At pet bottles, short version for Polyethylene Terephthalate, are so common in our daily life that we hardly remember the time when soft drinks came in glass bottles or that we could not buy a bottle of water on our tours. But this type of plastic was created in the 1940s by two British chemists and began, over the decades, to be incorporated into more and more products of our daily lives. It is the main material that we remember when doing recycling and what appears most when we research on sustainable crafts. Today we are going to talk about the Christmas ornaments with PET bottle:
In order not to get out of the Christmas spirit that is getting stronger and stronger with the proximity of the date, we made a post only with Christmas decoration items with this material! Take the opportunity to get inspired, start recycling and decorating your home!
You will find in this post:
- Many ideas of garlands: Garlands are traditional elements of Christmas celebrations and almost everyone ends up hanging one on the front door of their home. They mean the cycle of life and the year and, depending on the symbols that are incorporated in the assembly, gain more meanings. We present some ideas on how to make garlands out of this material in a versatile and simple way.
- Super colorful flowers inside pet bottles: There are several ways to create flowers with pet, using both the top, the mouth and the lid, when the bottom of the soda bottles. Give various shapes by modeling with scissors and even with fire and different colors with paints, sprays and pens!
- Personalized decoration for the simplest flashers: The fashion of decorating the flashers has recently arrived to stay and, the more different and creative you leave your lights, the more chances you have to charm everyone.
- Moments to create with children: At this time when children are already on vacation, it is important to create activities and also think about traditions that can be made with the meaning of Christmas. Show how crafts and recycling can be fun things done together!
50 ideas for Christmas ornaments with PET bottle to use at the end of the year
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Picture 1 – Colored lights: use PET bottles for a different decoration on your flasher.
An easy and super cheap idea to decorate with these lights! To fit the flasher, do the following: with a drill or a hot iron, drill a hole in the cap of the bottle wide enough for the flasher lamp to pass.
Picture 2 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: snowflake with bottom of pet bottle.
The bottom of a pet bottle can be a great base for you to design a snowflake or mandala to decorate your snow. Drill a hole at the top and thread or hang.
Picture 3 – Sustainable tree with used pet bottles.
In cities or for those with more space, trees made with several layers of pet bottles are quite common and bring a different way of seeing these common items in our day.
Picture 4 – Garland with pet bottles, ribbons and coffee capsules.
In a completely sustainable wave, think of ornaments that use not only pet bottles, but also other items, such as these famous coffee capsules, which are discarded after use and which can take on another form with a little creativity.
Picture 5 – Pet bottle, wool and buttons become a Santa Claus for your shelf.
The most fun thing to work with common materials in our daily lives is to subvert its use and transform it into a completely different functional or decorative object, even if it has the same basic shape.
Picture 6 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: creative and recycled candlesticks.
These candlesticks are super easy and practical to make and will certainly serve to make your table look more traditional. To hide the material, paint with the paint of your choice. And don't miss this tutorial!
Image 7 – Another idea for lights and flashers: pet flowers.
It is not only the interior of the houses that can be decorated and, for those who have a yard with grass, this lighting idea is incredible, as in the photo. To support the earth, use a thin metal stake or even a wooden stick.
Picture 8 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: mobile with transparent bottles.
Lights work very well with materials that reflect them, such as pet plastic. And, in a transparent version the effect is even more interesting.
Image 9 – Use recycling to create stories and characters.
A good example of working with sustainable materials with children or even to have fun and complete their play. Help create stories and characters exactly as they imagined!
Picture 10 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle for big trees.
This ornament works well for those who have trees at home. Putting together four bottles with nylon thread or universal glue, a complete new decoration appears in your home!
Image 11 – Any type of plastic bottle can be used when making the decoration.
Although soda bottles are the most used in crafts, other bottles, especially those that are not as transparent, such as bottles of fabric softener or other cleaning products, give a super cool and different style to your work.
Picture 12 – Bottle Nebula: galaxies also in plastic bottles.
A few years ago, bottle nebula, or bottled galaxies, became super famous for their simplicity and effect on the decoration of those connected to the cosmos. They can be made not only with glass bottles, but also plastic! Take a look at this tutorial and unravel the mystery of the universe!
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Image 13 – Tree only with plastic bottles.
Another example, on a smaller scale, of a Christmas tree made only with PET bottles.
Image 14 – Another garland idea for your door.
This time only with the bottom of the bottles.
Picture 15 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: garland with pet floral style.
Pet bottles can be transformed into the most different forms of flowers, with different shapes and colors.
Image 16 – A sustainable artificial flower.
Cut the petals at the top of the bottle and keep the lid as a crumb.
Picture 17 – Snowman that doesn't melt at Brazilian Christmas!
These are super fun and still play with our tendency to adopt decorative elements from the icy Christmases of the northern hemisphere. the cotton in the bottle gives the right texture and the cap makes a perfect cap!
Picture 18 – Gift bracelets with pet bottle base and colored wool lining.
An alternative form of souvenir for loved ones, but very creative and cheap! If the bottle is too wide for your wrist, cut to the width and adjust with glue or even a stapler. The wool lining hides both the plastic and the adjustments.
Picture 19 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: gather various materials and people to make a community decoration.
Also quite common in city districts, community action creates completely different decorations, forming a diverse and collective Christmas.
Picture 20 – Garland with branches, string and pet bottle.
Picture 21 – To do with children: little angels in the recycling style.
Image 22 – Coating for chandelier with pet strips and a different effect.
On a round base, glue the pet strips with hot glue or universal glue until the dome is complete and the desired effect is achieved. Then just attach it around the light point.
Image 23 – For large trees: sustainable star at the top.
An alternative, super-lit star to the top of the tree.
Picture 24 – Christmas ornament with PET bottle: vases to fill your house with flowers for the holidays.
Image 25 – Small garlands to create a composition on the wall.
Image 26 – Table decoration with colored bottles.
Pet bottles are great materials to create decorations for both Christmas and any other time of the year! To get a different style, try to shape the bottle to get the effect you want with fire! Here is an image tutorial for that
Image 27 – Protection for the snowman not to melt in the heat.
Another way for the snowman to survive Brazilian Christmas is to create a protective dome. It's magic, of course!
Image 28 – Another idea to put on the lights.
Image 29 – Decoration to stay hydrated.
Especially for children, it's fun to do something different with everyday objects, or even make a decoration that draws their attention to necessary activities, like always drinking water!
Picture 30 – Christmas ornaments with PET bottle: pet pompons to decorate the tree.
Both bottles and plastic cups can be cut into strips for a pompom effect!
Image 31 – Mobile with the meaning of the year-end parties.
Image 32 – Dome for small ornaments.
Like the dome for snowmen, this dome has a small atmosphere inside it.
Image 33 – Garland with plastic flowers made at home.
A super interesting, colorful and beautiful garland! Look for different ways to make flowers with pet bottles and join them in a garland-shaped composition.
Image 34 – Transparent mobile to renew everyday decoration.
Another mobile with transparent plastic. The cool thing is that it always receives light, either direct with the lamp or indirect, with the natural sunlight in the environment.
Picture 35 – Pet snowman.
Another idea to bring children together! Snowman, Santa Claus, reindeer, penguins…. All the famous Christmas characters can emerge from these bottles! Take a look at this step-by-step:
Image 36 – Ornaments for the tree with balls and pet bottles.
Using a metallic spray paint of the same color as industrialized ornaments, pet bottles with their flower shape are not even recognized in the decoration.
Image 37 – More flowers to decorate the Christmas lights.
Image 38 – Pet strips forming an angel.
Use hot glue or stapler to secure the strips together and maintain the desired shape.
Image 39 – Super colorful flowers to decorate your home.
Pet flowers are used to decorate your home throughout the year, including adding some color for Christmas! Use paint or markers to color in your favorite colors!
Picture 40 – Super colorful and festive garland.
With the bottles that have the softest plastic, look for a serpentine effect and put many colors with paints and sprays.
Image 41 – Snowflakes to decorate your home.
The snowflakes on the bottom of the bottle can be made with acrylic paints and even with glitter glue. At the end, hang it on your tree or make a curtain or garland to decorate.
Image 42 – Innovate in ways to make mobiles or garlands.
Image 43 – Lamp in the bottle with flasher.
On Christmas Eve the effect of this simple lamp is fantastic, like a pot full of fireflies. Make a hole in the bottom to pass the wire that is plugged into the socket.
Image 44 – Flowers full of glitter for colorful trees.
Take the colors of your flowers to the tree too and leave the traditional palette of green, gold, silver and red.
Image 45 – More flowers adorning the point of light.
Picture 46 – Giant bottle doll!
Image 47 – Garland of flowers.
Here you can use both a wire and string to give structure to the garland. But don't forget to glue the mouths of the bottles with hot glue to avoid losing shape.
Image 48 – Transparent flowers with colored lights effect.
Changing the direction of the previous examples, this time the colors of the blinkers are colored by the flowers.
Image 49 – Encape the pet base with other materials to give texture to your ornaments.
Picture 50 – Pet base for an ornament with ribbons and beads.
Use other craft materials to help compose your work. Think of papers, ribbons, beads, threads and string to make your items more complete and full of creativity.
