Crafts from coconut with their own hands

Coconut shell - an extremely interesting material that can turn into the hands of a skilled craftsman in a variety of everyday objects. In this article, let's talk about how to make crafts from coconut yourself. Photos of unique creations will be presented further.

Casserole from coconut

In fact, you can make a variety of crafts from coconut. The main thing - to show imagination. One of the simplest solutions is the creation of a saucepan from such a shell.

For the above purpose, it is necessary to choose a large symmetrical coconut. From it you need to cut off the tip. It is convenient to do this with a hacksaw for metal, because the shell is hard enough. In addition, you can use a jigsaw. You do not need to throw out the top. After all, in the future, it will play the role of a lid pots.

From the coconut you need to thoroughly clean all the pulp. Further, its interior should be dried well. Walls should be cleaned coarse, and later polished with fine-grained sandpaper.

From the tree, you need to cut out the side handles of the saucepan. The latter can be attached to the shell with the help of super-glue or planted on small bolts, drilling holes in the walls of the coconut. Similar operations should be done with the lid of the saucepan.

Wineglass

What else can you do crafts made of coconut with your own hands at home? A rather simple task is the production of a glass from a shell. To do this, you need to pick up the smallest coconut in the store. From it cut off the tip. Then you need to clean the flesh. In order for the glass to be stable, the cut off top should be glued from below to the main part of the man-made container.

Candle

Let's look at simple crafts made of coconut with our own hands (photo). For children, it will not be difficult to make an original candle from the shell. To cope with the task, you need to cut the coconut in half and clean out its inside. The outer walls of the shell can be polished and varnished or left as it is.

Next, you need to pick up a large candle, divide it into several parts and carefully remove the wick. Wax should be warmed up and smelt inside half of the coconut. In the course of work, it is necessary to hold the previously produced wick in the central part of the improvised container.

Everything, the candle is ready, and it can be used. The main thing is to wait until the wax completely stiffens in the shell. In conclusion, you can decorate the shell walls with a picture or with some fine accessories.

Flowerpot

What kind of crafts can I make from coconut with my own hands for a garden? Children, as well as their parents will be easy to make a pot for houseplants. The work must be performed in the following order:

• Choose a large coconut;
• Split the shell in half with a hacksaw or jig saw;
• To clean the flesh;
• Drill holes on the edge of the shell half in 3-4 places;
• Pass through the holes obtained a strong decorative cord, connecting its ends at the top.

At the final stage, you can proceed to fill the man-made pot with soil. Then it will only be necessary to plant the plant in the resulting container and hang the product in any convenient place.

Lamp

We will continue to talk about crafts made of coconut. An interesting idea is the creation of a lampshade lampshade from the shell. Here you need fantasy, drawing, polishing and carving skills.

To make an original lamp, it is enough to choose a coconut of correct, round shape. It must be carefully cut in half, and then clean out all the flesh. Next, grind and polish the inner and outer surfaces of the shell. Obtained blanks are recommended to be treated with varnish, which will give the ready-made luminaire an attractive appearance.

In one half of the future craft of coconut you need to cut a round hole, the size of which corresponds to the parameters of the base of the bulb used. Then on the surface of the shell should draw any pattern of their own choice. It is desirable that it be made of fine lines. The latter will act as a contour, along which it is necessary to drill equidistant holes with a thin drill. Thus, when the bulb is switched on through the holes, light will pass, which "draws" on the walls of the room the previously depicted pattern.

Further into the shell it is necessary to insert a socle with a bulb and fix it in any convenient way. To the socle you need to solder an electric wire, at the end of which there is a plug. In the end, just glue the halves of the coconut and connect the lamp to the network.

House for the inhabitants of the aquarium

Next, I would like to consider crafts from coconut for the aquarium. The shell of a large fetus must be cut in half. One part can be thrown away. The remaining half should be cleaned from the pulp. Further saws on wood need to be made on the edges of the shell of the sawing. Here, place the jig saw and cut a part of the shell in the form of a semicircle. Thus, it is possible to obtain a hole, which in the future will serve as an entrance for fish or crayfish that inhabit the aquarium.

In the end, it remains only to treat the coconut against decay. For this, the product must be boiled several times in a saucepan with salt water, periodically draining it. As soon as the water ceases to be painted, the coconut house can be immersed in an aquarium. After some time, the inhabitants of an artificial reservoir will begin to settle.

A bracelet

An excellent option for crafting from coconut will be a bracelet. It is not difficult to master it. It is only necessary to cut the ring from the shell in such a way that the wrist of the hand densely enters into it. Sharp edges of the resulting product should be smoothed and sanded for convenience. You can do this with sandpaper. The surface of the bracelet should be decorated by gluing beads on it, other small accessories. If desired, the product can be threaded.

Handbag

There are several ways to create a unique handbag from the coconut shell. First, consider the option of making a flat product. To implement the idea, it is necessary to cut two tops of the same size from the shell. At the edges of the latter, drill holes where you need to sew a zipper. Finally, it is enough to attach to the shell handles made of decorative rope or any other material at your own discretion. That's all you need to do to create a miniature handbag for the summer.

As for the second method, similar actions should be performed here, with the only difference being that the coconut shell needs to be divided in half into two equal parts. On the edges of the obtained blanks, it is also worth drilling holes for fastening lightning. If desired, lacing can be used to connect the halves of the shell.

Finally

Apparently, a whole mass of decorative or practical crafts can be made from a coconut shell. To give the received products an attractive appearance, their surface can be wrapped with a cloth, processed with a patterned thread or cord, glued beads, beads, other accessories that are used in needlework. Attractive look crafts from both raw coconut and polished shell with all sorts of drawings, carved motifs.