DIY Pop Bottle Flowers

Bottles can have a more ecological role than we can think of at first. We often find that plastic bottles lying around the ground are an insult to nature, but they can be used in a positive way: by making them into flowers. First of all, make sure you have:

• pop plastic bottle (plain or colored, according to what you want your flower to look)
• a pair of scissors
• candle
• a pair of metal tweezers

Then, cut 2 squares of 2.25inch x 2.25inch each, and 1 square of 1.75inch x 1.75inch, from the side of a plastic pop bottle. Cut each resulted square into 4 different petals that are joined together at the middle, just like you would see in a real flower. You can draw the petals on the bottles before you cut, but be certain the markings don’t show on the flower, it looks awful. Also be careful not to cut yourself in the plastic petals. After this, with each petal heated above a lit candle, curl the gently melted edges with a pair of metal tweezers, until it will look like a natural curve flower supposed to have. Don’t take your time with this, because the plastic melts pretty fast. Also, keep the center of the flower as flat as possible, because you will glue to this piece the other layers that form the whole flower. Make some leaves by cutting from a green pop bottle. Use the heat-and-shape method described above to give it a little natural look as well. Assemble all the pieces with glue, so it will look like a real flower. Be creative with the final result.