{"id":15384,"date":"2013-02-02T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T10:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:22:18","slug":"artistic-models-from-used-plastic-water-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/artistic-models-from-used-plastic-water-bottles\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Models from Used Plastic Bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>Eco-Art tutorial from Munnar \u2013 Terrace Greens<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cEcological Art\u201d, also known as \u201cEco-Art\u201d is a modern form of art created from natural and bio-degradable materials like wood pulp, natural clay, leaves, bamboo, jute, etc. Eco-Art products are elegant and have a charm of their own. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Go Green\u2019 is a modern <em>mantra<\/em> of many individuals lately. To save this unique and diverse environment, shift from non-biodegradable plastics to bio-degradable materials like jute, paper has begun.<\/p>\n<p>We present to you the making of beautiful art forms (like honeybees, butterflies, etc.) from used plastic bottles.<\/p>\n<p>Following are steps to describe the making of two \u2018Honeybees\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>DO IT YOURSELF:<\/p>\n<h3>Materials needed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Used plastic bottles (Around 5 \u2013 10)<\/li>\n<li>Oil paints and brushes (Around 12 colours)<\/li>\n<li>Marker pens (Black, red and green colours)<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Adhesive<\/li>\n<li>A bottle of water<\/li>\n<li>A wide cup filled with turpentine or kerosene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It would be better if used plastic bottles are cleaned thoroughly without any smudges, so that the art forms look bright.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a couple of plastic bottles and cut two wings from each side of both bottles. Note that the wings must still be attached to the bottles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1849\" title=\"recycling plastic bottles ideas-ecoart ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/recycling-plastic-bottles-ideas-ecoart-ideas.png\" alt=\"recycling plastic bottles ideas-ecoart ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"845\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paint the first bottle with pale yellow colour and the other bottle with rich yellow colour. Take care to colour the wings too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1850\" title=\"reusing plastic water bottles-eco art ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reusing-plastic-water-bottles-eco-art-ideas.png\" alt=\"reusing plastic water bottles-eco art ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let the paint become dry. In the mean time, you can paint some other bottles as per your imagination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1851\" title=\"craft ideas recycling plastic bottles-ecoart ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/craft-ideas-recycling-plastic-bottles-ecoart-ideas.png\" alt=\"craft ideas recycling plastic bottles-ecoart ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"829\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the first bottle, apply broad zigzag strokes on the pale yellow bottle using black colour marker pen. Add two small painted plastic strips as antenna. Stick two blue balls as \u2018eyes\u2019. First honey bee is ready.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1852\" title=\"creative recycling ideas plastic bottles-eco art ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/creative-recycling-ideas-plastic-bottles-eco-art-ideas.png\" alt=\"creative recycling ideas plastic bottles-eco art ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"857\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the second one, paint small wavy lines on the rich yellow bottle using black and red markers. Using green colour, paint a leaf like design on top portion of the bottle and on the wings. Your second bee is also ready.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1853\" title=\"ideas recycling plastic water bottles-eco art ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ideas-recycling-plastic-water-bottles-eco-art-ideas.png\" alt=\"ideas recycling plastic water bottles-eco art ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aren\u2019t they looking cute sitting on green leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1854\" title=\"making honey bee from water bottles-eco art ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/making-honey-bee-from-water-bottles-eco-art-ideas-.png\" alt=\"making honey bee from water bottles-eco art ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"793\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tips:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Similarly you can make any number of art forms as shown below. Use your imagination and create as many models as you want.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1855\" title=\"eco art plastic bottle ideas-recycling ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/eco-art-plastic-bottle-ideas-recycling-ideas.png\" alt=\"eco art plastic bottle ideas-recycling ideas\" width=\"1140\" height=\"854\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look at this boy with the honey bee on his head and the fun children are having at Munnar &#8211; Terrace Greens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1857\" title=\"Eco art ideas-honey bee artistic models\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Eco-art-ideas-honey-bee-artistic-models.png\" alt=\"Eco art ideas-honey bee artistic models\" width=\"1140\" height=\"878\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1858\" title=\"eco art holiday activity- sterlingholidays munnar terrace greens\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/eco-art-holiday-activity-sterlingholidays-munnar-terrace-greens.png\" alt=\"eco art holiday activity- sterlingholidays munnar terrace greens\" width=\"1140\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/eco-art-a-creative-way-to-make-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eco-Art<\/a> is sheer fun to experiment with. Eco-art is a regular holiday activity for guests at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/resorts-hotels\/munnar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Munnar &#8211; Terrace Greens<\/a>. Many of our guests and especially children love to enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/eco-art-ideas-an-artistic-ganesha-idol-from-clay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making eco-art products<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco-Art tutorial from Munnar \u2013 Terrace Greens \u201cEcological Art\u201d, also known as \u201cEco-Art\u201d is a modern form of art created from natural and bio-degradable materials like wood pulp, natural clay, leaves, bamboo, jute, etc. Eco-Art products are elegant and have a charm of their own. \u2018Go Green\u2019 is a modern mantra of many individuals lately&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/artistic-models-from-used-plastic-water-bottles\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[87,108],"tags":[1469,1470,511,512,513,515,516,1171,517,1173,1174,518,797,1471,1472,1473,1474,1475,1476,1477,1478,1479,1480,1481,1482,1270],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sterling Holidays","author_link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/author\/sterlingholidays\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17319,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15384\/revisions\/17319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}