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It’s always nice to make something useful out of a junk item, and if the craft turns out to be beautiful, it’s double the pleasure. One example is crafts made from tires. They are used to make decorations for a dacha or garden plot, various flowerpots and flowerpots, build children's attractions and even make country furniture- tables and chairs.

Flower beds and flower beds made from tires

Let's start with the most, perhaps, simple flower bed and flower beds. Do you think it’s difficult to make a multi-tiered one? Maybe, but not from tires. Take a few pieces different sizes, paint them in bright colors and stack them in a pile - one on top of the other. To prevent your slide from falling apart, fasten the tires from the inside using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws. Two per connection will be enough. You fill the soil inside and plant the plants. To prevent the soil from spilling out, you can cover the inside of the tire with a piece of . It will remove excess water, but will not allow the soil to spill out. A beautiful tiered flower garden is ready.

If you like flower beds correct form, you can do something like this. For example, making a flower bed in the shape of a chamomile out of tires. First, the tires in the lower tier are laid out and fastened together. Fill the middle of the tires with soil, and also free space inside the circle. There for better drainage You can lay broken bricks or other construction debris, sprinkle a little earth on top and compact them. On the prepared surface, stepping back from the edge by more than half the diameter of the tire, lay out the second tier. They are also fastened together, the middle is covered with soil, and the core is placed on top. You can plant tall flowers at the very top, and border or low-growing flowers on the lower tiers.

Another option for a flowerbed made of tires in the shape of a chamomile - in one tier. To do this you will have to cut the tires.

How to cut tires

In general, when making crafts from tires, they often need to be cut. This is far from easy. It is more or less easy to cut off the side surface of the tread. People with strong hands and with good knives they do it manually. Good, by the way, workout for hands and everything shoulder girdle. If you are going to cut with a knife, lubricate the blade with grease: the rubber constantly “jams” the metal, and the blade covered with grease slides out well.

You can also cut off the sidewall with a jigsaw or grinder. Cutting with a grinder is relatively quick, but the stench is wild. Therefore, with a grinder, even if there is one, only the first cut is made so that the jigsaw file can be inserted. Then they work with this tool. To cut rubber, take a blade with a reverse tooth made of good steel.

If you have to cut the tread, doing it with a jigsaw or, especially, with a knife is useless. At least with a regular knife. Blades made of special steel can even cut iron cord, but it’s unlikely that anyone would want to damage such a tool on an old tire. That’s why they most often work with an angle grinder. To avoid any troubles, the protector is secured: always think about safety. If the sidewalls have already been cut off, the tread tape is quite elastic and can be compressed with a clamp. Once cut, it will not spring back.

Flowerpot from a wheel: turning the tires out

If you have a tire with an old rim, you can use it to make a flowerpot with a leg.

To do this, cut one sidewall along the tread. And they turn it inside out. This is not an easy task: considerable physical strength and perseverance are required. The rubber is elastic and it is impossible to turn it out the first time. If absolutely not, then outside make notches across the tread. They should be quite deep, but not through. It will also help if you make cuts along the edge with a depth of at least 5-7 centimeters. They will look like fringe on an inverted tire.

Why do they turn it inside out? Inner surface smoother, and the shape may turn out to be more interesting, especially if the edge is made not linear, but jagged. The result will be a gracefully bent decoration.

For details on how to turn out a tire, watch the video.

In a similar way, you can turn out a tire without rim. The sequence of actions is the same. First, cut off one of the sidewalls - straight or zigzag. To ensure that the “petals” are even, it is advisable to mark them. It is convenient to do this with chalk. The mark is then cut with a jigsaw or knife (if the cord is synthetic).

They turn it like this: they step on inner part tires, grab the edge with your hands and pull up and towards you. It is important to achieve the first result: when at least some part is bent. If the tire looks like the photo below, it's already a success. It is developed by successively turning the edge inside out and standing on the already turned part so that it does not turn back.

Watch the process again in the video. This time they turn out the tire without the wheel (they cut it, by the way, with a knife).

Even by itself, such a tire turned inside out looks good. If you paint it, it becomes even better. If desired, they can be combined - different colors, sizes, installed differently: on the bus or on the legs.

A tall flower bed always looks beautiful. Especially with hanging plants. It can also be made from tires, and there are several possibilities. The photo below shows two ways to secure cut tires to different levels. The first is to use stumps for this, to which flowerpots are attached with nails or screws. The second is to use reinforcement - three or four rods on which to put rubber. By putting on the right level tier, it needs to be secured; on metal this can only be done with the help of clamps.

It is not always possible to place a flowerpot on the ground: some areas are so developed that even one square meter it is problematic to single out. For this occasion, people came up with various hanging flowerpots, also made from old tires. Only a small part of the whole tire remains, so you have to cut a lot... be patient. For example, you can do hanging planters in the form of a dolphin, parrot, rooster and other strange birds. For some ideas, see the photos.

Tire planter - parrot, rooster and dolphin

All these crafts made from tires. Only a small part of them - the heads - are often made of dense foam. Cutting and sanding the part the desired shape, it is attached using self-tapping screws coated with glue (this is a secret, remember), and then painted. Watch the video to see how to make a parrot from a tire.

Below are posted step by step photos, which depict the main stages of creating a table or ottoman from a tire. You will need two more circles of plywood or fiberboard of a suitable diameter; hemp rope is used for finishing. From available materials you will need glue and a glue gun, as well as varnish and a brush for applying it. To connect the circles to the tire you will also need self-tapping screws - 8-10 pieces on each side.

Next we take glue gun and after heating the glue, apply it to the sidewall. If you don’t have such a luxury on your household, take the glue that’s in the tube bigger size, like " liquid nails" It's easier for them to work with mounting gun. Apply a stripe to the side and glue the hemp rope. So - all the way to the top.

Using the same technology, we decorate the lid of the table (ottoman). You need to start laying from the middle: apply glue, lay the rope.

Finishing the work - applying varnish. We do it slowly, soaking it well. This is what should happen as a result. If you made a table, you can put glass on top - a rope, even coated with varnish, is not the best best coverage for the table, although beautiful...

Variety can be achieved through the cover. It can be sewn from the dense material you like.

Cute ottoman...

You can knit it - large knitting looks interesting.

Large knitted cover - looks interesting

If you don’t want to sew or knit, you can use old knitted items cut into strips. They are cut into long strips 3-5 cm thick, rolled into balls and then wrapped around the ottoman. It turns out interesting, especially if several colors are combined.

If you need a taller ottoman, screw the two tires together with self-tapping screws and continue working with them in this form.

Another option, see the video

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To transform anyone personal plot, it is not necessary to buy expensive small architectural forms. Can be done DIY flowerpots made from tires, which will transform and give attractive appearance Every owner will feel comfortable and cozy in any area.

Such a masterpiece has become popular among many gardeners who love to create beautiful flower arrangements and practice these elements in almost every area. Flowerpots and flower beds made from tires are easy to create, durable, practical and easy to use. Create with my own hands A beautiful and exclusive flowerpot is a source of pride for every owner of the property. Ready-made flowerpots can be purchased in a special store, but it’s more pleasant to watch your own invention every day.

You can see flowerpots made from tires with your own hands in the photo:

If you have the opportunity to choose tires for a flowerpot, then it is better to choose non-studded winter tires from production, because they have very soft and thin rubber, which is easiest to work with. The tires must be cleared of soil so as not to damage the instrument.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a flowerpot from tires

You can make many options for finished products: a bowl with smooth edges, a flower bed in the shape of a flower, with petals or fringe.

First of all, you need to draw a cut line and draw a chalk outline on the side of the product, which can be in the form of petals or fringe.

Then cut along the contour figure cutting shoemaker's knife or jigsaw.

You can look at the detailed stages of this work on how to make flowerpots from tires with your own hands at video at the end of the article.

After cutting out the tire, you need to make longitudinal cuts at a distance of 5 to 10 centimeters and turn the tire inside out.

This is a labor-intensive process that requires skill and is not immediately easy for beginners. But it's enough to turn it out small area how the process will proceed quickly and smoothly.

The next stage is various types of decorating flowerpots made from tires, which can be painted in different ways, decorated with pebbles, or applied with ornaments, such as in these photos:

A little free time, just a couple of hours, and without special costs, an exclusive decoration for the site is ready, made with the help of imagination and your work, the result of which will be pleasant praise from others. All that remains is to fill the mold with soil and plant beautiful annual or perennial flowers, such as in the photo.

They can easily be made with your own hands, or can be purchased at gardening stores. Both the first and second options are very good.

Flowerpots from the manufacturer are created from various materials: wood, clay, stone, plaster and even plastic. The advantage of such flowerpots is their good quality, durability, availability of many color solutions And designer finishes. In other words, you can choose a ready-made flowerpot for a garden of any style and to your liking. The disadvantage of such products is their high price, which depends on many various factors(material, size, country of origin, etc.)

As for homemade flowerpots, they, of course, benefit from the fact that they have a low cost and sometimes can decorate the garden decor much better than purchased products.

Most often, homemade flowerpots are created from concrete, gabions and car tires. The last option allows you to immediately “kill two birds with one stone”: give a second life to an unnecessary tire and give landscape design the plot has a more creative look.

There is also an option such as purchasing a ready-made regular lawn (for example, clay) and further decorating it with your own hands (with beads, natural stone, waterproof paints, etc.)

Now we will look at how to make a flowerpot from tires with your own hands.

Making a flowerpot from tires

Required materials and tools

In order to make a flowerpot from tires you will need the following materials:

Car tire

• Primer

• Soap solution

  Small pebbles (pebbles or crushed stone)

  Plaster mesh or wire

Tools you will need:

Jigsaw

Sharp knife

Sander

Construction trowel

Brush for painting a finished flowerpot

Container for mixing concrete mortar

Brush (preferably with hard bristles)

Main process

So, first you need to cut off one of the side parts of the tire (the second must be intact). It is recommended to cut the side not strictly along the contour, but to create a figured edging, which will make the flowerpot more original. Before starting work, it is recommended to draw a line along which you will cut, and then wet the knife blade soap solution(this will make it easier to cut).

It should be noted that if you want to make a complex figured cutout of a flowerpot, it is best to use an electric jigsaw. As with working with a knife, it is recommended to make the cutting process easier with a soap solution.

After the sidewall is cut, the tire must be turned inside out. In this case, again, you can make the job easier by slightly cutting through the metal cord using a grinding machine.

Please note that turning the tire out will require effort, so it is best to start at one end and gradually move to the other.

When the tire is turned out, it is necessary to bring the cut edge to perfect condition. To do this, use a sanding machine.

Next we move on to the leg of the flowerpot. Ideally, the wheel rim should act as the leg for the flowerpot from the tire. All you need is to mount two parts of the tire (the cut sidewall and the remaining piece) onto the wheel rim, as shown in the picture:

The finished “body” of the flowerpot

Now that the “body” of the flowerpot has been assembled, we move on to the design of the product. The wheel rim along with the “rubber” must be carefully primed and painted suitable color. We recommend that you use light colors, as they will not fade in the sun.

So that you can see more clearly how to make a flowerpot from car tire with our own hands, we present to your attention this video tutorial:

Flowerpots from tires: video tutorial on how to create

Creating a concrete flowerpot leg

The process of creating a flowerpot from a tire with your own hands could be completed by simply painting the product, but if you want to give the flower container even more decorative look, we recommend that you additionally decorate the wheel rim concrete mortar and natural stones.

First you need to wrap the wheel rim plaster mesh or wire. This is necessary in order to cement mortar adhered well to the metal base.

After thoroughly stirring the solution, apply it to the disk using a trowel (throw it on).

To avoid getting the flowerpot dirty, the disc should be placed separately on some surface (for example, on a metal sheet), and then start pouring cement mortar.

As soon as the solution is completely applied, we immediately begin decorating the legs with natural stones. It is best to use small pebbles, although broken colored glass will look just as beautiful.

When the solution “sets” a little, the decorative elements (pebbles) must be thoroughly rinsed with water and the stains stained with cement must be removed with a brush.

Sometimes you want to show your creativity in some unusual role. For example, decorate a flower garden near your house. To do this, you need to know how to make flowerpots (tires and other available materials are plentiful everywhere). You shouldn’t visit expensive supermarkets in search of elite material, because you can pay attention to ordinary tires that magically turn into fairy-tale characters.

Old tires are free material. Its advantages are in form. With the help of light movements and imagination, a rubber tire turns into a wide and spacious flower pot. This activity is very quick in terms of time. It will take the master about an hour to cut with an electric jigsaw or good knife a certain figure, paint it and transplant flowers there.

Materials for work:

1. 1 Tires size R12-17.
2. 2 Knife or jigsaw.
3. 3 Sand and cement.
4. 4 Pebbles or crushed stone.
5. 5 Grinding machine.
6. 6 Primer and paint.
7. 7 Soap solution.
8. 8 Wire.
9. 9 Trowel and paint brushes, a hard-bristled brush.
10. 10 Container for concrete solution.

It is best to take winter tires that are not studded; they are soft and easily deformable. Before work, the rubber material must be thoroughly cleaned of dirt and soil so as not to spoil it. appearance Scenery.

Step-by-step algorithm

First, you should consider the algorithm for creating the simplest and most common design option for a rubber pot for a flowerpot. This will be a bowl made from a tire with jagged edges in the form of flower petals.

It is convenient to place the cleaned tire in a lighted place and apply a chalk drawing on it. side part. For example, draw petals in the shape of triangles. Using a knife or jigsaw, cut out the design along the contour. After this action, the master makes several longitudinal cuts every 8 cm, and then turns the tire inside out. The last manipulation is difficult, so it must be done by a man. To ensure that the appearance of the cut edge does not injure a person, the edges must be carefully sanded.

To ensure the stability of the product, you will need to take care of the leg. It could be a wheel disc. Then put foam rubber in the middle and fill it with earth to the very top. All that remains is to decorate the flowerpot with any elements and paint it beautifully. You can use several tires of different diameters to create an unusual pattern.

Tires are primed and painted. It is best to use paints in light shades, because the flowerpot will be constantly exposed to the open sun, gradually losing its color.

Popular options

The most easy option decorating a flower bed using rubber tires is a combination of tires of different colors. They can be arranged in a row or in a circle, laid in the form of a multi-level ladder. Tires of different diameters look interesting if they are stacked one on top of the other in the form of a pyramid.

For the most creative artists suitable option hanging flowerpot. To do this, attach a strong metal chain to the tire and hang it, for example, from a tree. Be sure to cover the bottom with dense material.

The most difficult options are creating from several tires different figures or household items. Thus, many craftsmen, using several tires, a pipe and a bent metal strip, decorate the yard with spectacular flowerpots in the form of a teapot and cups.

An ordinary flowerpot made of tires can be decorated with stars around the edges. This is easier to do if you divide the circle into 6 or 9 triangles, into which you enter the same ornament.

After drawing, all that remains is to cut along the contour. If you cut 3-5 waves close to the disk, you can get a flowerpot with smooth shapes. By alternating several deep cuts with short ones, you can slightly complicate the contour pattern. Here you need to get used to it and dream up.

Product stability

If you want to create tall products for flowerpots, then you need to take care of its legs. A leg made of concrete and pebbles or others looks creative decorative stones. The process is easy: the master wraps bottom part flowerpot (disc) with a decorative mesh or wire and mixes the solution. Cement, water and sand are poured in a ratio of 1:0.5:3, but so that the resulting material has a liquid consistency.

Using a trowel, you need to throw the solution onto the disk. To give the leg a more impressive look, you need to decorate the solution with small pebbles or multi-colored shards of broken glass. After some time, the glass and pebbles are washed with water to wash away the dirt that has stuck to them. And in order to concrete base does not crack under the sun's rays, over the next 3 days it needs to be moistened with water from time to time.

Funny fairy tale characters

There will be no limit to a child's happiness if a turtle, swan or other appears near the house fairy creature. To create a turtle you will need tires and tread. The body will be 1 whole tire. The protector must be cut into 4 parts and attached to the sides. This is what the paws will look like. You can fasten them to the main body with wire staples.

A tail is cut out of a small piece of rubber, and from a piece plastic pipe make a turtle's neck. Several old newspapers should be crumpled into a ball and attached to the neck with tape. For complete resemblance, they put it on the head straw hat. The final touch will be coloring and drawing the eyes, mouth, and paws.

Swan is a product for those who have already tried to make something out of tires. The craftsman will need to cut out the neck, wings, head and tail. This can be done according to this scheme (photo 1). It needs to be drawn on the tire and carefully cut out. The black outline denotes the border of the neck and head, the blue outline represents the 2 wings, and the red outline represents the tail. After this manipulation, the product should be turned inside out.

Separately, make a beak from any material and paint it red. Now you can start assembling the swan. Put the 2 parts of the head together and insert the beak between them, strengthen the structure with self-tapping screws. It is best to insert them into the openings for the eyes, hiding them with circles of black electrical tape. Then the assembled neck and head need to be slightly raised and pressed into the tire, and the resulting fold should be secured with self-tapping screws. Now you just need to color the beautiful swan in White color and plant with flowers.

So, you can cut dolphins, parrots and other birds and animals from tires. The main thing is to think through the diagram, transfer it to paper, and then to the bus itself. Then it’s a matter of small things: cut, fold and secure, and then paint bright colors and attach the decor. Using simple plastic bottles and their caps, pipes, and rubber pieces, you can come up with incredible decor for fabulous flowerpots. Therefore, fins, tails, eyes and crests are always formed separately, attached to the main structure with simple paper clips or self-tapping screws.

If very complex circuits are still difficult to understand, the future master can start with the simplest option - creating a fence in the form of a chain. Such a large chain of flowerpots painted in different colors will be no less attractive than an unusual fairy-tale hero. The links of such a chain can be connected to each other using wire. A border in silver or golden color looks original.

Creative people never sit idle, constantly inventing something to do. Making flowerpots from this available material will bring not only benefits, but also spiritual pleasure to a creative person.

To decorate your area with beautiful flower arrangements, you don’t have to buy expensive outdoor flowerpots. Unique frame for flowers various shades and forms you can make with your own hands. We decorate the dacha with flowerbeds made of tires: interesting ideas and options for making flowerpots will help you make garden plot unique and inimitable.

Features and Benefits

By making a flowerbed from a tire, you can realize almost any creative idea. Make one like this a budget option Framing flowers on the site is quite simple - you just need to show a little imagination and make a little effort. Flower beds made from tires have a number of advantages:

• tires are durable;
• tires tolerate temperature changes well;
• on rubber surface Almost any paint fits well;
• no need to spend money on material: almost everyone has an old tire;
• You can use improvised items as decorative elements.

Due to the fact that rubber is a fairly pliable material, the tire can be given a wide variety of shapes. The product can be painted in absolutely any color. Such a product can be used not only as a decorative element, but also as a functional attribute of the site. For example, small seedlings can be planted in such flower beds.

Design

You can make a flower garden according to ready-made examples, or using your own original ideas. To complement finished design You can use any available materials: it all depends on your imagination and skill. The process of creating a flowerpot is often not completed after cutting and painting the tire. Product complex shape in the form of an intricate figure must be supplemented with decorative elements. When decorating a flower garden you may need the following materials:

• decorative and natural stones;
• construction metal grid;
• plastic bottles;
• remains of various building materials;
• colored glass.

From several flower beds you can form bright compositions. The combination of multi-level flower beds looks more impressive various forms . A popular option is a composition of flower beds in the shape of cups and a teapot. To decorate it, you don’t have to turn the tire inside out and cut out patterns on it. It is enough just to arrange several tires of different sizes, form handles from pieces of rubber and paint the finished products.

Unusual

In a children's play area, flower beds in the shape of animals or fairy-tale characters would be appropriate. You can make a turtle from a tire and tread:

• the tread must be cut into four equal parts;
• in the tire you need to make 4 cuts under the turtle’s paws;
• Pieces of tread are inserted into the holes and secured with staples.
• the tail is made from a small piece of rubber, secured with wire staples;
• The turtle's neck can be made from a polymer pipe.
• A head made of crumpled paper is attached to the neck using tape.
• All structural elements are painted in appropriate shades.

Other materials can be used to make the turtle's head, neck, paws and tail. The product can be decorated additional items(for example, put a small hat on the turtle’s head and glasses on his nose).

Flower

Near the house, flower-shaped flower beds will look good. Before you start making such a flowerpot, you need to decide on the shape of the petals. Petals can be in the shape of a triangle, semicircle, rectangle or wavy. Sometimes they are narrow at the base and wide at the edges.

On outer surface tires outline the outline of the petals. To apply markings, you can use chalk or a felt-tip pen. Using a shoe knife or jigsaw, cut out the petals. If the rubber is quite dense, and in quality cutting tool a knife will be used; during the cutting process, it is recommended to periodically dip the blade in soapy water.

Holding the edges of the cuts, you need to carefully turn the tire inside out. Ready product needs to be painted. Flower-shaped flower beds look more attractive if you use different shades of the color palette when painting them.

On a leg

From a solid wheel (tire with disk) you can make a magnificent flowerpot on a leg.

The workflow for creating such a flower bed consists of the following steps:

• in the tire, reaching the tread with the cutting tool, petals of the desired shape are cut out;
• then turn out the top and bottom parts of the tire (there is no need to take out the disk - it will be the leg of the flowerpot);
• the upper part is painted in rich colors, the lower part will look like a stem if it is painted green.

Swan

One of the most common options for flower beds made from tires is a product in the shape of a swan. Such a flowerbed is made in the same way as a flowerpot in the shape of a flower. The only difference will be more complex cutting. You can use ready-made circuit, which shows the lines of the wings, tail, neck and head of a swan for application on the tire.

After applying the markings to the tire, the swan shape itself is cut out. Next, you need to turn out the tire and complete the formation of the swan. The beak can be made of rubber or any other comfortable material, paint it with orange paint and attach it to the head using self-tapping screws. The swan's eyes can be made from pieces of electrical tape.

Usually the figure is painted white, but no one forbids using other shades (you can make multi-colored plumage).

See below for a master class on making a swan from tires.

Required Tools

To start making a flower bed from tires, you need to prepare necessary tools. First of all, this is a tool that will be used for cutting rubber (knife, electric jigsaw, grinder). If you decide to use a knife, the blade must be sharpened well. It is worth considering that cutting thick rubber with a knife is quite problematic. To make your work easier, The blade must be lubricated with grease before cutting. If the knife will not be used as the main tool for cutting the tire, it can be useful for making small cuts.

Use as a cutting tool electric jigsaw will be the most the best option. The more powerful the jigsaw, the easier it is to cut the wheel. For cutting tires ideal option there will be a blade made of high quality steel with a reverse tooth. Cutting a tire with a grinder is much easier than with a knife or jigsaw. Flaw of this instrument The problem is that the rubber at the edges of the cut will be melted, and the cutting procedure will be accompanied by an unpleasant, pungent odor.

If you need to cut the protector to make a flowerpot, it is better to do it with a grinder.

Then you need to decide on the type of paint for the flowerbed. Almost any paint fits well on rubber. The following types are mainly used:

• aerosol;
• enamel on oil based;
• nitroenamel;
• auto enamel.

If necessary, to paint the tire, you need to prepare a brush. For work you will need gloves; they will protect your hands from paint or other possible contaminants.. To apply the markings you will need chalk, marker or soap. When making complex figures, some elements will have to be made from scrap materials. To fasten additional parts to the main tire figure, you will need staples and screws.

How to do it?

Making complex shaped flower beds from tires is a labor-intensive process that requires patience and some physical effort. Whatever shape you want to give to a flowerbed made of tires, the procedure for making a flowerpot will always be almost the same. Here step-by-step instruction, according to which you can independently make a figured flowerbed from tires:

• Choosing a tire. To ensure that working with rubber does not cause unnecessary trouble, you need to take tires that can be easily trimmed (old, heavily worn, thin winter or imported).
• Thoroughly clean and dry the tire.
• Deciding on the form. It is necessary to mark the cutting line with chalk or a marker. The marks on the tire must be made as carefully as possible to facilitate the process of cutting out the figure in the future.
• Cut along the drawn line, then remove the top part. You can use a high-power jigsaw.
• Turn the tire inside out (you need to grab the cut edge with your hands, first step on the middle of the tire and forcefully pull the rubber towards you).
• We sand the cut edges and treat them with gasoline.
• At the end, the flowerbed should be painted, dried well and, if necessary, decorated with additional elements.

View

All flowerpots made from tires can be divided into two main types: solid and cut. The most simple option The flowerbed of tires is a tire in its original form. You can improve the appearance of such a flowerpot using paints. Such flower beds can be placed in small groups or made into a multi-level structure.

A multi-level design will look more attractive if you give it the shape of a pyramid. To do this, you need to take tires of different diameters and install them on top of each other. The difference in tire diameter should be at least 20 cm. Hanging flower beds will become more interesting solution. A hanging flower bed can be placed along a wall or a blind fence. The shape of such a flower bed can be very diverse.

Inner space Tires must be filled with soil. A mixture of small stones and sand can be used as drainage. When making a hanging flower bed, you need to make several small holes in the tire so that excess moisture can drain freely. Flower beds in the shape of plants, animals or mythical creatures more labor-intensive, but look quite impressive.

With the help of a tire and a cutting tool, you can realize any original idea.

In addition to the division into two main types, there is an additional classification of flowerpots made from tires. Flowerbeds are divided by size and shape as follows:

• tall;
• low;
• single-tier;
• multi-tiered;
• curly;
• round.

Material

The ease of making the flower bed, as well as its appearance, will depend on the material chosen. When choosing tires, you need to consider the following features::

• the process of making a flower bed will be easier from old tires, worn rubber is more pliable;
• imported tires are thinner than domestic ones and are easier to cut;
• winter tires more flexible than summer;
• Tires with metal cords are more difficult to cut;
• If, when making a flowerpot, it is necessary to turn the rubber inside out, you need to select a tire with the most worn tread.

A flower bed can be made from rims or solid (rims with tires) car wheels. This material is used much less frequently than conventional tires, but flowerpots made from wheels look no less attractive. Whatever material you choose to make a flower bed, it must be thoroughly washed to remove dirt. This can be done using a garden hose.

Pure material will facilitate the process of making a flowerpot and will not damage cutting tools.

In addition to the basic rules for making a flower bed from tires, it is important to know some of the subtleties of its placement on the site. It is better to place the flower bed in a well-lit and relatively flat area. On large areas, multi-tiered structures will look better. Having decided on the location, it is necessary to make a container from boards or other solid material for the base of the flowerbed.

It is important to prepare good soil for flowers. The soil mixture should not be too oily so that moisture can easily pass to the roots of the plants. It is important not to forget about the drainage layer, which can be made from expanded clay or gravel. To retain moisture in the soil and make it easier to care for plants, the area around the flowerpot should be sprinkled with gravel or sand.

It is better to paint the wheels in light colors: this will avoid overheating of the soil in summer period. When painting you should also consider the following:

• Before painting, the tire must be thoroughly cleaned, dried and degreased. You can treat rubber from grease contaminants with solvent, gasoline or acetone.
• It is advisable to paint the tire in several layers. Thin layer paint can quickly wear off or crack. You should not apply many layers, this will lead to rapid peeling of the paint. It would be optimal to paint the product two or three times.
• If you want to plant in a flowerbed bright flowers, it is better to paint the tire in gentle bright hues. In flowerpots bright colors It is better to plant light, small flowers.
• It is acceptable for the shade of the flowers to echo the color of the flower bed.
• It is worth painting the flowerbed not only from the outside. If you paint the inner edges, the flowerbed will look more voluminous.
• The flowerpot does not have to be painted in a single color; interesting patterns of a different color can be applied to the tire.

To apply the pattern, you can use pre-made cardboard stencils.