Plastic Bottle Top Flower

Turn trash into a pretty Anthropologie inspired flower treasure!

Posted by KMOM14

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I saw this Anthropolgie window display and decided to give it a go.

I am participating in the April Stash Bust over at Dollar Store Crafts and in this project used the top of a 2 liter bottle, the cap off a shampoo bottle and spray paint to create the above flower.

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You Will Need (7 things)

  • 2 l Bottle
  • Craft or Kitchen Scissors
  • Plastic Bottle Caps
  • Amazing Goop Glue or Hot Glue Gun and Glue sticks
  • Spray Paint
  • Plastic Bag(s)
  • Cardboard

Steps (7 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    Rinse out the bottle and remove the label. Pinch it on one side and cut where there is a ridge all the way around the bottle.

  2. 2

    Cut the approximately 1 inch wide strips all the way around the top of the bottle. To make sure it was even I cut into quarters first, then cut each quarter into 3 sections for a total of 12 "petals".

  3. 3

    Press the cut pieces down to form the flower.

  4. 4

    I decided I wanted my petal to be rounded, so I opened up a plastic bag and rounded the edge of each petal over the bag then put the bag in my plastic recycling bin for easy clean up.

  5. 5

    Next, I opened up an old frozen pizza box and spray painted the top and allowed it to dry, then flipped it over and painted the other side.

  6. 6

    For the center of the flower, I used the top off of an Axe shampoo bottle, but just about any bottle cap would do.

  7. 7

    Place glue around the bottom edge of the cap and place it firmly in the center of the plastic flower and allow it to dry.