I want to make my own summer cottage well-groomed and aesthetic. Those of the owners who prefer to do this without special financial costs try to make decorating elements from available means.
Those who want to improve their own territory and at the same time not incur large expenses, the owners of the sites try to use cheap or free materials. You can make many beautiful functional things from what literally lies under your feet. For example, old car tires provide many opportunities for this kind of creativity.
The frog is considered one of the easiest car tire products to make. Such material is not difficult to obtain. Even if there are no used tires from your own car and there is no way to ask your neighbors, there is always enough of this good in the nearest car service. In addition to car tires, you will also need paints, a brush, a hacksaw or a sharp knife, as well as some other tools and materials, depending on how you see the future product.
Frog from a piece of tire
You can make a frog out of a quarter tire that is trying to climb a stone in a garden or a tree stump. To do this, you must try to choose a softer material. With a knife or saw, cut off a piece of the tire, about a quarter or a third. The piece is arched, which makes the product more realistic. On the one hand, you need to cut out the frog's head with a knife. This can be done as your fantasy tells you, for example, just round off or make a trapezoidal end.
Make holes on the sides of the "head" and insert the frog's eyes. These can be black balls, tree bark, painted chunks of cement, or other materials that won't get wet in the rain. A piece of green plastic wrap or other thin material will make legs. You can attach them to the frog's body using a wire, but you will need to pierce holes for it.
Paint the frog with oil paint or enamel, you can use acrylic paint. To give the product a more interesting look, you can give the frog an arrow in its paw or put a crown on its head.
Whole Tire Frog
An equally interesting craft can be made from whole tires. The simplest is a flowerbed in the shape of a frog, when the tire is simply painted with green paint, big eyes and a smiling mouth are painted. Then the tire is installed in a certain place, the soil is poured inside and the flowers are planted.
In another version, an enamel basin that is no longer needed in the household is placed on the tire, laid on the ground and painted green, and it is also painted. On the sides of the rubber body, you can fit paws, for which plastic bottles are perfect. Eyes and a large smiling mouth are drawn on the pelvis-head.
