How to Make a Plastic Bottle Boa

Reuse plastic bottles to make a whimsical snake craft.

Although plastic soda bottles can be recycled, many still end up in the garbage. One way to reuse plastic soda bottles is to use them to create a whimsical soda bottle boa snake craft. Create a plastic bottle boa using simple materials and empty soda bottles. Use this project to teach children about reducing waste products by recycling and reusing packaging that would normally be thrown away.

Things You'll Need

• 2-liter soda bottles, 4 to 6
• Scissors
• Twine
• Hot glue gun
• Hot glue
• Tempera paint
• Paintbrush

Instructions

1. Unscrew the cap from a 2-liter soda bottle.

2. Apply a dollop of hot glue into the cap.

3. Press the end of a piece of twine into the glue, and hold it in place until the glue cools and hardens. Set the cap and twine aside.

4. Remove caps from four to five more 2-liter soda bottles, and discard the caps.

5. Cut a hole out of the bottom of all of the soda bottles.

6. Place the soda bottles in a row across the floor.

7. Thread the twine that is attached to the first cap through each of the bottles, attaching them to each other.

8. Hot glue the end of the twine on the outside of the bottom of the last soda bottle. Allow the glue to cool and harden.

9. Screw the cap onto the first bottle.

10. Paint the outside of the bottles to resemble a snake. Make sure to include eyes onto the first bottle, and scale-like patterns on the body.

11. Allow the paint to dry before playing with the snake.

References

• Disney Family Fun: Soda Bottle Safari
• Danielle's Place: Snake Crafts