Make a stone castle with your hands. Castle in the country - easy! In what sequence to assemble a decorative castle

How to make your site or garden unique is the dream of many owners. Many people adore decorating their own estate, cottage, yard, but not everyone has extra money that could be spent on decorative figurines. But this is not a problem for those who at least know how to do something with their own hands.

It does not even require special costs.

So, for example, a fairy-tale kingdom on a garden site will become a good gift both small and adult dreamers.

Even a mini-castle built in the country will add mystery to the site.

Mini-castles in the yard or for the garden are large enough in volume, and building it completely is a bit difficult.

You can try to make some parts of the castle separately, so that later in any part of the garden, in the country, you can assemble it from ready-made elements, like from cubes.

An example of a design for building a castle in the country

easy to disassemble. To reduce the consumption of the solution, cans or bottles can be placed inside the cylinder, but the thickness of the solution around the ballast must be at least 5 cm.

The solution for pouring should be thick enough. He needs to be given several hours to grab to such a state that the formwork does not crumble when removed. The height of the cylindrical formwork should be chosen as follows: it should be approximately equal to the height of the tower, with a smaller size, the formwork will need to be disassembled and assembled a little higher than the already seized lower part.

Making a castle for a summer residence is easy if you have a couple of “golden hands” available.

The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement.

Elements of a typical design.

Let's start with the towers.

A cylinder of the desired radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (I have about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws

Anything is placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast must be at least 5 cm. Fill with a thick solution.

We give him several hours to set to such a state that when the formwork is removed, it does not crumble.

We immediately begin to cut the raw, slightly seized solution.

The cutting technology is the same as that of the sandboxes. For cutting, use a set of tools available to everyone.

Do not forget to make windows, loopholes, picking out the desired recess with a knife.

The mold is poured with a solution and after partial setting, carefully remove the cylinder formwork and make right amount windows, teeth - as fantasy tells.

The roof can be made from tin cones, and this tin cone can also be used as a mold for pouring mortar. After complete setting, carefully knock out our roof from the mold. Don't forget that we are still preparing individual elements castle. We'll put it all together later.

Let's start building walls. Our walls will be either fortress (1) or an element of the building (2).

There is no difference in their production.

We assemble a rectangle of the right size from boards 5 cm wide. We put it on a flat surface, having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution that is then poured is not absorbed.

You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, gravel or broken bricks can be poured to the bottom to save mortar.

After the solution is filled up to desired height you can take pretty pebbles from gravel and poke them at the base of the foundation so that they protrude with flat edges above common plane solution about 5 mm.

Next, loopholes and windows are made. Draw whatever your fantasy tells you. To remove the remnants of the solution, I use a soft brush (probably seen in the movies how archaeologists work). In the end, you will have something like the following on your table.

Leave the finished walls for about a day on the table. When the foundation is prepared, we proceed to the assembly.

First install on cement mortar, previously applied to the foundation, for example, tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower for mortar. Then we install the tower number 2.

The castle is already beginning to take shape. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish with the installation of tower No. 3.

Assembly diagram:

When this structure grabs, form over the building gable roof.
So, from the main basic elements, slightly changing them depending on your imagination, you can make a complex castle - like this for example.

Or a very simple one:

Sometimes you really want to surprise others with something outlandish. A do-it-yourself castle in the country is an image from a fairy tale that conquers with its elegance and at the same time simplicity. The miniature structure creates a romantic mood even for adults, not to mention children.

Figure 1. A decorative stone castle will be a great addition to a rockery or alpine slide.

A small do-it-yourself castle is now part of the concept of country plot design. Various projects castles fit perfectly into the European style of landscaping the territory of private ownership. A miniature building can become the center of a playground, or it can simply emphasize the romantic nature of the inhabitants of the dacha.

Features of mini locks

From the remains of concrete, putty, paint and boards, you can make a small castle.

The mini-castle in the country is a small architectural form landscaping cottages or other suburban areas. The main tasks of the building are to enhance the aesthetic perception and emphasize a certain design style.

Often such an element serves as a children's attraction. Castles can be made in the form of an exact copy of the famous historical buildings of knightly times or built according to a specially designed plan.

In terms of placement, the mini-castle often becomes a separate design element of the cottage, built on a specially designated site, but more often it is used as an element of the composition, being part of a flower garden, fountain, spring, playground.

Buildings may differ in technical solution- simple (only the building itself) and complex, including special multi-colored lighting (and even light music) with electronic elements.

Construction material

The construction of castles can be made from a variety of building materials, as well as improvised means. Wide use find buildings different size from stones, and both ennobled (marble, granite) and wild ones can be used, natural stones(for example, pebbles). The fixing of such building materials is usually carried out using cement mortar, but sometimes clay, lime or gypsum compounds are used, as well as standard building mixtures.

Lanterns along the sidewalk can be decorated in the form of a tower.

Many decorative castles are built by pouring concrete. For the implementation of such projects, small formwork is mounted. The main advantage of concrete structures is durability, strength, moisture resistance and Fire safety. At small sizes for houses, concrete reinforcement is not necessary, and for large figures, a reinforcing mesh can be used.

It is difficult to do without wood when creating small architecture. wooden details easy to process, they can be given any shape. The need for antiseptic treatment makes it difficult to use. Many locking elements have to be made from sheet metal, giving it a cylindrical or conical shape.

As building material finds the use of foam. This material with a dense structure, when cut, becomes small building blocks or blocks that form an entire wall. You can use plastic different type and size. Various improvised means are widely used - bottles, pipe trimmings, parts of old household appliances etc. It is difficult to list all the materials that are used in construction, it all depends on the imagination of the performer.

Structural elements

Real castles were built at different times and therefore had a slightly different style. Most often, the concept of castle architecture is associated with gothic style, characterized by various spiers and pointed roofs. With all the variety of styles, one can distinguish characteristic structural elements locks:

Figure 2. A flower bed can be placed inside the castle walls.

Hill and moat: castles were built using natural protection - hills (hill, mountain) and surrounded by a moat with or without water.
Courtyard: A protected area inside a fortress wall, often with outbuildings and dwellings for guards and servants.
Donjon: the central tower of the castle for the owner to live - a fortress inside the fortress; the shape of the donjon was different - quadrangular (England), round, polygonal, irregular in shape.
Fortress wall: a high wall with battlements at the top for sheltering warriors and with loopholes.
Protective towers: similarly to the wall, they had battlements and loopholes, most often they were round, but square shapes were also used, they were always located at the corners of the wall and in the middle part.
Gates: to strengthen the security, they were equipped with watchtowers, the entrance was usually blocked by an arch, required element- drawbridge.

The layout of the castle territory itself depended on the terrain and had a triangular, rectangular or polygonal shape. In a number of countries (for example, in Germany), a circular layout with a central courtyard without a clearly defined donjon was common.

Required Tools

When building a castle with your own hands, you will need the following tool:

Figure 3. Sketch of the castle-bed.

hacksaw;
hacksaw for metal;
metal scissors;
electric jigsaw;
file;
chisel;
putty knife;
Master OK;
hammer;
Grinder;
plane;
sandpaper;
ruler;
roulette;
shovel;
vise;
electric drill.

Manufacturing features

Do-it-yourself castle construction begins with drawing a building plan and its individual details.

The plan can be a reduced copy of a well-known real building or a completely invented author's decision.

Figure 4. Putty and paint can be used to decorate the castle towers.

Then the installation site is cleared, an elevated location (hill) and an imitation of a protective moat are provided.

Stone castle. On fig. 1 shows an example of a simple stone castle of the author's project. For the construction of towers, three pieces of a metal or plastic pipe with a diameter of about 6-7 cm are installed vertically, pebbles are laid around them and connected with cement mortar. Tin cones are installed on top. Inside the towers, after removing the pipes, a brown dark plastic bottle is placed, which decorates the loophole windows.

In the case when the castle architecture fits into overall design, characteristic stone elements are combined with other design solutions. On fig. 2 shows a flower bed castle.

Fortress wall. One of the most simple ways the construction of the fortress wall is the use of sheets of dense foam. On fig. 3 shows a diagram of such a wall with towers. A foam plastic 3-5 cm thick is used, from which desired forms with teeth. Towers are formed from additionally fixed pieces of foam. On top of the towers, you can make a roof of flower pots. Similar structures can be made of concrete, having previously installed the formwork.

Towers and donjons. For the construction of towers, you can use foam plastic for pipe insulation, foam pipe insulation with a diameter of 11 cm, plastic pipes, asbestos-cement pipes, etc. Decorating elements are attached with waterproof glue. The teeth and loopholes are carefully cut with a knife.

In the manufacture of towers or donjons of round shape from concrete, you can use plastic bottles different diameter (outer layer), and inside - any rod. The thickness of the concrete wall must be at least 3 cm.

Castle decoration

To ensure aesthetic perception, the constructed structure should be ennobled as much as possible - painted using bright acrylic paints; fix overhead carved elements, install coats of arms, flags, pennants, and other symbols of chivalry. On fig. 4 shows an example of the design of the towers.

If necessary, the walls of the building are covered with finishing facade plaster.

I, like some of you, had an idea-fix to do something pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of a country landscape. The choice fell on a mini-castle, since it is the easiest to enter it anywhere in the site, taking into account its geological features. Moreover, you can build creatively, adding or changing its elements on the go.

The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. After experimenting, I settled on a composition of 2 to 1 (i.e. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement). Sand is best dried in the sun, then it is easier to mix with cement, and also sifted for use in elements with fine detail, as debris can ruin the part.

The castle has a fairly decent volume, so building it all at once is unrealistic. To do this, first I make separate parts of the castle, so that later I can build it from cubes in a couple of days. The last, third castle was assembled in two days. Neighbors thought he fell from the sky when they saw him.

So, consider the elements of a typical design.

Let's start with the towers. A cylinder of the desired radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (I have about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws so that it can be easily disassembled later. Anything is placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast must be at least 5 cm. Fill with a fairly thick solution. We give him several hours to set to such a state that when the formwork is removed, it does not crumble. You can choose the height of the cylindrical formwork yourself. It can be equal to the height of the tower, or less, but then the formwork will have to be disassembled and assembled above the already seized lower part.

We immediately begin to cut the raw, slightly seized solution. The cutting technology is the same as that of the sandboxes. For cutting, I use a set of tools available to everyone. I have these screwdrivers, chisels, a medical scalpel, a hacksaw blade for metal and various strips of tin to form various architectural elements.

A simple cylinder is boring, and this is where the flight of fancy begins. I make various grooves by wrapping a cylinder with a long strip of tin, using this strip as a guide, with a screwdriver or chisel I choose annular recesses. Then at the bottom you can simulate masonry, destruction, chips of plaster, cracks - after all, the castle is ancient.

For me, aging is the most exciting part of the process. At the same time, we do not amuse ourselves with making windows, loopholes, picking out the desired recess with a knife. If there is a desire to make a turret in the upper part of the tower, then we turn off the cylinder with a diameter a couple of centimeters larger and a height of 10-15 cm, insert a plastic bottle inside to save the solution (after complete setting, it will be removed).

We fill the form with a solution and, after partial setting, carefully remove the cylinder formwork and make the required number of windows, teeth - as fantasy tells. I cut teeth hacksaw blade for metal - I make cuts of the required depth and pick off the excess solution between the cuts.

The roof can be made from tin cones, and you can use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar (I do this). After complete setting, carefully knock out our roof from the mold. Do not forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put it all together later. So we figured out the tower. We have all the elements ready and stacked somewhere in the corner.

Let's start building walls. Our walls will be either fortress (1) or an element of the building (2).

There is no difference in their production. We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. We put it on a flat surface (I have an old kitchen table) having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution that is then poured in is not absorbed. You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, gravel or broken bricks can be poured to the bottom to save mortar. After the mortar is poured to the desired height, you can take pretty pebbles from gravel and poke them at the base of the foundation so that they protrude with flat edges above the general plane of the mortar by about 5 mm.

If there is no gravel, then after partial setting with a sharp knife or scalpel, you can imitate the foundation. You can also mark future windows with pebbles. Thus, your task is to make such flat elements. To speed up, I make 2-3 such rectangles at the same time. Having made such a wall once, you will understand that they are made easily and very quickly. As a rule, we are interested outer side castle, the inside does not represent anything, because it is not visible.

So, after a few hours, the solution of our future walls seized very (!) This moment so that it was malleable, but did not collapse, and if it was overexposed, it would be difficult to process. We carefully disassemble the frame and we are left with a flat rectangle on the table. If you are making a wall with teeth, then we make the gaps between the teeth by gradually removing the solution with a flat tool (I use a metal ruler for this). Next, loopholes and windows are made. Draw whatever your fantasy tells you. To remove the remnants of the solution, I use a soft brush (probably seen in the movies how archaeologists work). In the end, you will have something like the following on your table.

Leave the finished walls for about a day on the table. Then they can safely be removed from the table and also put in a corner. When the required number of elements has already been made, we select a sunny day for mounting on suburban area. There is another important point here. The castle looks more beautiful on some kind of elevation, on a pile of stones. So prepare a foundation for it. If you use stones, always place the stones on a small layer of mortar first. If this is not done, then the stones will move over time and destroy your beauty.

When the foundation is prepared, we proceed to the assembly. First, we install on a cement mortar, previously applied to the foundation, for example, tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower for mortar. Then we install the tower number 2.

The castle is already beginning to take shape. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish with the installation of tower No. 3. My towers were heavy, so men need to tinker. Thus, at this stage, we got this design (top view)

But wall #2 will be part of the building, so I take some bricks and form a rectangle of this building. In order to prevent the mortar from getting into windows or doors from the inside, I close them with something flat from the inside (I use pieces of flat slate or fragments of flat tiles).

I have the inside of the castle hidden. But if you want her to have beautiful view- you need to make both wall No. 3 and pour the inside for the monolith concrete mortar Or fill it with construction debris.

When this structure grabs, form a gable roof over the building. It takes me two or three bricks to do this (a mortar is thrown with a spatula and leveled under a cone).

So from the main basic elements, slightly changing them depending on the fantasy (for example, tired of round towers- make a rectangular formwork and the towers will be square, etc.) you can make a complex castle - like this for example.

A castle made of concrete is not very beautiful. How to decorate it?

About imitation. The boulders at the base of the foundation are made very easily as they are of arbitrary shape. Imitation brick requires more patience. Under the ruler, I scratch a series of horizontal lines and then make vertical notches at characteristic intervals. We brush off the debris with a brush. Where the surface is very rough, it can be smoothed by moistening with water from a spray and ironing with a soft brush. When the assembled castle is completely dry, you can tint it a little. Roof to give the appearance of tiles. I use acrylic paint with the right color, for painting the imitation of brick, I purchased such colors for acrylic - black, red, brown, yellow. Green can be taken to simulate moss. With a soft brush, lightly touching the masonry different colors I color the surface. In this case, only the convex surface is painted, while the recessed part remains gray. The effect is amazing. From half a meter it seems that everything is made of small bricks. In one place of the castle, I even imitated a destroyed brick wall. I did not expect such an effect. For a year the castle survived the winter and the paint is like new.

Can you make parts at home? I work in a garage. But in principle, you can do it at home if you don’t litter too much. In this case, the details can be broken down into even smaller ones. Those. for example, make a wall in two parts - the upper one where the teeth and the lower one where the gate. Similarly, make a tower from two or three cylinders or cubes. Then it's easier to transport. This allows you to prepare the castle even in the winter-spring time, and in the summer to assemble it in a couple of days. This is how I prepare dry mix. I fill half a bucket with dry sand, add cement and it mixes very easily with a small children's spatula. I pour all this into a small tub and do the next batch until I fill it. Thus, the dry solution is always in sufficient quantity.

I wish you all success in your work. And be sure to share your results.

First mini castle

The first castle-flower bed was made about eight years ago. The rest is recent - last year and the year before last. The lighthouse is real - it glows at night.

So, consider the elements of a typical design.

A simple cylinder is boring, and this is where the flight of fancy begins. I make various grooves by wrapping a cylinder with a long strip of tin, using this strip as a guide, with a screwdriver or chisel I choose annular recesses. Then, in the lower part, you can imitate masonry, destruction, chipped plaster, cracks - after all, the castle is ancient.

We fill the form with a solution and, after partial setting, carefully remove the cylinder formwork and make the required number of windows, teeth - as fantasy tells. I cut the teeth with a hacksaw blade for metal - I make cuts of the required depth and pick off the excess solution between the cuts.

Let's start building walls. Our walls will be either fortress (1) or an element of the building (2).

There is no difference in their production. We assemble a rectangle of the right size from boards 5 cm wide. We put it on a flat surface (I have an old kitchen table) after placing either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution that is then poured is not absorbed. You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, gravel or broken bricks can be poured to the bottom to save mortar. After the mortar is poured to the desired height, you can take pretty pebbles from gravel and poke them at the base of the foundation so that they protrude with flat edges above the general plane of the mortar by about 5 mm.

If there is no gravel, then after partial setting with a sharp knife or scalpel, you can imitate the foundation. You can also mark future windows with pebbles. Thus, your task is to make such flat elements. To speed up, I make 2-3 such rectangles at the same time. Having made such a wall once, you will understand that they are made easily and very quickly. As a rule, we are interested in the outer side of the castle, the inner part does not represent anything, because it is not visible.

Leave the finished walls for about a day on the table. Then they can safely be removed from the table and also put in a corner. When the required number of elements has already been made, we select a sunny day for installation in a summer cottage. There is another important point here. The castle looks more beautiful on some kind of elevation, on a pile of stones. So prepare a foundation for it. If you use stones, always place the stones on a small layer of mortar first. If this is not done, then the stones will move over time and destroy your beauty.

When the foundation is prepared, we proceed to the assembly. First, we install it on a cement mortar previously applied to the foundation, for example, tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower for mortar. Then we install the tower number 2.

I have the inside of the castle hidden. But if you want it to have a beautiful view, you need to make both wall No. 3 and the inside for the monolith, fill it with concrete mortar or fill it with construction debris.

When this structure grabs, form a gable roof over the building. It takes me two or three bricks to do this (a mortar is thrown with a spatula and leveled under a cone).

So, from the main basic elements, slightly changing them depending on the fantasy (for example, if you are tired of round towers - make rectangular formwork and the towers will be square, etc.) you can make a complex castle - like this for example.

A lot of beautiful and original crafts for the garden you can do it yourself. And it is not necessary to buy any materials for this, old lids, basins, plastic bottles, tires, barrels, boxes, etc. can go in. Today I want to show you a very interesting master class on making do-it-yourself castle waste materials and polyurethane foam. The author of this master class is Nadezhda Gulak, she showed us and told us how to make a very pretty castle with your own hands for a garden from foam, cement and waste material. On the site you can also find many interesting and original crafts for the garden made from improvised, unnecessary materials. I think that each of you will definitely choose for yourself the right job. And now let's start making the castle and find out what we need for this.

To make a castle, we need:
* Self-tapping screws.
* Wire.
* Insulation.
* Rabitz.
* Cement mortar.
* Mounting foam.
* Unnecessary basins, barrels, etc.

How to make a lock:
We collect everything that we don’t need for the manufacture of the castle, various barrels, basins, boxes, etc. and start making.

And now the new settlers came to try out the fairytale palace)))

We take the wire and wrap our workpieces with it and twist it with self-tapping screws for strength. We do this so that later we have a better concrete solution.

To make a castle, we need everything and buckets too.

I think the cat is starting to like our castle)))

We take an unnecessary box and wrap it with insulation, then coat it with concrete mortar and wrap it with a chain-link mesh.

We pour cobblestones and clay into the boxes and put them in place. It's very hard work here. We also coat everything with concrete mortar and give time to dry.

We draw bricks, windows, in general, whatever our heart desires, on the blank of the castle.

We take iron and cut a cylinder out of it, we will make a roof with a lock from it.

We take the chain-link mesh again and wrap it around the central tower.

Now we will make a balcony for the castle, otherwise what is a castle without a balcony)))

We sculpt the frame of the balcony to the place where it will be located with us.

We make a canopy at will.

Also on the balcony there is a railing, we will make them from polyurethane foam.

We paint everything desired color, decorate, at the end of the work you can cover with yacht varnish. Garden lock ready with your own hands.

The cats really liked the castle, so it can also be called a cat's house)))

It remains to ennoble the area around the castle. Sprinkle gravel.

Do-it-yourself castle for the garden is ready, you can put a princess in it.