I, like some of you, had a fix idea to do something pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of a country landscape. The choice fell on a mini-castle, since it is the easiest to fit anywhere on the site, taking into account its geological features. Moreover, you can build creatively, adding or changing its elements on the go.
The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. After experimenting, I settled on a 2 to 1 composition (i.e. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement). It is better to dry the sand in the sun, then it is easier to mix it with cement, and also to sift it for use in elements with fine detail, since debris can ruin the part.
The castle has a fairly decent volume, so it is unrealistic to build it all at once. To do this, I first make individual parts of the castle, so that I can then build it out of cubes in a couple of days. The last, third castle was assembled in two days. The neighbors thought he had fallen from the sky when they saw him.
So, let's look at the elements of a typical design.
Let's start with the turrets. A cylinder of the required radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (mine is about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws so that it can be easily disassembled in the future. Anything can be placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast must be at least 5 cm. Fill with a fairly thick solution. We give it several hours to set to such a state that when removing the formwork it does not crumble. You can choose the height of the cylindrical formwork yourself. It can be equal to the height of the tower, or less, but then the formwork will have to be dismantled and assembled above the already set lower part.
We immediately begin to cut the damp, slightly set solution. The cutting technology is the same as that of sandboxes. For cutting I use a set of tools available to everyone. I use screwdrivers, chisels, a medical scalpel, a hacksaw blade for metal and various strips of tin for forming various architectural elements.
A simple cylinder is boring, this is where the flight of fancy begins. I make various grooves by wrapping a long strip of tin around the cylinder, using this strip as a guide, and using a screwdriver or chisel to select the annular recesses. Then at the bottom you can simulate masonry, destruction, chipped plaster, cracks - after all, the castle is ancient.
For me, aging is the most exciting part of the process. At the same time, we don’t bother making windows, loopholes, using a knife to pick out the required recess. If you want to make a turret at the top of the tower, then roll up a cylinder with a diameter a couple of centimeters larger and a height of 10-15 cm, insert a plastic bottle inside to save the solution (after it has completely set, it will be removed).
Fill the mold with the solution and after partial setting, carefully remove the formwork into a cylinder and make required quantity windows, battlements - as your imagination dictates. I'm sawing out the teeth hacksaw blade for metal - I make cuts of the required depth and pick off the excess mortar between the cuts.
The roof can be made from tin cones, or you can use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar (that’s exactly what I do). After complete setting, carefully knock our roof out of the mold. Don't forget that we are still preparing individual elements castle We'll put everything together later. So we sorted out the tower. We have all the elements ready and stacked somewhere in the corner.
Let's start building the walls. Our walls will be either fortress walls (1) or a building element (2).
There is no difference in their production. We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. Place it on flat surface(I have an old one kitchen table) having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution poured later is not absorbed. You can put it in this frame metal arch- this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, you can add crushed stones to the bottom or broken bricks to save solution. After the solution has been poured to the desired height, you can take nice crushed stone pebbles and stick them into the base of the foundation so that their flat edges protrude above common plane solution approximately 5 mm.
If there is no crushed stone, then you can after partial setting sharp knife or use a scalpel to imitate the foundation. You can also use pebbles to mark future windows. Thus, your task is to create such flat elements. To speed things up, I make 2-3 of these rectangles at a time. Having made such a wall once, you will understand that they are made easily and very quickly. As a rule, we are interested outer side castle, the inside does not represent anything because it is not visible.
So, after a few hours, the mortar of our future walls has set very (!) at this point, so that it is pliable, but does not collapse, and if it is left too long, it will be difficult to process. We carefully disassemble the frame and we are left with a flat rectangle on the table. If you are making a wall with teeth, then make the gaps between the teeth by gradually removing the mortar with a flat tool (I use a metal ruler for this). Then loopholes and windows are made. Draw everything your imagination tells you. To remove the remaining solution, I use a soft brush (you’ve probably seen how archaeologists work in the movies). In the end, you will be left with something like the following on your desk.
Leave the finished walls on the table for about a day. Then they can be safely removed from the table and also placed in a corner. When the required number of elements have already been made, we choose a sunny day for installation on the summer cottage. This point is still important here. The castle looks more beautiful on some hill, on a pile of stones. Therefore, prepare the foundation for it. If you use stones, always place the stones on a small layer of mortar first. If you don't do this, the stones will move over time and destroy your beauty.
When the foundation is prepared, we begin assembly. First we install on cement mortar, previously applied to the foundation, for example tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower using mortar. Then we install tower No. 2.
The castle is already beginning to emerge. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish by installing tower No. 3. My towers were heavy, so the men needed to tinker. Thus, at this stage we have this design (top view)
But wall No. 2 will be part of the building, so I take some bricks and form a rectangle of this building. To prevent the solution from getting into the windows or doors from the inside, I close them from the inside with something flat (I use pieces flat slate or fragments of flat tiles).
I have the inside of the castle hidden. But if you want her to have beautiful view- you need to make both wall No. 3 and fill the internal part for the monolith concrete mortar or filled with construction waste.
When this structure sets, form it over the building gable roof. It takes me two or three bricks (spread the mortar with a spatula and level it into a cone).
This is how you can make a complex castle from the basic basic elements, changing them slightly depending on your imagination (for example, you’re tired of round towers - make rectangular formwork and the towers will be square, etc.).
How to make your plot or garden unique - this is the dream of many owners. Many people love to decorate their own estate, dacha, or yard, but not everyone has extra money that could be spent on decorative figures. But this is not a problem for those who at least know how to do something with their own hands.
It doesn’t even require any special expenses.
So, for example, a fairy-tale kingdom on the garden site will become a good gift both small and adult dreamers.
Even a mini-castle built at the dacha will add mystery to the area.
Mini castles for the yard or garden are quite large in volume, and building it completely is a little difficult.
You can try to make some parts of the castle separately, so that later in any part of the garden or at the dacha you can assemble it from ready-made elements, like from cubes.
An example of a design for building a castle in a country house
easy to disassemble. To reduce solution consumption, cans or bottles can be placed inside the cylinder, but the thickness of the solution around the ballast must be at least 5 cm.
The solution for pouring should be thick enough. It must be given several hours to set to such a state that the formwork does not crumble when removed. The height of the cylindrical formwork must be selected as follows: it should be approximately equal to the height of the tower; with a smaller size, the formwork will need to be disassembled and assembled slightly higher than the already set lower part.
Making a castle for your dacha is easy if you have a pair of “golden hands”.
The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement.
Elements of a standard design.
Let's start with the turrets.
A cylinder of the required radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (mine is about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws
Anything can be placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast should be at least 5 cm. Fill with a thick solution.
We give it several hours to set to such a state that when removing the formwork it does not crumble. 
We immediately begin to cut the damp, slightly set solution.
The cutting technology is the same as that of sandboxes. For cutting, a set of tools is used that is available to everyone.
Do not forget to make windows, loopholes, using a knife to pick out the desired recess.
Fill the mold with the solution and after partial setting, carefully remove the formwork cylinder and make the required number of windows, teeth - as your imagination dictates. 
The roof can be made from tin cones; you can also use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar. After complete setting, carefully knock our roof out of the mold. Don't forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put everything together later.
Let's start building the walls. Our walls will be either fortress walls (1) or a building element (2).
There is no difference in their production.
We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. We place it on a flat surface, having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing felt so that the solution poured later is not absorbed.
You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, you can add crushed stones or broken bricks to the bottom to save mortar.
After the solution is poured to the desired height, you can take nice crushed stones and stick them into the base of the foundation so that their flat edges protrude above the general plane of the solution by about 5 mm.
Then loopholes and windows are made. Draw everything your imagination tells you. To remove the remaining solution, I use a soft brush (you’ve probably seen how archaeologists work in the movies). In the end, you will be left with something like the following on your desk.
Leave the finished walls on the table for about a day. When the foundation is prepared, we begin assembly.
First, we install it on a cement mortar previously applied to the foundation, for example tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower using mortar. Then we install tower No. 2.
The castle is already beginning to emerge. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish by installing tower No. 3.
Assembly diagram:
Once this structure has set, form a gable roof over the building.
This is how you can make a complex castle from the main basic elements, changing them slightly depending on your imagination - like this, for example.
Or a very simple one:
How to make your plot or garden unique - this is the dream of many owners. Many people love to decorate their own estate, dacha, or yard, but not everyone has extra money that could be spent on decorative figures. But this is not a problem for those who at least know how to do something with their own hands.
It doesn’t even require any special expenses.
For example, a fairy-tale kingdom on the garden site will be a good gift for both small and adult dreamers.
Even a mini-castle built at the dacha will add mystery to the area.
Mini castles for the yard or garden are quite large in volume, and building it completely is a little difficult.
You can try to make some parts of the castle separately, so that later in any part of the garden or at the dacha you can assemble it from ready-made elements, like from cubes.
An example of a design for building a castle in a country house
easy to disassemble. To reduce solution consumption, cans or bottles can be placed inside the cylinder, but the thickness of the solution around the ballast must be at least 5 cm.
The solution for pouring should be thick enough. It must be given several hours to set to such a state that the formwork does not crumble when removed. The height of the cylindrical formwork must be selected as follows: it should be approximately equal to the height of the tower; with a smaller size, the formwork will need to be disassembled and assembled slightly higher than the already set lower part.
Making a castle for your dacha is easy if you have a pair of “golden hands”.
The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement.
Elements of a standard design.
Let's start with the turrets.
A cylinder of the required radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (mine is about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws
Anything can be placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast should be at least 5 cm. Fill with a thick solution.
We give it several hours to set to such a state that when removing the formwork it does not crumble.
We immediately begin to cut the damp, slightly set solution.
The cutting technology is the same as that of sandboxes. For cutting, a set of tools is used that is available to everyone.
Do not forget to make windows, loopholes, using a knife to pick out the desired recess.
Fill the mold with the solution and after partial setting, carefully remove the formwork cylinder and make the required number of windows, teeth - as your imagination dictates.
The roof can be made from tin cones; you can also use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar. After complete setting, carefully knock our roof out of the mold. Don't forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put everything together later.
Let's start building the walls. Our walls will be either fortress walls (1) or a building element (2).
There is no difference in their production.
We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. We place it on a flat surface, having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing felt so that the solution poured later is not absorbed.
You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, you can add crushed stones or broken bricks to the bottom to save mortar.
After the solution is poured to the desired height, you can take nice crushed stones and stick them into the base of the foundation so that their flat edges protrude above the general plane of the solution by about 5 mm.
Then loopholes and windows are made. Draw everything your imagination tells you. To remove the remaining solution, I use a soft brush (you’ve probably seen how archaeologists work in the movies). In the end, you will be left with something like the following on your desk.
Leave the finished walls on the table for about a day. When the foundation is prepared, we begin assembly.
First, we install it on a cement mortar previously applied to the foundation, for example tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower using mortar. Then we install tower No. 2.
The castle is already beginning to emerge. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish by installing tower No. 3.
Assembly diagram:
Once this structure has set, form a gable roof over the building.
This is how you can make a complex castle from the main basic elements, changing them slightly depending on your imagination - like this, for example.
Or a very simple one:
In the garden plot, people often realize their fantasies or what they saw during their travels, ideas they saw on the Internet on various sites, and then build rock gardens, garden sculpture, original flowerpots for flowers, wooden crafts, garden scarecrows and much more. This gives summer cottage uniqueness makes it special. It is useful to involve children and grandchildren in such activities; they really like to take part in creativity and decorating the garden.
One of the types of such crafts on the site is the construction of mini castles from natural materials, most often from small stones, river pebbles, coarse gravel. This is a very exciting activity. You need to start building such a castle out of stone with a choice suitable place Location on. It is convenient to place it near a children's playground, for example, or near a recreation area for the whole family. An area of 1-2 square meters is suitable for this. square meters depending on the intention.
It is advisable to draw a sketch of the future on paper to scale, determine how many towers it is planned to build, whether they will be connected by a fortress wall, an arch, and sometimes they make a small ditch around the castle through which a bridge is built. It is useful to look in books or on the Internet for photographs of real or miniature castles when developing your castle project.
Next you need to take care of building materials, prepare cement and sand or buy ready-made cement-sand mixture For street work. Then bring a sufficient number of stones for construction, and you will need a lot of them, think about what to make the roof, windows and doors in the castle from. If there is a river or sea, then you can collect medium-sized round pebbles. Large gravel made from granite, limestone, and sandstone is suitable. The main thing is that the stones are of the same type and approximately same sizes.
When everything you need is prepared, you can begin building a mini castle. The easiest way to build a castle is from three rounded towers. For this they use old metal pipes with a diameter of 10-15 cm, which are dug into the ground and filled with cement for stability. You can take sections of asbestos-cement pipes; they are also suitable for constructing towers. It is better to make towers of different heights. Then, starting from the bottom of the pipes, they make a masonry of stones based on cement mortar, attaching them sequentially one after another.
At the height at which the windows in the tower are planned, the laying of stones is stopped, plastic bottles brown or green, cut out a cylinder of a suitable size from them, paint a window with a frame on it, cut the cylinder vertically on the side opposite the window, place it on the pipe, continue laying stones to the very top of the pipe. It turns out to be a window in the castle tower.
Then you need to make a roof for the tower. For these purposes you can use various materials, which will be at hand. It is convenient to make it from thin tin, bending it in the shape of a cone, painting it oil paint. You can cut out “tiles” from linoleum and nail them to wooden frame. Another option for making a roof is to cover a cone of cement mortar with rectangular pieces ceramic tiles, it also looks like tiles.
When the castle towers are ready, they begin to build walls that will connect them, or make a fortress wall around the towers. An arch of stones is often built in front of the entrance. The entire interior of the castle is carefully covered with fine gravel, after laying non-woven material under it to prevent the growth of weeds. If desired, you can increase the territory of the castle by building new towers, walls, arches, bridges. To make the castle more authentic, they add figures of gnomes, knights, princesses, decorate the walls with images of dragons, and hang flags and pennants.
It is important to harmoniously fit such a lock into garden plot. If the castle acts as an independent ensemble, then low flowers or ornamental grasses are planted next to it, which will give it more naturalness. And such flower arrangements You can change it every year, then the mini lock will look different all the time. Low but spectacular annual flowers are suitable for this purpose, for example, pansies(violas), thin-leaved and rejected marigolds, small petals, daisies, primroses. Among the perennials used are dwarf hostas, alpine aster, and Carpathian bellflower.
Sometimes a mini castle made of stones simply serves as a frame for a small flower bed, inside of which annual flowers are planted. This original flower bed in the form of a castle will decorate the lawn or front area garden Flowers are planted inside the fortress wall of the castle, selecting not too tall compact forms of low-growing annuals.
How to make your site, yard or garden unique? This is the dream of many owners. Many people love to decorate their own estate, dacha, or yard, but not everyone has extra money that could be spent on decorative figures. But this is not a problem for those who at least know how to do something with their own hands.
It doesn’t even require any special expenses.
For example, a fairy-tale kingdom on the garden site will be a good gift for both small and adult dreamers.
Even a mini-castle built at the dacha will add mystery to the area.
Mini castles for the yard or garden are quite large in volume, and building it completely is a little difficult.
You can try to make some parts of the castle separately, so that later in any part of the garden or at the dacha you can assemble it from ready-made elements, like from cubes. To reduce solution consumption, cans or bottles can be placed inside the cylinder, but the thickness of the solution around the ballast must be at least 5 cm.
The solution for pouring should be thick enough. It must be given several hours to set to such a state that the formwork does not crumble when removed. The height of the cylindrical formwork must be selected as follows: it should be approximately equal to the height of the tower; with a smaller size, the formwork will need to be disassembled and assembled slightly higher than the already set lower part.
Making a castle for your dacha is easy if you have a pair of “golden hands”.
The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement.
Elements of a standard design.
Let's start with the turrets.
A cylinder of the required radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (mine is about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws
Anything can be placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast should be at least 5 cm. Fill with a thick solution.
We give it several hours to set to such a state that when removing the formwork it does not crumble.
We immediately begin to cut the damp, slightly set solution.
The cutting technology is the same as that of sandboxes. For cutting, a set of tools is used that is available to everyone.
Do not forget to make windows, loopholes, using a knife to pick out the desired recess.
Fill the mold with the solution and after partial setting, carefully remove the formwork cylinder and make the required number of windows, teeth - as your imagination dictates.
The roof can be made from tin cones; you can also use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar. After complete setting, carefully knock our roof out of the mold. Don't forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put everything together later.
Let's start building the walls. Our walls will be either fortress walls (1) or a building element (2).
There is no difference in their production.
We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. We place it on a flat surface, having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing felt so that the solution poured later is not absorbed.
You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, you can add crushed stones or broken bricks to the bottom to save mortar.
After the solution is poured to the desired height, you can take nice crushed stones and stick them into the base of the foundation so that their flat edges protrude above the general plane of the solution by about 5 mm.
Then loopholes and windows are made. Draw everything your imagination tells you. To remove the remaining solution, I use a soft brush (you’ve probably seen how archaeologists work in the movies). In the end, you will be left with something like the following on your desk.
Leave the finished walls on the table for about a day. When the foundation is prepared, we begin assembly.
First, we install it on a cement mortar previously applied to the foundation, for example tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower using mortar. Then we install tower No. 2.
The castle is already beginning to emerge. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish by installing tower No. 3.
Assembly diagram:
Once this structure has set, form a gable roof over the building.
This is how you can make a complex castle from the main basic elements, changing them slightly depending on your imagination - like this, for example.