How to make a small train from boxes with your own hands
Probably, everyone at some time is faced with the question of what to do with the trash accumulated at home. But this garbage can also be useful! For example, you can do it yourself from boxes original flower bed locomotive. So there will be order in the yard, and it will be possible to decorate the flower garden. In addition, this idea is practical for flower growers who do not have a lot of space on the site. And small garden berries - strawberries, wild strawberries will also sit well in the trailers.
Material needed to build a train
To plant more than one flower in the trailer, it must be roomy. For the manufacture of wagons, select boxes of different sizes. Containers made of metal, wood or plastic are suitable. And if you cut off the side wall of a large container (for example, from drinking water), then even a small tree can be planted in such a trailer. Take the wheels of the train from an old broken bike or trolley.
A wonderful train will turn out if the locomotive is supplied with wheels made of wood cuts, and for the train, pick up the same size lids from cans of paint.
For a steam locomotive boiler, an old saucepan or bucket is suitable. It is nice to connect the cars with wire or unnecessary scraps of chains.
How to make a wooden train?
To build a train, use two wooden fruit crates. To make a cauldron, you need to turn one box upside down, attach a pipe (a long bottle or flowerpot) and several pairs of small wheels along the bottom edge. Plant flowers in the pot too (petunias, marigolds, asters).
It will be a little more difficult to make the driver's cab:
- From the bottom of the box and its long sides, you need to remove the long slats, and put the box itself on one end and measure the distance slightly above the middle of the long side.
- Cut out two pieces of plywood in the shape of a rectangle, equal in length to the measurement taken in advance. The width of the rectangle must be equal to the width of the long side. Attach the finished strips to the inside of the wall, leaving the window at the top.
- Also cut the roof out of plywood. Its length should be greater than the height of the wall to which the roof is attached.
- Attach wheels to both sides of the cab. Make their diameter larger than the diameter of the wheels selected for the boiler.
- Connect both parts of the locomotive using self-tapping screws.
If you attach the same wheels to the bottom of the wooden boxes, you get excellent cars. So that the engine does not distract attention from the colorful plants growing in it, it is better to paint it discreetly.
Locomotive from plastic containers
The front part of the locomotive is made of a plastic box and a bottle for drinking water. In this case, it is better to paint the parts before assembly.
A large aerosol can is suitable as a pipe. To install it, you need to attach the cap from the bottle to the top of the bottle, and then fix the bottle itself. Cut off the front wall of the box slightly to place the bottle in it. For wheels, covers or rims are suitable.
The cab is easy to make if you put two identical boxes on top of each other, which are better fastened together for greater stability.It remains only to connect the boiler and the cabin.
For wagons, attach wheels to boxes and attach wagons to the locomotive.