Nowadays, information carriers such as CDs are gradually fading into the background. Don’t rush to throw away iridescent circles that have become unnecessary; they can become an excellent material for creativity.

Second life for discs?

There are many ways to give a second life to old CDs, in this article you will see some of them. Crafts made from CDs can become great solution for the interior and garden, or just to help you have an interesting time, simultaneously developing creative thinking.

Creative people have long invented a huge number of options beautiful crafts from discs for children and adults, you just have to reproduce their ideas, and maybe come up with your own.

Throwing away such wonderful and interesting material is a huge mistake. Using CDs you can make unique interior items, original and stylish gifts close, decorations for the dacha and garden: everything your heart desires and what your imagination and perseverance is enough for.

Check out some ideas for creative uses for old computer disks and create some wonderful new things with your own hands!

LED lamp

If you urgently need a new original lighting device, old disks will come to the rescue. This craft can be used both in the home interior and in the country.

You don’t need any special materials for this work: the main condition is just to use a little imagination and patience.

Be sure to follow our detailed step-by-step instructions:

You will need 12 scrap disks, a protractor, metal staples or paper clips, a lamp socket and a thin drill bit.

First, we divide one of the disks into five identical segments. For these purposes, use a protractor: the angle between the segments should be approximately 72 degrees. This disk will serve as a stencil for the rest.

On the line of the segments, approximately 3-4 millimeters from the edge, drill five small holes. Next step: We put the remaining disks in a stack and using the first disk (placing it at the very top of the stack) make exactly the same holes in the others.

In order for the craft to be strong and hold well, you will need support rods. Rods from ballpoint pens: into the holes we just made we insert the rods necessary to act as guides.

If you used a really thin, proper drill bit, you won't even need to fix the holes: they'll fit perfectly.

The lamp is almost ready, now we attach the remaining disks to the structure with brackets.

Now all that remains is to work with the light: the last step is to screw the desired lamp into the socket.

Flower

If you've been sorting out old boxes at your dacha and found a lot of unnecessary discs, there is a great way to use them to benefit the beauty of your yard. Crafts made from disks for the garden look very original and interesting, in addition, they are incredibly easy to make.

In this mini-lesson, I suggest making small flowers from discs to decorate a garden, vegetable garden or yard at the dacha.

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The tools for this craft do not require anything unusual: the right number of disks (it all depends on how many flowers you are going to make), a candle, scissors and paints to make the flowers more vibrant.

The manufacturing process does not require special skills, it is very fast, but at the same time it will captivate you from the first second.

All you need to do is carefully melt the disks over a candle (remember about safety precautions: it is best to do this indoors and have some water nearby to put out the fire in case of danger) so that the plastic goes into beautiful waves, similar to flower petals.

I suggest step by step instructions manufacturing beautiful rose from disks:

• First you need to cut the disk evenly along the entire length of the radius and heat one edge of the cut over a candle.
• Once the plastic is warm and soft, take a pair of pliers and use them to turn the edge slightly to the side.
• Slowly turn the disc over the flame and continue bending the molten fragments.
• At the end you should get a small spiral, which will become a rosebud.
• You can paint it any color, attach a wire stem, cut leaves from other leaves and form a whole flower bed! It all depends on your imagination.

So today you learned how to do a few simple crafts from old disks. I hope you found this lesson useful and learned a lot from it.

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Photos of crafts made from disks

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Over time, a lot of unnecessary things accumulate in the house, taking up extra space. But not all of them need to be thrown away during the next spring cleaning. For example, old CDs, DVDs and even cotton pads can become new life and turn into a stylish element of the interior. We have collected best ideas crafts made from this material: simple for children and more complex for adults.

Craft options for the New Year

As the long-awaited holiday approaches, children and adults strive to decorate their home with cozy handmade crafts. Computer disks can be found in any home; many interesting, beautiful things can be made from them. New Year's decorations.

New Year's toys

• Old CDs.
• Alcohol.
• Cardboard.
• Gouache is white, blue or any other light color.
• Paper napkin with a New Year's pattern (Christmas tree, Santa Claus, snowflakes).
• PVA glue.
• Glue gun.
• Ribbon made of organza or satin 2-4 centimeters wide.
• A 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. We glue a cardboard circle into the central part, which should be slightly larger than the hole in the disk.

• From a napkin we cut out a pattern, drawing, or a circle slightly smaller than a disk. Cover it with PVA glue and stick a napkin on it. To level the surface, apply a towel or soft cloth to the surface, smooth out the resulting wrinkles.

• 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 ribbon. We twist the lace into a loop and glue it with a glue gun along with a bow to the top of the craft.

Transformation of an old ball

It's a quick and easy way to update old christmas balls. For the craft you will need:

• Old New Year's toys.
• Glue gun.
• Computer disks.
• Scissors.

We cut the disks using 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.

To cut discs, you need to use only large, strong scissors; small ones can break and become dull quickly.

Candlestick

It's simple quick way making a candlestick.

You will need:

• CD.
• 5-6 fir cones.
• Glue or glitter nail polish.
• Aluminum candle stand.
• Candle, up to 3-4 centimeters in diameter.
• Rhinestones, decorative stones.
• Rubber glue.

Before making the craft, you need to immediately prepare the cones, cover their upper branches with silver or shiny varnish, or sparkles that will imitate snow. If desired, you can also glue small pieces of cotton wool, New Year's rain.

We glue an aluminum candle tray into the center of the product with rubber glue. We attach varnish-dried fir cones to it in a circle using glue. We decorate the free surface of the craft with rhinestones, sparkles, and decorative stones. The candlestick is ready, you can safely put a candle in it.

Underwater world from CDs

Children love to be creative; they can make many simple crafts from CDs and decorate their 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 eyes for future fish from colored paper: a slightly smaller black circle for the pupil, a larger white circle that will become the main part of the eye. We glue them together. Cut out lips of any shape from red paper. We will also work on the fins and tail; we will make them from gold foil of any shape.

Now you can start final stage . We begin to glue all the previously made parts. First, glue on the eyes and lips, fins on top and bottom, and glue the tail to the back.

The goldfish is ready, all that remains is to attach a lace or thread to it; if desired, you can cover its surface with nail polish with gold glitter.

sea ​​turtle

You will need:

• Plastic bottle.
• A simple pencil.
• CD.
• Stained glass paints and outline.
• Glue gun.
• Rhinestones, flat stones.

In addition, for the job you will need comfortable small scissors.

• Cut a piece of plastic from the bottle. On it we draw with a pencil the outline of the head of the future turtle, its legs and tail. Carefully cut out the selection.
• Let's take a look at the disk - this is the future turtle shell. To begin, we outline the shell using a decorative outline in a circle. Then, we draw a contour of stained glass fragments along the entire circumference of the shell.
• After the outline has dried, fill the selected fragments with stained glass paint. Apply paint in several layers. Try to use different colors, it’s much more beautiful and colorful.
• Glue the shell, head, paws and tail of the turtle with a glue gun. We decorate the shell with rhinestones, small stones, and sparkles, securing them with glue. We glue two pebbles to the head as eyes. The turtle is ready.

Sea bottom

To make a craft you will need a minimum of time and materials:

• Paints.
• Seashells of different colors, sizes and shapes.
• Colored beads (preferably transparent).
• Old disk.
• Rubber glue.
• Transparent nail polish.

We paint the shells with paint, each in a different color. Leave them to dry and cover the surface with clear nail polish. Grind the remaining shells into fine crumbs. Glue the shells to the disk, sprinkle it with shell crumbs, imitating the surface of the seabed. Additionally, we decorate the product with transparent stones and beads.

Decorating with fragments

This material shimmers colorfully in the sun and has a bright shiny surface. This property can be used to decorate various items: boxes, photo frames, vases, flower pots.

Picture frame

To make crafts you need:

• Rubber glue.
• Old CDs.
• Thick cardboard.
• Scissors.
• Gouache.
• Ruler.
• A 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 trace the photo on cardboard, and create the outline of the future frame around it.

• From cardboard we cut out a frame for photographs of the desired size. We paint it with gouache (you can use different colors) on both sides. We apply paint in several layers so that the cardboard does not show through.
• We cut the disks with scissors into fragments of different shapes and sizes. We glue them to the frame, after first attaching them to the surface and figuring out how they will look. If desired, use a thin brush to go over the cracks and crevices between the fragments, painting them with white gouache.
• Leave the frame for 30 minutes until completely dry. Cut out a stand from cardboard and glue it to the back of the frame.

Flower pot sparkling in the sun

Convert ordinary flower pot to magical - it’s as easy as shelling pears. You will need old CDs, scissors, a glue gun and a little imagination.

First, we wash the pot; if there are any particles of earth left 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 it's common 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.
• Big scissors.
• Furniture stapler.
• A piece of fabric large enough to cover a box.
• Decorative elements: stones, rhinestones, beads, seed beads.

Most people have accumulations at home a large number of unwanted or unusable CDs.

You can simply throw them away. But it’s better to use them to create various crafts and interesting things. In this article we will tell you what fakes you can make from disks with your own hands.

Roof covering

If you have a lot of CDs, they can be used as an original sparkling roofing covering. To do this, first the disks are attached to plywood sheets, and they, in turn, are attached to the roof. Approximately a hundred discs are needed for 1 m² of coverage.

They need to be attached as follows: 1st row - end-to-end, subsequent ones - in a checkerboard pattern, overlapping the disk holes of the 1st row. Small nails or screws can be used as fasteners.

Come up with a drawing, following which you will begin to make the roof. If you don’t have enough material, then you can only lay out the visor with it.

Fake discs for the garden

British artist B. Monroe, known all over the world for his light installations, decorated his garden area with stylized water lilies from CDs.

It took him 65 thousand CDs to create this work of art. You can take Monroe's idea as a basis and make these miniature lilies to decorate your own garden.

The discs can be used for the tail of a homemade peacock. They are attached to the metal frame of the tail using wire.

The disks can also make cute fish. To make one piece, you only need a couple of disks and multi-colored cardboard or a sheet of plastic.

The latter are used to make fins, tail and fish mouth. The cut out elements should be placed between the discs and carefully glued.

The disc caterpillar looks unusual and interesting. It will require several disks fastened together with screws. The legs can be made of rubber, plastic, plywood, and threads can be used for the mouth, eyes and hair. This craft is attached to the fence with wire.

Another option for using disks is the creation of street lighting fixtures.

Crafts from disks for children

Interesting ideas for children's crafts made from CDs will be useful for educators and teachers. primary school, moms and dads.

The disk can be used to create beautiful postcard in the form of a fish. This craft can be done even by three-year-olds. They can easily cope with it under the supervision of their parents. In addition to the disk, you will need PVA glue, scissors, plasticine, markers and multi-colored cardboard.

Fins, a tail, and a mouth cut out of cardboard must be carefully glued onto a CD, onto which plasticine must then be applied using the indentation technique. The next step is to make the eyes.

For this we use cardboard. After you have attached the eyes to the fish, you can make eyelashes from plasticine. The tail and fins are used to write congratulations.

You can make Smeshariki from damaged CDs using glue, multi-colored cardboard and colored paper, popular heroes cartoon of the same name.

For beauty, the contours of figures, eyes, and mouth can be outlined with a marker. Such decorations are easily attached to a wall or cabinet using glue or double-sided adhesive tape.

From discs you can create original curtains that do not require washing. The following materials are needed: disks, paper clips, drill.

Small holes are drilled into the edges of the disks with a drill, and paper clips are used to connect them to each other. The number of discs, size and shape of the curtain depend on your imagination.

Curtain holders in the bathroom made from unnecessary disks will look great.

The discs can also be used to create unusual and interesting kanzashi-shaped curtain ties. And you can secure them with Chinese chopsticks.

To make a pick-up, you need to cut a circle of smaller diameter from the disk. Wrap the resulting ring with satin or silk ribbons. You can use flowers made from ribbons as decoration; below are photos of crafts made from discs.

Disks can be used to make candlesticks, boxes, stands, needle cases and much more. Therefore, you should not rush to get rid of outdated CDs. With their help, you can sometimes create truly unique things.

If you have already tried all the previous options, then it’s time to do unusual craft from old CDs. You probably have a dozen unnecessary disks lying around that you would hate to throw away and no longer need to use. Their finest hour has come! Use your imagination, take note of our master classes and go ahead to create new masterpieces!

Let's start with, perhaps, the simplest thing - decorating an old disk with ordinary stained glass paint. In terms of production, this craft is quite simple, but you can’t tell from the outside. You will need stained glass paints and imagination. You can draw both abstract ornaments or mandalas, and real plot paintings. By the way, if you don’t have stained glass paints, a regular marker will do just fine. You can download templates for drawing mandalas from the link below.

A little more complicated will be a New Year's craft made from disks, decorated with appliqués. The simplest option is an applique made of colored paper.

If your children love the animated film “Smeshariki,” then it’s time to use their old CDs to make their favorite characters. All you need is to find out from your child which character he likes best, cut out Smesharik templates from paper and glue them onto the disk. New Year's craft Smeshariki is ready! You can draw templates for the application yourself, or you can download them from us for all the cartoon characters.

#4 Christmas tree decoration from old CDs: DIY Christmas crafts from CDs

From an ordinary disk you can make a rather unusual Christmas tree toy that looks like a ball, only this ball is flat. To make such a craft you will need: an old disk, dark acrylic paint(if not, gouache will do), a pencil and a fountain pen or flat-head screwdriver.

If there are a lot of disks, then you may well think about creating a New Year's garland. With the right lighting, the garland will shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow, reminiscent of snow glistening in the sun. By the way, such a garland makes the house warm and sunny!

Not enough disks for New Year's garland, but did you like the idea? See more ideas:

New Year- the most favorite holiday, associated with miracles and magic. Celebrating the new year is characterized by folk festivals and joyful meetings. It is impossible not to love this time of year, when everything around is transformed, and every house or storefront becomes like the scenery of a fairy tale. Everyone wants to participate in this transformation, and therefore they try to decorate their homes […]

Perfect as could be round form suitable for snowmen. The technique for making snowmen from disks may be different, but you should be satisfied with the result. By the way, such a craft is quite suitable for a competition for school or kindergarten.

Want to make your own disco ball for decoration? Then you will need a blank for the ball (plastic, glass, foam), an old disk, scissors and glue.

Want more ideas Christmas balls? Then look:

Today on store shelves you can find great amount a wide variety of Christmas tree decorations, so turning an ordinary Christmas tree into a real holiday beauty will not be difficult. However, New Year is a special day! The day when old year remains behind, and new adventures, new events, new victories await ahead. But the old year did not pass without a trace, […]

You will need: an old CD, pine cones, glue, an aluminum candle stand, beads, glitter or varnish for decoration.

On a regular disk you can recreate New Year's landscapes using the decoupage technique. The disc decoupage process is standard, the result is amazing!

If, in addition to old disks, there are pieces of felt lying around the house, then you can make these cool snowmen. Well, will any of the guests guess that it is based on an ordinary unnecessary disk?

See more felt Christmas decoration ideas:

Approaching new year holidays, which means that very soon a forest guest will appear in almost every house in our country. Some people prefer to bet artificial Christmas tree, some use a real forest spruce from a Christmas market, while others are limited to pine branches. However, this is not so important, because the most important feature of the New Year tree is the toys. Since ancient times, people in [...]

A great idea for a New Year's craft from old CDs would be to decorate an ordinary mirror or photo frame. The disk needs to be cut into pieces, and then the surface should be decorated with these pieces. You can keep it for yourself, or you can do it original gift someone close to you.

If you were once a big fan of CDs, and everyone was, now is the time to give them a second life. What good are discs that just sit on a shelf collecting dust? You can now find the song or movie you need on the Internet. But to do it unusual Christmas tree only once a year!

Still thinking about what to give your friend for New Year? Best gift one that is made by hand. Give to a loved one bracelet self made, which she will definitely appreciate! Well, if you have already chosen a gift for your friend, you can keep this decoration for yourself!

If you want to shine the most dazzlingly at a New Year's party, then it's time to think about a New Year's outfit. You can decorate a regular collar with pieces of an unnecessary disk. Looks very cool!

An owl would be a great idea for a New Year's craft made from old CDs. To create a night guard, you can use pieces of felt, colored paper, several disks and other available materials. Turn on your imagination and start creating.

Remember the days when our shelves were filled with CDs with music, movies, programs and backups of the most important files from the computer? If you still haven't thrown out stacks of these CDs, as well as unnecessary or used DVD discs, the following list of ideas will definitely come in handy!

From unique Christmas ornaments to glamorous bowls and mirrors, this list will show you best ways reusing piles of your old disks.

IMPORTANT: remember that if you try to break the disks with your hands, they will spray fragments in all directions (this has been tested personally). If you cut with scissors as is, you will be able to separate the discs into pieces, but the shiny coating may crack or peel off pieces. To get perfectly even pieces, we recommend: a jigsaw; multiple reuse the cutter until it penetrates deeply into the layers of the disc, and then carefully breaks off along the cut line; slight heating of the disk (under hot water or at the lowest temperature in the oven) before cutting with scissors. You will probably find many more methods on the Internet - just try them one by one and choose yours.

CAREFULLY: When covering any thing with pieces of discs, remember that they are very easy to cut off. Therefore, you should not, for example, attach pieces to a decorative bowl for jewelry or to a guitar without then putting a good layer of one or another transparent coating on top, which will save you from the problem described.

1. Real master artists put together magnificent small sculptures from pieces of disks. The base can be, for example, air-drying plastic or a similar material that does not need to be exposed to high temperatures. And the fragments from the disks themselves are already attached to the base by pressing and at the same time placing them on the glue.

2. “Tiles” cut from discs can be used to lay out a bird bath for a summer cottage. And again, do not forget about the covering so that the birds do not injure their paws. The result is an amazing vintage mosaic, especially if the bath itself is copper or blackened metal.

3. A hippie-style guitar can be made just as well from broken pieces with additional decorative elements. Here, light exposure to fire was applied to some of the pieces (not for long and at a distance - experiment), as well as a special dyeing technique.

This decoration technique looks no worse on an electric guitar:

4. The mirror frame is lined with fragments of CDs, like shell fragments.

And her " cousin" - picture frame:

5. Using solid disks, artists Alice Morin and Clemens Elyar created a huge installation called “Wastelandscape” - “waves of music”, which, at the suggestion of the authors, became the embodiment of an oil slick. Inside the Centquatre gallery, Paris as part of the green movement.

On topic: George Raidbo puts entire sculptures out of disks...

...or how do you like this sea of ​​discs from Bruce Munro?

Christmas tree on the street…

...her colleague...

...or a lizard laid out on the asphalt on a single base and then suspended from the house by cables and ropes.

Installation-ball for a school/institute library…

...or pavilion-arch.

6. If you lay out at least a simple pattern from pieces of CDs, as here, and not just stick them randomly, you will get an original and very nice jewelry box.

7. This is how you can decorate the most ordinary flower pot with pieces of disks. Black sealant or mastic is placed between the glued “shards”.

8. A coffee table tiled with mosaics looks great. In this case, it is better to place the mosaic under solid impact-resistant glass.

And one more table, which, thanks to its small size and white mastic between the CD pieces, despite its brightness, looks more delicate and appropriate in an apartment with a calm decor.

9. Christmas decorations from transparent balls and CD pieces...

...from whole disks and fabric, beads and wire...

...toys and a candlestick in combination with various accessories.

New Year themed triptych on the wall:

11. Disc holders for the bathroom curtain.

12. The transparent part of the kitchen door or the door to the living room is lined with pieces of discs.

13. Thick scrapbooking paper was glued onto the discs, resulting in brightly colored cup holders. You won't be able to make hot pads out of discs, because they will start to melt even under the knitted layer.

There is a chance with hot if only with this option:

Or like this: coffee beans are glued onto a disk, resulting in a fragrant stand-plate.

14. Creative idea- glue disc fragments onto leather, suede or nubuck shoes. The main thing is to take a good waterproof glue, put the first layer on the shoes and let it dry, and then glue the pieces on top. And the second key point is not to glue pieces where the leather bunches up or stretches when you put on and wear the shoes. Also, do not glue the pieces onto thin straps, as there is a high chance of scratching your feet later.

Continued in the second part of the article “How to creatively use unnecessary CDs: more than 80 ideas. Part 2.”: the creative component of the following ideas increases exponentially with each step!

Sources including:
www.boredpanda.com/recycled-cd-diy
pinterest.com

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