plastic bottle flowers TUTORIAL

looking for a way to reuse plastic bottles? here's a easy, pretty way to give new life to something that may have ended up in the land fill.

Supplies

• clear plastic bottle
• circle hole punch (i used 7/8")
• glossy spray paint
• hot glue gun
• scissors
• rhinestone, bead, jewel, etc for the center

rinse out your bottle several times to make sure it's nice and clean.

remove the label and cut off the top and bottom. then cut a slit all the way to the top so you can unroll the cylinder (or what's left of the bottle). throw the top and bottom in the recycle bin :o)

use your hole punch to punch out circles. i used 5 circles for each flower.

one bottle yields a LOT of circles!

spray paint one side of each circle. make sure they completely dry.

next, using a small dot of hot glue, attach two circles together. the circles will have a slight curve to them. i glued them so that they curved upwards for a fun 3D effect.
*if you're using a hot temp glue gun, it will melt/warp your circles a little bit. i used hot temp glue gun and it turned out fine, but a low temp might have been better...*

attach a 3rd plastic circle. keep going around attaching circles until a flower is formed.

i used 5 circles total for each flower.

add a rhinestone to the center and you're done!

 i then glued them to a cute little bag to make this fab little clutch.