Do you like flowers? The answer is obvious! Of course, they are an excellent home decoration in themselves, but in combination with an unusual vase, the bouquet will be simply excellent.
In this master class, let's learn how to make vases from jars with our own hands. Such vases will not only diversify your interior, but will also fit perfectly, for example, on a small breakfast table if you decide to please your significant other. And if you accidentally picked a flower at the dacha or in the garden, but don’t want to place it at home, a convenient bottle vase will help you out here too!
Vases made from plastic shampoo cans
Have you ever wondered how to make a beautiful vase out of a jar, but you think it’s impossible? Scroll through the photos below and see that making a vase with your own hands is very simple, beautiful and very inexpensive!
We have identified 6 of the most popular and simple ways to make a stylish vase from a jar: painting, glitter, decorating with paper, linen and lace.
Learn how to make a vase from a jar in the next master class.
A very simple and straightforward method is to apply glitter or glitter to glue or hairspray. This method is great if you need a holiday vase or for the New Year. Detailed non-application technique with photos - see this article « «.
Festive vase with glitter
Great for wedding
Method No. 2: Wall vases from baby food cans
If you have a few small baby food jars accumulated, they will make excellent wall vases. These vases are perfect for decorating your yard or cottage!
Wall vases
This vase is perfect for a balcony or cottage
We will need the following items:
- Old shabby board;
- Baby food jars;
- Clamps for clamping jars;
- Drill;
- Cogs;
- Hammer;
- Metal punch/screwdriver;
- 2 (or more) hooks;
- Rope;
- Brush with iron bristles;
- Marker.
Tools for making a vase
Vase making technology
Step 1
Clean the board with an iron brush. Using a hammer and a punch, make a hole in the clamps (if you don’t have a punch, use a screwdriver).
The hole should be on the opposite side of the clamp tie.
Step 2
- Take them one by one (most importantly, don’t get confused if the jars are different) mark where you want to place the jars on the board. Mark the drilling points with a marker and drill them.
- Place the jars in the clamps and, until they are screwed, insert the screws into the holes drilled in the clamp, securing them firmly in the holes in the board.
Step 3
- Decide where you want to insert the mounting hooks and drill holes there.
- Insert hooks into them and tie a rope to them, with which you can hang the resulting craft on a terrace, fence or wall .
And the best part is that all you have to do is decide what flowers you will put in your vases! You can, as in the photo, pour water into the upper ones and put petioles, and shoots with roots into the lower ones.
Or you can even light small round candles and carefully place them inside - late in the evening it will be especially pleasant to sit in the fresh air and admire the lights. Just don't forget about fire safety!
Method number 3: Painting cans
Painting jars is the most popular way of decorating and it’s not surprising, since it can radically transform even the simplest jar into a beautiful and elegant vase:
What we paint with:
- Acrylic paints apply easily, dry quickly and are odorless.
- Aerosol paints in a can - dry quickly and ensure smooth application.
For a complete guide on how to paint a jar, read this material “ .
Master class: Vases from plastic cans
Stylish vases can be made from plastic jars, such as shampoo or conditioner. They look especially nice when there are several of them and painted in 2 tons. Let's watch a detailed master class.
Prepare the following:
- Plastic bottles for mineral water and/or detergents (carefully wash all chemicals out of them);
- Adhesive tape;
- Scissors;
- Aerosol waterproof paint in different colors;
- Hairdryer, sponge and oil (jojoba or sunflower);
- Old newspaper.
vase tools
Painting technology:
Step 1
- We direct a stream of hot air from a hairdryer onto the labels on the bottles. After 1-2 minutes, the paper should easily peel off from the plastic..
- Rub the oil sponge onto the glue on the bottles and then rinse with water. Rinse the detergent bottles again.
Heat the label with a hair dryer
Remove remaining glue using a sponge
Step 2
- We cut the adhesive tape into thin strips (choose the width of the tapes as you wish) and randomly glue them onto the bottles. If desired, you can overlap the stripes to form patterns.
- Run your fingers well over the entire glued tape, leaving no uneven or poorly glued areas.
Apply masking tape or adhesive paper in stripes to the bottle
Step 3
Lay out an old newspaper and place the bottle that you will paint first on it. Using a can of paint, carefully, at a certain distance (otherwise the paint will be distributed unevenly and will flow), begin to paint the bottle.
It is advisable to paint outdoors, but if this is not possible, paint in a well-ventilated room.
Let the paint dry for 1-2 hours
Removing the adhesive tape
Step 4
Wait until the paint is completely dry and carefully remove the adhesive tape. You can pour water into the resulting vases and place flowers in them.
Even more IDEAS: - Master classes with photos here
Master class: Multi-colored vase with acrylic
This bright vase will delight you with its elegant look!
Modern vase from a jar
Take the following:
- Any glass jar;
- Acrylic paints (3 or more colors);
- Old newspaper.
Take milk or acrylic paint
Step 1
- Remove the label from the jar.
- Spread out an old newspaper and place the jar on it, bottom up. Slowly begin pouring paint into the bottom of the jar; the paint will begin to flow along the walls - this is how it should be.
- After watering, for example, with white paint, take paint of a different color and pour directly on top of the previous one, thus mixing them together.
- Thus, make a layer of all the paints that you have prepared.
Pour several layers of paint one after another
Step 2
Leave yours to dry vase within 2 days. Even if after a few hours it is dry when touched, the paint inside has not dried and if the dry layer is damaged, it will leak out.
In this master class, you learned how to use unsightly, useless jars to make cute decorative items for your home. With your imagination, you can make even more unusual flower vases suitable for different rooms of your home, and if you master this craft perfectly, you can even make vases for gifts to your family.
Leave to dry for 2 days
Everyone is pleased to receive a cute and useful thing for the home, and even made with their own hands! And if a thing is made by hand, it means it is safer and more valuable - a person invests his time and love in making it.
A very stylish vase for creative people
Method No. 4: Decorating vases with paper
It will also turn out original if you cover the jars with paper; either decorative paper or any handy material will do, for example, old sheet music or sheets from long-forgotten books.
Thin paper sticks best to a jar using homemade glue: boil flour with water. It is completely saturated with glue and envelops the glass. This method will not work for thicker paper; it is best attached with thin double-sided tape.
Master class: Vase with craft paper decor
An unusual vase will harmoniously fit into a rustic interior or country style.
To make this vase, take:
- Round glass jar;
- Double sided tape;
- Kraft paper;
- Scissors.
Step 1
Wash the jar thoroughly and remove the label. Cover the jar with double-sided tape.
Take any barrel-shaped jar
Cover the jar with thin double-sided tape
Take kraft paper and cut into narrow strips, which carefully, trying not to tear, twist into flagella.
We make strips 5 cm wide
Rolling the paper
Slowly paste around the circle jar with rolled kraft paper, lightly pressing it against the tape. The vase is ready - pour water into it and place the flower so that it begins to delight you with its aroma!
Method number 5: Decor with canvas
Decorating a vase with canvas is perfect if your apartment is decorated in a Rustic or Provence style. Where can I get the canvas? Simple advice: canvas bags are sold at any market or hardware store; their cost is a pittance. We cut it into strips and decorate it with whatever you want.
ATTENTION: The canvas is a very dense material. It is best held by assembly adhesive for construction in a gun on any basis. When gluing, you must press it very tightly to the jar!
Method number 6: Decorate the jar with lace
It's very easy to make a vase from a jar by gluing old lace onto it. The best way to install the lace onto the jar is with silicone glue or a mounting gun. The thinner the lace, the tighter it will adhere to the glass, so give priority to synthetic lace.
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If you don’t want to spend a lot, you can come up with beautiful decor, even if you are not a professional in the field of hand-made creativity.
Photos of vase decor are easy to find on the Internet in huge quantities.
You can glue glitter, ribbons, and paint glass. Here are several options for decorating a flower vase with your own hands.
Form – which one to choose?
Today you won’t surprise anyone with a vase of a regular shape. The more unusual the shape and design of the vase, the more organically it will fit into any interior.
Which shape to choose - round, square, flat, oval - depends on the flight of fancy and the material used; generally, round or square is popular.
The most laconic vases are round in shape. Even with elements of simple decor, such as plastic, papier-mâché, primer, such a vase looks like a complete element of the interior.
Most often, the finishing touch is dry painted branches that complement the picture. Square vases go well with modern minimalist interiors.
Exclusive decor made by yourself cannot be compared even with the most expensive vase purchased.
Decor options
Stickers are one of the easiest ways to decorate a vase with your own hands. They look especially advantageous against the background of transparent glass.
You can stick it both outside and inside, additionally using metallic acrylic paints. As an option, you can glue rhinestones (for convenience, you can take a tape on which the rhinestones are immediately glued to the strip)
Filling a vase - everyone has tools for this in their kitchen. Any type of cereal is suitable: rice, buckwheat, pearl barley, peas in their natural color or dyed.
They all have different textures, and which one to choose for decorating a glass vase is up to the master.
Just like with stickers, decoration with grains can be used both outside and inside the vase. A glass is placed inside the vase, and the rest of the space is filled with colored cereals.
Painting - with this type of decor, the pattern is applied with paint and blotted with a sponge, then outlines are made with a pencil, after which the final design is applied with a pen or a thin brush.
This is a universal option, as it is suitable for all types of vases: for floor-standing, tall and, conversely, compact, for transparent and those that already have a certain color.
Decor from clothing details - this is where it’s better to choose a smaller vase size. To decorate the vase you will need simple socks or knee socks.
Paper decor - for this you will need parchment paper, glue, if necessary, paint and hairspray. We cut out thin strips, twist them like a serpentine, paint them if desired and glue them to the vase.
After drying, you can decorate with rhinestones and spray with hairspray to secure.
An irreplaceable thing in decor is a simple newspaper. You can glue an interesting vase from it: use cardboard of the required diameter as the bottom and then use compressed newspaper strips to form the walls of the vase, tilting them in different directions, obtaining the desired shape.
In order for the product to keep its shape, it must be treated with varnish or diluted PVA.
Decorating with branches - for this you will need dry twigs that can be collected on the street. They must be clean and the same length.
Using acrylic paint we achieve the desired color, and after complete drying we can begin decorating the glass vase with our own hands. Additionally, you can secure the branches using ribbons, bows, and thick threads.
Other decor options
Papier-mâché is softened paper with PVA glue. It gives the vase an interesting texture and adds durability.
Twine is a thread made of twisted fibers. Glue it to the bottom of the vase and, using glue, then wind it up along the walls.
Gypsum helps to give relief, but using this material requires certain skills.
Jute cord - looks good on any surface (glass, plastic, ceramic). It is most convenient to fix it with construction adhesive.
Photo of vase decor
Useful tips
If you want to decorate the interior, then start with a simple craft, such as a vase, which can be made from old plastic or glass bottles using paper, twigs, tubes, newspapers and magazines, and many other materials.
There are a huge number of master classes on making vases with your own hands.
Some of the most interesting and at the same time quite simple vases you can find here.
DIY paper vase. Kaleidoscope of flowers.
An ordinary glass jar or bottle can be turned into a colorful vase. To do this, you just need to cover the container with small pieces of corrugated paper of different colors.
It is better to use a container made of transparent glass, and for gluing the paper you can use either a special glue for decoupage or regular PVA glue, which must be diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio.
We weave the bottom of the vase:
Make 4 bundles of 4 strands
Fold all the strands crosswise
In turn, “launch” each tourniquet in a circle so that it wraps around the rest of the tourniquets
The first 3 rows are woven in a similar way. After this, the four strands need to be divided in pairs and weave 3 more rows in the already familiar way - you should already have 6 rows of weaving
Wrap each strand separately to get a bottom like this:
3. Weave the walls of the floor vase:
Protruding paper tubes need to be folded up
Start braiding each tube - you should have a vase leg formed
Prepare a pan lid or any other disc-shaped object wider than the bottom of the vase
Insert the cap between the paper tube drains
* The lower the lid, the wider the vase will be.
Using the already familiar technique, you need to weave 10 more rows
Now you need to start bringing the edges of the strands-stands closer together - preparing the neck of the vase
The neck of the vase needs to be braided until you reach the stage when you will need to braid two stand strands instead of one
Now spread the strands apart again and start weaving the rim of the vase
Take turns bending one post after another.
Vases are used not only as containers for flowers, but also as a decorative element in the interior of a house, yard, and even garden plot. They can be used in a variety of ways: placing fresh flowers or ikebana, folding knitting or filling with original stones. But in any case, this item should look decent, so we offer you a master class on decorating a vase with your own hands.
DIY vase decor with twine
One of the simplest ways that does not require a lot of money and time is decorating with twine.
All you need is to choose a vase of an interesting shape and wrap it around it, starting from the bottom. We attach the beginning and end of the twine string with glue. You can also periodically peck the thread as you wind, but don’t be overzealous, otherwise the glue will be visible. When winding, we try to tighten the twine to ensure a tight fit to the surface.
If desired, you can decorate the vase with additional elements in the form of flowers, bows or leaves.
Master class on decorating a vase with semolina
Even in childhood, in school lessons, we were taught to decorate all kinds of jars with semolina, seeds, coffee beans, etc. Unfortunately, such lessons no longer exist. But we will remember our childhood and modernize this type of decoration a little.
1) If possible, choose a jar with a high neck, this will make it easier to decorate it with ribbon. We also need a tube of PVA glue with a narrow dispenser. And, in fact, the semolina itself is in the plate.
2) We estimate an approximate pattern and apply part of it to the jar with glue. By the way, the pattern can be either free or thematic, in the form of hearts, animals, inscriptions or names.
3) Sprinkle a strip of glue with semolina, don’t skimp on the grains, the more the better. Everything unnecessary will fall off on its own.
4) Literally after a few seconds, turn the jar over a plate of semolina and shake it off. At the same time, we don’t touch with our hands; what fell was supposed to fall.
5) Using the same technology, we perform the remaining pattern. It takes about 12 hours for the glue to dry, after which, for reliability, you can coat the pattern with aerosol varnish. And again leave for 12 hours.
6) After complete drying, you can add additional decorative elements. Decorate the neck with a ribbon, and cover the vase itself with beads or rhinestones. Result in the photo:
All! The cute vase is ready. The longest time will be spent waiting for the glue and varnish to dry, but you will spend nothing on the work.
DIY vase decor (floor)
Floor vases can also be decorated in a very interesting way.
This work is done from simple wooden blocks glued together with wood glue.
From glass
If you have an old yellowed glass vase somewhere, then you can also revive it and use it for your pleasure. Such “rarities” are suitable for decoration with sealant and paints. Before starting work, the surface of the vase must be thoroughly cleaned of dirt and degreased. Then a pattern of sealant is carefully applied to the surface.
The sealant dries for at least 24 hours. After it has completely dried, apply the first layer of paint with the effect of frozen glass (sold in handicraft stores) from an aerosol can to the vase.
After a couple of hours, you can apply 1-2 layers of regular white paint.
From seeds
There are many more materials that can be used to decorate flower vases. For example, from seeds.
Vases are an excellent home decoration element. Connoisseurs know that beautiful vases are an expensive pleasure, so many try to create the design of this accessory themselves. To decorate vases, you can use a variety of materials: it all depends on your desire.
You will need:
- Glue gun;
- Glass vase;
- Paints;
- Brushes.
Instructions:
- To decorate a vase using a glue gun, take a regular glass vase of any shape. Apply the pattern you like best to it with a pistol.
- Wait until it dries, then paint with different colored paints.
- You can also completely paint the surface: the design will be in relief and the vase will be colored.
You will need:
- Glass vase;
- PVA glue;
- Brushes;
- Newspapers or sheet music;
- Clear nail polish.
Instructions:
- Cut newspapers or sheet music into small pieces. Coat each piece of paper with glue and paste it over the vase in any order (do not forget to step back 0.5 - 1 cm from the edge so that the paper does not get wet during the process of pouring water).
- Using a brush, smooth out creases and wrinkles. Make sure there are no gaps.
- When the glue dries and the paper sticks tightly, coat the vase with clear varnish.
Mastering the quilling technique
You will need:
- Old vase;
- Newspapers, craft or parchment paper;
- PVA glue;
- Glue "Moment";
- Acrylic lacquer;
- Water based stain.
Instructions:
- Cut long strips of paper and roll them into tubes (there should be a sufficient number of tubes). Take the first one and use Moment glue to glue it to the very bottom of the vase.
- As you build up the tubes, wrap the vase in a circle, pressing them tightly together. Thus, decorate the entire surface. Then apply PVA glue in a thick layer and let it dry.
- When the glue has dried, cover the vase with stain, wait until it dries again, and seal the work with varnish.
You will need:
- Ordinary vase;
- Artificial flowers (preferably small ones);
- PVA glue or “Moment”.
Instructions:
- Decorating a vase with flowers is quite simple. Imagine in your mind an approximate drawing that should turn out. For convenience, you can mark it on a vase and glue artificial flowers along this outline.
- To make the vase beautiful, everything needs to be done carefully. This is a rather difficult and long process, but the result is worth it. As a result, you will receive an elegant vase that will decorate any room in the house.
Decorating a vase with glass pebbles
You will need:
- Multi-colored glass pebbles;
- Glue gun;
- Transparent vase.
Instructions:
- Wash the vase thoroughly using detergent. Glue the glass pebbles to the vase as tightly as possible to each other. You can create some kind of pattern or just stick the stones in any order.
- By the way, in addition to transparent stones, you can take regular pebbles or shells.
Striped vase - simple and tasteful!
You will need:
- Thin ribbons or elastic bands;
- Glass vase;
- Spray for coloring glass.
Instructions:
- Randomly wrap the vessel with rubber bands or ribbons. Place the vase upside down and spray paint.
- When the paint is dry, remove the ribbons.
- You will get a spectacular striped vase.
- These stripes look best on clear or very dark glass.
You will need:
- Old vase;
- Light brown twine;
- PVA glue.
Instructions:
- Degrease the vase with detergent or alcohol. Generously coat the outside of the vessel with PVA glue. You should wrap the vase starting from the neck. Thus, wrap the entire vessel to the bottom.
- Dried or artificial flowers look beautiful in such a vase decorated with twine.
You will need:
- Transparent vase of unusual shape;
- Acrylic paints in two colors;
- Thin and dense brush.
Instructions:
- Thoroughly clean the vessel from dust, grease and other contaminants. Pour one color of paint into it. Twist the vase until the paint is evenly distributed inside the bottle over the entire surface.
- Paint the outside of the vessel with paint of a different color. You can draw chaotic patterns or an elaborate design.
- Let the paint dry. If desired, you can coat the vase with clear varnish to secure the result.