Ashtray made of paper. Garbage cans, trash cans and ashtrays for giving with your own hands. From a pack of cigarettes
Let's consider several ways. One of the most popular is some kind of empty jar. Small metal cans of instant coffee are ideal. As an ashtray, you can also use a simple, plastic bottle, cut to the volume you need. The main thing is to pour water into it so that the bottom does not burn out.
From a beer can:
Aha! You thought we were drinking? But no! We will use a soda can, not useful, but still better than beer)
Method 1:
To begin with, we cut off the top of the can, then we divide the walls into strips with scissors (12-18 strips), we begin to bend the strips. We throw, through each other as in the photo, until our ashtray is ready. Be careful, the edges of the jar are very sharp!
Method 2:
After carefully removing the top of the can, wrap it with paper tape, then spread the glue over the entire surface of the can and start wrapping it with rope as in the photo. Get a very beautiful and aesthetic ashtray from a can, made do it yourself.
Made of wood:
I think the issue of processing may be initially closed, since everyone has their own skills and equipment. Some can make an ashtray with their own hands, using a hammer and nails, while others will want to make it from a single piece of wood, grinding it and giving it a perfect shape ...
However, for heat resistance of wood ashtrays, use: Thermal (aluminum color) for painting ovens and pipes. Withstands temperatures up to +650 C. Thermal (black color), withstands temperatures up to + 400 C. Producer "tikkurilla". Both paints are based on silicone resin. You can also use spray paints / varnishes for exhaust pipes.
From coconut:
Having eaten the contents of a coconut, a person, as a rule, has a demand for the use of this exotic in his everyday life. One such application could be an ashtray. The shape of the ashtray will come from how you opened the nut itself, then the edges will need to be brought under one level. Pressing the drill bit against the edges of the nut, drill out the cigarette recesses approximately 8-9 mm in diameter. To make your ashtray more fireproof, you can use the varnishes listed just above.
From a pack of cigarettes:
Picking up an empty pack of cigarettes, get rid of the inner foil insert, they will only bother you. We also advise you not to tear off the closing part of the pack, it will come in handy in order to conveniently extinguish the butt.
From the turtle:
If your turtle has gone to another world. Don't be sad, you can craft a beautiful ashtray out of its tough shell. To do this, you should carefully cut the turtle's shell, remove the animal's corpse, burn organic residues on the gas stove (it will stink), then walk, first with coarse sandpaper, and then with fine sandpaper. To fix the shell, you can use the lower part of the shell (photo) or other improvised things.
If a smoking person lives on the same living space with you, then you know firsthand that there are never many ashtrays. They can wear out from time to time, lose their attractive appearance, beat, break and crack, and sometimes just disappear. Therefore, it is necessary to have a couple of these accessories in stock. It is very easy to buy such a thing. Stores abound with this kind of product. But I want the object not only to serve its owner, performing its direct function, but also to evoke pleasant emotions or eloquently testify to silent feelings. Therefore, it is much more pleasant not to buy a soulless finished product, but to make an ashtray with your own hands.
Ashtrays are made of various shapes and configurations: convex, flat, rectangular, round, square, curly. They can be with a lid so that the smell from cigarette butts does not spread throughout the room, and without it.
The material for the manufacture of this household item can be wood, stone, metal, shells and even dense plastic.
A few ideas for homemade products
The most common do-it-yourself ashtray is made from a beer can or drink. Cutting off empty carbonated beverage containers creates a primitive urn for cigarette butts. To make the product more cultured and elegant, you will have to work a little.
The step-by-step master class depicted in the illustration below explains in detail how to get a cute ashtray with sides from an ordinary metal can.
Salted dough is an excellent material for making various crafts from it. It is plastic, it can take any shape when sculpting. After drying in the oven, salted dough products harden and do not change their shape. All these qualities are the best fit for creating an ashtray out of it.
You can fantasize about the shape and size of an attribute for smoking from a dough for an infinitely long time. Experienced craftsmen will cope with the presented copy, while beginners need simpler models.
Correctly kneaded dough is half the success in making crafts from it. There are many recipes on a given topic: based on glue, vegetable oil, baby cream. The best is the classic way, due to which the dough is moderately elastic, plastic, does not crack when dry. The composition of such a mass includes only fine salt "Extra", water and wheat flour.
A more spartan and simpler version of a wood ashtray can be made from four planks. Even a schoolboy can cope with this work.
For this, the workpieces are glued together. Then the product is dried for at least 4 hours. After that, the craft is sanded with sandpaper, tinted with a stain or a special dye, if desired, and covered with mordant.
As a gift for any event or holiday, decor lovers can decorate a regular glass ashtray. Compositions from shells on such an accessory will look not only stylish, but also exquisite. Such a present will take its rightful place in the interior of its owner and will become a real decoration of the room.
Decoupage instructions are given below:
- We degrease the glass surface with an alcohol-containing liquid;
- The selected pattern is glued to the bottom of the ashtray using acrylic varnish. It is better to use a marine theme so that the thing is executed in the same style;
- Next, the ashtray is tinted with white or blue acrylic paint;
- With a glue gun, shells, rhinestones, beads, and other small parts made of polymer clay, prepared in advance, are glued to the prepared surface;
- If necessary, the finished craft is painted in the desired colors.
Professional options
Wooden ashtrays are less durable because of the marks that form in them, and besides, there is always a risk of fire from an unextinguished cigarette. Nevertheless, the smoking accessory carved out of wood is in great demand and respect.
It is quite difficult to carve such a model. For work, you will need special sawing and turning machines, as well as specialized tools such as chisels, clamps and files. But this will not frighten true masters, and the final result will delight with its spectacular appearance.
Craftsmen of chasing and artistic forging can create a masterpiece from metal.
With the help of a welding machine, exclusive works of authorship presented in the photo come out from under the golden hands of craftsmen.
Materials used:
- glass ashtray;
- printout with a drawing of a compass and a map;
- acrylic paints and varnish;
- two-component craquelure composition;
- seashells (whole and broken);
- sisal twine;
- hot glue;
- white putty;
- sandpaper;
- artistic bitumen.
1. Completely clean the ashtray surface from dust, dirt and skin secretions.
2. Apply the printout to the bottom of the ashtray, choosing the best position. We glue it to the bottom with acrylic varnish, expel air and excess moisture.
When the paper dries, remove the excess paper with sandpaper along the edge.
3. Apply the craquelure composition to the side. Here you need to strictly follow the manufacturer's recommendations, since some points may differ. In our case, the craquelure composition of the Maimeri company (Italy) was used.
We rub the cracks with bitumen.
4. Mix ocher, whitewash and yellow medium. The result is a shade close to the color in the center of the map. We tint the outer part of the ashtray with it. After drying - acrylic varnish in several layers.
No need to worry if the layer seems insufficient in the light - we will fix everything in the next step.
5. Now we will coat the sides with a putty of one or two millimeters, while gluing the crushed parts of the shells.
Let's coat with acrylic varnish. This will prevent the shells from falling apart and will stick them tightly to each other.
6. Using a hard brush, paint the outer part with burnt umber (dark brown acrylic paint).
Cover with acrylic varnish.
7. Glue the shells with hot glue.
8. Tint the shells with a hard brush in a dark chestnut shade.
10. Select the relief with a dry brush and lemon yellow.
11. Select the relief in white.
13. Add some pearl white.
What if you want to smoke, but there is no ashtray? It is possible to use a jar or box that is at hand, or you can make it yourself - this usually takes only a couple of minutes. From this article you will learn how to make an ashtray with your own hands as quickly and efficiently as possible from improvised materials.
Tin ashtray
After buying soda or other drinks, cans are almost always left. Don't rush to throw them away! Many useful things can be made of them. For example, in this problem, they can help us out.
Method 1
To work you will need:
- One tin can.
- Scissors.
To make the thing you need, you must follow this algorithm:
- Cut off the top of the can.
- Divide the walls of the jar into strips - there should be about 14 of them.
- Now the strips begin to bend. To do this, the resulting strips need to be thrown through each other until the craft is ready.
Important! Be careful while working, as the edges of the cut strips are very sharp.
Method 2
Materials for work:
- Can.
- Paper tape.
- Glue.
- Twine.
The progress of work, so that in the end the ashtray is ready with your own hands, is as follows:
- Carefully remove the top of the jar as described in the first method.
- Cover the jar with duct tape.
- Grease it thoroughly with glue.
- Now you need to start wrapping it with prepared twine or rope.
- Decorate the finished product as desired.
As a result, you should get a neat ashtray that will serve you for a long time.
Wooden ashtray
People who know how to handle wood can make a pretty beautiful ashtray that can last for many years. You can make an ashtray with your own hands using plywood, a hammer and nails, or you can carve it out of a piece of wood.
Important! To make your “helper” heat-resistant, use thermal (aluminum or black), which is used to paint ovens and pipes - it can withstand temperatures up to +650 degrees.
We use coconut
Sometimes, when a person eats the contents of a coconut, he leaves the hard part of the exotic fruit for use in everyday life. If you still have this part, then you can safely use it as an ashtray. The shape of your craft will come from how the nut was opened.
So, to make such an exotic ashtray, you need:
- Bring the edges so that they are flush.
- Press the drill to the edges of the shell and drill out the indentations for the ashtray with your own hands - they will contain a cigarette. The indentations should be no more than 1 cm.
- To make your craft fireproof, use a special varnish.
Paper use
To create such a craft, you will need no more than five minutes, since it is done in the origami style. The scheme can be easily found on the Internet - there will be a huge variety of them.
Important! It is worth noting that paper options will not last as long as those described above. Thus, you will have to make these "boxes" quite often.
A pack of cigarettes
If neither method suits you, then you can take an empty pack of cigarettes as an ashtray. But for this you need to remove the inner foil insert - it will only bother you.
Important! Do not tear off the closing part of the pack - it is very convenient to extinguish used cigarettes on it.
Video
There are many items that can be used for a completely different purpose. So, from coconut or an unnecessary tin can, you can make a very necessary thing. In this article, you learned how to make an ashtray out of paper and other materials that you can always find at hand.
