Almost every person still has CDs, just like videotapes in the distant past, which have become unnecessary. But it’s a shame to throw away such discs (after all, they paid money for it), and they look very beautiful.
So it’s not surprising that folk craftsmen began to make whatever their heart desires from disks. And this article contains the most popular DIY crafts from CDs that anyone can bring to life.
For safety reasons, any operations with CDs (especially cutting into pieces) must be carried out with safety glasses. Sharp edges of cut elements must be trimmed to avoid the risk of cutting yourself.
general review
Computer CDs are an excellent material for creativity not only alone, but also with the family. There are often many disks, they are perfectly cut and divided into layers. They can be used to make watches, crafts for the dacha, unusual applications and much more. Car rims can turn into a table or something similar.
Stand
The easiest way to make crafts from computer disks with your own hands is a hot stand. The complexity of the work performed will depend on your desire and availability of free time.
A household item is always needed, since almost all tables, with the exception of steel and glass, react poorly to heat. The varnished surface begins to peel, the wooden surface absorbs moisture and changes color, so you should not neglect the stand.
The simplest option
For the first method of making crafts from old disks, we will need acrylic paint, since it is highly wear-resistant and is not affected by a humid environment.
In order not to overpay, it is best to use paint purchased in specialized stores for creativity. An old tulle, which will create an interesting and unique ornament, or a pre-prepared stencil, is suitable for applying the design.
Once the paint is dry, if you have a cardboard stencil, you can use a permanent marker. To ensure that the stand serves you for a long time, we recommend that you coat the finished model with clear varnish.
Complicated version
Here, in a craft made from CD discs, we no longer need acrylic paint, but we will need beads, pebbles, seed beads and everything that can be glued to the surface. You should use a glue gun, applying a drop to each part and pressing it to one side of the disk.
When the workpiece is finished, apply a colorless varnish to its surface and let it dry. Beads and other materials can be purchased at specialized craft stores.
You can also use regular sewing or knitting thread as a replacement for pebbles. Apply colorless super glue to the surface, spread it with a brush or piece of paper, and then start making turns.
Remember that the threads must be pressed tightly against each other. This can be done with a needle or toothpick. Once everything is ready, apply a colorless varnish so that the structure of the threads does not become wet when exposed to moisture.
Christmas decoration
On the eve of the New Year holidays, people begin to think about decorating their home. In addition to the traditional tinsel, I want to add something original. An excellent option would be balls made using the hand-made technique from disks.
To implement the idea you will need:
- Unnecessary old “plates”;
- Hot glue;
- Wide ribbon with lurex;
- Scissors;
- Transparent Christmas ball.
The master class on making toys is simple but very exciting:
- Using scissors, cut the disk into small pieces of a polygonal shape (the minimum length of one side is 0.5 cm, the maximum is 1.5 cm);
- Remove the metal holder from the ball and place a piece of lurex ribbon into the hole;
- Insert the holder back;
- Using hot glue, “plant” the fragments on the surface of the ball in the form of a mosaic.
Using the same technique, you can decorate elements of festive clothing, for example, a collar. In the rays of light, the mosaic will shimmer beautifully, creating a New Year's mood.
Complex option
In a more complex version, fabric itself is used to make crafts from CDs. How this will be played out is up to you, but we offer several options.
Sometimes you can find cross stitch kits on sale. If you have such old works, then take a sheet of thick paper, or better yet cardboard, trace the disc with a pencil, cut out a circle and sew the embroidery to the paper. Using a glue gun, secure the design to the disc.
You can find an old square oven mitt in the kitchen. Trace the disc with a colored pen, cut it out and you should have two layers. Place a disk in the middle, which will serve as a frame, and sew it in a circle with regular thread.
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Pincushions
Materials used:
- Disk
- Textile
- Sintepon
- Threads and needles
- Plastic cup (you can use a yogurt or fermented baked milk cup)
From padding polyester we cut out a circle the size of a CD (thickness from 1 to 2 cm) and the circle is one and a half times smaller in diameter than the disk (thickness from 5 cm). We apply a padding polyester corresponding to the size of the disc and cover it with fabric.
Cut off the bottom of a plastic cup, insert padding polyester, cut off the excess part and cover it with fabric. We sew them together to make a hat, and decorate them with ribbons if desired.
Scarecrow for the garden
Garden or vegetable garden owners know the damage birds can cause. Most often, homes are disturbed by corvids, which, having a more intelligent mind, are able to obtain food in the most incredible way.
A DIY craft made from CDs will help scare away uninvited guests. The principle of its operation is extremely simple, as is the production itself.
To achieve a beautiful result, buy a shovel handle at a hardware store, stick the tip into the ground, and attach a small stick or a plastic lid from any bucket to the round part using a self-tapping screw.
Tie a strong rope to each disk and hang it on the prepared mechanism at different heights. In fact, you can simplify the task if the object of attack is a tree - an apple or pear tree, then you can attach disks directly to the branches. Maintain proportionality so that everything looks harmonious.
Disco ball
Have you seen such balloons at someone’s house or at some celebrity’s? Do you think production will be difficult and expensive? In fact, the task is not so much difficult as it is painstaking, requiring a large number of repetitive actions.
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Whether you make it for a children's party or birthday, it doesn't matter; a New Year's craft made from disks will decorate your holiday and create a good mood.
Simple option
A simple option is to glue the rubber ball with a glue gun. The ball should be made of durable rubber, so a fitness ball would be an excellent option.
Cut the disks into square pieces, tie the rope to the base in advance. Using a glue gun, let the glue cool slightly so that the rubber is not damaged by the heated paste.
Scarecrow for birds
All gardeners and summer residents know how annoying birds can be, always trying to ruin the harvest. Previously, to scare them away, a large scarecrow with flying clothes and a bucket or pumpkin instead of a head was installed in the middle of the garden. 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 its bright reflections. You can determine the shape, height and other parameters based on your own needs. The principle of operation is to tie about a dozen discs onto a base, for example, an old shovel holder or an unusable rake.
- The base should be a "T" shape.
- It is advisable to make elements that will sway in the wind and ring against each other. Make two holes in the disks almost at the outer edge opposite each other. Use a drill and a small drill bit or hot nail.
- Now thread the lace or other tight rope through the holes and secure the discs after a short distance. You can mount 3-5 discs on one strip, depending on the height of the product.
- And the last step - secure the resulting strips closer to each other and install this miracle on the site.
Complex option
This DIY craft from CD discs will require you to be careful. Take 12 disks and mark five dots with the tip of a felt-tip pen at a distance of 3 millimeters from the edge. If you mentally connect them, you should get an isosceles pentagon.
Next, use an awl or self-tapping screw to make holes in the designated places. Place one disk, shiny surface down, in the center, and five disks at the edges, using a piece of copper wire or thick thread to tie the holes.
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Repeat the same with the other six disks, after which you can begin to combine the structure into a single whole.
Curtain tiebacks
Curtain ties can be a real highlight in the interior if you approach their creation creatively and with soul. Tiebacks are used to hold curtains in daylight and give them an elegant silhouette. Store-bought holders look boring. Many photos of grabs have been published on the Internet on sites dedicated to handicrafts. Many housewives are interested in creating a beautiful accessory with their own hands.
To work you will need:
- two disks;
- the knife is sharp;
- compass;
- hot glue;
- satin ribbon 1 cm wide;
- flowers made of satin ribbons or lace, artificial flowers;
- beads, beads;
- Chinese hair stick, any wooden or plastic stick.
The step-by-step plan looks simple:
- Move one and a half to two centimeters away from the outer edge of the disk;
- Draw an even circle using a compass;
- Cut along the line with a knife, cut off;
- Wrap the resulting rim with tape, and secure the tip discreetly with glue;
- Decorate with flowers using the kanzashi technique; use a Chinese stick to attach the curtains.
The color of ribbons and decorations should be chosen so that it harmonizes with the color of the curtain material.
Flower vases and urns
Have you ever seen a beautiful garden urn for sale? What if she has already lost her original gloss and appearance? DIY CD crafts for the garden are the perfect solution to this problem.
You can use a used round container for a flower garden or decorate home pots with disks. The essence of the method is extremely simple in its implementation.
Think in advance what kind of ornament or design you will depict using mosaics. Whether it will be a flower or something else is up to you.
You need to cut the disks into various pieces, then degrease the surface of the object that will be used, and then apply construction glue to it.
Next, the craft from the disc is decorated with a mosaic with your own hands, and when the surface is dry, if desired, painted with acrylic paint. Only it is capable of holding firmly to the back side of the disc, and as soon as everything is dry and ready, a colorless varnish is applied.
Decorating the table
Some CD crafts for the garden may have more useful uses. For example, you can give a second life to a coffee table or other old table that you are about to write off.
It is important to understand that discs have different shades of the recording surface. For Blu-ray it is dark blue; discs from some game consoles are black.
Little things like this will help you make your mosaic more interesting and brighter. Take the table and sand its lid if varnish has been applied to it - this will allow the adhesive base to adhere better.
Next, to make crafts from disks, we will need a large amount of consumables, which should be cut into uneven pieces of different diameters, some triangular, some square.
Then, using construction adhesive, apply it with a brush to the surface of the table, and then proceed to decorating. When everything is dry, apply clear varnish to make the mosaic more durable.
Ladybug
Necessary materials:
- Disk;
- Colored paper;
- Cardboard;
- Pencil;
- Marker;
- Scissors;
- Beads 2 pieces;
- Glue.
Progress:
- Cut out a medium-sized heart from colorless cardboard;
- You also need to cut out a circle from gray cardboard - this is the head;
- Let's start working with colored paper. You will need black and yellow paper. From the yellow one we cut out a triangle and a small line. From black paper you need to cut out a line and horns with a cap;
- The blanks are ready, you can start assembling the toy. Take a heart and glue a disc onto it. Glue the ladybug's head on top of the disk;
- We form the head and finish drawing the eyes and mouth;
- Glue the yellow tail and two lines in the middle of the disk.
Ladybug is ready!
Another table option
You may have seen exotic DIY crafts from CDs in photos, when entire pieces of furniture are made from them.
You will need a large number of “blanks”, which your neighbors, acquaintances or someone will agree to give away for free. The discs are made into neat stacks, gluing each layer, after which they are allowed to dry and varnished.
There should be four stacks, one for each leg. After that, wooden blocks are driven into the hole of the legs. Next, lay a sheet of chipboard on top and secure it with self-tapping screws - the table is ready.
Picture frame or mirror
An excellent decoration for an old mirror or painting, as well as your photographs, will be crafts made from CD discs. If you are decorating the frame of a mirror that already has a base, then simply cut the “blanks” into uneven pieces of different sizes and use a glue gun to attach them to the frame.
Choose the distance between the mosaics yourself; there may be none at all, which will result in a very interesting effect. You should leave a gap in case you want to fill it with colored glue or transparent glue from a gun.
Christmas decorations
The round shape and shiny texture are great for making Christmas tree decorations!
For decoration you will need:
- base - CD or DVD;
- fragments cut out from postcards or printed pictures;
- glue “Moment” or hot gun;
- small details for decoration (rhinestones, sequins);
- satin ribbon.
The operating procedure is very simple:
- glue the ribbon;
- place the pictures on both sides, covering the central holes;
- We distribute the decorations around, fixing them with glue.
Options for children
Pampering your child with beautiful work, what could be more enjoyable? Crafts made from CDs for children can serve as an excuse to spend time with your family doing an interesting activity. Below we have presented several options for such work.
Buy transparent glass Christmas balls from the store and decorate them with pieces of disks using a glue gun. Use just a drop of glue so that it does not stain the toy itself.
From “blanks” you can make snowflakes for windows or walls. You don't have to cut anything out of them, just stick your blanks onto the disk and you're done.
Crafts from the disk can serve as the basis for cartoon characters such as Smeshariki.
Various animals can be made from discs, such as fish, turtle and others.
“Blanks” can be used in children’s appliqués; they are easy to cut and can be formed into any shape using glue.
Lamps
Lamps play an important role in the design of the site. They create a warm and cozy atmosphere. And if you decorate them with disks, you will get very beautiful color shifts. Thanks to the sunlight, they will shine all day long.
Storage organizer
You may have seen that DIY CD crafts in the photo are turned into unique pockets for storing things. Making them is quite simple, just follow the instructions.
Take thick cardboard and trace on it as many disks as you need in your household, then carefully cut them out.
On old fabric or other material, also circle disks, the number of which will be half as many as the cardboard blanks. Use a ruler to divide each circle in half and cut out the halves.
Next, to make crafts from disks with your own hands, we need to carefully sew the fabric to the cardboard. For decoration, you can use a thick thread; it will add a slight carelessness to our work, which will look very appropriate.
Cut out strips of cardboard one and a half centimeters wide, our pockets will be located on them.
Take a small stick or even a thick, straight branch and tie a rope to the edges.
Glue the strip to the cardboard circles that already have pockets. Remember that the edge should be long enough to wrap around the stick and adhere to the back of the strip.
Next, glue the disks to the cardboard round bases and secure the resulting result on a stick - your work is ready.
Magnet with photo
There is another way to give an unnecessary thing a new meaning. A magnet with a photo will look great on your refrigerator! No one will even guess what this cute accessory is made of. The product will be an excellent gift for any occasion! Both adults and children can handle the job.
For production you will need the following materials:
- disk;
- photo;
- white acrylic primer;
- stained glass shiny paints (in tubes);
- salt dough or polymer clay;
- paints;
- varnish;
- magnetic tape.
The creative process looks like this step by step:
- we make flowers and leaves from dough or clay;
- dry them in the oven over very low heat (about an hour), then paint them;
- prepare the base - cover the disk on both sides with soil;
- glue the cut out photo to the front side (there should be about 2 cm left to the edge);
- We outline the outline of the photo and the outer circle with stained glass paint, let it dry;
- distribute the molded parts, glue them;
- on the reverse side we add magnetic tape.
A wonderful surprise is ready!
Important Note
Crafts made from DVDs are similar to those made from CDs, since the recorded part is practically no different from each other.
Manufacturers tried to show the size of their “blank” with the color of the shiny base, but this solution is extremely rare, so as a rule there is no difference and in your creativity you can combine CD and DVD.
Rims
In fact, due to the similarity of problems, we cannot even touch on crafts made from car wheels. They are also either stored in the garage or thrown away because they are no longer needed.
If desired, a car disk can be turned into a barbecue or a country table for lunch, and even an original ceiling lamp in the garage.
Candlesticks
Since we've already touched on tableware, why not make a creative candlestick that can play with colors from the moment the candle is lit?
Any decorative elements are suitable: rhinestones, beads, stones. Of course, all these elements should be secured to the base itself, which a good second glue will do just fine.
