New ideas for a do-it-yourself garden - photo. Wooden crafts for the garden (51 photos): buildings, paths, fences and supporting walls, decorative bridges

Probably, all owners of their own plots, be it a yard or a dacha, are forever captured by the desire to decorate the territory under their control. Of course, for these purposes it is easier to purchase everything you need in a store. However, making crafts for the garden with your own hands, new and unusual ones at that, is a unique pleasure.

Especially for those who have succumbed to this desire, we have selected the newest craft ideas. We made many of them ourselves and publish descriptions, drawings and diagrams for repetition. Thus, you will be able to see all the latest news from the world of homemade products for the garden.

The best craft ideas for decorating your garden with your own hands

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When deciding to decorate your yard with homemade items, you should not rush. Of course, first you need to familiarize yourself with what others have already done. The desire to build something unusual and new is commendable.

However, it is much more important to ensure the harmony of the landscape design of your yard with future design elements.

For example, a charming cart with flowers is placed in the shallows of a pond, without which the decor becomes familiar and standard.

If you want to get an interesting and thoughtful garden design, you should follow the following instructions:

• study possible options homemade products;
• draw up a diagram of their placement on the site in accordance with the landscape;
• evaluate your capabilities, discuss the project with friends and adjust the plan.

It will be logical and correct to place crafts in accordance with their purpose:

• a frog, duck and snail are appropriate near a pond;
• a small bird, a squirrel and an owl will take root in the tree;
• a cheerful hedgehog can peek out from behind a bush;
• a large animal or figurine has a place on the ground.

The charming donkey with a cart has impressive dimensions and would be appropriate on a plot of at least 6 acres. To make it you need to follow the following plan:

1. The frame of the sculpture is made of metal mesh With PVC coated. The body, head and legs are made of separate parts of mesh with a 50x50mm mesh, rolled into rolls of different sizes. The parts are connected to each other by pieces of wire.
2. Inside the case is laid plastic mesh with fine mesh and geotextiles.
3. The cavities inside the donkey's body are filled with fertile soil.
4. Plants that do not require moisture are planted in the ground.
5. The cart is made of wooden blocks. It is convenient to select wheels and flowerpots from available waste materials.

The palms look original and never get tired of holding the flowers placed in them. A simple master class for making crafts:

1. A solution of cement and sand diluted to liquid sour cream in a ratio of 1:3 is poured into rubber gloves. It is necessary to use clean fine sand.
2. While the solution hardens, you should ensure the desired position of the hand elements using cardboard, a rag and sand.
3. After the cement hardens, the rubber mold is removed. Small imperfections may need to be filled with putty. The workpieces must be primed and painted.
4. Cement hands are placed near low plants, soil is poured into the palms and flowers are planted.

Obviously, do-it-yourself metal figurines are rarely made due to the complexity of execution. The more interesting and valuable the presented specimens are. The iguana is made of steel sheet, a couple of lovers is made of rebar, a shovel is suitable for the owl, and the ants are assembled from a steel rod and fine mesh. In all cases, welding was used to install metal homemade products. As you can see, metal crafts can be even more interesting without painting.

Here are images of handmade crafts made from plywood. It can be used to make quite large and colorful figurines for the garden.

Wood is the most ancient material for creativity. Here are the easiest figurines to make. Nothing prevents you from using your imagination and offering something of your own.

For example, it is possible to build an entire submarine out of planks. Everything is so simple that there is no need to explain.

Stone is no less an ancient material for crafts than wood. Nevertheless creative personalities from the land of masters continue to surprise us. The simplest ladybug or caterpillar is made according to a short master class:

• stones of suitable shape and size must be washed and dried;
• apply a dye of the main color to the surface of the pebble with a brush;
• after the first layer has completely dried, the largest decoration elements are applied;
• dyes of subsequent layers are applied after the previous layers have completely dried;
• covered protective layer varnish decorations will retain their attractiveness for a long time.

Spatial figures made of stone are made using a frame made of thick wire or reinforcement. Thus, it is possible to build a dragon from the cartoon “Shrek” and other novelties with your own hands:

1. First of all, you should schematically depict the future figure and select required amount stones. Limestone, which is easy to drill and process, is suitable.
2. A heavy sculpture will require a small concrete foundation. Pieces of wire or reinforcement with a diameter of 8-12 mm are placed in the concrete, onto which stones will subsequently be placed.
3. After the foundation has completely hardened, the stones are drilled with a hammer drill and placed on sections of the frame. Individual pieces of wire are bent to create the required shape. To prevent the stones from rotating, they should be fixed with cement mortar.
4. Using a grinder, you need to modify individual stones to indicate the dragon’s mouth, eyes, etc.
5. Applying paint will help place missing accents.

Funny dogs are also made of stone. To collect them, we had to select stones of suitable shape. For connection individual elements crafts, holes are drilled into them, into which pins made of wire with a diameter of 4-8 mm are inserted. Additionally, the parts are fastened with cement mortar.

It is easy and simple to build a stone flower for the garden with your own hands. The idea is obvious: we select suitable stones and fasten them with cement mortar. For reliability, it is necessary to equip a very small foundation 5-10 cm high under the base of the flower.

Gnome, ladybug and cartoon characters are made of concrete. The examples given mean that it is possible to build both very simple and quite complex homemade products for home and garden using cement mortar.

A variety of homemade products are made from old car cylinders at home. The photo shows the most typical new tire products. We provide other interesting examples, as well as techniques for working with car tires, in a special article.

Several more are offered for your assessment good luck with your homemade projects for home and garden:

1. An old bathtub is used quite often in the country. The shape and size of the object are great for simulating the body of a cow. A little black paint, a head made of plywood and an udder made of a rubber glove complete the image of the animal.
2. This beautiful butterfly is made on the basis of a sheet of plywood. The base surface is primed. A mosaic is applied to the plywood using glue.
3. The bushes, which were given an oval shape during cutting, resemble the bodies of ostriches. The long neck of the bird is imitated by a stick stuck in the ground. It is convenient to make the ostrich's head from plaster or foam plastic.
4. The hedgehog is beautiful in his embarrassment! It is convenient to make it from foam plastic, into which you can easily stick toothpick needles. The paws are made from wooden sticks. It is better to put contents that are not afraid of moisture in a cloth bundle.

Original and simple garden figurines made from scrap materials

In this section we have grouped products made from scrap materials. Thus, it is possible to choose an object to repeat yourself, comparing several options. Most of them are easy to make at home.

Computer CDs sparkle with a bright rainbow in the sun and are not afraid of bad weather:

1. In combination with the body of a bird cut from a tire, you get an original figurine of a peacock. A knitted metal mesh was used as the basis for the bird's tail.
2. If you glue fins cut out of plastic to the disks, you will get charming fish.
3. Several disks, screwed with wire to the fence mesh, form a cheerful caterpillar. All that remains is to add the hair and legs.
4. Color 6-8 discs bright colors and put it on a stick. We fasten the ends of the disks with a glue gun - we get another caterpillar.

Decorations for the garden and vegetable garden can be made from polystyrene foam. These can be birds, mushrooms, and other figures. The material can be processed well with sandpaper. It is highly advisable to protect it from solar radiation using a coating. Acrylic paint will not dissolve the foam, but before applying it, the surface of the figure must be primed.

Garden decorations made from glass bottles will last a long time. From glass containers It is convenient to make fences for plants. Using glass bottles, you can create a futuristic plant by placing them on the ends of wires sticking out of the ground.

Old 200L barrels will get a second life if they are brightly painted. Barrels can be used for water, as flower beds of various designs, or to make garden furniture. The barrels laid on their sides resemble a freight train with tanks. To make the composition lively and cheerful, you need to decorate it and fill it with flowers.

Many children love to make homemade products from polymer clay. Your child will be proud of the figurine that will decorate the dacha. In such a situation, it is better to make an exception and first make a figurine from polymer clay, and then choose a place for it on the site.

From flower pots You get beautiful figures. It is convenient to fasten them by stringing them on a cord or wire. Of course, the more additional attributes, the more expressive the product.

Flower pots are especially good when used for their intended purpose: for planting flowers. Of course, additional handles, legs and decor provide bright expressiveness to pot products.

Cones are an excellent natural material for garden crafts. Pine cones can be glued to a plastic bottle using a glue gun. Add a pair of cork eyes and you get a wonderful hedgehog. You can cover a concrete flowerpot with pine cones in the same way. Cones are convenient for mulching the soil under plants: grass does not grow, moisture is retained, and the bed looks neat and unusual.

PVC pipes for water supply provide ample opportunities for garden creativity. To assemble the samples shown in the photo, you will need a special welding gun. Seams and joints are neat and durable.

A variety of things, from a greenhouse frame to a cart, can actually be assembled from PVC pipes. Of course, you can find many new manufacturing ideas necessary equipment in the household from plastic pipes.

As you can see, there is no such thing as unnecessary items when it comes to garden decorations. Old plates will make a cute and durable fencing for your flower bed. Plastic plates make beautiful mushrooms. Mushroom caps are glued to the stems of mayonnaise buckets. White spots of paint complete the design of the fungi.

A basin on a stump – the plot is familiar. However, you can complement the design with taste and zest. Check out the bowl mushroom ideas shown in the photo and make them even better!

Miniature decorative house for a flowerbed you can make it yourself in a variety of designs. The house is complemented with landscape design elements to scale. The author is given the opportunity to realize those ideas that cannot yet be implemented on a personal plot. If you build a flowerbed house from small pebbles on cement mortar, it will last a long time.

What is a dacha without butterflies? Let's consider different variants step by step:

1. Option No. 1 is made from a plastic bottle. The base of the butterfly is cut out according to a pre-prepared template. You can paint the wings with nail polish, acrylic and other paints. The insect's body is made of beads placed on a thin copper wire. The antennae are made in the same way. The body of the butterfly is attached to the wings with wire through holes in the latter.
2. Butterfly No. 2 is made of plywood. It is better to read about how to work with plywood in a separate article, which we have already mentioned.
3. Butterfly No. 3 is also made from plywood sheet, on which caps from plastic bottles are fixed. The covers can be attached using glue or screws.
4. The fourth butterfly is assembled from a PVC-coated metal mesh, which is supported on a frame made of steel reinforcement. The cavity of the wings is covered with geotextiles and fertile soil is filled. You will have to water the flowers more often, as the soil will dry out quickly.

As you can see, old buckets make interesting compositions, so there is no need to throw them away. Of course, flowers in pots should be watered periodically like houseplants. I can give only one recommendation for making garden decorations from old buckets: don’t slow down your imagination.

The mill attracts attention from owners of garden plots. This option is based on the use of leftover building materials. On the roof we see trimmings flexible tiles, the second floor in the form of a ring is made from the remains of linoleum, the body of the building is made from scraps of plastic siding. The entire structure is assembled on a frame made from scraps of wooden beams. It would be wise to use your own set of scrap material.

Our own DIY workshops for the yard

Made and written with my own hands.

Let us repeat: the following site decoration items were made by us independently and for this reason alone are original. You can familiarize yourself with the corresponding master class and repeat the homemade product. Particularly interesting are the techniques of working with available materials, using which you can compose your own work.

The basis of the garden donkey figurine is made of plastic bottles. The solid-looking design requires relatively little time, tools and materials.

Easier crafts There are no garden canisters. This design uses an interesting technique for attaching horns, so it’s better to see how this is done in the same article where we write about the donkey. Currently, a canister ram's head plays the role of a “hunting trophy” in the garage and lifts the mood when returning home. From plastic canisters They also make interesting bird feeders, which we talk about in the corresponding article.

The plastic bottle palm tree is famous and popular. Artificial tree may have different sizes.

A native made from plastic bottles will decorate the area of ​​your garden. We assigned him as a scarecrow for the birds.

At first glance, it may seem that flowers from plastic bottles are inappropriate at the dacha. However, practice refutes this idea: such decoration is not afraid of either drought or autumn.

A swan from plastic bottles can be made using several technologies. The photo shows a simple and effective method: a plastic tail is attached to a plywood base.

See how this is done in our article.

The simplest bird feeder is made from a bag. We decided to design the feeder in the shape of a bus. This option is also described in the mentioned article about making feeders.

A simple looking birdhouse is made according to “ Canadian technology": cardboard inside, plastic outside. We made a reliable, warm and comfortable birdhouse without boards or a hacksaw. More about this in our article about birdhouses.

Best of polyurethane foam it turns out to be a lamb. In our version, the animal’s hooves are successfully imitated with plastic bottles Brown. Read about working with polyurethane foam in a special article.

Fungus is a classic option for using gypsum to decorate a summer house. There are an incredible number of techniques for decorating a fungus.

What can you use to make unique garden crafts?

To those who have reviewed the contents of the entire article, the question posed by the title may seem unnecessary. However, looking at the above picture, you understand the fallacy of the impression. Let's try to list the possible options for improvised means for crafts in the garden, supplementing the above:

• unnecessary furniture;
• old car;
• unusable household appliances;
• remains of various building materials;
• branches, tree trunks, snags, stumps;
• metal and plastic cans;
• unsuitable clothes and shoes;
• unnecessary children's toys;
• unusable garden tools.

Obviously, the list can be continued. Thus, the most correct answer to the question posed is any available means!

For those who passionately want to decorate their yard and home with my own hands, there is a simple piece of advice: rummage through the nooks and crannies of your property and before throwing away what you don’t need, ask yourself the question - what can you build from it?

What crafts can you make in the yard yourself?

At first glance, it may seem that you can make figurines, dolls and fun crafts for your dacha yourself. The presented images demonstrate that it is possible to build both the simplest useful things and full-fledged serious attributes of a country house interior. Those who show persistence, diligence and imagination will inevitably be rewarded with the results obtained. For everyone who is seriously passionate,

apartment, Vacation home, plot, vegetable garden, and in general anything can be decorated with objects self-made. The option, you see, is low-budget and interesting, especially if children are involved in the process. Do-it-yourself crafts from scrap materials are always exciting, and some people even elevate them to the rank of art. Absolutely everything is used: bottles (plastic and glass), natural materials, old car tires etc. It is impossible to talk about everything at once; we will only show you areas that certainly deserve attention.

Where can I find improvised material?

Our answer is everywhere! In absolutely any home you can find a screwdriver, a hammer and pliers, an awl, cans, plastic and PET bottles, unnecessary disks, ropes, buttons, etc. Or maybe there is a Christmas tree or oak trees growing near your house, then you all year round have a supply of cones and acorns. All this is quite enough to make a craft from scrap material.

Show your imagination, and you yourself will not notice how familiar and ordinary objects around you will begin to be considered as raw materials. Take as a basis various master classes in the direction you choose and fill them with your own ideas.

Crafts from glass bottles

There is no need to repeat once again that imagination is, in principle, limitless, and you can do whatever your heart desires. And although glass bottles In terms of polarity, they are a level lower than their plastic counterparts; crafts made from scrap materials of this type are simply amazing. Glass is much more textured and interesting and looks more stylish. We offer you the top 5 most common ideas.

1. Vases. A beautiful bottle made of colored glass is already decorative in itself. It can be painted in two ways: from the inside or outside, by sewing or knitting a beautiful cover, covering the surface with applique or painted with stained glass paints, pasting it with twine, decorating it with beads, etc. If you don’t like the neck, you can cut it off with a special device or using heating, you just need to be careful.

2. Lamps and candlesticks. With glass cutting skills, you can make interior items of incredible beauty - from the most basic candlesticks to entire designer compositions.

3. Vases for indoor plants or hanging planters. This option for recycling raw materials is extremely popular.

4. Fencing for beds and flower beds, paths. Such crafts for the dacha made from scrap materials will come in handy. If desired, you can insert it into a bottle LED garlands and deepen them to about 1/3 of the height. At night, your area will transform and play with bright lights and glare.

5. Architectural objects. And this is also possible, and it turns out just great with a slight hint of mosaic and antiquity. You can do everything in the classic two-color version, like original gazebo in the photo below, or use all formats and colors.

Crafts from plastic bottles

There is plenty of such material in any home. After all, the lion's share of drinks is sold in plastic bottles, and it takes a very long time to talk about what can be made from them. The topic of children's toys and crafts deserves special attention (further in the text). Plastic is a universal and durable material; it is not afraid of either the sun or moisture. Where can we use this raw material, which we have in abundance? Firstly, these are construction projects. Nowadays, craftsmen and visionaries make absolutely everything from lightweight containers (from greenhouses to gazebos and even houses), and I must say, the result is very interesting buildings. If this is too global for you, then try making some furniture: an armchair or pouf. Such crafts made from scrap materials will not only bring something new to the interior, but will also surprise guests.

Containers of various shapes make wonderful wallets, boxes, caskets and chests for storing various small items. And some designers have long been using plastic to create entire collections of jewelry: bracelets, brooches, necklaces, etc.

PET bottles, similar to glass ones, can be used to fence flower beds, create borders, flower vases, etc. In addition, the material has one very significant advantage - pliability and plasticity, you can literally “sculpt” what you want from it .

Crafts from pine cones

Surely many remember how in childhood, together with their parents, they made deer and little men from acorns, and hung real ones on the New Year tree fir cones, made a panel of maple leaves. Now you can do this not only with children, but also on a very serious level. Crafts made from scrap materials with descriptions of methods for making them have become extremely popular; there are many master classes and video tutorials. It seems difficult only at first glance, look around and you will find a huge number of beautiful snags, branches, cones, etc.

Fir or pine cones are a 100% attribute of winter decor and Christmas and New Year. Impeccable in their form and natural beauty, they look great in the interior as individual decorations (on a Christmas tree, garlands, compositions and installations) and in various kinds crafts. It is enough to sprinkle them with artificial snow or silver or gold paint. On the eve of the holidays, you can use them to make wreaths on the door or for candles.

Acorns will look no less original and interesting in this context, which can also be used for panels with other natural materials(leaves, nut shells, seeds, etc.), making ikebana, pasting photo frames or albums, for example. Anyone can make such original and festive crafts from scrap materials with their own hands, just show a little patience and diligence.

We use dry branches and trees

How many amazing interior items can be created from old dry branches and even trees! It’s enough to look around and see the amazing in the simplest things. In the photo above you see the author’s lamp; such a creation can, without exaggeration, be called a work of art.

Just walking through the forest, pay attention to old driftwood or stumps, look at them as material for creativity. Perhaps this is a future chair or bench, table or shelf, or maybe just a decorative element. Crafts made from scrap materials of this kind will harmoniously fit into any interior.

Elastic willow branches or vines are useful for weaving Christmas wreaths, baskets, vases or even furniture.

We use old tires

Used tires are a common material and can be found in large quantities, and completely different sizes. But what can be made from them, besides the well-known swans and flower beds? Take the example of the Korean master Yong Ho Ji, his works are impressive and completely delightful. Magnificent animals with a clear structure of each muscle made from ordinary wooden frame and old tires. Of course, this is aerobatics, but we also recommend that you move away from banalities and conventions. Use more bright colors and cheerful ideas, because even the simplest things can be brilliant.

Crafts made from paper and cardboard

When studying crafts for the home from scrap materials, it would be unfair not to mention paper and cardboard. One cannot help but recall the well-known art of origami. Its scale is amazing, and its technology is amazing. Modular origami has been especially popular lately, when different shapes are assembled from identical parts. You can start with the most basic, gradually improving your skills. It’s unlikely that anyone would dare call such a dragon an ordinary craft.

The second most popular trend is weaving from old newspapers and magazines. Willow twigs are still a capricious material and somewhat difficult to handle, requiring certain work skills, but paper will be an excellent alternative. It's quite simple, fast and very variable. You can weave ordinary baskets, floor vases, light furniture for dolls, and pleasant decorative items. Another plus is that the paper perfectly tolerates painting in any color you like.

Forks, spoons, ladle...

Cutlery that has served its useful life can be used in home decoration. They make extraordinary and bright crafts for the kitchen. Make an amazing lamp or floor lamp from scrap materials.

A small old teapot or sugar bowl can easily be turned into boxes. And designers and professional craftsmen manage to make entire sculptures out of spoons and forks that look somewhat post-apocalyptic, but do not lose their splendor because of it.

Crafts for the dacha from scrap materials

As you know, a dacha is the place where everything that has become unnecessary in the apartment is brought. So why not make something useful and interesting from at least half of the material at hand?

• Bottles made of plastic and glass are suitable for paths, flower beds and small decorative buildings.
• Natural natural materials the best way will harmonize with the natural environment without disturbing the balance. Old branches and trees, logs and saw cuts - everything is used. Using the advice of the masters, you can weave amazing animal figures, as in the photo below. Large round cuts are suitable for paths.

• Old dishes (kettles, pots, buckets and even a bathtub, sink or toilet) - all this will make your area “alive” and unusual.
• Shoes. Old boots or holey rubber galoshes are unlikely to be useful to you for their intended purpose, but you can use them in flower beds, and it turns out to be very fun and appropriate.
• Old furniture is another common technique. Chests of drawers and cabinets with slightly open drawers and a cascade of flowers growing from them will decorate any garden. Or, for example, an old cart, like a flower girl’s tray, drowning in rich and bright colors.

Crafts for the playground

We don’t always have what we want in our courtyards of high-rise buildings. The playground is sometimes boring and limited to a couple iron structures. The situation is easy to fix with a little effort. Various crafts made from scrap materials for the playground will delight the eyes of not only little visitors, but also their parents. The scale of action depends solely on your imagination. The leading place among materials is occupied by old tires. IN the shortest possible time you can make anything out of them: flower beds, figurines, tunnels, etc. In second place are plastic and wood, in our opinion, this is more interesting and safe. You can make figurines of cartoon characters and even a New Year's tree, and even a beginner can handle the original bird feeders.

Creativity with children

This is not only a way to spend time, but also valuable communication and development. Lots of opportunities for children's creativity offer materials such as cardboard and colored paper: from basic applications to complex figures and castles. With older children you can do quilling.

Crafts from scrap materials made together with parents (from the same plastic bottles) often become more interesting than store-bought ones. These can be complex robots assembled from many elements of multi-colored plastic, or simple penguins painted with acrylic paints. And if you have sewing skills, then there is even more room for creativity. Any children's crafts made from scrap materials with their own hands are always fun and interesting.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, you can create Christmas tree decorations, garlands and compositions from the same plastic bottles, pine cones, beads, paper, cardboard, ribbons, etc.

Crafts for the garden

They can be not only decorative, but also very functional. Take plastic bottles for example - it’s no longer a secret what comes out of them good system drip irrigation on small areas. And by applying the papier-mâché technique to them, you will get gnomes and decorative mushrooms peeking out from under the trees. From old things and straw - a garden scarecrow, from willow twigs- wattle fence (a fence that will become a real highlight), etc. Any crafts for the garden from scrap material will become its noticeable feature.

There are a lot of old and sometimes unnecessary things around us that can be used to create new designer items that are interesting, unusual and completely unique.

After caring for the garden, a summer resident, as a rule, is left with a lot of waste: from thin twigs to massive logs. They can be used for firewood, but it is much better to make them garden crafts made of wood with your own hands, which will decorate your site and attract everyone's attention.

Landscape design elements

Garden buildings

Wood can serve as a material for the construction and decoration of various structures: barn, well, gazebo, kebab house and so on. Such wooden crafts for a DIY garden they look especially attractive against the backdrop of a country house made of logs or planed timber, forming a unified style of landscape design of the site.

It should be remembered here that the construction of even a very small structure will require a fairly large amount of wood. Therefore, you need to be prepared for the fact that the missing amount of lumber will have to be purchased. However, the result is worth it.

By organically combining rounded logs and branches obtained after pruning trees in the garden, you can create unique and inimitable exteriors.

garden path

Make yours country cottage area The paths paved with tree cuts will help you to look beautiful and unusual. Cuttings of thick branches and sawn tree trunks that remain after cleaning the garden are perfect for this. You just need to make sure that they are not damaged by pests, as this affects the strength and durability of the coating.

The work is done like this:

• the tree must be cut into pieces of equal length (diameter does not matter here);
• treat the workpieces with a special compound that protects them from rotting;
• According to pre-made markings, dig a trench, the depth of which is equal to the length of the prepared cylinders plus 15-20 cm;
• pour a sand cushion at the bottom of the recess, which is then thoroughly compacted;
• Only after this can the saw cuts be installed.

The gaps between large elements can be filled with thin blanks that you sawed from tree branches.

After finishing the work, the remaining gaps are filled with sand or earth. The latter can be mixed with seeds, after germination of which the path will become even more attractive appearance.

Fences and supporting walls

Wood is also perfect for constructing various fences. In addition to the main purpose - zoning a site or restricting access to people and animals - a wooden picket fence or fence also performs a decorative function, complementing or emphasizing various design solutions in landscape design. Such a fence can be easily made from scrap materials without spending money on their purchase.

Zoning of the site can also be done using supporting walls made from dry tree branches or logs of suitable thickness. This solution will be effectively combined with a house made of timber, paths made from sawn logs, wooden garden furniture and so on. It is only important not to overdo it and maintain a sense of proportion.

Decorative bridges

The ensemble of wood crafts can be completed by bridges made of logs and branches, thrown over streams or artificial reservoirs. They look very colorful and are often used by designers to decorate landscapes of summer cottages.

They have one drawback - the need to use large quantity material. It is unlikely that you will have a sufficient number of logs and thick branches at your dacha. However, in this case, the nearest forest can help out. Surely there is a sufficient amount of dead wood there that can be put to good use.

Note!
Before cutting down trees in the forest, you need to make sure that by doing this you do not violate current regulations regarding the use of natural resources.

Decor elements

Flower bed

After cutting down an old or dried tree, you are left with a massive trunk, which is most often sawn into firewood and burned in a fireplace or sauna. However, with a little imagination, you can turn it into a unique and attractive clubhouse that will decorate your yard, barbecue area or outdoor summer kitchen.

To make it you will need:

• old tree trunk;
• chisel and hammer;
• chainsaw;
• plane or sander.

You are unlikely to need manufacturing instructions. You just need to arm yourself with patience and imagination, and then give the unsightly piece of wood any desired shape. Also, do not forget about the depression, which must subsequently be filled with soil and flowers planted there.

Advice!
When choosing plants, make sure that they match each other in shape, color and flowering time.
This way you will achieve the best effect and get rid of dead wood in the flowerbed.

garden furniture

Do-it-yourself garden crafts made of wood, which serve as furniture, have recently become widespread. The price of such products made by professional craftsmen is quite high, but you can make a simple chair, table or armchair yourself.

You just need to take into account the following nuances:

1. To make furniture, it is necessary to use wood with a thick cross-section, which is difficult to find in a summer cottage.
2. During the manufacturing process we use professional tools and equipment. If you don't have them, the right power tool can be rented at the nearest construction supermarket.

Wood processing and furniture manufacturing are carried out in the following sequence:

• a log or branches of suitable thickness and length are processed with an ax to remove remaining bark and knots;
• using a chainsaw, objects are given their final shape and size;
• after fastening the parts to each other, they are finalized with a hammer and chisel;
• at the very end, all surfaces should be cleaned sandpaper, achieving perfect smoothness.

Advice!
In order for the resulting garden furniture to serve for a long time, it must be treated with an antiseptic, getting rid of pests inside the wood, and coated with varnish that protects the product from negative external factors (sun, water, and so on).

Decoration of the playground

Wood can be used to make various figures that decorate playgrounds. They will serve not only as a design element, but also as a game item. For example, a wooden horse. Making it will not require much effort from you.

The work is carried out in the following sequence:

1. First, the torso is constructed. To do this, you need to take two cuts of a large diameter log and connect them using small planks. The thickness of the cut should be about 3-4 centimeters, and the diameter should be at least 25 centimeters. In this way, a box is formed, which, if desired, can later be filled with soil in which to plant flowers.

1. The next step will be making the legs. To prevent the horse from falling during games, they must be durable and hold the body steady. Will do wooden beam with a cross section of at least 5-6 cm or tree branches of a similar diameter. It is advisable to select the length based on the height of the children.
   Remember that the legs must be firmly attached to the body and set in the ground. Can be used metal corners for rigidity, and bury the lower ends of the beams in the ground.
2. The final stage – decorative details. This includes the head, mane and tail. The last one is the easiest to do. You just need to secure a few pieces of rope. The head is made of plywood, which is given the desired shape using a jigsaw. You can attach the head to the body using wooden block 30-40 cm long.
3. Don't forget about painting the figure. This will not only give it an attractive appearance, but also protect the wood from negative impact sun, rain and snow. Remember to use a wood varnish or paint that is safe for children and does not emit harmful substances in atmosphere.
   Another way to make a horse out of wood is to use scraps of branches and logs left over from clearing the garden. But in this case, it is necessary to show remarkable imagination, constructing some kind of sculpture from them.

You can also make a children's swing and sandbox from wood. With a little imagination, you can design climbing ladders, labyrinths and many other objects that the younger generation loves so much.

Note!
All items installed on the playground must be safe.
Make sure that the base of the swings and stairs is carefully concreted, that all parts are securely connected to each other, and that the surface of the wood is free of nails, splinters, knots and various defects that could injure the baby.

By the way, the old logs at your disposal can be successfully used to make cars, trains, and so on. All you need is a chainsaw and some paint. And the delight that will be reflected on the faces of your offspring will serve as your best reward.

Conclusion

It is hardly possible to give an exhaustive list of garden crafts that can be made from wood. By showing your imagination, you can come up with many more ideas, each of which is worthy of implementation. After watching the video in this article, you will learn a lot more interesting things.

If there are small children in the family, it is simply necessary to arrange for them playground in the country. Here they will play fresh air, allowing parents to rest or go about their business. And when you are free, you can always join them. The play area in the garden will become much more positive, brighter and more interesting if you use crafts for the playground. There are many ways to make them yourself, which we will discuss in this article.

To decorate a children's playground, it is not at all necessary to buy expensive garden decor. Crafts made by yourself will allow the site to look very original. This will be a unique children's corner that only you and your children have.

Making crafts yourself is pleasant in all respects - materials for such creativity are available in abundance, and completely free of charge, you just need to use your imagination, creative imagination, and soon you will be able to please your kids. Work must begin by choosing the location where the site will be located. A spacious place not far from the house, where there is both sun and shade, is suitable.

A good covering for the area where the crafts will be placed is a sand mound or lawn. It is necessary to keep the lawn clean so that there are no glasses, sharp pebbles and sticks among the grass, so that children can play barefoot, as well as inedible berries. As you know, in childhood we want to taste everything, especially what looks bright and attractive.

What can be used as raw materials?

First of all, these are old tires. Nowadays, used tires literally become new life– they are used to make flower beds, swings and a wide variety of crafts for the playground.

Tires are good because they can be used to create sports equipment. For example, such a tunnel, make a swing, dig it into the ground at a distance so that you can jump and walk on it

Today, not only boys, but also girls are delighted with cars. Such a luxurious car can be made from tires and plastic chair. An easier option is to dig 4 tires into the ground and make a wooden seat

You can create amazing crafts from tires - funny bears (tires are used different sizes, cardboard, old basin), bright tropical parrots. When painted, they seem to come to life and turn the playground into a corner of joy and positivity.

The tire must be washed and dried before starting the creative process. You can walk and jump on the tires that are dug in while standing; you can attach boards on top, paint them, and make such “climbing walls” even more interesting. You can make a sandbox out of a large tire, and there are simply countless options for creating different figures.

More ideas for arranging a children's playground in the country:

Bottle palms and plastic zoo

Plastic bottles are also a very common material for crafts. The variety of their shapes and sizes allows you to create very interesting things - palm trees, flowers, figures of insects and animals.

Exotic palm trees will enliven any landscape, and making them is not at all difficult. There is plenty of material such as bottles everywhere. You don’t have to follow strict instructions; experiment by creating a tropical corner for yourself.

Making such a pig is very simple - use a five-liter bottle for the body, two-liter bottles for the legs. The ears from the tail are also cut out of plastic.

This flower garden will not wither throughout the summer. Flowers are the necks of bottles, cut in the shape of lilies and bells, leaves are bottles without a base, cut into 4-6 pieces. Paint them with paint from the remote control and install them in the right place

Such crafts are practical - they are not afraid of either rain or scorching sun. To make a palm tree, cut off the bottom of the bottles and string them on top of each other, insert a metal rod inside - this is the base of the palm tree. To create a “crown”, use one or more bottles and cut them from the base to the neck into several strips - these will be the leaves. Then trim the cut pieces at an angle so that they resemble the shape of the hard leaves of a palm tree. Insert the neck of this bottle into the “trunk”. To create a classic palm tree, brown bottles (trunk) and green bottles (crown) are used, but it is not at all necessary to adhere to classical standards.

Useful: how to do it garden figures for a do-it-yourself garden:

Parade of plywood figures

Plywood is a great material for making flat, brightly colored figurines that will lift anyone's spirits. You can depict anything on plywood - your favorite cartoon characters, movie and book heroes, and then cut out the figures and place them in the garden. The composition can be used as a delimiter fence for garden areas.

Figurines in the form of your favorite cartoon characters are always a delight. For creating Winnie the Pooh a five-liter bottle is also used

Plywood cat and mouse surrounded by flowerpots, located on a soft lawn - a great place to relax and outdoor games for babies

Foam figures

Polyurethane foam is not very common, but interesting material for making crafts. The figures made from it look like toys, look great and are very popular with children.

Figures made from polyurethane foam look ready-made. The website has a master class on how to make them, if you are interested, you can master the technique of making them

Hedgehogs and ladybugs made from pebbles and boulders

Large pebbles too suitable material. If you paint round stones with bright colors, you will get funny bugs, hedgehogs or other animals, depending on what your imagination tells you. It's better to color them acrylic paints, and then cover with colorless varnish. Drawings with a clear outline look good. First it is drawn with a pencil, then with black or white paint. Colored paints are applied between the contour lines.

Such a family ladybugs will add positivity to the children's corner. The easiest way to paint stones to look like bugs is to apply a simple outline drawing, and then use bright contrasting paints and varnish

Combinations of materials - room for creativity

You can create interesting crafts from logs by combining pieces of wood of different sizes and different lengths. Combinations of various materials - tires and logs, tires and plastic bottles will not let you get bored at all; you can make a playground that will be the envy of those who purchased a ready-made one for their garden.

You can create interesting lawns or flower beds in the shape of animals and insects using bottles as a fence. Work with your children; they usually come up with completely out-of-the-box, interesting ideas.

A funny crocodile flowerbed - a suitable decor for a children's playground, made of plastic bottles (outline), eyes - plywood and plastic

If there was an old tree on the property that you cut down, do not rush to get rid of the stump. From it you can make something like this great house with door, roof and windows. It will not only delight children, but will also be a wonderful decor for the site

Zebras are made from logs and tires, and their manes are made from plastic. This is both sports equipment and homemade garden decor at the same time

To create the sun, plastic bottles and old tire. The composition is very bright, positive, and easy to make. Bottle caps are nailed to the tire, then screwed to the bottle - the beams are ready

If you still have unused materials after building a house or arranging a garden, do not rush to throw them away. For example, you can use pieces of bright ceramic tiles to lay out paths, the space around the figures, or use pieces of broken tiles to lay out mosaics and images of various characters. Draw the outline of the figure on the path, and then lay it out with tiles. If laid out on the ground or sand, such a mosaic will be short-lived, but laid out on cement mixture will create an image that will last for years. Rub the seams after drying, and the result will please you.

To create a charming, fairy-tale atmosphere in their garden, many try to make something unusual in its territory. Although garden crafts have already gained such enormous popularity that it is not always easy to be original in this regard. Or maybe it’s not necessary. After all, the main task of a gardener is not to keep the neighbors’ mouths open in amazement, but to create a pleasant atmosphere that lifts the mood. Experience has shown that many homemade garden decorations quickly lose their appearance or even initially do not fit into such a landscape. Therefore, on our website we invite you to consider only those recognized as the best garden crafts with your own hands from scrap materials (with description). So let's get started.

What improvised materials are best not to use for garden crafts?

On the Internet you can find descriptions of many garden crafts made from scrap materials, but not all of them look impressive and retain their original appearance for a long time. From the experience of creative gardeners, the conclusion is that you should not work with the following materials:

• Plastic bottles. Firstly, crafts made from them rarely look beautiful, especially up close. Various dogs, elephants, bunnies, palm trees and bells from cut plastic containers look miserable and tacky. With their help, you will create a mess with your own hands rather than comfort. Secondly, they lose their appearance extremely quickly. The paints covering the crafts quickly fade under the sun, after rain they are covered with dirt, which is difficult to wash off, and the flimsy structure quickly disintegrates from the wind. In a word, the labor spent on making such crafts is one of the thankless tasks.

• Old shoes. This is a fairly popular way to decorate a garden these days, but it has more disadvantages than advantages. First, the roles flower pot Only those boots or sneakers are awarded that are no longer worthy to accommodate the feet of their owners. They will create clutter in the garden. Secondly, shoes made of fabric or leather, of course, are not intended to be regularly exposed to rain, so they will quickly become unstuck and fade.

• Other inappropriate materials.

Remember, if some great landscape designer decided to plant a flower in an old sneaker or place a rare toy on the lawn, then this is not a reason to take all the home “antiques” out into the garden. Try to make do with decorations that are more universal and less stylized.

Crafts for the garden: the most practical materials and the best ideas with descriptions

Car tires

Among fruit trees Originally designed flower beds with bright flowers will look great. It is common to use old car tires. The creation of such a craft does not need a special description, since it is done very simply. One option is to decorate the tire in bright colors (you can make some kind of animal out of it) and arrange a flower bed in the middle.

Old bicycle or car

Instead of throwing away a bicycle or car that can no longer be repaired, it is better to paint it in beautiful colour and use for decoration. Look how beautiful it can be.

Various containers

To decorate your garden, you can create cute crafts from unusable buckets, barrels, watering cans or kitchen utensils. If you paint them in bright colors, then they will take on a well-groomed appearance, and no one will think that the container was accidentally forgotten by the owners.

Stones

Bench

It is very practical to build a bench in the garden with your own hands, because it will allow you to relax pleasantly in the shade of the trees. But if you paint your craft in some interesting way, then the place to relax will also turn out to be a magnificent decorative element. And if you know how to beautifully process wood, then the bench can turn into a garden decoration even without paint.

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Practical advice

In addition to avoiding the use of plastic bottles, non-rubber shoes and other inappropriate materials, consider a few other tips for making DIY garden crafts:

• Don't do art if you don't have a talent for it. Ask someone to help or make patterns that you can trace later.
• Do not clutter the area, otherwise it will look unkempt and create a feeling of chaos.
• Don't make a fuss orchard with your own hands kindergarten. This can happen if you build a lot of bunnies, cats and other animals or insects.
• Make only those crafts that will truly decorate your garden. What is on the Internet detailed description some popular craft doesn’t mean you have to make it.

We hope that thanks to the information provided above about DIY garden crafts from scrap materials (with description), you can transform your garden into a truly beautiful place. Be moderate in this matter, do not show fanaticism. Create the world around you that you want to see.

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