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Home » Repurpose » 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

September 7, 2017 By Vanessa Beaty 1 Comment

In our garage right now, we have a huge tub full of plastic bottles to recycle. They accumulate pretty fast; I think that we did our most recent recycling run with them only about a month ago, and already the tub is starting to overflow.

But why recycle when you can upcycle? In the past, I’ve shared plenty of cool projects with you for turning ordinary plastic bottles into something awesome. You can use plastic bottles to make a magical fairy castle, or to create self-watering seed starter pots.

But what if you don’t want to do something so involved, and you just want to do a quick, easy DIY project which might be suitable for a gift or for décor around the home or office? For that, I present these 5 easy DIY plastic bottle upcycling projects. Check out the exclusive video below!

Table of Contents

  • Video tutorial
  • Materials:
  • Directions:
  • Candy Container
  • Pasta Container
  • Planter
  • Candy Bowl
  • Candle Holder

Video tutorial

Materials:

Plastic bottles
Scissors
Candies
Ribbon
Gravel, sand or dirt
Plant (fake or real)
Pasta
Twine
Hot glue and glue gun
Tea light
Googly eyes and small pom pom
Any other embellishments you want

Directions:

Candy Container

1. Get a plastic soda bottle and cut it in half just below the label.

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

2. Take the bottom section and cut vertically down so that you get a number of “fringes” around the bottle. You can also cut little bits out of the ends so that they are like petals.

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

2. Put some candy inside.

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

3. Fold over all the “fringes” toward the middle and secure them. You now have a closed plastic container.

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

4. Tie a ribbon around the outside to decorate it. Now present it as a gift!

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Candy Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Pasta Container

1. Cut a plastic bottle in half just under the label.

Pasta Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Pasta Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
2. Cut another plastic bottle, but this time cut closer to the bottom so you get a shallower section.

Pasta Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

3. Pour pasta inside.

4. Fit the smaller section on top like a lid.

Pasta Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

5. Add twine and embellishments.
Pasta Container - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Planter

1. Cut a plastic bottle in half through the center.

Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
2. Get the bottom section and glue googly eyes about two thirds of the way up toward the open end. Below those, place the little pom pom to serve as a nose.

Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

3. Pour in your dirt, sand or gravel.

Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

4. Add your plant (real of fake). If you add a real plant, make sure you poke some drainage holes through the bottom so that you can water it. Isn’t it adorable?

Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Planter - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Candy Bowl

1. Cut the bottom section out of a plastic bottle. Do not cut halfway—go further down toward the bottom so you get a shallower bowl.

Candy Bowl - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Candy Bowl - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
2. Pour in some candies.

Candy Bowl - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

3. Tie a ribbon around the side. You now have a clear, pretty container, perfect for presenting a gift of candies.
Candy Bowl - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Candle Holder

1. Cut a plastic bottle so that you have the very top section above the label.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

2. Do the same with a second plastic bottle.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

3. Cut this second one down so that it is smaller—the right size to hold a tea light.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

4. Use hot glue to stand the smaller one on top of the larger one (connect both the bottle necks together). The larger section now acts as a base.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}
Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

5. Tie a ribbon around the narrowest section in the middle.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

6. Set a tea light on top.

Candle Holder - 5 Creative DIY Projects for Upcycling Your Plastic Bottles {Video Tutorial}

Ready for more check out our 20 Fun and Creative Crafts with Plastic Soda Bottles post for more upcycling ideas.

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  1. Harshadbhai Patel says

    September 8, 2017 at 6:22 am

    This is very good , its healp to the school children very much, this can be called as ”Best from the west”

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