6 ideas. What to make from an old kettle with your own hands?

Hello friends and visitors to my blog. Unfortunately, the quality of manufactured household appliances leaves much to be desired, and often a newly purchased item breaks down. The other day my electric kettle broke down and I decided to make a selection of what to make from an old kettle with your own hands

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What to make from an old kettle with your own hands? Crafts will be made from old teapots with your own hands. I decided to make a small selection of original uses for an old, burnt-out electric kettle.

DIY fish aquarium from a teapot.

A glass teapot can be used instead of an aquarium. To do this, you need to clean the kettle from scale and dirt. To get a truly unique aquarium, you will have to modify the kettle.

Turn off the heating element. Install a backlight and a filter for water purification. Imagine the amazement of your guests when they see a bubbling kettle plugged in. Red fish illuminated by weak backlight will look beautiful and original.

Basic Homemade Gin Recipe

This is the simplest recipe, it is not difficult to reproduce; almost any device will be suitable for production, preferably with a steamer. I present it with some adjustments “for myself” - I like the gin to have a dominant, strong aroma of Christmas tree, with citrus in second place, and everything else in the background.

We will need:

• 2 liters of purified double grain moonshine or 50% sort;
• 40-45 grams of common juniper (let me remind you once again - blue color, 3 seeds, leaves - like needles, not scales, no smell of turpentine);
• 5-6 grams of fresh orange zest;
• 8-10 grams of whole coriander seeds;
• 2-3 grams of fresh lemon zest;
• 2-3 grams of cinnamon (if you use ground cinnamon, add a little less);
• One gram each of fennel, licorice, anise and hyssop.

If you don’t have any ingredient (except juniper and zest), feel free to do without it or replace it with something else.

Preparation:

1. First, prepare the tincture. We throw all the ingredients into a jar, fill it with alcohol and leave for about a week to ten days in a dark, warm place.
2. After settling, the liquid is drained, well filtered and diluted with clean cold water to 30-35 degrees.
3. The diluted tincture is poured into the apparatus, the heating device is set to medium temperature. It is advisable to connect a steam tank.
4. If you used diluted alcohol or very good moonshine, you can take 20 grams of heads, but if the quality of the raw materials was average, it is better to take more.
5. The selection of the “heart” ends at 50% in the stream. It’s important not to miss the moment here - because of the tails, even minimal ones, homemade gin becomes cloudy and begins to opalescent.
6. We measure the strength of the resulting alcohol and dilute it to 45-48 degrees. Remember, gin is stronger than vodka, diluting it below 42 degrees will completely destroy the citrus notes.
7. The finished drink should rest for a week, if unbearable - at least a couple of days. That's it, you can taste it!

This gin is well suited for complex, multi-ingredient cocktails or even gin and tonic (if you don’t mind diluting a good product with soda). In its pure form, its aroma is not rich and subtle enough; it is also unlikely to be suitable for a Dry Martini. If you are a lover of strong, but tasty and aromatic brew, it is better to use the second recipe.

Flower pot from an old teapot

An old or burnt out electric kettle can be used as a flower pot. Due to the deep cavity of the teapot, you can plant a tall plant in it. Chlorophytum looks beautiful. The pot can be painted in the desired color.

If you use an ordinary teapot for the pot, then you can create a work of art from it. Cover it with rhinestones, paint it and attach stickers. It is convenient to water such a plant through the “spout”, and use the handle to carry the teapot.

Gin recipes. Don't try this at home!

The options for preparing a variety of gins are simply mind-boggling. Of course, it has been made in our country for more than 100 years, in England for more than 300, and the ancestor of gin, genever, is generally half a millennium old. Let me make a reservation right away that gin cannot be made without distillation. Or rather, it is possible, but it will not be gin, but juniper tincture - read about this drink in this article, where you will also find recommendations for choosing the berry itself. Remember, some varieties of juniper are poisonous; do not neglect the information that the author, far from botany, collected bit by bit from all over the Internet.

In addition to the juniper itself, gin recipes include a huge number of ingredients. The most common:

• citrus fruits (zest or peel of orange, lemon, lime, orange);
• spices (coriander, anise, cinnamon, vanilla, almonds, cardamom);
• herbs and roots (violet, angelica, hyssop, licorice, fennel, lavender);
• exotic (rose petals, fresh cucumber and much more).

Gin is made using different methods (listed by degree of complexity):

1. Genever. Juniper berries and herbs are added directly to the cereal wort, everything is distilled like regular moonshine.
2. "Lazy gin" It is produced on the basis of double (or even single) moonshine, but without preliminary maceration of the ingredients or with minimal maceration time (up to two days) - they are simply thrown into a cube and distilled all together.
3. True Gin. Well, it’s not that hard, but the results are good and the method is not very complicated. To begin with, all the ingredients (either juniper with spices separately, citrus fruits separately) are infused in alcohol or moonshine for a week or two (depending on the recipe), then the liquids are poured into the apparatus, diluted with water and distilled.
4. Plymouth Gin. To prepare, the ingredients are not simply thrown into the cube, but suspended under its lid. As the alcohol vapor rises, it extracts aromatic compounds from the spices and, enriched with them, enters the cooler.
5. True-true Gin. For the most meticulous gin lovers. First, aromatic alcohols are made - each ingredient is separately infused with vodka or moonshine, and then distilled. Afterwards, all these “aromatic vodkas” are blended by hand in arbitrary proportions. This method requires the extraordinary skill of a taster, the skills of a moonshiner and precise knowledge of the desired result.

Today we will look at recipes for gin from moonshine or alcohol using the second and third methods.

Hookah from an old kettle.

And finally, the pinnacle of creation. Hookah from a teapot. Here you need to understand the principle of operation of a hookah. You will need the help of a turner and skillful hands. But the result will definitely please you.

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Steam generator from an electric kettle

You can often encounter the problem of reusing electric kettles. Such products often fail when contacts burn out. Fixing such a malfunction is very simple: just solder the power cord to the heating device.

Unfortunately, it is very inconvenient to use the product for its intended purpose after such a repair, so the household appliance is most often used to generate steam for a bath.

Given the high degree of humidity, it is not recommended to place an electrical device inside. To deliver steam to the room, just make a hole in the lid using a drill and a feather drill. After this, install a fitting for a large diameter silicone hose into the lid.

Silicone hose for steam generator

Then it is necessary to securely fix the kettle to any stationary object located outside the bathhouse in order to eliminate the possibility of it moving while the water is boiling. Steam should be supplied directly to the bathhouse through a pipe built into the wall, which is connected to a silicone hose outside the room.

For the convenience of turning on the steam generator, when necessary, you can install a low-voltage switch in the room, to which electric current is supplied through a step-down transformer, and from the switch the current is “switched” to an electronic relay, the closure of which turns on the electric kettle.

When using this type of steam generator for a bath, the kettle tank should be filled no more than 2/3 full. You should also ensure that the lid is sealed. Silicone automotive sealant is excellent for this purpose, which should be used to glue the lid to the body around the entire perimeter.

Silicone sealant

Filling the container for generating steam for the bath is carried out through the spout, which must be closed; a suitable plug should be made independently from some heat-resistant material.

In the same way, you can make a steam generator from an old electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, furniture or tiles, with the difference that the outlet tube must be connected to a “gun”, which can be equipped with a tap to control the strength of the steam jet.

What can be made from an old teapot - DIY decorating master class

Are you looking for what you can do with your own hands from an old teapot that has honestly served its time?

In this master class you will see how unsightly dishes will turn into designer items for your home or garden. Kitchen utensils that have fallen into disrepair will become a work of art that will take pride of place in your kitchen. To do this, you just need to use your imagination and work a little. Simple and affordable teapot decor will not take much time and will not require any special talents or skills in needlework.

1. Preparation of materials for MK
2. Step-by-step technique for decorating a teapot

Preparation of materials for MK

For the craft, prepare the following tools and collect materials:

• an old kettle that has lost its appearance;
• plastic bottle;
• scissors;
• bandage;
• PVA glue;
• beads and seed beads;
• heat gun;
• paint in a black can;
• a tube of silver acrylic paint;
• brush;
• tweezers;
• candle;
• matches.

Adviсe:

• instead of a teapot for decoration, you can use other unnecessary dishes (an old plate, cup, bottle or pan);
• Not only a bandage, but also any textured fabric is suitable for gluing the surface;
• if you don’t want to cut flowers from a bottle with your own hands, you can use ready-made ones
• artificial;
• Choose the color of the craft to match the style of your interior.

Step-by-step technique for decorating a teapot

Take an unnecessary kettle that you no longer use to boil water. Perhaps it is lying around at your dacha or in your closet at home. Wash it and dry it thoroughly.

At the first stage, you will need a regular bandage. With its help, the smooth surface will become textured, into a mesh.

Cut the bandage into small pieces and cover the lid with them first.

And then the rest of the surface.

Don't be afraid to make creases and overlaps. This will add a beautiful texture to the craft. Apply glue twice: first on the lid and walls, and then on the glued bandage. Thanks to the second layer, protruding small threads will stick.

This is what the craft looks like after the glue has dried.

Now start making the decor. Take a two-liter plastic bottle of any color (you can also use a transparent one). Cut out small neat flowers.

Large and lush flowers.

Also make oval leaves for decoration.

Now these elements need to be slightly modified. To do this, light a candle, then hold the flowers and leaves over its flame. Hold them with tweezers to avoid burning your fingers. When exposed to fire, the plastic will begin to bend and take on a beautiful shape.

Glue the prepared flowers and leaves onto the front of the teapot using a heat gun.

The result will be a lush composition.

In the spaces between the flowers, attach beads and beads in a random order. Glue these decorative elements with a heat gun too.

On the lid, form a decor using beads of different sizes.

All that remains is to paint everything with black paint from a can. Paint the craft both outside and inside.

After drying, the surface can be coated with acrylic paint. Using a brush, apply chaotic strokes of a silvery hue over the entire surface of the dish, draw flowers, beads and leaves.

The teapot was transformed before our eyes. Now this is not an old unnecessary thing, but a real decoration, an almost valuable thing inherited from a rich grandmother. Do you like more pronounced luxury? Uses gold paint!

Place your handmade designer dishes from an old teapot on a shelf in the kitchen or on the veranda of a country house. Decorate two more cups for a stunning set. Do you like to craft? Then open our catalog of master classes and look at other crafts using various handicraft techniques.

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