires can serve as material for paths in the garden. In order to make a path from tires, you only need the main part of the tires - the tread.
Garden tire craft plan (path):
- Separate space for the path and find tires (preferably from trucks) for it.
- Tire preparation. It is necessary to separate the protector from the side parts. To do this, use a jigsaw or a knife if the thickness of the tire allows.
- Cut the resulting ring. Prepare a few more strips in the same way.
- We lay out the resulting tapes on a pre-prepared place. To keep the protector, you need to nail it to the board.
Important! The distance between the strips should be about three centimeters. This is to allow grass to sprout, which in the future will block the convergence of the paths. The entire resulting structure should be well sunk into the soil in order to get a flat path without hills and humps.
Creating a small lake or pond
From car tires, as it turned out, you can create anything. An artificial small pond is no exception. To create a homemade pond, you will need the following materials:
- big tire;
- jigsaw or grinder;
- measuring level and shovel;
- gravel with sand;
- film;
- artificial plants for decoration.
Before creating, first of all, you need to prepare a place for the pond. The surface mustbe even. Next, you will need to dig a hole in this area corresponding to the diameter of the tire, put sand in it for equalization and install the tire itself. A level is needed to make sure the tire is level.
Next, you need to cut the top of the tire with a grinder. Cover the bottom with waterproofing film. For aesthetics, large stones should be attached to the tire so that the edges of the tire and the film are not visible. The final stage will be filling with water and decorating the pond with artificial flowers.
Children's city made of tires
Using car tires for playgrounds is a very common practice. For children, various sandboxes, swings, chairs, and tables are made from tires.
Consider the option of creating a sandbox for children. This will require a large tire. We install a tire on a place prepared in advance for the sandbox and pour sand into it. That's all. The sandbox is ready. If desired, you can build a canopy that will prevent the harmful rays of the sun from reaching the kids.
The next option for tire crafts for children is a swing. There are a lot of options for creating a rocking chair for children. There are both simple bungees and more complex ones, which are called rocking swings. Consider how to make the last option for the child:
- Search and preparation of tires and a wooden board for a swing. The board will be used as a seat.
- Cross the tire in half.
- On the edges of the tiresyou need to nail two small boards.
- Painting. Paint both parts (seat and tire) with a brush or spray gun
- To nail the seat to the tire.
- Inspect the rocking chair for defects that are unsafe for children.
For kids who are fond of cars, motorcycles, caring parents can build these types of vehicles from tires. For example, a car made of tires. And to make everything seem more real, you can add real details to the tire product.
Useful tire products for home
Tires have reached such a high popularity that the manufacture of home furniture has not been without the participation of car tires. In order to create these elements, you do not need to have special talent, graduate from the university on this topic, and the like. Let's look at the example of a pouf, how easy everything looks. To create an ottoman, you will need the following materials:
- Tire.
- Screwdriver with self-tapping screws.
- Hammer with scissors.
- Glue (better to use a glue gun).
- Bulgarian.
- Rope and plywood.
Steps of making a pouffe
- Draw a circle on a sheet of plywood 2.5 centimeters smaller than the size of the tires.
- Cut out a circle with a grinder.
- Connect the circle to the tire with screws.
- Glue the end of the rope to the center of the figure and continue winding it in a circle to the edge.
- Flipshape and do the same.
- Protruding edges carefully handle.
In order for the ottoman to become more durable and more beautiful, it is advisable to open the entire surface with varnish. Such crafts can not only be used at home, but also sold.
Regarding crafts from tires for the garden. Before creating figures from tires, it must be remembered that the material from which the tires are made interacts with water and the sun. During this process, various toxins can be released into the air. As a result, it is not recommended to use tires for the manufacture of beds. It is still better to use tires to create decorative elements. This is a fairly simple and inexpensive way to decorate your homestead, thanks to which the desire to go to the country house will increase, and staying there will be much more pleasant. After studying this article, you will learn how to make crafts from tires with your own hands. The main desire. And everything will work out!
