Igloo made with recycled plastic bottles: make an original play corner with some creative recycling!

How many times as a child did you play imagining that sofas, beds and other furniture, or perhaps simple boxes, were actually the impregnable walls of a fort in which to experience a thousand adventures? Maybe you even remember having built tents using sticks and sheets, like the Indians - or perhaps some parents saw fit to set up inside the house - or more often in the garden - a small camping tent to spend a night in.

These are all ideas that stimulate the imagination and creativity, and something similar can be done by recycling plastic bottles or cans to create a real igloo. It's an easy project, but you need a lot of bottles and all of the same size.

Video tutorial via thefamilyjohnson/YouTube

All you really need is a large quantity of plastic bottles, hot glue with many refills, some cardboard on which to fix the base of the work and a lot of patience. The bottles to be used must all be of the same size and with a square base, such as with certain bottles of bleach or other detergents, or the packs of milk that are on the market in different countries.

We start by drawing a circle on the cardboard, and on that track the bottles (or even small cans) which are glued, with the neck inwards, leaving an arc of the circumference free, which will be the entrance to the igloo.

We proceed as if we were building a low wall, gluing a new row of bricks on the previous ones, and thus continuing upwards. As you continue, more or less from the third or fourth row, you will have to start moving the bottles a little more inwards, so as to get the round dome for the roof. Experiment with positioning the bottles before gluing them. You can get an idea of ​​the process by watching this video.

Even without having the space for a complete igloo, you could build half of it against a cardboard backdrop (or perhaps a thin sheet of plywood), so as to also create a painted scenario, if you want.

There are those who have also made it a really interesting design, and one from which one could draw the inspiration to build, to scale, and suitable for children, half an igloo but in such a way as to take advantage of a concave part of the deployment area.

Ready to start an igloo at home or in the garden?