How to make a large, small palm tree and a bonsai palm from plastic bottles? Step-by-step instruction for assembling palms from plastic bottles

In this article, we want to talk about how to successfully connect together the love of the tropics, creative and unnecessary plastic bottles.

Palma is an indisputable symbol of summer and rest. But to live palms to leave expensive, and a piece of such a wonderful sunny mood I want to buy. However, why buy a palm tree, if you can make it yourself? And even using items that are easy to find in any home - plastic bottles.

How to make a palm from plastic bottles in stages?

• Let's start with chopping the leaves of a palm tree. For this, divide the plastic green bottle into two parts, the top

comes in handy. For the leaves of the palm, the top of the plastic bottle

• is taken. Now this strip is cut into strips. Handle the surface along. The shape of the bottle does not matter - any

is suitable. For palm from plastic bottles, strips are cut along the

• bottle. After cutting, the resulting bottles are fixed to the

cable. IMPORTANT: The cable diameter should be from 12 to 14 millimeters.

The palm leaves from the bottles are connected to the

cable And there are several

• leaves for the palm of the bottles. Now can start producing the .They will be useful for plastic bottles with a capacity of about 2.5 liters of brown

These bottles are useful for making a barrel for a palm from bottles

• Along bottles make cuts of so that the strips are wide

For palm from plastic bottles on a barrel bottlemake incisions

• The bottom is removed

For the palm of plastic bottles from the bottle is cut the bottom

That's how the bottle for the palm should look like

• Prepare a sheet of metal , the thickness of which should be more than 0.5 centimeters. Two rods with a length of about 25 centimeters are to be welded to this sheet. One of them should be at an angle of 90 degrees to the sheet, and the other one under the smaller

. To make a palm from bottles, a metal layer

• is required. Put the metal pipes on the rods. The diameter is desirable within 20 millimeters. As to the height, it depends on what height of the palm tree you want to see

Metal rod for the frame of the palm from the bottles

• At the ends of the rods you need to weld the bushings from the metal. It is in them that the palm leaves from bottles

will be planted Fastening of leaves on a palm from bottles

IMPORTANT: Wires on which improvised leaves are planted, it is better to bend.

Wires holding palm leaves from bottles, it is better to bend

• Once the leaves are collected, can proceed to the trunk of

Assembling the trunk of a palm from bottles

As a result, these palm-shaped bottles of

turn out. The palm from plastic bottles

• For clarity, you can see on the diagram how to form the trunk of the future tree from plastic bottles. Secure the iron rod in the ground, and then thread bottles on it. From bottles, pre-cut the bottom

The scheme for creating a trunk of a palm from plastic bottles

• In green bottles intended for leaves, the bottom is also cut off. Further each of the bottles is cut into 3 or 4 parts of .Each part, in turn, is made in the form of fringe

Scheme of foliage molding for palm from bottles

• As soon as several green bottles are decorated in such a way as indicated on the diagram, can begin assembling the crown

IMPORTANT: It is recommended to make on a brown bottlecuts in the form of crosses - so the green bottles will be better fixed. For better fixing, it is also possible to attach the compound crowns inside the brown bottle to each other with wire.

Palette design for plastic bottles

• Now the top with the crown is fastened to the trunk as shown in the diagram

The scheme of fastening the crown to the trunk of the palm of the bottles

How much plastic bottles are needed to make the palm?

Plastic bottles are in every house, but how many do they need for palm trees? For the , store 10-15 pieces of brown material, or even more.

Pay attention to the displacement: so, for the craft of 15 bottles it is recommended to purchase 2 liter material, but for smaller palms - bottles of 10 - you can stock up on one and a half liter bottles.

As for the leaves of , it is better to take a bottle for them more - the palm leaves are quite long. On average, one bottle needs at least 7 bottles.

For palm trees from bottles will be useful as brown and green bottles

How to make leaves for palm from plastic bottles?

• If you want to get wide leaves , resembling a fan, cut off the bottom first. Then make incisions in the bottle in such a way that three parts are formed. It is recommended to use not only green bottles, but yellow ones as well - the palm tree will look more natural

IMPORTANT: Bring the cuts about half a finger to the neck.

• Each of the notches is rounded and tapered to the base of the so as to resemble the leaves of the
• . Now it is necessary for the to unfold all the leaves outward.
• The leaves are cut so that the fringe is obtained. The fringe is needed on both sides of each leaf. The middle, of course, should remain intact - just 1.5 centimeters. It is recommended to create a splendor to bend each denticle according to the following principle - one down, the second straight, and the third one upwards.

. That's how the leaves with fringe should look like in the palm of plastic bottles

. How to make a barrel for a palm from plastic bottles?

• First of all, cut off about 1/3 of the bottle - namely the bottom
• 8 petals are cut from the remaining bottle. From the lid you have to pull off the half-finger
• Remove each of the segments

IMPORTANT: You can also use a third of the bottle to save material. However, you will have to make a hole in it. You can use for this purpose a knife, pre-heated on the stove.

Forming a palm trunk from bottles

How to collect a palm from plastic bottles?

As a rod, which will serve as a support for palm trees, it is best to use a plastic pipe .Its diameter should be 20 millimeters. But about the height of restrictions there.

• Begin the assembly from below .And for the bottom, select the largest details, for the top - the smallest. They are collected by the method of "glass in a glass"
• The petals at this time should rotate in staggered order.
• The very bottom is best fixed using double narrow tape - it perfectly connects. However, you can also use glue
• But for 30 centimeters to the top of the stock you need to finish collecting the trunk and start collecting foliage. And also use the chess order
• Once the assembly is completed, bury the reinforcement in the ground for 30 centimeters. At the same time, 40 centimeters should remain on the surface. And here on this armature put on a ready-made pipe with a palm tree

This is the result of a palm from bottles

Variants of palm from plastic bottles

Palms from plastic bottles can look different. But it's better to see once, therefore offer you a selection of photos of with similar artificial trees.

Palms made of plastic bottles with smooth trunk

Palms made of plastic bottles with trunk-petals

Palms made of plastic bottles with non-toothed spreading leaves

Small palm from plastic bottles

Palm of plastic bottles with thick solid trunk

Palma made of plastic bottles with high trunk

Palms made of plastic bottles that are not stylized for real trees

Small palm trees made of plastic bottles

Palma Bonsai made of plastic bottles

• For the manufacture of such a palm, cut the top and bottom of the

at the bottle. Cut the top and bottom of the plastic bottles for the bonsai palm from plastic bottles.

• Cut out the small strips of green plastic material, and from them the

leaves. IMPORTANT: The strips should be about a centimeterin width.

Leaflets for a bonsai palm from a plastic bottle

• Each of the slices should be

On each leaf for a palm-bonsai from a plastic bottle holes are made

• You should also prepare a wire for the branches - it should be from 0.2 to 0,5 millimeters in diameter

Wire for sprigs of bonsai palm from plastic bottle

• Now cut 30-50 centimeters of wire and fold it in half. Pass the first sheet and twist the ends 2 or 3 times - so it is fixed

So fasten the leaves for the bonsai palm from the plastic bottle

• The first rectangle is the top sheet. Others locate on both sides of it

Fasten leaves on both sides of the top of the bonsai palm from a plastic bottle

IMPORTANT: Every leaf pair should be retreated 3-4 millimeters, and then twist the wire.

• Once the twigs are finished, tighten the ends of the .In general, palm trees need to be stocked with 15 branches. The uppermost let contain the largest number of leaves, and the lower ones - the smaller

. At the end of the branch of the bonsai palm tree from the plastic bottle, it should be twisted

• The palm will consist of two tiers. Bridging between each other should be intertwined creating a common trunk

Weaving branches into the trunk of a bonsai palm from a plastic bottle

• And now we will create the foundation of the .The pot is not very suitable - it is best to fix the palm tree on the island. To make it useful soap dish, saucer, sudokec - anything that has an oblong shape. The container is covered with food film, and then filled with liquid alabaster

For an island for a bonsai palm tree from a plastic bottle, you can use

• palm trees. Put the palm in a bag and wait 10 minutes for - during this time solidification will occur. Then there will be only to take out the platform with a tree from the

container. The island for the bonsai palm from the plastic bottle

• It remains only to paint the island as

wants. Coloring the island for the bonsai palm from the plastic bottle

How to make a big palm tree of plasticbottles?

• First of all, stock up a lot of bottles. Cut them in half, and form the prongs of the
• on the part of the cut. Next, a metal pin is attached to the ground of the . As an alternative, use a strong wire

IMPORTANT: Be sure to ensure that the pin is firmly attached to the ground.

• Billets from bottles thread on the pin .It is advisable to bend them in order to create an effect of naturalness
• . From green bottles , cut out the leaves of , after removing the bottoms of
• from the bottles. Connect all the elements to the general design of .They can be sealed with harness or welding

This is the result of a large palm from plastic bottles

How to make a small palm from plastic bottles?

For such a small palm for the room , will need only 3 brown bottles and one for leaves with a capacity of 0.6 liters.

• So, cut each of the brown bottles into 4 equal parts of the .And by cutting each of the parts of the , you need to form the incisions in the form of triangles in the centimeter
• Fold these sections
• Now divide the green bottle into 3 parts , the largest of which will be the one with the neck - 9 centimeters
• Collect the trunk from that part, which consists of the bottom of the .Paste in it other components of the trunk

IMPORTANT: It is recommended to use glue that is universal - it also interacts well with plastic, and has no unpleasant odor.

Small palm from plastic bottles

As you can see, you can arrange your own tropics in any strip of our vast homeland, and at any time of the year. The material is very much available, and time will be spent a little. In addition, such a palm tree is perfect for those who do not have time to take care of living plants.

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