New life of old wheels: useful crafts for giving from tires

What is needed for creativity

The work will need summer and winter tires. The former demonstrate greater resistance to heat, and the latter to frost. These qualities are important to consider when decorating rooms inside and outside. For example, if you plan to make do-it-yourself flowerpots for a garden plot, it is better to give preference to products made from natural rubber. They do not deteriorate under the influence of moisture, and most importantly, they do not "tan" at low temperatures.

The artificial base is considered to be more rigid, which is no less important for creating voluminous figures of people and animals. Depending on the complexity of the craft itself, the work takes from a day to several months. The easiest way is to make a small fence for shrub roses. Zoning a large area with an orchard, playground, front garden and outbuildings takes even more time.

Since car tires can be easily cut and processed with improvised means, you can save 60% on decorator services. For creativity, you will need self-tapping screws, construction glue, sealant and paints and varnishes. In the latter case, it is more profitable to buy "KCh-136". This paint can be used at almost any temperature. It dries quickly, and due to its thixotropy it provides a perfectly smooth surface of the treated items. Color fastness lasts for 12-18 months.

When cutting rubber, it is important to remember:

• a correctly aligned knife blade reduces the likelihood of waste;
• so that the tip passes faster into the thickness of the product, the tire must be moistened with water;
• if you need to make a round hole, use a pointed piston or aluminum tube;
• Bulky pieces of rubber are drilled in water, and when working with a drill at low speeds, the cutting edge is moistened with cold liquid every 10-15 minutes.

Video "A flowerbed of tires, made by hand"

In this video, you will learn how to make a flower bed for a garden out of car tires.

Craft options

The rear wheels of the tractor, in contrast to the front wheels, are large and powerful. It is the best raw material for hanging swings, upholstered furniture and 1.5 meter fences. Rubber products are often used to equip children's and sports grounds in the country. At the same time, they not only decorate the area, but create conditions for safe outdoor entertainment.

For example, walking quickly on vertically installed tires promotes the development of the vestibular apparatus. If you need to strengthen the ligaments of the knee joints, exercises on a suspended wall of tires connected with chains will help. As an option, you can offer steps from the same materials leading to the slides and to the horizontal bars.

And it is really possible to make from old tires:

• a rack for two-wheeled vehicles;
• mini pond;
• chandelier;
• an armchair on castors, an ottoman and a sofa;
• table stand;
• birdhouse;
• figurines of animals and fairy-tale characters for the garden.

In work, it is better to use ready-made crafts schemes. This way you can minimize your raw material costs.

Flower beds

Multi-tiered flower beds look best in front gardens. Such designs are made from tires of different colors and sizes. To prevent the "pyramid" from falling apart, they need to be fastened with self-tapping screws, and the bottom should be covered with a layer of sand, ash and soil. Over time, fertilized soil will begin to pour out of non-standard containers. This can lead to a slowdown in the growth of ampelous beauties. In order to avoid such cases, it is important to wrap up the inner surface of the tires with geotextiles in advance. It removes liquid well, but retains all the soil in flower beds.

Tires can be used to make a luxurious flower garden in the shape of major petals or chamomile. This will require 6 to 8 tires. It is better to use broken brick, shells or pebbles as drainage. At the next stage, the containers are filled with earth and, according to the same scheme, the second tier of the flower garden is built. At the top, tall representatives of the flora will look great: dahlias, delphiniums and phloxes. These plants love the sun, and due to a well-developed root system, they quickly absorb minerals. At the very bottom, marigolds and daisies should be planted. In height, these flowers barely reach 10 cm, but their bright color at once erases the shortcomings of short stature.

Edged rubber products promote the cultivation of selected grapes and strawberries in bunk beds. Tires with rims are a good base for flowerpots on stands. When starting to implement the most unusual design ideas, it is important to remember:

1. The most beautiful crafts are obtained from the inside of the tires. If it is impossible to turn them out, you will have to make notches from the outside with a depth of at least 6 cm.
2. New tires show better dimensional stability than old ones.
3. When cutting the material with a grinder, a lot of smoke is emitted.
4. The presence of a metal cord makes it difficult to cut tires.

Animal figures

Aluminum wire, chalk, gloves, a sharp knife and a jigsaw are useful in the work. A construction stapler is used to connect the thin elements of the craft that imitate the neck, claws and paws. In the presence of denser parts, screws. The minimum shelf life of tire products is 10–12 years. But if they are timely treated with water-based compositions, this figure will increase by 1.5 times.

You can decorate the artificial pond near the house with a couple of swans. To do this, you need to use ready-made sketches of such crafts. Waste-free creativity will also be facilitated by detailed instructions for creating graceful birds. So, at the very beginning, it is important to draw a rectangle on the tire, marking the location of all parts of the body on it. In this case, the distance between the tail and the neck should not be less than 40 cm.

The holes are supposed to be drilled with a drill strictly along the indicated lines. Uncut pieces should be left for the base on which the swans will sit. So that the neck does not lean to the ground, you will need supports made of wooden planks or plastic. They should be attached to the head with screws and self-tapping screws. The last step is to paint the birds white or black. The eyes can be made green and the beak can be made orange.

It is possible to connect small tires with hot glue like a snowman. Pieces of rubber can be used to make hands and claws. And if you also use paints, you will definitely get funny hares, frogs and bears. By the way, their rounded paws can be used as flower beds.

Furniture

Ready-made banquets and poufs cost from 1 to 14 thousand rubles. When self-manufacturing such products from tires, the budget saving is 85%.

First, you need to process a sheet of plywood to close the hole in the tire. After that, it should be sheathed with foam rubber strips and waterproof acrylic fabric. In the absence of dense material, you can use a tarp. By attaching the castors to the plywood, you will make it easier to rearrange furniture on the veranda and in the gazebo. You will need high-quality glue to fix the parts.

It is better to decorate the kitchen area with high ottomans made of several tires. And if you want a comfortable dining table, you will need 4–5 tires, as well as wood or glass countertops. It is more convenient to watch TV in an armchair with armrests. For such a craft, you will need at least 3 tires, bolts, curved tubes and dense elm branches for the armrests. If you have weaving skills, you will need ropes and cords through which you can form the back and seat.

Finished products should be sheathed with Sunbrella awning fabric. It allows air to pass through well, does not absorb moisture and does not deteriorate under the influence of ultraviolet radiation.

For the playground

You can create a whole attraction from old tires. At the same time, the money will be needed only for the fastening and the frame, and the main raw materials can really be delivered “for a penny”. The advantages of a rubber swing include good spaciousness, impact resistance and resistance to temperature extremes.

For creativity, you need clean R15 tires, fasteners, an awl, a drill and chains. Then we act according to the scheme:

1. We make holes in the sidewall of the tires.
2. Insert the bolts and tighten the nuts under the washers.
3. We fix the extreme links of the chain on the hooks.
4. We hang ready-made structures on a tree or a horizontal bar made of a profiled pipe.
5. We kill the smell of rubber with a water-based composition.

Tires go well with wood and plastic. In this combination, strong rocker-balancers, bicycles, carriages and funny trains in the form of caterpillars are obtained.

Attaching a few tires to a steel frame with ropes makes a good walking simulator.