Crafts from car tires - garden decoration

Old car tires you can give a secondlife, if you use them to decorate the garden plot. Previously, of automobile tires, only fences were made for children's playgrounds and flowerbeds, or they made from them original flowerpots - poured earth into the tires and planted plants there. But for today the new, unusual application of tires has gained popularity - from them do decorative hand-made articles. From automobile tires, you can create amazing figures yourself: swans, elephants, turtles, snails, parrots and many other animals. They can also turn into elegant vases, you only need to show imagination and make a little effort. Crafts from automobile tires will be an excellent decoration and a summer residence, and a modern cottage village. On the territory of a kindergarten or at children's playgrounds, they will become a wonderful fun for the children.

To make carpets from car tires for the garden, in addition to fantasy you will need perseverance, patience and some tools: knives and scissors, as well as paints and brushes.

It is better to use old worn tires,"Bald", cutting them is much easier than products with a clear relief surface. However, some handmade car tricks, for example, a crocodile or a dinosaur, will look best if you make them from tires with a clear protector. In this case, it is necessary to use an electric jig saw or even a saw-bolgar.

There is one trick that simplifiesCutting process: it is necessary to dissolve soap in water and constantly moisten the rubber in this solution. The length of time during which carpets from car tires will please you, depends on the preparation of the material before painting. Tires should be washed and dried. Do not be superfluous and degreasing the surface. If these conditions are met, the paint from the figures will not fall off along with the remnants of dirt, crafts will stand for several years under the sun and in the rain like new ones.

Start making jewelry for the site betterwith uncomplicated figures. The simplest artifacts from automobile tires are flower beds-vases. On the used tire, markings must be marked in the form of a wavy line or triangular teeth, and then cut along the circumference. The knife should be sharp enough, but not enough to cut your fingers, be careful when working. Now the top of the tire needs to be turned inside out and dyed. You can pour the land and plant your favorite flowers.

Such crafts from car tires like swanstoo, with ease come from the beginner. From the middle of the tire you need to cut the neck and the head of the bird and bend it. The lateral parts of the tire are partially incised and bent - these are the wings of the swan. To prevent the neck from swinging in strong winds, you can screw a strip of metal with screws or attach a thick wire. The figure of the swan should be twice covered with white paint, then red and black color draw eyes and beak. If the bottom of the tire is painted blue or blue, the impression is that the bird is in the lake.

For those who can not decide to carvefigures, there is the easiest way to decorate a garden plot with old tires. Simply paint the car tires in different colors and lay out the artistic composition.