Crafts from your own disks. Do you have old CDs: you can make original things out of them
To embody their various creative ideas and fantasies, needlewomen sometimes choose the most unexpected materials. One of these is the object of scientific and technological progress - a CD.
Once upon a time, shiny round CDs replaced cassettes, but now they are being replaced by flash drives and other inventions that are more convenient and modern, because time does not stand still. Today, most people prefer to watch movies online or download information directly to their computer, bypassing third-party media, so CDs are increasingly gathering dust on the shelves in our homes.
However, do not rush to throw them away, because even these old and unnecessary (and sometimes simply spoiled) materials can make wonderful products. You only need a little creative imagination to make beautiful, original and practical things with your own hands - crafts from disks.
And decoration, and use or unlimited possibilities of old CDs
So, instead of throwing away media that have outlived their time, it is worth trying to give them a second life, especially since CDs have a lot of advantages: they shine, shimmer, reflect light, plus - it is a very easy to process and durable material, additional advantages can be a round shape, and even a hole in the middle.
Well, there are a lot of ideas for all kinds of crafts from disks:
- firstly, from this material you can create a lot of interesting things for children with your own hands - mobile phones, large magnets, key rings, original Christmas decorations, toys, coasters and pendants for children's decor, mosaics, etc.;
- in addition, it will be interesting for children themselves to work with beautiful and shiny round circles, from which such funny crafts are obtained: you can make an application with your child or unusual postcard from disks as a gift, for example, flowers for March 8 or a spaceship for Cosmonautics Day, and cartoon lovers will be able to acquire a whole collection of cheerful Smeshariki created from old CDs;
- you can use them both for home decoration (mosaic panels, paintings, various decorative elements, decoration of vases, lamps, lampshades, candlesticks, mirrors, caskets, photo frames, etc.), and for use, creating from them quite practical, functional and products needed in the household (from CDs they make coasters for small things, for storing jewelry or for hot, screens and curtains, clocks, use them as wall and ceiling decoration, decorate furniture and any interior items with them);
- crafts from CDs can also be global - for example, extravagant fashion designers are known who decorate clothes or accessories with CDs, embroider on them, make jewelry, and designer Sean Avery creates incredible installations and sculptures that have become objects of contemporary art from this wonderful material.
Secrets and features of working with CDs
In order for the manufacture of crafts from disks to bring only benefits, positive emotions and a good result, you need to know some secrets and features of working with this material.
- If you need to “cut” a CD disk with your own hands, that is, get a lot of shiny little fragments from it, then the best option would be to cut it with an ordinary hacksaw. So that the material does not delaminate or break during the sawing process, take your time and work smoothly. Bend the workpiece up or down a little if you want to cut in a curved line.
- If holes need to be drilled in the CD, it is best to burn them with an awl heated over a fire. Just do it in a well ventilated area.
- To fasten decor elements, use glue (you can take "Moment" or PVA) or take a fishing line or wire, depending on how you want to decorate the future disc craft.
- You can take anything for decoration: self-adhesive film, fabrics, fur, fringe, beads, beads, sequins, colored cardboard or paper, napkins, threads, pebbles, shells, etc.
Getting Started
If you have never made crafts from discs before, then start with the simplest.
- You can get acquainted with the material from the manufacture of toys or interesting products for children. Try with your child to make coasters for cups and teapots. To do this, you don’t have to carry out any serious manipulations with the disc - you can leave it in its original form, but if you sheathe or paste over it with a cloth (some craftswomen put cotton pads inside), it will be much more beautiful and practical. You can decorate coasters with pebbles or coffee beans, do decoupage by pasting them with patterned napkins, paint with acrylic paint, varnish.
- Another functional thing is a stand for various little things. It can be used for pencils or other stationery that is constantly lost in your home. Just take any cylindrical object and glue it to the disk as if it were a base. Then the product can be painted, braided or pasted over with beads or other decor.
- Another useful disk craft is a stand or napkin holder. For its manufacture, three disks are needed - one for the base, and the holder itself will be formed from two. Take these two discs and carefully cut them about a quarter in a straight line. Then glue your blanks to the base disk and decorate.
- Do it yourself with your child original Christmas decorations. You can either simply decorate the material with colored paper, sparkles, tinsel, paint it in the form of various characters, or make mosaic balls - cut the disk into small elements and paste over a transparent blank ball with them.
- To make such crafts from cd discs as hanging decorations for the house or all kinds of mobiles, tie the discs together at a certain distance using a strong thread or beautiful twine and hang them on a mount bent in an arc. You can also mount discs on rings, but then you will need to drill holes in them. This is how large curtains or original partitions between rooms are made. You can decorate the material in any way you like.
- If a child needs an interesting craft to go to school or kindergarten for any holiday - the eighth of March, Cosmonautics Day or some other, use old disks. Kids will surely like funny and funny smeshariki on a shiny basis - to make cartoon characters, you just need to cut out their main details (eyes, nose, mouth, ears, paws) from paper and stick them on the body, the role of which will be played by a round disk. Paper can be immediately taken in color or later it can be painted. Any other figures are made in the same way. And, for example, the sun can be depicted by gluing a lot of multi-colored rays to the disk - folded strips of colored paper (it is better to glue them to a paper base, which must first be attached to the back of the disk), then draw the face of the sun and decorate it.
- The material is useful both as a photo frame and as an unusual photo album. If you want to make a frame, attach decorations to the bottom and top of the disk, and stick the selected photo on it (it must fit the round frame and size). Instead of a photograph, it could be just Nice picture which can be hung as a decoration. Connect a lot of these blanks - and you get a whole album.
- Any kid will be happy with an interesting educational book that his mother will make with her own hands. Cover the discs with felt and decorate them as you wish, then secure the pieces with ribbons.
- It is quite easy to arrange the material in the decoupage style. Thanks to this technique, you can make magnets, coasters, and just beautiful jewelry for home. You will need special decoupage napkins with different images. Carefully separate the top layer from the selected napkin (you will have a pattern) and glue the napkin onto a disk pre-lubricated with glue. Make sure that there are no wrinkles (you can smooth it with a cotton pad). Cover the craft with varnish (if you want it to be a stand, glue a circle cut out of flexica to the back so that it does not slip on the table).
- A candlestick can be made by simply gluing a variety of decorations onto a disk and placing a candle inside, or you can heat it around the edges so that they bend in a fancy shape, and only then decorate.
- It’s a little more difficult to work with disc mosaics, but with the skill, you can quickly cut the material into many pieces and paste them over vases and flower pots, mirrors, photo frames, any other objects, and even the surfaces or walls of your home.
- If you are a “you” with electricity and technology, try making a clock or a lamp out of disks. In the first case, the principle of designing the material is the same as in the manufacture of a stand using the decoupage technique, however, you do not need to glue the central hole - you will need to install a clockwork there, and then think about fastening the clock. A lamp can be made by stacking a lot of disks in a tall pile and holding a light bulb there. Or glue six blanks along the edges around the folded Christmas garland attached to the base, and then take out a few bulbs through the holes in the disks.
- Skillful craftswomen demonstrate how to embroider or draw on disks, making them real pieces of art.
There is still a lot interesting options and ideas. Let your creative fantasy, inspired by them, will help you create your own unique and original masterpieces or just beautiful and useful things.
This is how the era of recording information on disks almost imperceptibly passed. The sizes of hard drives now allow you to store all the necessary information, fast Internet eliminates the need to write something on blanks, and flash drives are so cheap that rewritable discs have also become history. Perhaps you have old CDs and DVDs lying around somewhere, and we offer you several options for using them in everyday life. For example, you can attach to your bike or Mailbox disk as a reflector, fix a few disks in the garden to scare away birds, or collect a great table lamp.
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1. The post at the turn of a rural road can be marked with a disc.
2. Its reflective properties will also help a cyclist on a night road - a budget replacement for reflectors.
3. You can make an unusual lamp out of a stack of old disks.
4. A box for blanks will fit as a case for an office or school snack.
6. Disk as a "scarecrow" - reflected beams of light will scare away birds and protect your plants.
7. "Throne" for the home "lord" can be installed on the illuminated legs, recruited from old blanks.
8. Another version of the disco ball.
9. The disc is perfect as a scraper for an icy windshield.
10. Such a figurine is the result of painstaking work.
11. But quite an impressive result...
12. And if there are a lot of disks and a creative fuse, you can make a three-dimensional installation.
13. Paste the old blanks with colored paper with the name of the colors, cut out a disk segment with scissors, install it on the crossbar in the closet or dressing room - the color separator for clothes is ready!
14. Another option for disco decor.
15. The plastic of old blanks can be used as a material for jewelry self made.
16. The disks will serve as the basis for a decorative garland, with which you can decorate the nursery.
17. Print on the printer and stick paper dials on the discs in different styles, which can be replaced on the clock according to the mood.
18. To achieve such artistic cracking of the shiny surface of the disk, it is enough to put it in the microwave for a quarter of a minute.
The era of digital technology is developing at a crazy pace! Once upon a time, CDs were considered the best information carriers, but now they are gathering dust somewhere in the garage or in boxes on the mezzanine. But some unknown force still does not allow us to get rid of them. It's probably all because of their attractive, shiny surface. If you can't say goodbye to this beauty in any way, we will share 9 really worthwhile craft ideas from old CDs for the garden and cottages, which you can do with your own hands.
1. Coasters for hot
Let's start our master class with a description of the simplest craft, namely, coasters for hot cups or a kettle. This is a necessary thing in the household, especially when you consider how quickly a plastic tablecloth melts under the action of a hot one. But for many, it is she who protects the surface. Options making coasters some. Depending on the amount of free time and the availability of materials, everyone will find an option to their liking.
- The simplest coasters they just look like painted rims. Some will want to color the plate on both sides, some will leave the shiny side untouched - the choice is yours. For these purposes, the most suitable. You can apply a thick layer of paint on the surface, and then use a toothpick to “scratch” any pattern. Excess paint can be easily removed, and beautiful shiny lines will remain in front of you. You can immediately apply the ornament with freehand paints or use a stencil. After complete drying, you can safely put hot dishes on the stand. You can protect the paint layer with two balls of acrylic varnish.
- The stand will be more dense and heat-resistant if you stick small sea pebbles, glass beads or decorative pebbles on it. interesting way decorations - solid coffee beans. Such cute and beautiful items will make tea drinking more enjoyable. You can attach the decor with superglue or with a heat gun. It is recommended to open the surface with varnish.
- More painstaking way - braiding discs multi-colored threads. To do this, the base is first weaved. A thread is pulled through the central hole and a small number of turns are made, about 5-7. Thus the surface is divided into equal sectors. Now select the desired color and thread the thread in a circle. One step under the main thread, the other above it, and so on in turn. Reminds me of basket weaving. Your "cobweb" should be filled completely. You can change the colors of the threads by tying their ends. For a more even pattern, you need to pull the threads tightly and adjust them so that they form even circles. The edges of the threads at the end of the work are attached with glue and hidden. If you don’t want to weave in a circle, just thread the thread through the center until you cover the entire surface.
- A way for real needlewomen - sheathing old scratched rims beautiful cloth. To do this, you will need not only pieces of interesting matter, but also thick cardboard or synthetic winterizer. From any of these materials, you need to cut two disk-sized circles for each coaster. After cutting, spread glue on both sides of the disk and fix the resulting circles. This will help the fabric not slip during subsequent work and make the coaster thicker. Now you need to cut out two larger pieces from the material chosen for decoration with an allowance of about 0.5 cm per seam. Attach the fabric, carefully look so that the edges protrude evenly beyond the diameter of the disk. Using a few pins, chip off the workpiece. Now manually sew the edges. If you know how to crochet, you can braid a circle around the perimeter with a thin thread and add a little lace. If not, don't worry, the seam will help hide the decorative piping. After finishing work, it just needs to be carefully glued to the end of the stand with hot glue. You can make a small buttonhole. Use it to hang coasters on the wall near the kitchen table.
These are useful and cute little things that can turn out if you show a little imagination and perseverance.
2. Scarecrow for birds
All gardeners and summer residents know how annoying birds can be, which strive to spoil the crop. Previously, in order to scare them away in the middle of the garden, they installed a large scarecrow in flying clothes and a bucket or pumpkin instead of a head. Agree, such a character can seriously frighten small children or neighbors. We suggest you make a more modern model of a scarecrow that will fascinate with its beauty and scare away birds with bright highlights. You can determine the shape, height and other parameters based on own needs. Principle of operation is to impose about a dozen discs on the base, for example, on an old shovel holder or on a worthless rake.
3. Hanging seed organizer
Where do you store seeds purchased for planting season? Probably in some kind of box, tied with a rubber band. Not the most convenient option. And after the seeds are sown, where do you put the packaging? Many put it on a stick and insert it into the ground at the beginning of the garden, so that in case of a successful shoot and a rich harvest, remember the plant variety and buy the same one next year. The option is not bad, but the scorching sun and rains quickly make the bright packaging unrecognizable. So that you can remember exactly what grows and where, we suggest you make an organizer. For this we required:
- Large piece of fabric;
- Lots of little patches;
- Lots of discs
- hot glue;
- Thick paper.
Idea is to create a diagram of your garden with pockets, which will indicate the planting area of a particular vegetable, and they will place a package of seeds. In this way, you can remember not only the variety, but also record the date of planting. This basic technology can be supplemented or simplified as you like, the main thing is to understand principle:
Your organizer is ready. You can simplify the design and connect the pockets together with fabric ribbons, and then hang them on a wooden plank.
4. Disco ball
Who said that the summer cottage was created only for exhausting planting and harvesting? Sometimes you need to relax and create a perky mood for yourself. Evening gatherings can turn into a small party, which will become more colorful with a disco ball. It is very easy to make it. There are several options:
Now it remains to take care only of the light source and incendiary music.
5. Decorate flower vases
Many garden plots are decorated with large flower pots and hanging flowerpots. Why not make them more colorful and unusual. For this you required:
- A large number of CDs;
- Sharp scissors;
- Super glue;
- Paint gun;
essence The method consists in pasting the surface of the pot with pieces of discs. If you approach the issue more creatively, you can pre-paint the surface of the disc with multi-colored felt-tip pens, let them dry and get a translucent colored material for creativity. After giving the discs the desired colors, you need to cut them into fragments. You can keep the proportions and choose the right ones geometric shapes, and can be cut into arbitrary pieces. Both options will end up looking nice. Just the selection of suitable "puzzles" for arbitrary cutting will take a little more time. Flowerpot surface must be clean, dry and free of grease.
- Spread a small area with glue and start placing the details. You can even arrange them in a certain sequence and end up with a characteristic pattern.
- When the work is finished, you need to let the glue dry.
- You will have noticeable gaps that need to be covered with paint. The best way to do this is with a pistol.
6. Decorative curtain
This is not a window tulle, but a curtain that can perform the function of zoning both inside the country house and on. 
Just imagine how much more comfortable the area where the country house is located will become if you fence it off from several sides with an unusual curtain. For us to work required:
- Lots of CDs;
- Packing paper clips;
- Drill;
- Fine drill;
- Wooden plank.
To begin with, you need to decide on size future curtains. After that, think about pattern. This can be done most quickly by laying out the discs directly on the floor. You can place them one under the other in ordinary stripes, more beautiful way- arrange them with an offset, in a checkerboard pattern. Based on the layout method, mark the places for the mounting holes. It is enough to do this on disks from the first and second strips. Knowing their number, you can quickly navigate the next steps.
In such a simple way, you can build entire partitions, make them motionless, additionally fixing the lower edge and equip entire recreation areas. And if you weave thin garlands into the gaps between the disks, you get something unimaginable! 
7. Coffee table from discs
From what just do not make countertops for craftsmen! And we offer not only to decorate the table, but also to try do full-fledged frame from old discs and remnants of chipboard or other wood-based materials. To implement the countertop decor option, we need the same tools as for decorating flowerpots. And the technology will be identical. Fragments of discs or blanks in the whole form are glued onto the prepared surface, as you like best, and then the gaps are filled and varnished. 
More hard way let's take a closer look. For us to work you will need:
- A large number of disks;
- Something that can serve as a countertop - wooden boards, durable plastic, leftover chipboard, etc.
- Round wooden rods - 4 pcs.
- Hacksaw.
The last item is necessary for the legs of the future table, so it is better that the pieces of wood are even and high, and their diameter does not exaggerate the diameter of the central hole of the discs. Let's start with the legs. Remember, there was a children's toy in the form of a pyramid of multi-colored plastic bagels of different colors and diameters, which were put on a stick on a stand? This is the stand you need to build.
For more functionality, you can do additional shelf some distance under the tabletop. Then half of the discs are strung on the rod, then the shelf, then the remaining half. The diameter of the hole in the shelf should correspond as closely as possible to the diameter of the rod so that it does not “walk” and does not move. This design will also be more rigid and roomy. Decorate countertop can be done in a variety of ways. You can lay out a mosaic as we suggested above, or you can cut out a part in the middle, fix plywood or transparent plexiglass from below, place a couple of beautiful disks in a niche and cover everything with plexiglass from above.
8. Restoring old chairs
There is nothing surprising in what usually falls after she has lost her attractive appearance and she no longer has a place in the apartment, and her hand does not rise to throw it away. inhale new life in old chairs will help our impossibly simple, but effective restoration method. The result will surprise not only you and your guests, but will also help complement the unusual table from the paragraph above. So we you will need:
- Old scary chair - unlimited;
- Lots of CDs;
- Sharp scissors;
- Beautiful paper napkins with patterns or a glossy magazine;
- PVA glue;
- Grout for seams;
- Sandpaper;
It will take about 50 discs to restore one standard size chair. We will step back from the mirror surface, and try to create something that will look like the old one. To do this, we need to get rid of the mirror coating.
- Using fine-grained sandpaper, you need to erase the foil and rinse more transparently than plastic under water.
- Select the drawing you like from the pages of a magazine or other sources, you can use the usual colored paper. Use what you like and fit.
- Spread a decent layer of PVA glue on the surface of the disc and stick it to the selected page. This must be done with all disks, so there will also be a lot of images.
- When the glue dries, cut off the excess paper;
- Cut the disc into small squares 1.5 x 1.5 cm. Why such a small size? Everything is very simple. The seats of old chairs are often deformed and have a dent in the middle. If you make the details larger, they simply cannot fit snugly against the curved surface and accurately follow its contour. Thus, after some time, the squares will simply disappear, since there will be a void under them.
- For the convenience of further work, you can decompose the squares by color or by image style into disposable cups. So it will be much easier to follow the order and lay out the drawing.
- Before pasting, the surface of the chair must be wiped with sandpaper, remove dust residues and degrease.
- Start sticking squares on PVA or any other glue, moving from the outer contour in a circle.
- In order for the chair to look more harmonious, paste over the back with mosaics;
- Leave the chair until the glue is completely dry;
- It's time to fill in the gaps between the tiles. For this, ordinary construction putty is suitable. Choose the color of your choice.
- Apply putty to the mosaic and spread with a rubber spatula, carefully filling the joints;
- Without waiting for it to dry completely, remove the excess with a damp cloth. It is very important to do this immediately, otherwise difficulties may arise later;
- After the grout has completely dried, hide the back and seat acrylic varnish. It is better to apply two layers. This will prolong the life of the decorative surface.
Our new unusual chair is ready. Keep in mind that you don't have to limit yourself to these recommendations. In the same way, you can paint the legs of the chair, or just paint them with paint.
9. Protection from rain and sun - a roof made of CDs
And finally, the most practical way use of old CDs - the arrangement of the roof! Of course, no one means the roof of the house, although ... with due effort, anything is possible. Consider a smaller scale application area- for example, roof arrangement, garden swing, small, for a car or outbuilding. According to our calculations, it will take about 120 CDs to cover 1 square meter of surface. Thanks to a special method of their installation, which resembles laying technology, each subsequent disk will half overlap the previous one. 
Thus, the surface that will be located under the discs will be completely protected from hit by rain or melt water. Let's get started for preparatory and installation work:
- In each disc, it is required to drill a hole, the size of which will allow the leg of a nail or self-tapping screw to pass freely into it. You need to do this in the place indicated in the picture.
- You can try to drill several discs at once. This will greatly speed up the workflow, most importantly, do not forget to securely fix the entire stack;
- Now you need to decide which side you will be stacking discs. If you place the blanks with the shiny side up, they will reflect the sun's rays, which will extend the life of such a coating and help make the room under the roof cooler. But on the other hand, endless sunbeams can annoy not only you, but also the neighbors, which will lead to trouble. By placing the discs with the shiny side down, you can lay out various patterns from the images on the front, which also looks very attractive;
- Decided? Then it will start fasten discs to the roof. Use whatever works best for you. Of course, the application will greatly speed up the work.
- Before starting installation, draw horizontal lines, which will serve as a guide and will not deviate from straightness;
- Get started with bottom edge, after all, each subsequent one will go on top of the previous one.
- Be sure to ensure that the central holes of the discs also overlap, otherwise it makes no sense to equip a roof that has many holes at all.
- Thus, it is necessary to move up until the entire surface is completely covered.
We can confidently say that such a roof will be able to withstand the rays of the scorching sun and heavy rainfall. 
Over time, a lot of unnecessary things that take up extra space accumulate in the house. But not all of them need to rush to throw away during the next general cleaning. For example, old CDs, DVDs and even cotton pads can take on a new life and turn into a stylish element of the interior. We have collected best ideas crafts from this material: simple for children and more complex for adults.
Craft options for the New Year
With the long-awaited holiday approaching, children and adults are eager to decorate the house. cozy crafts made by hand. Computer disks can be found in any home, and many interesting, beautiful Christmas decorations can be made from them.
Christmas toys
- Old CDs.
- Alcohol.
- Cardboard.
- Gouache white, blue or any other light color.
- Paper napkin with a Christmas pattern (herringbone, Santa Claus, snowflakes).
- PVA glue.
- Glue gun.
- Organza or satin ribbon 2-4 centimeters wide.
- Lace or thin ribbon 0.5 cm wide.
Alternatively, instead of napkins, you can print any New Year's pattern on plain paper, but I recommend napkins, they fit better on the work surface.
- First, degrease the surface of the CD with alcohol or cologne. After drying, apply several layers of gouache until it stops showing through. IN central part glue a cardboard circle, which should be slightly larger than the hole in the disk.
- From a napkin we cut out a pattern, drawing, or a circle a little smaller than a disk. We cover it with PVA glue, stick a napkin. To level the surface, apply a towel or soft tissue to the surface, smooth out the formed folds.
- After drying, we open everything with varnish.
- We repeat all the above steps with the surface on the reverse side.
- We make a bow from a ribbon. We twist the lace into a loop, glue it with a glue gun along with a bow to the top of the craft.
Transformation of an old ball
This is a quick and easy way to update old christmas balls. For crafts you will need:
- Old Christmas toys.
- Glue gun.
- Computer disks.
- Scissors.
We cut the disks with scissors into small fragments, triangular and diamond-shaped. Glue the cut objects to the surface New Year's toys glue gun. The craft is ready.
For cutting discs, you need to use only large, durable scissors, small ones can break, quickly become dull.
Candlestick
This is a simple and quick way to make a candlestick.
You will need:
- CD.
- 5-6 spruce cones.
- Glue or glitter nail polish.
- Aluminum candle holder.
- A candle with a diameter of up to 3-4 centimeters.
- Rhinestones, decorative stones.
- rubber adhesive.
Before making crafts, you need to immediately prepare the cones, cover their upper branches with silver or shiny varnish, sparkles that will imitate snow. Optionally, you can also glue small pieces of cotton wool, New Year's rain.
Glue an aluminum tray under the candle in the center of the product with rubber glue. To it in a circle we attach spruce cones dried from varnish with the help of glue. We decorate the free surface of the craft with rhinestones, sparkles, decorative pebbles. The candlestick is ready, you can safely put a candle in it.
Underwater world from CDs
Children love to be creative, from disks they can make a lot of simple crafts decorate the children's room with them. They can make souvenirs on their own or with the help of their parents.
Goldfish
You will need:
- Glue gun.
- CDs.
- Colored paper.
- Gold leaf
- Scissors.
We cut out the eyes for future fish from colored paper: a slightly smaller black circle for the pupil, a larger white circle, which will become the main part of the eye. We glue them together. From red paper, cut out lips of arbitrary shape. Let's also take care of the fins and tail, we will make them from gold foil of arbitrary shape.
Now you can proceed to the final stage. We begin to glue all the previously made parts. First, glue the eyes and lips, fins on top and bottom, glue the tail to the back.
The goldfish is ready, it remains only to attach a lace or thread to it, if desired, you can cover its surface with nail polish with gold sparkles.
sea turtle
You will need:
- Plastic bottle.
- Simple pencil.
- CD.
- Stained glass paint and outline.
- Glue gun.
- Rhinestones, flat stones.
In addition, you will need convenient small scissors for work.
- Cut out a piece of plastic from the bottle. On it we draw with a pencil the outline of the head of the future turtle, its paws and tail. Carefully cut out the selection.
- Let's take a disk - this is the future tortoise shell. To begin with, we outline the shell using a decorative outline in a circle. Then, we draw stained-glass fragments around the entire circumference of the shell with a contour.
- After the contour dries, fill stained glass paint selected fragments. We apply paint in several layers. Try to use different colors, so much more beautiful, more colorful.
- We glue the shell, head, paws and tail of the turtle with a glue gun. We decorate the shell with rhinestones, small pebbles, fixing them with glue with sparkles. Glue two pebbles to the head as eyes. The turtle is ready.
Sea bottom
To make crafts, you will need a minimum of time and materials:
- Paints.
- Shells of different colors, sizes and shapes.
- Colored beads (preferably transparent).
- Old disk.
- rubber adhesive.
- Clear nail polish.
We paint the shells with paint, each in a different color. Leave them to dry, cover the surface with clear nail polish. Grind the remaining shells into small crumbs. We glue the shells to the disk, sprinkle it with shell crumbs, imitating the surface of the seabed. Additionally, we decorate the product with transparent pebbles, beads.
Decorating with fragments
This material shimmers colorfully in the sun, has a bright shiny surface. This property can be used to decorate various items: caskets, photo frames, vases, flower pots.
Picture frame
To make crafts you need:
- rubber adhesive.
- Old CDs.
- Thick cardboard.
- Scissors.
- Gouache.
- Ruler.
- Simple pencil.
Before starting work, you need to measure the size of the desired photo for which the frame will be made. You can simply circle the photo on cardboard, and around it already create the outline of the future frame.
- From cardboard, cut out a frame for the photo of the desired size. We color it with gouache (you can different colors) at both sides. We apply paint in several layers so that the cardboard does not shine through.
- We cut the disks with scissors into fragments of different shapes and sizes. We glue them to the frame, after attaching them to the surface and estimating how they will look. If desired, with a thin brush we pass through the cracks, cracks between the fragments, painting them with white gouache.
- Let the frame dry for 30 minutes. We cut out a stand from cardboard and glue it to the back of the frame.
flower pot sparkling in the sun
turn normal flower pot in magic - as easy as shelling pears. You will need old CDs, scissors, a glue gun and a little imagination.
To begin with, we wash the pot, if particles of earth remain on it, wipe it dry. We cut the disks with scissors into small fragments of different shapes. Glue them to the pot with a glue gun. The craft is ready.
From box to box
It's hard to believe, but ordinary cardboard box from under shoes can turn into a beautiful and useful thing.
To make the box you will need:
- Shoe box (it must be intact, it is advisable to use a new box).
- Glue gun.
- Old CDs.
- Large scissors.
- Furniture stapler.
- A piece of cloth large enough to cover the box.
- Decorative elements: stones, rhinestones, beads, beads.
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Some part with pity once beloved CDs. Men are reluctant to give away rims from automobile wheels. In order not to have to part with your favorite things, the editors of the site found a lot of ideas on how to make simple and beautiful crafts from disks.
Many no longer use CDs or DVDs. But why throw away something that might be useful?
Beauty is near and created with your own hands. It is enough to take a disk, scissors and ... imagination. From such material you can build an excellent designer lamp, panel, Wall Clock. Car rims serve as a kind or harsh men's garages.
DIY crafts from computer disks
For many, the discovery was interesting technique work with CD-blanks. They are easily divided into two halves, each of which is perfectly cut with scissors into small pieces. But with these brilliant mosaics you can already do interesting crafts: decorate any , decorate , veneer .
| Illustration | Action Description |
|---|---|
 | We will prepare three pieces of plywood, a threaded rod, a light bulb with a cartridge, a cord with a switch and a plug, washers and nuts. |
 | We circle the disks on a piece of plywood and cut them out with a jigsaw. |
 | In one circle, drill a hole for the cartridge and insert it inside. |
 | Let's make a hole for the wire. |
 | We connect three circles, the one with the wire will be in the middle. We drill three holes at equal distances from each other. |
 | It remains to make identical holes in the stack of disks. We string them on three pins inserted into the base. |
Frames for photos and mirrors from discs
What else can be done from old CDs for the home? We propose to build beautiful frame for or photos. The work process is simple: glue is applied to the base (ready-made flat mirror frame or cardboard) and pieces from the blank are laid. You can cut them into squares or choose an arbitrary shape.
Do-it-yourself clock from discs
The clock in the house can also be made by hand. To do this, you will need an unnecessary DVD-blank, a decoupage napkin or rice paper, a wide synthetic brush, hands and a clockwork, craquelure varnish.
| Illustration | Action Description |
|---|---|
 | Lubricate the surface with craquelure varnish, after wetting the brush in water and wringing it out. |
 | As soon as the varnish is a little dry, apply acrylic paint. Both layers will be ready for further work in 2 hours. |
 | The drawing is torn out by hand. |
 | We apply PVA to the surface with a brush, lay out the drawing and coat it with glue on top. |
 | After we glued the sequins as numbers, we are assembling the clockwork. |
What can be done for the kitchen from old CDs
The kitchen is a special place. Housewives spend a lot of time there. In order to make the time more fun, you can make a few crafts for the kitchen with your own hands. It can be flowers from disks, panels, a lamp, a mosaic on, furniture decoration.
Decor of kitchen furniture: original and easy
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What crafts for children can be made from disks with your own hands
Plunging into the world of childhood is useful for many: to see how a child's eyes sparkle with pleasure and the knowledge that he did everything himself! It is precisely such positive emotions that are easy to get when working with DVD discs: a child can handle the decor with minimal help from adults.
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This decor is especially popular when creating objects in vintage style. In the article we will consider detailed photo instructions decoupage: furniture, on glass from napkins, on a box.
Crafts from disks by May 9
Crafts for the holiday of May 9 are reduced to the design of the disk space with thematic elements and symbols.
As a basis, take a clean blank. Using PVA glue, an application of colored paper, cardboard or satin ribbons will be glued to it. In order for the panel to hang, an awl heated over a gas burner pierces a hole from the edge of the blank. A rope or ribbon is inserted before the creation of the application.
If you use paper instead satin ribbons, then it is also worth studying the MK for creating flowers from satin ribbons. It is undesirable to touch the finished work until the glue has completely dried.
How can you use old discs to make three-dimensional figures
From blanks you can build amazing three-dimensional figures. This work is more difficult than the previous ones, since many pieces are required, cut into elongated triangles and stripes. They are all attached to the base with Titanium Ceiling Tile Adhesive. Anything can be taken as a basis, up to plastic bottles or unwanted plastic toys.
DIY crafts from old car rims with instructions for making and photo examples
Here you may need the help of a man - we attract dads, husbands, grandfathers. It is not only decorative, but also practical. Let's try to make an original place for a fire and a table.
Crafts from rims for the garden
Instructions for creating a campfire site are shown in the photo below. It will take less than a day to build such a structure.
To create a fire, stamping is ideal: both holes for an air duct, and enough space for both firewood and coals. If desired, two such disks can be welded together by welding 4 legs to them - the design will serve as an excellent brazier for a cauldron.
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