Old Car Tire Parts: Ideas for Dacha, Garden and Orchard Decorations

Old and new tires pose a great danger to the ecological condition of our planet. They take an insanely long time to decompose, filling more and more land on which trees that give oxygen could grow.

But any gardener can help Nature and create unique crafts for their own plot of land using car tires.

The benefits of using tires

Crafts from old tires for the garden and vegetable garden are distinguished by:

durability;
ease of fabrication;
no complicated maintenance;
great scope of application.

The material is easy to get in garages or tire shops, and the tires are completely free. So the only thing left is to buy exterior paint and brushes. Or you can leave the tires in their black color.

Warning

You should not use tires to make beds with berries, vegetables or furniture inside the house. The material emits harmful substances. Vapors come in minimal amounts, but can still cause some harm to the human body.

Flowerbeds

The simplest crafts from old tires with their own hands are small fences of flowerbeds.

Simple flowerbeds

Uncomplicated flowerbeds from tires have been known since Soviet times, so that special work such works of amateur creativity will not require. It is necessary to simply pour soil into the tires and plant flowers. The flowerbed is ready.

But to make it add brightness to the garden, it is painted. You can create unique patterns like Gzhel or Khokhloma, decorate the tires with animal faces or cartoon characters, and for those who were not given the talent of an artist by higher powers, you can paint the tires in one or more colors, depict stripes or polka dots.

Such small flowerbeds can be scattered throughout the site, lay along the fence or near the porch to the house.

If there are a lot of tires, you can create a multi-level bed by laying the tires one on top of the other with a slight offset, having previously put plywood or boards on the bottom. For longer life, the sheets and wood are pre-treated with special impregnants.

An unusual Seven-Petal Flower will turn out if you cut the tires across and put the resulting halves in the form of petals.

Hanging flowerbeds

Hanging flowerbeds look unusual. Such flowerbeds do not take up useful space on the ground and help make the vegetable garden an unusual place.

Vertical flowerbeds can be placed on trees, walls or fences. To do this, a strong rope is tied to them, soil is poured into the resulting recess and small flowers are planted.

You can place the flowerbeds and parallel to the ground. To do this, you will have to strengthen the bottom, hammering into the top of the tire with strong bolts, securing them from the inside. Such unusual flowerbeds will be placed on the thick branches of trees, in the centers of arches and arbor vaults.

Original flowerbeds

Unusual flowerbeds can be created if you put on top of each other tires of slightly different diameters. In this case, you get a funny cup with flowers. But you have to paint it with flowers or peas.

The original planter will turn out if you cut out the petals on the tire and bend them slightly to the side.

Garden paths

Garden path will be obtained by laying ordinary tires in the ground, and the gaps between them and the middle of the tires filled with gravel, pebbles, sand, colorful bark.

On the sides of the track set vertical halves of tires, painted in bright colors.

Pretty addition to the path will be small flower borders.

Pond .

Water calms the nerves and gives coolness, so a small pond in the countryside is simply necessary. To make it you will need:

a large tire;
dense polyethylene;
sand to level the surface;
stones and flowers to decorate the banks.

To create a pond you will need:

dig and level an excavation to the size of the tire;
to install the tire;
neatly lay polyethylene, securing it with earth from the sides;
fill in the free spaces with sand or soil;
lay stones around the pond and plant small flowers;
pour water.

If the tire is really big, the resulting homemade lake can be supplemented with a wooden bridge, mill or garden figurine. And you can also launch a raft with potted plants or plant water lilies. And place a bench next to it.

Playground for kids

For kids, tires will help create a cozy play area. The little ones will come in handy:

sandbox from one tire;
a racing car made of three tires (one in front and two on the sides) and a wooden frame;
a swing out of a suspended tire.

Older kids can build a climbing slide and an obstacle course.

Fence playground can vertically embedded half tires or whole tires connected by boards. In this case, you can plant flowers inside the tires, in which case you get a nice bench with flower beds. On it you can engage in quiet games, or sit comfortably, watching the kids.

Complement the playground will be a variety of figures from tires: swans, bears, elephants.

Well

Cute well will decorate an unused corner of the site or entrance area. To make it you will need:

Install three or four tires one on top of the other.
Paint them to imitate brickwork or plaster.
Attach a bucket. Flowers can also be placed in it.

If there is a desire and the opportunity to add one-or even a gable roof of boards, although even without her craft will look very cozy.

Furniture

Crafts from old car tires, the master class of which can be easily found on the Internet, will allow you to furnish the veranda or gazebo.

The easiest option would be to make a pouffe. For this, you will need:

tire;
plywood;
foam rubber;
cloth.

First, from plywood and foam rubber cut circles corresponding to the diameter of the tire. They are fixed on the top side of the tire and covered with fabric, fixing it at the bottom. If the poufik will be used outdoors, it is better to find a waterproof fabric.

For the convenience of moving the handcraft is supplemented with furniture wheels.

Similarly create a coffee table. But it does not need foam rubber, glass is used instead of plywood, the fabric can be replaced by a rope fixed on the outside with glue. To make the table higher, you can take two tires at once. Decorate such a table will be able to shells, starfish, artificial sunflowers, tablecloth.

Takhta for guests will turn out of tires stapled together, long planks and a good mattress. And if you add to the bed back of vertically placed tires, you get a nice sofa.

Household crafts

In a large household, a trash can also come in handy. To do this, the tires are made one on top of the other, painted in bright colors, a large plastic bag is placed inside, if necessary, close the trash can with a lid.

On the tires placed in the same way, you can install a sink, creating a nice washbasin.

Old tires will be an inexhaustible source of inspiration and a great option for decorating your own plot or the area near the entrance of a high-rise building.