Car tires are extremely useful and functional items. The most popular variant of their use is the design of children's playgrounds. But the flow of folk creativity swiftly rushes further, coming up with more and more new options for using tires that have already served their time for their intended purpose. So, they are successfully used as:
- a swing, hanging by a rope or chain;
- storage tanks for firewood, newspapers, magazines;
- when making furniture (the procedure is very laborious, but the result is really impressive, because of the specifics of the material, such items can be used, for example, in the garden or on the terrace);
- flowerpots and flower beds.
Consider the latter option in more detail, because the vases and flower pots from automobile tires are an excellent option for ennobling the garden plot, introducing diversity into the landscape design. A little effort and patience and a lot of ideas will help you to make original flowerpots from tires with your hands, which will emphasize the beauty and magnificence of flowers and other ornamental plants.
How to make flowerpots for colors from tires?
Making a street flower pot is not a difficult task, but it requires some effort, so if you are a woman, you will need to ask a representative of a stronger sex who has enough physical strength and has experience with tools.
We need:
- old car tire;
- sharp knife;
- screwdriver;
- pliers;
- self-tapping screws and washers;
- White paint.
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Progress:
- We make markings on the tire in the form of a zigzag.
- Knife cut out the middle of the markings.
- We take the middle, we get this kind of improvised flower.
- The backbone is turned inside out, bending the "petals" outward.
- We turn the tire over, getting the base for the flowerpot.
- From above place the cut middle and fix it on the base, screwing the screws. Holes should be preliminarily done by hand or electric drill.
- The finished construction is painted in white. At will, you can give the will of your imagination a drawing on top. Especially interesting will look geometric patterns that repeat the colors of plants that you plan to place in the flowerpot.
- At the bottom you can put a piece of plywood, top the film.
- We fall asleep in the capacity of the earth, plant or transplant flowers. Vase from the tire with your own hands is ready.
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From the tire you can cut and an unusual figure of the parrot for the garden.