A model of military equipment made from your favorite foamy drink will be an excellent gif.webpt for a man on February 23rd. Also, the product is suitable for congratulating a loved one on Tanker's Day, May 9 or any other holiday. Especially if he served in the army in the tank forces. It is permissible to supplement a beer tank with other tasty products or necessary things. Most often they use sweets, crackers, socks, underpants, stationery.
Tank made of socks and beer
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, socks, shaving accessories, gels and shampoos are considered traditional gif.webpts. These are such hackneyed ideas that they evoke more negativity than gratitude. But everything changes if you approach the issue creatively and present not just a package of the same socks, but an unusual tank, complemented by a bottle of beer, beloved by a man.
The alcoholic component should be selected taking into account the preferences of the recipient of the gif.webpt. The foamy drink can be light, dark, sometimes even non-alcoholic.
To make a gif.webpt you will need:
- beer in a 0.33 ml bottle - 1 pc .;
- colored paper in gray, black, green or brown colors;
- warm men's socks - 5 pairs;
- satin ribbon;
- woolen threads;
- stationery rubber bands - 2 pcs.;
- wine stopper - 1 pc .;
- double sided tape;
- hot melt glue;
- metal staples;
- scissors;
- toothpicks.
Step-by-step instructions for making a tank from socks and beer:
- Lay all socks evenly on the table with the heel up.
- Roll 6 pieces into tight rollers, connect with a clerical elastic band. Wrap the workpiece with two socks so that the tracks of the tank are obtained.
- Glue the bottle of beer with gray paper, wrap the upper part with thread so that the neck remains free.
- For a turret, insert a bottle into one sock, wrapping it so that the tip is tucked under the elastic. Wrap the remaining sock around the bottle, fix it with metal clips.
- Place the upper part of the product on the tracks, put a wine stopper under the barrel so that the bottle nose is slightly raised.
- Make a flag from a toothpick and colored paper, decorate the product with it and a satin ribbon bow.
DIY canned beer tank
Fans of a foamy drink will love a gif.webpt of beer in cans with a snack. As the latter, it is recommended to take the man's favorite snacks - crackers, squid rings, pieces of dried fish, seeds, nuts, chips. Basically, the product is made from 4 cans of beer, but there are different modifications, where 3 or 5 pieces are used. The barrel of a homemade tank can be made from a pen, pencil, felt-tip pen, thin sleeve, Rondo-type candy, cigar. All source materials can be replaced at your own discretion.
What you need to work:
- canned beer - 4 pcs.;
- snacks - 2 packs;
- multi-colored corrugated paper;
- thick cardboard;
- thin sleeve;
- cardboard box;
- double-sided and stationery wide tape;
- scissors.
For stability, we recommend placing the product on a stand. The cardboard will not support the weight of the finished tank, so it is better to take a candy box and glue it with beautiful wrapping paper.
Master class on making a tank from canned beer:
- Place cans of beer tightly side by side and carefully wrap with transparent tape.
- From above and below, attach cardboard rectangles on double-sided tape, equal in width and height to the obtained can blank.
- Wrap the product with two layers of light green corrugated paper, fix the edge with glue or double-sided tape.
- Cut 2 long strips 4 cm wide from dark green, camouflage or brown paper.Glue along the edges of the workpiece to make the tank tracks.
- Cut a cardboard cookie box, for example, from Choco-pie, in half. Wrap with corrugated paper, attach with double-sided tape to the workpiece.
- Fold the prepared snacks inside.
- Attach the muzzle from the sleeve covered with green paper.
- If desired, decorate with flags, ribbon, bow, toy soldiers.
Candy and beer tank
This version of the craft can be done in several ways. It all depends on the available beer. You can use jars, then it is recommended to collect them in the form of caterpillars, as in the previous example, or put 1-2 pieces. in the form of a base and glue over with chocolate bars and sweets. Beer in a bottle can be used as in the sock tank example.
For such a surprise, it is recommended to use a non-alcoholic foamy drink or its sweet varieties (lambics, English barleywines, Belgian quadrupels, panache, Reds).
Not all sweets are suitable for beer. You can just make a gif.webpt from the man's favorite sweets or choose something from the list:
- dark, black, bitter chocolate;
- sweets with nuts (peanuts, cashews, pine or walnuts);
- caramel;
- portioned cakes, muffins, cheesecakes, mini biscuits;
- fruits / candied fruits.
For a sweet gif.webpt with a foamy drink, see the photo:
The drink can be anything
A master class on making a tank from beer / wine and sweets, see the video:
For children, such a tank can be made from sweet soda (juice) and sweets. The result will be a great gif.webpt for Defender of the Fatherland Day for a kindergarten or school.
How to make a plywood tank for beer?
Such blanks can be ordered on the Internet, from craftsmen, or purchased in a store. All you have to do is assemble the model, insert cans of beer into the special holes and decorate the gif.webpt. If you own a wood burning device, you can make a congratulatory inscription, a funny caricature, or an original picture. It is not recommended to add a lot of bows, ribbons, shiny elements - this is a gif.webpt for a real brutal man.
Look at the photo for the design options:
Useful tips for making a beer tank
Step-by-step master classes will help you make a gif.webpt quickly, save you from possible mistakes. But a man's favorite beer can be in original, non-standard packaging. In this case, the proportions of the product change, the result will look less harmonious and neat. Also, additional materials may not fit the recommended master classes. For this reason, the main advice is not to strictly follow the described sequence of actions, but to approach the task creatively, to create a unique and beautiful product.
Key recommendations:
- It is better to use a wide stationery tape for connecting cans with beer, rather than paint.
- It is advisable to use a glue heat gun so that the elements are securely and neatly connected to each other.
- The number of cans and bottles of beer, socks, snacks and other materials does not have to be strictly adhered to. It is required to be guided by the real dimensions of the products used. The main thing is that the tank is beautiful and looks harmonious.
- To make the muzzle point slightly upwards, it is recommended to put a wine stopper, a corrugated cardboard roller, and a candy under its base.
- Expensive decor paper can be replaced with ordinary Ikea wrapping paper. The color of the material is great for the tank. Caterpillars and other elements can already be made from corrugated paper, satin ribbons, organza.
- Stars for decorating a gif.webpt can be bought ready-made or made with a curly hole punch made of decorative cardboard
- As a tower, it is permissible to install a jar of canned food on the base with caterpillars.
A beer tank is an original present for a man of any age on February 23, May 9, Tanker's Day or any other holiday. Regardless of the design option you like, you should choose the source materials in accordance with the preferences of the recipient of the surprise.
