How to make a swan from tires: cut out a craft from old tires

The swan is a beautiful, graceful bird, but they love her not only because of such qualities. She is a real symbol of love, tenderness, inseparability, purity. Therefore, many people often make swan crafts out of paper, wood, plastic bottles, ice, and many other materials. Another interesting material is the car tire. Let's look at how to make a swan from a tire step by step.

What tools will be needed

To make a beautiful and graceful swan out of a tire with your own hands, you should approach the lesson with responsibility and prepare the necessary items in advance. You will need the following materials and tools:

• tire without spikes;
• a piece of chalk;
• jigsaw or knife;
• paint - white or any other, as well as yellow and black;
• paint brushes;
• metal staples;
• drill or sharp nail;
• elastic wire or metal rod;
• pliers.

Tips for choosing tires

If you want to cut one swan out of a tire with your own hands, then one tire is enough.And if you want to make a cute couple or a whole company, then, of course, the number of car tires should correspond to the number of "feathered" copies.

It is best to use worn out, worn out, old car tires. It is with such material that it is easier and more convenient to work. It is also optimal to use domestic products.

You should not make a garden decoration with your own hands from foreign-made tires, with spikes, with a metal cord.

Before you start, you need to clean the material from dust, dirt, let them dry.

Step-by-step execution instructions

A creative event requires care and attention. Wear heavy gloves and safety goggles before starting work. And then follow the step-by-step instructions on how to cut a swan out of a tire:

• Take the tire and make the chalk markings along which you will carve the desired bird. The future type of decoration depends on this scheme. First, you need to divide the wheel into two parts, make the markings for the head, neck, they must correspond in length to half of the wheel. Then outline the torso, wings, tail. A photo with a swan marking scheme will come to your aid:

• After that, you need to cut the swan out of the tire, for which you can use a jigsaw or a sharp knife. You need to cut it according to the scheme drawn in chalk.

Advice! You shouldn't cut one side first and then try to make the other. The process will be very time consuming and inconvenient. It is recommended to cut the swan in parallel, working on each side.

• Cut out? Let's start giving the bird a realistic shape. To do this, lay the material with the cut side down, step on it with your foot and pull to unscrew the side elements.

• Now you need to fix the swan's neck from the tires, otherwise it will not hold. This can be done according to the following scheme: make two holes along the neck for every 10-15 centimeters (using a drill or an ordinary nail, if there is no first tool), such holes must be made in the body of the bird. Then insert the metal staples into the paired holes, fix the wire on the neck and torso, fix it with the staples using the pliers.
• The next step is to paint the swan from the wheel. It is necessary to choose resistant paints, so nitro paint, oil, enamel, aerosol paint will do. Traditionally white is used, but any other color can be used to make a custom bird on the site. The tip of the head should be painted orange or yellow to imitate the beak. In addition, you need to highlight the eyes in black or blue, and you can also paint on feathers. You can use acrylic paints to decorate such details.

Video: step-by-step instructions for making a swan from a tire.

Where and how to place

And now the work on making a decorative bird is behind. Surely the question arises - where is it better to place the swan so that it looks colorful and spectacular? Let's consider some of the most popular and interesting options:

• In an artificial reservoir. The swan is a waterfowl, so for it the reservoir is its natural habitat. And even an artificial swan made of tires will look organically in the water.

• On a blue tire that simulates water. It is not necessary to have an artificial reservoir in the country and in the garden; you can make an imitation of it from a tire painted blue or blue.

• Make a swan bed. You can place the bird in any visible area of ​​the garden and make a flower bed out of it with your favorite flowers.

• Swan on a stone bed. The product will look interesting on any flower bed made of stones. Read about how to make such a flower bed in this material.

• The product can be placed on a garden bed that imitates a pond. It can be covered with sand, stones painted blue, decorated with plants or flowers.

Photo gallery for ideas and inspiration

Although all the schemes for making the product are very similar, you can decorate your garden with an artificial bird in different ways. And all options will differ in personality and style. The photos below prove it:

Almost everyone can make a whimsical and elegant decoration for the garden. And the cost of such a decoration will be very cheap, because old car tires can be bought for a low cost or you can get it for free. But work requires concentration and diligence, following instructions and job descriptions, but a beautiful bird will adorn your yard for many years. For information on how to make other decorations from old car tires, read this article.

Video: DIY workshops on making a swan from tires.