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We all know that single use plastic water bottles are not that great for the environment, luckily most are now recyclable through your local council. However Instead of tossing them in the trash, you can also use them to create colourful water bottle wind spirals to hang in your garden.
They look great, are simple to make and add a splash of colour to a boring back yard.

Resources

• several plastic water bottles
• permanent markers in various colours
• scissors

Instructions

Instructions:

1. Remove the lids and labels from your bottles and give them a quick wash and thorough dry.

2. Once the bottles are dry, you can colour them! Permanent markers are a must for this step. Washable ink will not adhere to the plastic. Use a variety of colours on each bottle. You can make vertical stripes on some and horizontal stripes on others. It really doesn’t matter how you fill in the colours, just make sure your bottle is covered in colour from top to bottom.

3. With your colouring complete, it’s time to turn your bottles into spirals. With your scissors, remove the flat bottom of the bottle and recycle (or save for a future craft project!).
Starting at the cut edge, snip around and around, from the bottom of the bottle to the top, to create a spiral. Stop cutting when you get to the smooth, rounded “shoulders” of the bottle.

4. When all of your spirals have been cut, head out to the yard and find a slender tree branch to hang them from.
Slide the neck of the bottles onto the branch and nest the bottle tops together by tucking each one into the one before it.

5. Stand back, and watch your colourful wind spirals bounce and dance in the breeze.

Tags

• craft

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