Useful crafts for the home (130 photos): do it yourself from scrap materials. Review of new products, design ideas, jewelry

Home products

Various useful crafts for the home include kitchen items. The kitchen is the place where the family often gathers for meals and for beneficial communication. A variety of textiles will help make this room truly cozy.

You can make the following things:

• Aprons;
• Potholders;
• Napkins;
• Towels;
• Dolls for a teapot;
• Covers for chairs.

Surely you are wondering: how to make useful crafts? They are easy to make from leftover sewing, old jeans, and scraps of fabric. Various techniques are used in production: satin stitch or cross stitch embroidery, patchwork.

A beautiful product can be knitted from the remaining wool. A hardworking owner will try to make a table or stools. The material you can use is boards or construction pallets. Useful fakes would be different shelves or cutting boards.

A great idea is to make an organizer out of used tin cans, which are painted in expressive colors and mounted on a stand or between each other. Such a product will be useful for home or country house arrangement.

3D printer

A 3D printer is a very useful, profitable and technologically advanced tool. In the hands of a craftsman, it turns into a mini-factory for the production of whatever your heart desires. However, there is something frightening about it - the price. Not everyone wants to pay tens of thousands of rubles for such a thing.

Most FDM printers (printers with layer-by-layer deposition technology) of different price categories have a similar design, the only difference is in quality. You can make this design yourself, without emptying your wallet.

This article clearly explains the principle of creating your own 3D printer. From factory models there is a minimum: stepper motors, extruder (print head). The electronics unit is made on the popular Arduino Mega board. A special shield is attached to it, to which it is easier to connect stepper motors and an extruder. Everything else is plywood, stationery and hot glue. Despite all the “collective farm” nature of the resulting device and the appearance, which does not inspire any confidence, the printed models are of decent quality (relative to the cost of the printer). It can be modified with parts printed on it.

Here's another printer made mostly from the contents of DVD drives.

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For garage

Let's take a look at some useful garage crafts. For some car owners, the garage serves not only as a place to store vehicles, but also as a repair base and they spend a lot of time there.

The minds of a large number of car owners have worked to create a quality and convenient service location. As a result, this made it possible to obtain a considerable number of accessories for the garage.

In a small garage area, the owner needs to conveniently arrange many tools and other accessories. He needs to ensure that they are stored safely and that they are always convenient to take for use.

People thinking about how to improve the decor of their garage often come up with useful fakes that are based on the latest methods of invention.

Taking into account the safety regulations in the garage, you should take care of convenient exit and entrance to the room and avoid obstacles in the way. Tires are stored in the garage with and without rims.

If the tires are located on a rim, then for preservation they are suspended from a support on the wall or ceiling, and a cable, chain or luggage strap is used to tie them together.

To store tires without rims, racks are used, independently made of iron, which are mounted on the garage wall. You can see various photos of useful crafts, think about them, and then make them yourself.

Smart glasses

Yes, yes, them too. We will not be talking about virtual or augmented reality glasses, but about smart glasses. Those that can be seen in every second photograph of Sergei Brin. The first model of Google Glass cost $1,500. However, it is possible to make smart glasses with the basic functionality of the same Google Glass, but at a much lower price.

All glasses of this type have an identical design: a miniature screen that is aimed at a mirror reflecting at an angle. This mirror projects an image onto a transparent plane, which is also at an angle. With this optical technique, the image is clearly visible, but at the same time the screen does not interfere with the view.

The options for electronic filling are different - many use Arduino Nano, Bluetooth module and 0.96″

display. This screen has a meager resolution - 96x64 pixels, which is enough for some simple purposes, but the text on it is no longer readable (only if it is in one or two lines). A good solution is to install an ESP32 microcontroller (an upgraded version of the popular ESP8266 WiFi module). WiFi and Bluetooth modules are already built in, there is more computing power than the Nano, and it itself is simply more technologically advanced. Here, for the same reason as in a smart mirror, it is worth installing an OLED display.

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It will also be possible to install a control element in the glasses - a touch panel on the arm, which will recognize left-right gestures. You can even place a camera on the front and take pictures/videos to a connected memory card or save them directly to a connected phone.

A good solution would be to transfer a couple of simple games to such glasses, for example Ping Pong, Tetris, Space Invaders, or even something newer like Flappy Bird. If you build an accelerometer into the glasses and connect it to the controls in games, you can combine the game process with a useful neck warm-up.

With a well-designed scheme and well-written software for a smartphone (with synchronization with search engines and an integrated assistant), you will get a pretty good budget analogue of modern smart glasses.

Crafts for the garden

Most likely, on your summer cottage there will be old stumps, tree branches, wooden boxes and other wooden products not used on the farm. From each of these materials you can create a useful craft for your garden.

• You can build a wonderful bench from an old wooden pallet, on which you can place comfortable pillows with decorative patterns.
• You can assemble very beautiful and comfortable stools from wooden boxes and stumps.
• Old plastic bottles can find unusual uses.
• A couple of pieces can make two piglets. They are perfect for building a “piglet” flower bed.
• The top of the bottles is cut out, soil is poured in and flower seedlings or their seeds are planted. Such a flower garden is portable and can be moved to any other place in the country.

Materials and crafts made from them

As a material for a creative hobby, you can choose: old things that have served their purpose and a variety of items available.

From paper

There are many simple ideas for paper crafts, you just need to decide what exactly you need and get down to business.

• Multi-colored and amazing butterflies are suitable for interior decoration; making them from paper is quite simple.
• From the cells left over from chicken eggs it is easy to create a decorative base for photo frames. Such unique products can be presented as a gift to loved ones.
• From strips of cardboard, with the help of glue, you can form excellent lamps.
• Cardboard and rope can serve as materials for a stylish casket.

From geographical maps

These products will be especially interesting to those who are interested in traveling.

• lamp in the form of a globe;
• picture with a map;
• candles;
• lampshades for light sources;
• buckets, etc.

Items with illustrations of parts of the earth and a pond fit harmoniously into many modern interiors.

From stone

Stones of different textures and sizes are a material for making unique products.

• flint stones with holes, of natural origin, can be used as a basis for candlesticks. Such accessories fit perfectly into the interior of a room designed to resemble a rustic look. If you need a classic-style lamp, then you need to pour small pebbles into a glass container and place a candle inside.
• Stones make it easy and convenient to mark house plants. You just need to put signatures on them with the names of the seeds sown.
• By drawing letters on the stones, the result is a game that helps the child become familiar with the alphabet. The same method can be used to make: checkers, chess, backgammon.

From scrap materials

You can impress with crafts made from objects that, at first glance, cannot perform such a function.

• The light bulb can be used to create a small vase by first removing the inside of the glass shell.
• Plastic spoons make great tulips and crocuses, you just need to paint them in a suitable color and glue them to the stems. The middle of the flowers is made of paper, plasticine or fabric.
• CDs are used to make dishes that shine with their beauty.
• Stands and shelves for various household items are made from yarn, rope and glue.
• old things are useful for making a lot of useful devices, for example, coasters for hot dishes are made from corks.
• Everyone probably knows that worn-out tires are a real boon for a gardener. To decorate the area, you can make beautiful flower beds and other useful products. The cell phone case looks great from scraps of fabric and satin ribbon.
• From unusable bottles, you can also make many useful crafts.
• It is possible to create excellent shelves from unnecessary videotapes.

In general, old items can be used in the most unexpected ways.

From old clothes

Worn items of clothing are also suitable for making new items.

• An out-of-use T-shirt can be transformed into a fashionable summer T-shirt.
• An out-of-fashion sheepskin coat or fur coat can be used to create a modern bag or vest.
• old tights are used to make funny baby dolls.
• It is possible to sew overalls for a pet from a worn coat.
• jeans have a very dense material, they can be used to sew: a backpack, bag, slippers, decorative elements and many other things.

If there is a child in the family, you can experiment with potatoes with him, choosing tubers of suitable shapes and sizes, you can make some kind of figurine or composition. Besides everything, you can get out into nature and collect various types of material:

• branches;
• cones;
• moss;
• dry herbs and flowers;
• stones.

Such raw materials are quite popular in modern handicrafts.

Garden products

Dacha owners are constantly inventing various useful crafts for the garden, as much as their imagination allows. Here are some of them:

1. A birdhouse that will withstand temperature changes can be made from a plastic bottle. An unusual birdhouse will come out of a tin can. An old boot can be used to make comfortable housing for birds. You can also make houses from logs or various containers. The birdhouses made will allow birds to hide from the cold in winter and find food. Bottle crafts are a good option. You can make birds out of them and paint them with bright colors.
2. Using plastic bottles you can create a good design for paths and flower beds. The lids from under them will also be used; they are used to make a panel that can be hung anywhere, even on trees.
3. To make a small sculpture in the form of a stork, hedgehog, squirrel, or owl, a base made of polystyrene foam or hardened polyurethane foam is suitable. The figure is cut out, then coated with putty and left to dry. Next, the top layer is sanded and painted. Such decorations will last for more than one summer season.
4. An old mirror can be given a second life, because it can be hung in a dark corner of the garden to increase illumination for plants and visually expand the space.
5. Climbing plants can be planted near the entrance. For them, an arched structure is constructed from metal or willow rods. Anyone entering the courtyard will feel comfortable.

The fence can also be decorated. This is a wonderful place where decorative items brought to life with your own hands fit in. Brightly colored mittens, old gloves, and flower pots can brighten up a fence.

Smart watch

Smartwatches, unlike other items on this list, have been a common accessory for many people for many years. But despite this, many DIYers continue to create their own smartwatch designs.

Some people make a simple clock on Arduino Nano or ESP8266 and set it to 0.96″

display. Here is one example.

Even such watches cope with the basic tasks of such gadgets. However, they can be connected to, say, a smart home and make your life much easier.

The list of components is not too long: an ESP8266 microcontroller, a display, a battery and a couple of radio components. All this is soldered onto a double-sided printed circuit board. The strap of the watch itself clings to it. But some make watches more technologically advanced, like these ones, for example.

The configuration and parameters of such watches already resemble industrial analogues. The nRF52832 chip is installed here, which is much more powerful than Arduino microcontrollers and in some respects is similar to the ESP8266EX chip. nRF has a built-in Bluetooth module and NFC support. The display here is also a little better - 128x128 pixels and 8 colors.

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The board has an accelerometer and a gyroscope. With their help, you can easily create applications similar to pedometers. The flash memory here is external, 32 MB. Battery capacity 110 mAh. The voltage on the battery is also controlled; for this there is a special Linear LTC2941 controller.

The nRF5-SDK “operating system” is flashed into the watch, and the JerryScript JS engine is also built into it. With its help you can write your own applications, watch faces and various utilities.

Vase made from a plastic bottle

In order to make a painted vase, you need to prepare:

• Plastic bottles,
• Primer, electrical tape,
• Spray can with paint,
• Scissors.

Stages of work:

1. First, the upper area of ​​the bottle is cut off, and the rim is covered with electrical tape.
2. Then a rough coat of primer is applied to the bottle.
3. Next it is painted with spray paint and you need to wait until the vase is completely dry.
4. Thus, the painted vase from a plastic bottle is ready for use.

Homemade crafts for the home workshop

In almost any home there is always some set of tools necessary for farming. But sometimes situations arise when working in your own workshop or garage requires some kind of device that cannot be purchased in a store or is very expensive. In this case, you can find a way out by making it yourself.

Forge from a balloon

This device for heating metal will become an indispensable assistant in the home workshop. The forge can be safely used to make original items using artistic forging. These will be truly unique forged items.

For the forge, it is best to use an empty 25 liter gas cylinder. Its ends are cut off with a grinder, and the door of the forge and its back part will be made from the cut parts. The inside of the cylinder is covered with fire-resistant ceramic wool, which can withstand temperatures of more than 12,000 C. On top, it is coated with fireclay clay (lined), which can withstand temperatures up to 15,000 C. After lining, fireclay slabs or fire-resistant bricks are laid on the bottom of the hearth.

A hole is drilled at the top and a small squeegee is inserted to allow the insertion of the nozzle of a gas-powered torch, which can create a temperature in the forge of more than 10,000 C - quite sufficient to heat the metal to a certain temperature suitable for forging.

Collapsible garage crane

When manufacturing such a lift, the cash costs will be much less than purchasing a factory model. To make it, you will only have to spend money on materials, half of which may be found in the garage.

Materials required to assemble the lift:

1. Two racks - profile pipe 100x100x2350.
2. Cross rod - a steel pipe of arbitrary length with a diameter of 100 mm.
3. Four supports for the rod - profile pipe 100x100x600.
4. The base and braces are a corner with 100 mm shelves.
5. Two metal rollers for the cable.
6. Four wheels for movement.

For the lifting mechanism, it is best to use a manual winch with a worm gear with a maximum load of up to 500 kg, which is attached to one of the racks of the crane beam.

The design does not take up much space in the workshop, is easy to move on hard surfaces and is quite convenient for removing the engine from the car.

Mobile tool rack

The main highlight of this rack is its small size , but at the same time you can place a large number of tools on it, and if necessary, quickly move it to any place or an adjacent room. It is very convenient to use such a rack in your workshop or when carrying out construction and repair work in large rooms, especially when you need to frequently carry tools.

The rack can be assembled on the basis of a collapsible plastic rack installed on a homemade platform with wheels (trolley). The platform is made exactly to the dimensions of the rack from a metal corner with shelves 45x45 mm or a sheet of plywood with a thickness of at least 10 mm. Furniture metal wheels are used for movement.

Additionally, you can make and attach fasteners to the rack for building levels, extension cords and other tools that can be stored in a hanging position.

Photos of useful crafts

To help the hostess

It is not always possible to financially buy, for example, some new furniture in a furniture showroom or place an order for its manufacture. But you can always get out of this situation by making the right thing with your own hands, and at the same time making it attractive and unique, using improvised means for this.

Kitchen apron made of corks

The kitchen apron is the surface of the wall located between the countertop and wall cabinets. Usually this part of the wall is tiled. But it is possible to use many other materials to cover it, for example, gluing wine corks to the wall.

This exclusive decor looks quite magnificent.

Before sticking, each cork is cut lengthwise into two halves with a sharp stationery knife. It is advisable to paint the wall black, which will highlight the seams between the plugs.

Corks are glued to the wall using liquid nails in a checkerboard pattern or with a certain pattern, since it is unlikely that they will be laid out perfectly evenly, and curved rows will visually look disgusting.

The plugs themselves are not afraid of moisture, but they quickly get dirty and are difficult to wash, so it is best to cover them with a glass screen made of tempered glass. True, you will have to spend a little money on it and order glass from a special workshop, where they will cut it to a given size and make holes for sockets and fasteners.

The glass is secured to the wall with anchor dowels , which can be purchased at almost any hardware store.

Although an apron decorated with wine corks may be an expensive pleasure, the result achieved will be worth it.

The surface of the tabletop, as well as the wall, can be decorated with corks and covered with tempered glass.

Hanging folding table

A folding table mounted on the wall allows you to save some space in the apartment. When folded down, it can protrude from the wall at a distance of no more than 10 cm and does not bother anyone at all, but when unfolded it can replace a full-fledged table.

There are many options where you can use a wall-mounted folding table. Here are just a few of the most basic:

1. Balcony. Naturally, on the balcony the table should be small in size and attached to the screen fence. It can be used for drinking tea in the fresh air, working with a laptop or doing some handicrafts. In other words, you can provide yourself a place to do creative work without disturbing other members of your family.
2. Kitchen. If the kitchen is small, a wall table will be just a godsend for the hostess. It can replace a dining table that cannot be placed due to lack of free space. In addition, it can be freely used for cooking, since its size is much larger than a balcony table.
3. An ironing board is usually large and heavy, and when unfolded it can take up a lot of space. In this case, the housewife often has to pull it out of the place allocated for it, lay it out, and after ironing, repeat all the steps, only in the opposite direction. A folding table will save the hostess from these problems.

Shower for the cottage

There is probably nothing better than cooling off under running water on a hot summer day, especially if it was spent working in the garden. Naturally, only a shower will solve this problem and relieve the fatigue that has accumulated during the day.

You can install the shower yourself without involving outside help; the main thing is to choose a place for it and decide on the type of shower stall.

Among the summer showers, there are three types of cabins , which you can freely build on your own:

1. Base. Consists of one shower stall, water tank and other accessories needed for a shower.
2. A shower cabin, additionally equipped with a dressing room, where you can leave clothes, things and a towel, and after taking a shower, you can calmly change clothes.
3. Shower cabin with dressing room and toilet. This is a good solution for a summer residence if there is no sewerage system. This saves money on the additional installation of a separate sanitary system.

Installing a simple shower is done as follows:

1. A shower cabin frame is made, which can be assembled from metal, wooden beams or other available materials.
2. A metal or plastic water container, which can have a volume of 50 to 200 liters, is installed on the roof of the assembled frame.
3. It is advisable to paint the metal container black for better heating of the water. Additionally, several heating electric heating elements can be installed in the container, then you can take a shower even in cloudy weather.

The booth can be sheathed with boards, plywood, slate, or simply covered with tarpaulin or cellophane film with folding curtains.

For construction on your own

The topic of construction or renovation probably worries everyone. And, naturally, everyone who is involved in it wants to finish it quickly with minimal financial costs. Therefore, if you want to save money, you can make some construction materials yourself. For example, these could be wall SIP panels or such a useful tool as a vibrating plate, the need for which often arises for many owners of a personal plot.

Homemade SIP panels

To make them, you need to prepare a flat, hard platform. Place a sheet of OSB 10-12 mm thick on it using a rubber spatula with teeth, apply glue to it.

Then lay sheets of grade 25-30 foam plastic on the glue. After this, an adhesive mass is applied on top of the laid foam, as well as on the bottom OSB board, and a second sheet of OSB is laid on top.

If several stacked slabs are being made at the same time, work should be done quickly until the glue hardens. Typically, no more than 4-5 panels can be prepared in this way at a time.

After preparing the formed slabs, you need to create pressure using a press. Since at home, of course, there is no hydraulic press, it can be replaced with a thick plywood sheet laid on prepared SIP boards over the entire plane and loaded for 2-3 hours, for example, with several bags of cement, sand or other cargo. You can even use a passenger car by driving onto a plywood sheet along a pre-made overpass.

After the glue has completely dried, the homemade panels are ready; they can be placed in a separate stack and you can begin preparing new panels. The manufactured panels should lie unloaded for another day, after which they can be used for their intended purpose.