I’ve saved several Ozarka bottles with the intention of doing … something … with them.
Specs: They’re clean (food safe, even) with a screw-on lid, and are clear, sturdy 3-liter PETE (#1) plastic.
I’d welcome suggestions or ideas if anyone sees potential uses for these.
So far I can’t find a good use on Pinterest etc.
I’m a gardener but here in Texas “frost” is a joke so I don’t really need seedling protectors.
Any other ideas pop into anyone’s head … ?
tip-tapping away by phone, but why would you care?
I’d look on Pintrest for “plastic bottle crafts” since there’s a ton of pictures of things you can do. I like this one, for example, though I’d likely skip the doilies.
This one uses colored plastic bottles, but there are things you can do to color both glass and plastic. A quick one is to get some mod podge (often available as a 2oz bottle at Dollar Tree - buy the one with the orange label, satin) and add a few drops of food coloring to it - but keep in mind it doesn’t take more than 3 or so drops to half an oz of mod podge, to get a color quite dark, so start slow. Once you’ve mixed up the color in the mod podge. I myself will mix it those airplane approved squeeze bottles, also found in the dollar store because they squirt nicely. You drip or squeeze the mixture into what you’re coloring, and slowly roll and shake the bottle/container you’re coloring until it’s fully coated. Leave to air dry. I’ve made clear glass bottles into dark green bottles for Halloween decorations - you know, for bottles containing eyes of newt etc. - this way. The one I did 2 Halloweens ago still looks lovely. They also make already tinted mod podge, but it’s a lot more expensive.
I have also read recently that the dyes Rit makes for synthetics also color many plastics. I haven’t tried that yet, but I’m sure someone who has also has posted pics on the web.
Cut 3 or 4 large holes in the upper half (slightly more than half) and you have hanging planters.
Get some glow in the dark paint (more than one color would be best) and a small brush on a piece of bendable wire. Put random dots of the paint all over the inside and outside. Hang it where it will get sun. It will look (sorta) like fireflys when the sun goes down.
I would enhance it with a sheet of clear plastic. Put the dots on it. Let them dry. Roll up the sheet, tape it into a cylinder and lower it into the bottle. Suspend it from the lid.
If you like winter scenes; drill a small hole near the bottom. Buy some white and/or blue LED rice lights. Cut off the battery pack (leave enough wire to re-connect). Put some salt in the bottom of the bottle. Put the lights in and run the wire out thru the hole. Add more salt. Use train set trees, bldgs, etc to make your ‘scene’. Reconnect the battery pack to the lights.
