The swan craft is often made to decorate the garden, because this bird is very beautiful. For its manufacture, various materials are used, which, as a rule, are at hand. Depending on the place of application of the craft, the swan can be made of paper, car tires, plastic bottles and other materials.
Such a craft as a swan can be made of pine cones and chenille wire. Also for its manufacture you will need universal glue, unnecessary discs, a plastic cap, a foam plate, toy eyes.
First you need to make a neck of chenille wire. Put one end of the wire on the glue, inserting bumps between the scales, and bend the other end, giving the swan's neck a characteristic bend.
It remains only to glue the eyes and make a foam beak (make the beak red - many species of swans have red beaks). The swan craft is ready. For the stability of the product, the bird should be fixed on a plastic cap, which will serve as a stand for crafts.
If you want your swan to be white, apply white paint to the craft. You can paint it black - you get a black swan.
Now you should start making the pond. To do this, take a plate of foam and apply blue paint to it. After drying, place a swan in the center of the resulting pond. Also, to make a reservoir, you can use unnecessary disks, decorate them with lace ribbon, then fix your swan in the middle.
This craft will be an excellent souvenir or gift for any occasion - the swan looks very elegant and original. If you want to make a gift to a couple in love, then make two graceful birds, because everyone knows that swans are a symbol of fidelity and devotion.
Crafts for the garden - planter in the form of a swan
One of the popular types of garden crafts is a swan-shaped planter, as it is not only a decorative element, but also an original flower garden. To make it, you must have:
- 5-liter plastic bottle (preferably not round, but rectangular - for stability);
- iron bar 0.6 mm thick;
- putty or plaster;
- gauze bandage;
- spatula;
- brush;
- tile adhesive;
- sand;
- primer;
- paint;
- varnish;
- iron mesh;
- sandpaper;
- polyethylene;
- water;
- a container for mixing the solution.
So, you need to cut off the top from the side of the bottle and pour moistened sand into it (then you will replace it with earth, but for now it will be more convenient to make your swan with it). But before that, it is necessary to give the rod the shape of a swan's neck and insert it into the hole made in the bottle cap. Fix the rod with tile adhesive.
Then lay polyethylene, mix the putty solution for making the bottom, which must be applied to it with a spatula.
After applying the layer, put a frame from the bottle on it, continue to apply putty from the bottom along the edges.
Gradually coat the rod and the cork with a putty solution in order to get a smooth transition from the body to the neck of the bird. Level the surface after applying the putty with a brush dipped in water. Try to work quickly so that the putty does not dry out.
Coat the entire structure with a thick layer of mortar.
Make wings using a 15x30 cm iron mesh, bending it a little to look like a wing. Fix the wings with mortar. After they dry, it is necessary to go through the putty from the inside and outside of the wings with your hands.
While the putty dries, roll up a small ball and fix it on the end of the rod, smearing it over the neck with a wet brush. Sculpt a head with a beak from a balloon.
Then take the bandage, cut into pieces, wet. Wrap the entire neck with a wet bandage, pressing down a little with your hands, Do the same near the beak.
Make a tail from a small piece of mesh, bending it at an angle of 45 degrees, and fix it with putty. After drying, smooth out the unevenness with a damp brush. Then apply a layer of the solution again, walking along the tail with wet hands.
Do the same for the head and neck. Coat the edges of the workpiece on the shoulders.
Smooth out any irregularities in the structure with a damp brush. Let dry. After that, clean off the shortcomings with sandpaper and apply a primer, and then paint in two layers. Color the beak and eyes. After drying, lacquer - also apply the varnish in two layers. You can easily make such a craft yourself, and on the street near your country house you will have a handsome swan to the envy of all your neighbors.
Making a swan from modules requires care and a lot of time, because to create a figure, you first need to make a lot of elements. However, the time spent will be quite justified, since the process of making a swan is very exciting, and the result will delight you for a long time. This type of craft is called modular origami.
Any module is made from a paper rectangle, after which it is connected to another by laying one to one.
Advice! Paper is suitable for color and office paper, but do not use too thin.
To get a module, take a sheet of landscape paper and divide it into 16 or 32 identical parts.
The resulting rectangle must be put in front of you and bent in half lengthwise and across. Tuck the edges to the central part and turn the structure over to the other side.
The bottom corners are wrapped, leaving a small distance between the wrapped corner and the upper triangle. Raise the ends up, fold the triangle.
How to make a graceful paper swan craft with your own hands, you will learn from the step-by-step description.
Assembly of modules
To make paper swan crafts with your own hands, you will need to prepare:
- red module - 1;
- pink modules - 136;
- orange - 90;
- yellow - 60;
- green - 78;
- blue - 39;
- blue - 36;
- purple - 19.
First you need to take 3 pink modules and insert into two pockets of one in the corner of the other two.
Next, 2 pink triangles are attached in the same way to the 1st group, so you need to proceed further. As a result, the first ring is ready, which includes the inner and outer rows. Each row has 30 elements. Collect the ring along a chain, the ends of which must be connected with the last element.
Make the 3rd row of 30 orange elements, fixing them in a checkerboard pattern. The 4th and 5th rows are assembled from the same modules.
Now you need to carefully turn the edges of the product up.
Using 30 yellow building blocks, lay out the 6th row, putting them on top.
When mounting the 7th row, wings are made. To do this, you need to choose the side where the head will be. Select one pair of corners from two adjacent structural elements - the neck will be formed on them. After that, to the right and left of the selected pair of corners are mounted on a layer of 12 yellow elements. As a result, in the 7th row - 24 modules and 2 gaps.
13th row - from 12 blue elements, 14th - from 10, 15th - from 8. 16th row includes 6 purple elements, 17th - 4, 18th - 2 elements.
The tail is made of five rows, in each row there is one element less. You will need 12 green modules and 3 blue ones.
The neck is made by inserting two corners of one structural element into two pockets of another.
The red structural element (it will be the beak) is joined by 7 purple, then 6 elements of blue, light blue, green, yellow. It remains to give the neck the desired shape, and then fix it between the wings of the bird.
The assembly of the structure ends with the preparation of a stand of 36 and 40 elements in the form of two rings, connect them the way you connected the neck.
Advice! If you are worried that the swan will crumble, you can glue your bird in those places that cause concern, and glue the swan itself to the stand.
Your miracle bird is ready to delight guests.
Origami paper swan
You can make a paper swan craft using traditional origami. There are no modules in it, you only need one sheet of paper, and the craft itself will take very little time. Involve your child in this activity, he will surely enjoy mastering the art of origami too.
So the instruction:
- Take a paper sheet (it should be square) and fold it diagonally. Walk along the bend in both directions.
- Bend the sheet so that the top and bottom corners of the square meet on a straight bend line.
- Bend the matching corners 1/3 of the height of the triangle formed.
- Turn the workpiece over and bend it in a straight line in the opposite direction
- Bend the acute corner of the formed triangle to the wrong side at a point corresponding to approximately 1/3 of the bisector of the resulting triangle.
- Craft a bird's beak. The craft is ready.
If it was difficult for you to make a do-it-yourself paper swan using the origami method, in this case, you can watch video tutorials that will help you figure out the sequence of actions. Then you will certainly know how to make paper swan crafts, and it will not be difficult for you to make such a bird.
Making a swan from tires
Crafts such as tire swans are often built to decorate the yard. With old used tires, tools and a little patience, you can create a beautiful swan. By the way, it can serve you as an original flower garden.
So, first you need to prepare an unnecessary tire.
Advice! The more worn out it is, the easier it will be for you to work with it.
Draw in chalk how you will cut the tire, indicating the head, neck, wings. Then cut the tire along the markings, bend the cuts to form wings.
A very beautiful craft is often made - a do-it-yourself swan for the garden. Now it is very fashionable to decorate your home with handmade crafts: it is elegant, popular and beautiful. The garden deserves special attention. A swan and a flower bed, for example, carry the energy of the owner and bring him success, because it is not in vain that such great attention is paid to this.
Figures of swans made of wood, clay or tires can decorate any suburban area.
Particularly demanding people can make a decor element to their liking, adding designer highlights and a personal vision of decoration to it. Yes, and the fruits of their own labor are pleasing to the eye and pride. An unbridled desire to create can turn into a masterpiece of art. Thoughtful inventors have adapted to make sculptures from improvised materials. This is considered a trendy, ecological direction in decorating. Without special material and time costs, you can make a unique decoration for the garden.
The swan is the embodiment of all the positive qualities and characteristics, so many people want to have his sculpture in their garden. The high cost of finished products and doubts about their quality and service life make you think and put your imagination into action.
Materials for manufacturing
To make a sculpture of a swan for the garden, improvised materials are used. These can be damaged rubber tires, tires, plastic bottles, spoons, bags, wood, stones, building materials and aids.
Swans can be assembled from petals cut from plastic bottles.
Very famous options for crafts from plastic bottles, which are durable and versatile in use. Used tires can be used in a similar way, you just need to cut and paint the material correctly. Such sculptures can be of practical importance, since they can act as a pond, flower garden or flower bed, but they are also an aesthetic decoration that emphasizes the theme of the garden. Plastic bags do not have a long service life, but can compete with other materials.
Wood is a less used material that requires skill and sleight of hand. It is available for use only by qualified professionals. Stones, due to material costs and physical effort, compete with other materials, but are distinguished by durability, exquisite style and elegance. Construction batches can be useful in this matter, because they are affordable and affordable; special attention should be paid to gypsum and cement mortars.
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Rubber tire swan
Old car tires can be given a second life by finding a great use for them in the garden. So, one of the fairy-tale characters can be made from them. A rubber tire swan is the most affordable and economical way to decorate a garden, because old tires will also come in handy here. Probably, everyone met one of these in crowded houses. So, to make a swan from tires, you should acquire a tool. First you need to prepare the work surface, lay it out so that you can work without polluting either the product or the workspace.
The next step should be the direct selection of the material. You should choose the most worn tire with a longitudinal pattern for ease of working with it and coloring the finished product. Next, you need to thoroughly clean it from any dirt, dust and other interference in operation, dry it. So, we prepared the material for further processing.
Then you should mark the surface of the tire into parts and cut it with a jigsaw along the contour. For the manufacture of the product, you will also need a metal rod, drill, wire and pliers. These improvised tools can be found in any owner.
Marking is carried out on an already cleaned wheel. Initially, it is necessary to draw the outline of the future swan with chalk and cut it out with an electric jigsaw. You can use a sharp knife, grinder and other handy tools. At the same time, it is important to remember about safety and not to neglect elementary rules in order to avoid injury and other troubles. It is best to move from head to tail in parallel lines for the convenience of using auxiliary tools. The edges of the trim must be processed - smooth with a knife or grinder.
Then it is necessary to turn the product inside out and form the body of a swan, the bend of the wings and neck. This will help to make a metal rod or wire fixed at the base of the tail and along the body. Then you need to give the product an appearance by painting it in certain colors, highlighting the beak and eyes. Installation of the work is the final stage of production. To do this, you can use another tire or hemp.
We fix the swan and decorate with lush vegetation, colorful flowers. It is known that in nature swans are devoted lovers, therefore it would be appropriate to make a pair of swans. They will perfectly decorate a garden, a pond, a flower bed, an abandoned stump and complement the decor.
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Swan in the garden from plastic spoons
Plastic spoons are a very cheap and durable material. So, you need to stock up on plastic spoons of the same color, preferably white, clean them and prepare for work.
A swan for a summer residence can be made from plastic spoons.
First of all, you need to make a swan frame, on which the spoons will be attached.
It can be made from a plastic bottle or wire and wrapped with bags, paper and tape, shaping.
Then you need to form a silhouette of a swan, pointing its head, beak, spreading its wings, and glue the silhouette with spoons on the inside to the product.
This will create the effect of plumage and decorate the appearance of the craft. The beak must be highlighted in a different color, draw the eyes. You can fix the product on a stump or other part of the garden, providing for windy weather and rains.
Swans for the garden with their own hands from plastic bottles will add grace and beauty to any palisade. Today, there are many ways to decorate the garden, but the most unusual decorations can be made at home. Such decoration will not require large expenses, but you can use your imagination to enliven the exterior. And it is rare that someone refuses a small flock of beautiful swans in their own garden.
There are several ways to make such swans, they differ only in appearance and time used to create such masterpieces.
The first method just does not require much time, but the result will certainly please the eye.
To make a swan for the garden, you will need the following materials and tools:
- 5 l plastic bottle;
- milk bottles 800 ml;
- hard wire hose;
- wire;
- scissors;
- marker;
- candle;
- dye.
decoration process
A 5 liter bottle is taken. It is necessary to mark the lines with a marker along which it will need to be cut in two, the upper part is removed. Only the neck remains, which is necessary for fixing the neck. The hose, which plays the role of the neck, must be threaded into the neck and secured with wire to the base. Next, you need to do the "feathers". Blanks are cut out of white bottles (more often these are from under milk), get rid of the neck and bottom. The cut blanks need to be held above the candle from the outside, it is advisable to cut a small fringe on the sides of the blanks for a more realistic look. Then you need to collect 2 feathers and connect with wire to each other.
The design of the neck also uses bottles with a cut off bottom, according to the number of bottles used, you can choose the length of the neck. Now it's time to start creating the beak.
In the place where the hose and the last bottle end, you need to make holes and connect everything with wire. Close the base of the beak with a lid. The beak itself will be made from a cap, most commonly used for chemical bottles. You need to cut the cover in the shape of "M", then paint and install the beak. If desired, you can plant flowers for the garden in a flowerpot, and then an ordinary flower bed will become a work of art.
Unusual decision
There is 1 more way to create a swan for the garden. In this case, unusual solutions are used. So, you will need the following materials:
- tire;
- plastic bottles (70 pieces);
- metal grid;
- hose;
- wire;
- Styrofoam.
At the beginning of work, it is necessary to cut off the inner rings from the tire, and to designate the tail, one side is cut into a triangular shape with special tools. We cut the tire in front for convenience, the edges are connected with bolts. To create a neck, you need to screw the wire to the tire, and leave quite a bit of material at the bottom in order to secure the swan to the ground as a result.
The wing is assembled from feathers made in the same way as in the first version, but this time the "fringe" is optional. On 2 pieces of the grid, which will be the "skeleton" of the wings, all the prepared feathers are screwed with wire.
It is necessary to fill several rows with feathers on the inside of the grid, so that the frame is not visible in the finished version.
It is advisable to take a larger mesh so that the wings look more spectacular. But the head is cut out of polystyrene foam, the beak and eyes are decorated with paint. The head is placed on the wire base after the self-tapping hose has been used to create the volume of the neck.
The body, like the head, is painted, and the wings are installed with screws or wire, as soon as the workpiece dries. The swan is ready to decorate the landscape.
The result is worth it
The last option for decorating the garden is more time consuming, but the result is worth the time. For a swan planter you will need the following:
- 5 l plastic bottle;
- iron rod 0.6 mm;
- bandage;
- starting putty;
- small spatula;
- brush and water container;
- solution container;
- sand.
First you need to repeat the already familiar steps with a 5 liter bottle - cut off the top, but leave the neck for the neck. Pour wet sand into the bottle, round the sides. Insert a rod in the form of a “two” into the lid.
Put 5 cm of putty on polyethylene, place a bottle on this layer, smooth the excess putty up the base with a spatula dipped in water. Next is to do the neck. Form a roller of putty and apply to the base of the rod and the cover. Use a damp brush to smear uneven areas. Next, treat the entire surface of the bottle in the same way.
Until the putty has set, it is necessary to take care of the wings.
Press the mesh on both sides of the body at a slight angle. Supporting it from the inside, it is worth starting to apply putty, imitating wings. Next, it is worth sticking around the neck in the same way and forming the head. At the end, wrap it with wet bandages. In this case, you need to fix the neck so that it does not fall under the weight.
Leave for a while and do the tail. A small piece of mesh is installed between the wings, pressing into the putty layer. Next, the tail is formed in the same way as the wings - a putty roller is applied to the mesh, and layers are added, then errors are removed with a wet brush.
The next is to apply 1 more layer of putty on the neck and head. When everything is finished, you need to walk with a wet brush and finally remove the bumps. It is required to leave the swan in the sun for 2 days for final drying. And as soon as the workpiece is ready, it is necessary to sand, paint, decorate the beak, eyes and varnish. And flowers should be planted in the container in the center of the figure, and the swan for the garden is ready.
There are several ways to create beautiful swans for the garden from improvised means. And which option to choose depends on your own imagination and desire, since there is nothing complicated in this. And let every garden find its "swan".
I present to you my new craft for the garden - a flower bed made of bottles. It is good because the materials are very affordable, and the result is pleasantly pleasing to the eye. This craft is suitable for a garden, a summer residence and for a kindergarten.
Materials:
- Plastic bottles 15-25pcs of the same volume
- Plywood
- jigsaw
- Sandpaper
- White paint
- Acrylic paint or other
- Insulating tape
Flower bed from bottles (production stages):
Since the flowerbed of bottles will be in the form of a swan, it is better to start by cutting out the swan's neck. I’ll tell you how I did it: I drew the neck directly on the plywood, it’s better to make it longer, then I sawed it out with a jigsaw, and processed the edges with sandpaper.
If you do not have plywood, then you can make a foam neck by covering it with putty, but this option is less durable.
Next, let's take a look at the bottles. As far as you have probably noticed, the number of bottles is written approximately, the thing is that it directly depends on the desired size of the flower bed. At the place where you want to place the flower bed, it is better to dig up the ground, then stick the bottles (neck down) placing them in the shape of a circle or oval. In the place where the swan will have a neck, we leave a small gap between the bottles. Next, we wrap the bottles with electrical tape, thereby fixing them. We insert the neck of a swan.
We paint the bottles and the neck of the swan, spray paint is best suited for these purposes. After the paint has dried, draw the beak and eye.
Shops are full of sculptures and flowerpots for the garden, but you always want to create a masterpiece yourself. Among the sculptures that are simple in execution, the swan stands out - a symbol of calm and peaceful life. It is possible to make a bird even from garbage - plastic bottles.
Swans from plastic bottles
Making your own decor is an exciting experience. In addition, by recycling plastic, we make the planet cleaner. The easiest decoration to make is a swan on a lake. A neck with a bird's head is cut out of plywood and stuck into the ground. Near the blank, the body of a swan is formed from cut bottles painted white. Around the figure are placed halves of blue containers, symbolizing the border of the reservoir.
Swan Lake looks better from afar, when only the outlines of birds are guessed
Gallery: plastic bottle swans
To feel like in a fairy tale, put a crown from a disposable cup on a swan A cute swan comes out of a corrugated pipe and milk bottles “Feathers” cut from milk bottles are screwed to the base with screws If you put cut bottle necks on a rod, we get the neck of a swan
Planter-swan from a plastic bottle
The advantage of the figure of this bird is that a flowerpot from a plastic bottle is easily placed on its back. As a result, the designer receives both a sculpture of a swan and a container for flowers.
What you need to make a figure
Before you start creating a swan, prepare the necessary tools:
- putty knife;
- knife or scissors;
- container for mixing the solution;
- sandpaper;
- brush.
It is convenient to apply the solution on the planter with a small spatula
The frame of the sculpture is a large plastic bottle, on which a solution of plastic material is applied. The classic version uses gypsum, but some prefer putty. The first material dries well, so the pots are molded quickly. However, gypsum is less resistant to mechanical damage, which can reduce the life of the product.
You can also sculpt a planter from alabaster - a variety of gypsum
To create a swan planter you will need:
- five-liter rectangular plastic bottle;
- a piece of plastic film 70x70 cm;
- a piece of reinforcement with a diameter of 0.6 mm and a length of 80 cm;
- gypsum or putty - 5–7 kg;
- iron reinforcing mesh;
- bandage;
- primer;
- oil paints (white, black, red);
- sand.
Many planter makers prefer Rigips Perlitli putty because of its high plasticity.
The process of making planters-swan
First, cover the workplace with plastic wrap: it will protect the table and help make the bottom for the pots.
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Cut off the side of the bottle to make a flowerpot.
The side of the bottle is cut with a sharp knife
2. Make a hole in the cork.
You can also pierce a cork with a hot nail.
3. Bend the reinforcement in the form of a deuce.
The reinforcement is bent by hand, stepping on it with a foot in places where a bend is needed
4. Insert the end of the fitting into the bottle through the cork and fix it with tile adhesive or primer.
Some craftsmen advise fixing the fittings inside the bottle with tile adhesive.
5. Knead a thick solution and lay it on the film in the shape of the bottom of the planter.
When the putty dries, it becomes almost white
6. Place the planter on the solution and coat it using a spatula.
7. Attach a reinforcing mesh to the sides of the figure at an angle of 30 o. Fix it with mortar. Substitute stops so that the mesh does not slip.
The mesh attached to the sides of the bird will become the frame of the wings.
8. We pass to the neck of the swan: coat the armature with a layer of mortar.
Try to apply the mortar evenly on the reinforcement
9. Then wrap it with a bandage along the entire length.
Do not wrap more than one layer of bandage
10. Press the bandage into the neck and apply another thin layer of putty. Smooth out lumps with a brush.
11. Then we form the skull and beak of the bird. First, put a little solution on the head area and distribute it with a brush. Where the beak is planned, a wire is inserted.
Look at a photo of a live swan for proportions.
12. Then we wrap the head with a bandage in one layer.
It is better not to replace the bandage with a cloth, the solution must penetrate through the gaps between the threads
13. We press the bandage and apply another thin layer of the solution.
14. When the putty on the wings sets, we continue to improve them. Wet one hand, take some putty and apply to the outer side of the wing, supporting the reinforcing mesh with the other hand from the inside. Thus form both wings.
To prevent the solution from sticking to your hands, wet them
15. Smooth out the putty with a brush.
To prevent the solution from sticking to the brush, dip it in water from time to time
16. Go to the tail: a piece of reinforcing mesh 10x20 cm is slightly bent, attached to the back of the bird and fixed with a solution.
If the solution is thick, there will be no problems with fixing the tail.
17. We put a support for the tail frame so that it does not move.
To hold the tail frame in place, you can take an ordinary brick
18. Leave the figure to dry. The swan is almost alive.
Gradually, the swan takes on a real shape
19. After a day or two, we carry out the finishing touches. We increase the thickness of the solution where it is not enough: we thicken the base of the neck, round the head, give a natural look to the wings and tail. With wet fingers, a brush or a knife, we make stains on the wings of a swan, imitating feathers.
To avoid cracking, do not move the planter until dry.
20. Completely dry the figure for 2-3 days. We grind the pots with sandpaper and cover with a primer.
It is not difficult to create a unique decoration if you follow the recommendations of experienced craftsmen:
- mix a thick solution;
- each layer of the solution applied to the product needs to be dried;
- at a time, gypsum is laid in a layer of up to 2 cm, and putties - no more than 1 cm;
- if the pots remain to winter on the street, use frost-resistant mixtures;
- before applying the solution to dried surfaces, spray them with water from a spray bottle;
- smooth irregularities with a brush dipped in water;
- at the end of the work, the sculpture must be covered with a primer, otherwise the paint will roll off in lumps.
Do-it-yourself planter-swan - video
The final design of the pots
After the primer dries, cover the craft with oil paint. To achieve maximum naturalness, look at the photograph of the swan and copy the nuances of the bird's color.
The mute swan has a dark stripe from the eye to the beak.
The eyes are drawn with black paint, and the beak is red or orange.
Do not take your eyes off the finished pots
After the paint has dried, the sculpture is varnished for outdoor use. This will protect the swan from bad weather. You can not paint the bird, but simply varnish after priming.
A pot with a flower is placed in the finished flowerpot.
