This year we moved to a small agricultural town with large sandboxes in the courtyards. In the summer, a lot of kids gathered, and our improvised toys turned out to be very useful. Empty clean containers were used for a variety of games:
- Aktimelk bottles;
- cups, boxes, jars of yoghurt, cottage cheese and sour cream;
- wide-neck bottles (for dairy products).
The advantages of such toys are obvious to all parents: they are free, there are a large number of them, you don’t mind leaving them behind, forgetting them, or spoiling them. Following us, other children began to take unnecessary packaging out into the street, making Easter cakes, setting up cafeterias, shops and other role-playing joys.
Also, over time, small doll aquariums migrated to the sandbox. There is a water pump not far from the yard, so water is brought regularly for games on hot days. And recently we have another new product - houses made from canisters.
Preparatory work - wall plan, foundation construction
Not all owners of summer cottages are lucky with their territory.
For some, the hacienda is located on the slope of a hill or ravine. This is fraught with landslides and washing away the top fertile soil layer. To combat this problem, retaining walls are erected. They can be made of concrete, stone, brick, wood. You can go a more original way by making retaining walls from plastic bottles.
First you need to draw on paper where they will be located. If the site is on a steep slope, then you may need to make several levels - from 2 to 4, using such barriers. It is not necessary to border each terrace with retaining walls made of bottles. The top one can be made of stone, and the bottom one can be made of them.
After the plan for placing the partition has been drawn, you can begin work. Take 4 pegs and drive them into the ground around the perimeter of the future structure. Secure with rope. Level it up. Remove the top fertile layer from this place; it will be useful in the garden. Dig a trench according to the markings, 40-50 cm deep and 30-35 cm wide.
Pour sand down in a layer of 7-10 cm, moisten and compact it.
Mix 4 parts sand with 1 part cement (it is better to take the M 400 brand), dilute with enough water to obtain the consistency of thin cottage cheese. Pour the resulting concrete into the trench. This will be the foundation for the future wall. The next stage of work can begin when it dries, but not completely - when you press on the concrete with your finger, a small mark will remain. Then you need to stack plastic bottles.
To create a retaining wall, 2 and 1.5 liter bottles are suitable. Smaller containers will make the wall thin, and if you take very large bottles, it will look bulky.
How to make a toy house from a canister
I came across the idea of a dollhouse made from a canister on the Internet, and soon our dad implemented it. You can place anyone in such a home: a pony, a fairy, a small doll 8-12 cm tall, a homemade man made from plasticine or natural materials. Advantages of the toy:
- low price, almost zero;
- fast production;
- the ability to decorate to your taste;
- not afraid of water, easy to clean if necessary;
- safety.
We ourselves did not expect that the cuts made on the canister with a stationery knife would turn out to be not sharp at all. This plastic has some amazing composition. After finishing the work, the question naturally disappeared as to why in the photographs from the Internet these houses have unfinished edges.
Narrow tape was used solely for decorative reasons. Spreading art on a public toy is a thankless and, frankly speaking, unnecessary task. The kids will still adapt the house to their needs, no matter how you paint it.
I don’t know how long this idea will interest the little ones, but now the girls’ games are organized right around the house, on the edge of the sandbox, where there is greenery. I am pleased when my daughters take homemade toys outside to play together. And it’s nice that people adopt our ideas and are happy to share theirs.
Building a wall
First, the bottles must be filled with sand and the cap must be screwed on tightly so that it does not spill out. Make the same solution as described above, place a 2 cm layer on the foundation with a spatula. Place the top row of bottles on it. They need to be placed with their pegs in one direction and tightly to each other.
Place another portion of solution on top of them, 3-4 cm thick, and place each bottle of the second row between two bottles of the first. Using this technology, the entire supporting wall is created from plastic bottles.
You can erect 2 columns from the same material along the edges of the wall. In this case, the bottles are laid out in a circle, with their necks inward. After a few rows they will turn into a real column.
To decorate, after the solution has completely dried, paint it or tie a cord around the bottle caps.
What are the advantages of homemade mousetraps?
If there is a pet or small children in the house where there is a rodent (or even more than one), it is not advisable to use poison in this case. And purchasing several ready-made traps may seem expensive. This means that the best way out is to make such a trap on your own.
The main advantage of such mousetraps:
- availability of materials;
- ease of manufacture.
To create it, you can use improvised materials that can easily be found in every home: plastic containers, a ruler, sheets of paper, and so on.
It is worth noting that most homemade rat traps can be used repeatedly, which means that there is no need to constantly monitor them. To the point that they can be left unattended, even if you need to leave home. But no more than a week. To prevent an unpleasant odor from spreading. In addition, using just one trap you can catch several rats or mice at once.
Let's look at a couple of simple and effective ways to create mousetraps yourself. This is the only remedy you can rely on in this situation.
From a plastic canister
The main element in this case is an empty plastic canister. For example, this may be found among motorists - from fuel or engine oil.
To build this homemade “trap”, you need to take:
- aluminum can with a volume of 0.5 l;
- grinder;
- side cutters;
- hot glue;
- marker;
- metal mesh (mesh size maximum 1.5x1.5 cm);
- scissors;
- soldering iron;
- plastic canister;
- plastic clamps.
Sequencing:
- Using a marker, mark the side of the canister. From the walls to the edges of the hole there should be at least a couple of centimeters.
- Cut out the side with a grinder. The speed and choice of disk do not matter much - the material is soft and will be easy to handle.
- Using side cutters, adjust the mesh to the size of the hole.
- Also cut a hole in the center of the mesh that fits the size of the jar.
- Using scissors, separate the bottom and lid of the jar.
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- You need to make several holes in the canister using a soldering iron. The recommended distance is about ten centimeters.
- To secure the mesh, you can use twine or plastic clamps.
- To secure the can in the mesh, you need to use hot glue.
All that remains is to pour the bait inside. This could be cheese, cereal, seeds, and so on. The effectiveness of the method has been confirmed by practical tests. Rodents get inside unhindered. But the deformed bottom of the can prevents them from getting out.
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Construction from glass bottles
How to solve a housing or dacha problem without rent, bank loans and mortgages? For those who like to do everything with their own hands and have a creative mind, this is quite possible - just choose what to replace expensive building materials with. In construction, you can use both natural raw materials and waste that must be recycled, for example, glass containers.
We build from glass bottles...
It must be said that empty amphorae were used in construction back in Ancient Rome - not at all for aesthetic reasons, but to lighten the structure. Bottle houses were built later, and for a variety of reasons. In some areas of the US there were more empty bottles than trees. Some people used them to create something like stained glass windows; there were also simply eccentric homeowners who wanted to draw attention to their own roadside establishments. In modern conditions of constant crises and rising prices for everything, including building materials, building a house from glass bottles can save a considerable amount, and besides, walls made from bottles are a good heat insulator. All that is needed for construction is a sufficient amount of glass containers of any caliber and color, some construction skills and personal time to turn the idea into reality.
For example, in Thailand, Buddhist monks erected an entire temple complex made of beer bottles, which was popularly called Wat Lan Kuad, or “Temple of a Million Bottles.” This is exactly how much “building material” the monks needed.
There are also many craftsmen in Russia who have created real masterpieces!
For example, in the Primorsky Territory in the village of Novoshakhtinsk, a country house was built using glass containers, which took about 5,000 bottles.
Based on the fact that the cost of one brick reaches 6 rubles per piece, then, undoubtedly, the use of bottles has significantly reduced costs. The walls were erected by pouring concrete and placing formwork. According to the inhabitants of glass houses, the bottles do not lose color, provide good lighting and are easy to clean from dirt. In the Ulyanovsk region there has been a beautiful greenhouse and cellar made of glass bottles for 15 years. And you can build an original flowerbed after a good friendly party at the dacha.
There are real fans of the bottle business in Chelyabinsk. In one of the cottage villages, not far from the Shershnevskoye reservoir. There, a toilet was built from glass bottles. Its peculiarity is that even the base of the house is made of bottles. Thanks to the sun's rays, which heat the glass very quickly, it is quite warm there. The roof is also made in an original way; it is also made of glass and looks like a mini-dome. To fasten the bottles, an environmentally friendly and cheap material was chosen - white clay; it gives the house lightness and delicacy. The developer plans to build a “bottle” bathhouse and a fence...
"Temple of a Million Bottles"
https://www.nrb.su/pr/article/1567
From a plastic bag
The option is also simple, but it will be more practical if there are a lot of rats or they are large.
For production you will need:
- water container (about 10 liters);
- hot glue;
- two wooden boards;
- small bar;
- plastic bottle (0.5-1 liter).
How to make a trap:
- First of all, you need to cut the neck out of the eggplant.
- Cut a plastic bottle in half. And cut the neck so that it is wide enough. As in the case of a tin can, cut the plastic into strips.
- Secure part of the bottle in the neck of the eggplant with the neck down using hot glue.
- If its diameter is smaller than the neck, you can attach a plastic or wooden strip to the side with hot glue to hold the bottle.
- Attach two boards to the top of the eggplant on the left and right, as if making bridges leading to the “entrance” to the trap. The boards are also placed on hot glue.
- Pour bait into the container - cereals, seeds, and so on. Sprinkle some bait on the boards.
Ready! Due to the fact that the container has high walls, once inside, the rats will definitely not get out again. Thus, this option is also effective.
