Drink Bottle Projects

Here is a collection of drink bottle crafts. Find creative ways to recycle empty drink bottles into fun craft projects. You can also submit your bottle cap craft project to be included in this collection.

Many of the drink bottle crafts I have received use only the bottom half of the bottle, here is a great idea from Robin for using the top half of the bottle.

Instructions for making an Ant Hill using paper mache' techniques.

Michele shares direction for making a fun beach in a bottle craft by filling a bottle with sand, sea shells, and other small items.

Anneliese explains how to make a snow woman out of a sock, a bottle, and a few other supplies!

Delight your mother by making this beautiful mosaic vase.

Even if your little ones can't appreciate the days of bell bottoms and disco, they'll love this project. This video will show you how to construct a fun lava lamp using household materials.

Follow these directions to make a fast and simple noise maker for any occasion. Depending on the treasures you use to fill your bottle, this noise maker can also double as an 'I Spy' game.

Find out how you can create your own erupting volcano using paper mache techniques.

Start collecting small, plastic water or soda pop bottles and make your patio or backyard festive with strings of light and these colorful little covers.

Two visitors, Leann71 and Debbie, shared their ideas for transforming a plastic drink bottle into a fun planter.

Learn how you can create an adorable chicken using an empty soda pop bottle.

Make this unique candle holder, shared by Lanetta.!

Not only can you use these cute little baskets as decorations and for giving Easter treats, but they are a great way to recycle!

Brianna helped her 7-year-old sister create this project for a school assignment.

Find out how to make a cute angel using an empty syrup bottle, submitted by Connie and made by Lizzie.

This video, by Meredith Andrews, shows you how you can give your valentine a special gift this year.

Sassy Gal explains how you can turn an ordinary drink container into a tied-dyed luminary!

Barb explains how she came up with this fun musical craft to use as a prom related activity for a school for students with severe disabilities.

A visitor nicknamed ATHC23 shared these directions for making hand weights using drink bottles.

Dorothy Brons explains how she made these great cowboy-themed table centerpieces using a bottle and a few other supplies.

These luminous glowworms will love lighting up the evening sky!

This is truly a universal gift idea. Whether it be romantic, for Valentine's Day or an anniversary, a message for a dear friend, or even words of encouragement, this project can be tailored to fit just about any occasion.

Transform a juice bottle into a cute penguin using paper maceh techniques.

Create a family of penguins using 2-liter bottles and a few other supplies.

Create unique yard crafts using plastic pop bottles.

Fill bottles with colorful sand to create unique decorations.

Suspended in a tree or from a porch ceiling, this bat's wings rustle with all the convincing creepiness of the real thing.

Help your child make a water-bottle hat by adding socks.

Your kids can make this fun octopus (or squid, whatever you want to call her) from an empty plastic water bottle!