Ideas with disks. Discs
The article gives several ideas on how to make many useful things from CDs: a box, a candlestick, a photo frame or a roof covering.
Many people have accumulated old CDs that become obsolete or become unusable. Of course, you can throw them away, but it’s better to store them and at some point use them for a global project, for example, to cover a roof. And from small quantities you can make interesting crafts.
Original disc roof covering
If you have accumulated a lot of such material, then you can make a roof covering from old disks. It will literally look brilliant, and will also not let moisture into the room due to the correct arrangement of the elements.
First, the discs need to be attached to a wooden base, for example, to plywood, and then to the roof. To lay one square meter you will need 120 pieces. They need to be fixed using this technology.
Place the discs end to end in the first row so that there are no gaps. In the second one, place it in a checkerboard pattern relative to this one so as to block the holes of the first one. The third row will also be located relative to the second in a checkerboard pattern, with the holes overlapping. This is how a scaly roof is made from old discs.
Those who have accumulated a lot of unnecessary vinyl records can also implement a similar technology, but using them.
However, let's return to the idea of what can be made from old disks. When laying them, make small holes. Secure parts using small nails or screws.
Come up with a pattern, following which you will lay such an improvised tile roof. You can place the discs either matte or glossy side up.
If you don’t have enough disks or records, then you can put them not on the roof of the house, but on the canopy.
See how English artist Bruce Monroe came up with the idea of using old disks. According to him, he wanted to enhance the natural beauty of the garden in this way. It took him 65,000 discs to make water lilies.
You're unlikely to have that much on hand, so you can make small water lilies or home decor items.
DIY rigid curtains made from discs
You won't need to wash them, just brush off the dust occasionally. Such curtains will decorate the room and add positive notes to it.
The manufacturing process is extremely simple. For it you will need:
- CD disks;
- paper clips;
- drill.
Such curtains can be easily fixed to the cornice; to do this, you need to use a sharp stationery knife to go through the markings of the larger inner circle, and then squeeze it out with your fingers to enlarge the hole. You can also use a drill for this purpose. Bathroom curtain holders are made using the same technique from old discs.
You can also make curtain ties using the same material.
Place a smaller round object on the disk. While holding it, trace it with a knife, then cut along the markings with scissors.
The resulting ring is decorated with a satin ribbon, which just needs to be wrapped around it.
You can decorate curtain tiebacks with satin flowers made using the kanzashi technique, and attach rings to curtains using sushi sticks. They can be painted or also rewound with satin ribbon, gluing it.
Beautiful crafts from CDs
Even from very old disks you can make a New Year's toy using fragments untouched by time. Cut out pieces from this material, which then glue to the Christmas ball like a mosaic. Wipe off excess glue with a cloth.
Using the same technique, you can decorate the collar of a blouse. For this purpose, discs are also cut into fragments. Then they need to be glued to the fabric.
To make a photo frame with your own hands, prepare:
- thick cardboard;
- PVA glue;
- CD disks;
- scissors;
- black paint in a tube with a fine tip.
Use scissors to cut the disks into individual elements. Apply PVA to the photo frame - a small area of it, attach the resulting pieces here.
Let your artwork dry, then fill in the gaps between the pieces with tube paint. When it dries, then you can use the frame for its intended purpose.
And from just one disk you can make a candlestick. For it you will need:
- glass balls;
- 1 disk;
- super glue or another one designed for working with these materials;
- candle.
Cover the outer contour of the circle with balls. Glue the second row on top of these, arranging its elements in a checkerboard pattern. This way create 4 chains. All that remains is to attach the candle using hot wax and you can plunge into the romantic atmosphere.
Homemade jewelry box
It is made of the same material. Here's what it took to create this necessary thing:
- 3 disks;
- textile;
- padding polyester;
- needle with thread;
- scissors.
Divide both circles into 16 equal sectors. To make your task easier, first divide in half, then into 4 parts, then into 8 and 16.
Transfer the pattern to the fabric or immediately draw on it. You need to make 2 such blanks from canvas. Now sew along the markings, making 16 stitches from the outer to the inner edge. Place padding polyester in the resulting pockets. Sew up the top of the disc box.
If you want to make handles, then weave a braid from three strips of fabric.
To make a lid for a box with your own hands, fold two pieces of fabric in a pile, place on a disk, outline with chalk, cut out with a seam allowance of 7 mm on all sides. Cover the disc on top and bottom with these fabrics. If you want the lid to be soft, then cut out two circles of padding polyester and cover the disk first with them and then with fabrics. Sew along the edges with a blind stitch.
Here's how to make a box.
How to make an owl from old CDs?
Try making this funny owl from this material. It will become a room decoration or an original gift.
To get started you will need this:
- several disks (10–12 pcs.);
- a simple pencil;
- scissors with soft finger rings to avoid rubbing calluses;
- scotch;
- foil;
- strong glue;
- yellow and black cardboard;
- ball pen.
Cut out 2 circles from yellow cardboard; they should be larger in size than the holes in the disks. Cut out 2 smaller black circles from thick black paper and glue these bird pupils onto the yellow ones as shown in the photo.
From the dark areas of the disk, cut out the beak, 2 eyebrows and 2 paws of the owl.
Do not throw away the remaining pieces. You need to draw leaves on them and also cut them out. These elements will be useful for decoration.
Glue an eye to the center of each disc. Glue these two disks together and attach the beak to them. Take another light disk and cut fringe on it only on one side and the opposite side. This is the head of an owl. Glue the blank eyes and beak onto it, based on the photo hint.
To make the owl further, take 5 light disks.
To save energy, do not completely decorate their edges with fringe; do it only where necessary. The photograph shows this moment.
Start gluing them together as follows.
Cut out two wings from a dark disk, decorate them with fringe and glue them, eyebrows, and paws of the bird into place.
Place the pencil on the foil and wrap it in this shiny sheet.
Glue pre-cut leaves from disks to the perch. You have such a wonderful owl that will certainly bring good luck to your home.
Coasters for cups made from CDs
These kitchen utensils will prevent the tablecloth from getting dirty with drops of tea and will decorate the table. They are made extremely simply.
Take:
- disks;
- textile;
- ballpoint pen;
- padding polyester;
- needle and thread.
Now place the padding polyester on the wrong side of the fabric and sew the two layers together using a basting stitch. Place the padding polyester on the SD, tighten the thread, tie two knots. Place another circle of padding polyester and fabric on top of the disk, sew the blanks together as shown in the photo. You can put a loop on the side to hang your DIY cup stand from.
Interesting country ideas from old CDs
You can read how to make such a peacock from a tire in the corresponding article, and its tail is made from the material that this review is devoted to. For it, you will need to cut a metal mesh in the shape of a large fan, attach disks to it with wire in rows or lay out a pattern for the tail from them.
Here are other summer cottage ideas. To create one of these brilliant fish, you will only need two CDs, as well as colored cardboard. If these figures will not hang under a canopy, then it is better to use rubber or other synthetic sheets instead. From these you will cut out the fin, tail and mouth of the fish.
Place these parts between two disks and glue them together. Don’t forget to first put a fishing line or thin cord inside to hang the craft.
It’s also not difficult to create a funny caterpillar by first painting 5 disks, attaching legs to four, and gluing eyes, mouth, nose and hair from threads to the fifth. You can easily attach the caterpillar itself to a chain-link mesh or to a picket fence using wire.
You can also make a windmill or street lamps from disks for your dacha.
Choose your favorite idea and bring it to life. If you want to see how to make these and other things from old disks, we suggest watching the videos:
Many kids today probably don't even know what a CD is, but they can probably find a few of these ancient treasures in your home. Not so long ago, we listened to music in the player using old CDs, but now they have lost their value. But don’t rush to throw trash out of your home, because you can make fun DIY CD crafts for kids.
DIY CD crafts can be adapted into exciting toys for children. For example, make a wonderful top from your childhood, but in a modern way. And if you involve your children in the process of making the toy, things will be much more fun, and the spinning top will become your favorite item. By the way, if you look closely, this craft is very reminiscent of a mysterious space plate.
Necessary materials:
- old CDs;
- egg from Kinder Surprise;
- paints;
- glitter;
- white glue;
- hot glue gun.
Process description:
It’s good when a hobby can bring not only beauty to your home, but also benefit. For example, like this owl organizer. It is perfect for recording important tasks or reminding your child to do his homework. Such a craft from a disk can also be modeled for kindergarten.
Necessary materials:
- several colors of felt;
- disk;
- paper;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- ribbon;
- metal rings;
- various decorations.
Process description:
Spending time with the little ones in an interesting and fun way: making a tiger cub
Who said that working with a child is boring and dull? Diversify your children's leisure time with DIY crafts made from cotton wool and CDs. Let your child do most of the work, and you just adjust his actions a little.
Necessary materials:
- disk;
- cotton pads;
- plasticine;
- colored paper;
- paints;
- brush;
- PVA glue;
- eyes from an old toy.
Process description:
CDs are an excellent material for creating beautiful and useful products. And if you have accumulated a lot of them, get involved in the creative process. I present works that will invigorate the imagination and help the birth of a new, unique idea.
Shining collar on a blouse
DIY precious candlestick
Unusual Christmas tree decorations
Home decoration
You can make an unusual lamp from a stack of old CDs
Flower pot
Mosaic door
A wide variety of lamps
Pieces of discs can be used to make extravagant decorations
Old discs will also make an excellent spinning top.
Photo frame
Owl from a computer disk
Photo album
In this example, each page of the album is decorated not only with photographs, but also with phrases from your favorite songs, quotes and thoughts.
Stylish decorative composition for wall decoration
Disco ball from CD
Coasters made from old CDs
The easiest way to use old disks is to make cup coasters out of them. The disk can be left in its original form, or you can decorate it at your discretion, for example, paint it with acrylic paints and cover it with napkins with a pattern, and then varnish it.
Cup coasters
Earring storage device
Do you have a lot of earrings and are they all mixed up in the box? Then this idea is for you - each earring can be carefully hung in its place on such a jewelry stand.
Another home decoration option
Cool wall clock
Decorative mosaic tiles can brighten up any dull room
Lamp
Hot stand
Crafts for the garden
In addition to creating decorations for the home, discs can also be used to create crafts for the garden, as in the photo. True, the base can be made of wood or paper, and decorated with disks.
Three-dimensional figures from CDs
Australian master Sean E Avery has figured out how to get rid of old unnecessary laser discs. He showed that it’s not for nothing that stacks of CDs are stored so carefully on shelves, because they can still be useful and more than once shine with a rainbow tint, only for a different purpose. Sean breaks the discs into small pieces and then assembles them into intricate animal shapes.
Organizer made from old CDs
Bright bracelet
Curtains made from discs
The time of CDs has almost passed, many people still have a large number of them - music, films, cartoons, outdated computer programs - with images on them of characters from fairy tales and films, flowers, graphic pictures.
They sparkle and shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow on the one hand, and on the other they have beautiful designs. You don’t feel like throwing them away - and there’s no need to, you can use them to make a lot of original, beautiful and useful things for your home.
In addition, it is very easy to work with them - they already have the correct circle shape, which in some crafts will only need to be slightly changed in order to give the future product or decoration the desired look. At the same time, they are easily cut with ordinary office scissors and glued to a surface made of almost any material.
It happens that some home interior items have lost their appearance, it is not possible to replace them with new ones, or it is simply a pity to throw away an old favorite thing that has served faithfully for many years. Discs will help give things a new life.
For example, you can decorate an old mirror with them, making an original frame from pieces of different shapes and sizes that sparkles and shimmers in the rays of sunlight from a window or in the light of an electric lamp with all the colors of the rainbow.
You can make a beautiful frame for a photo, decorate the edges of the cabinet drawers with a mosaic of pieces of disks.
Frame for mirror or photo
You will need a lot of disks, scissors, paints, glue, thick cardboard, colorless transparent varnish.
First you need to cut out a frame from cardboard in the shape and size of a mirror or photo. Then cut the disks into pieces of different shapes - squares, irregular quadrangles, rhombuses, triangles.
Take glue and stick the figures onto the frame so that there is a distance of one or two millimeters between them. As a result, the frame will have a mosaic of iridescent geometric shapes.
When the glue has dried and the figures cut out from the disk have stuck well, use black ink or paint to carefully and carefully go over the joints of the figures. After this, the frame is coated with transparent varnish, allowed to dry and mounted on a wall with a mirror or photograph.
Mirror frames made from discs look mysterious and original.
If the apartment has interior doors with glass, the glass can also be covered with a mosaic of discs. In this case, there is no need to paint the joints between the pieces, but simply cover everything with transparent varnish, then there will be a feeling of light and space.
Clock made from disks
An option is to purchase a clock mechanism with hands or remove it from an old clock, lay clocks of any configuration on the wall with disks, gluing them to the wall, and strengthen the clock mechanism in the middle.
Decorating walls with discs
On the wall in the room or in the kitchen, you can lay out an interesting composition from disks with beautiful pictures selected by theme. Or you can use them to create your own painting.
To do this, you need to take the disks and paint their shiny side with black ink; when the ink is dry, mark the lines of the future image along it, and then go over them with something sharp - a thick needle, a special scraper or a sharp knife with a thin blade and a sharp tip.
Iridescent lines on a black background will look very beautiful - you can draw anything you like: unusual birds, flowers, an abstract design. And hang the discs on the wall in any order.
Decorating the kitchen with discs
In the kitchen, discs can make an unusual “apron” in the work desk area. It will look extremely original, and in terms of performance properties the discs will not be inferior to tiles - they are just as easy to clean from splashes of grease and juice from vegetables and fruits.
The principle of working with them is the same as with frames for mirrors and photographs - just stick them on the wall.
Whether for a room or a kitchen, you can make a mosaic panel from disks by gluing pieces of the desired shape and color onto cardboard, and then covering the composition with transparent varnish.
Household items made from discs
The discs will make an excellent hot plate. In this case, the disk will play the role of the base; you need to put a nice cover made of fabric on it, and the stand is ready.
It would be original to update the tabletop of a coffee table with cut pieces of disks. To do this, cut them, fix them on the tabletop using a plasticizer in any order or by making a pattern out of the pieces, and then fill the tabletop with a thin layer of transparent varnish, making it even.
The coating will be durable. The tabletop will sparkle and shimmer beautifully.
You can make a holder for women's earrings from two disks and a thick tree branch.
The core of the stand is made from a smoothly processed branch, ground to the diameter of the hole in the center of the disks, one disk will be the base, the second shelf, make holes in it and insert the earrings into them.
How to decorate a suburban area with discs
There is room for creativity and imagination. For example, you can make a flower bed out of old car tires and wheels by decorating the outer surface of the tires with a mosaic of shiny pieces.
Or you can cut a peacock out of a rubber tire, and make a tail from whole round disks - to do this, you need to glue them in pairs with their shiny sides facing out, and then make them into a large triangle-tail, gluing the pairs of glued blanks overlapping.
On a country fence made of disks you can depict a huge iridescent caterpillar. You can paint the disks to look like a ladybug - red paint, make spots with black and draw a head, and plant them on fruit bushes and trees.
New Year's decorations from disks
Due to the fact that the discs shimmer in the rays of light with all the colors of the rainbow, they will make beautiful snowflakes for the New Year holiday - they are easily cut with scissors, you can cut out the most intricate pattern. You can hang snowflakes on the Christmas tree and on the walls.
You can cut the disks into small pieces, thickly cover an ordinary ball with them and hang it from the ceiling on a thread - it will rotate and sparkle, reflecting the lights of New Year's garlands.
The application can be very different. You can use discs to make an interior curtain similar to a bamboo curtain - assemble the discs on long threads. They can make an ultra-modern necklace, a refrigerator magnet, a vase, a candlestick, a stand for ballpoint pens and pencils, a box, or even decorate a summer bag.
Unneeded CDs are an excellent material for creativity, a way to spend leisure time - making certain things from them, and an opportunity to decorate a house or cottage in an original and unusual way without spending a lot of money.
Photos of ideas for fake CDs
Beasts from CDs homaaxel wrote in November 8th, 2013
Sean Edward Avery is a children's illustrator, graphic designer and sculptor. Lives in Perth, Australia. He graduated from Curtin University of Technology and received a bachelor's degree in graphic design. He illustrated the book All Monkeys Love Bananas, and he sculpts to make something beautiful.
Sean works with an interesting technique of creating animals from broken CDs. He cuts the disks with large scissors, then matches the pieces by shape and color, and hot glues the pieces in the right order, one by one, onto a wire mesh. This creates the desired texture of fur or feathers. It usually takes a week to create one sculpture, although it may take longer. It all depends on the motivation of the author :)
"Photos of my work have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, and I have made it to the front pages of many popular blogs, feature and news sites. I have created many figures for private collectors and galleries around the world and have staged many shows in Perth, in including in places such as Scitech, Woodside Plaza and Remida. Entertainment major Ripley's Believe it or Not recently purchased some sculptures for display at the Hollywood and Baltimore Museum."
"And the answer to the most popular question: these sculptures are not as sharp as they seem at first glance. They are only really dangerous if you want to eat them.
I very rarely cut myself with broken disks, but quite often I was burned with glue."
Husky puppy, 2013
13x26 cm, over 40 discs, wire mesh, hot glue, black paint and a week of work.
Lizard, pangolin, 2013.
20x52 cm.
Pangolin is made from Nespresso capsules for Nespresso's Project Upcycle campaign.
Master at work on a lizard:
The entire process of creating pandolin can be viewed. There are a lot of photos there.
Kangaroo, 2013.
10x30 cm. Over 40 discs, wire mesh frame, hot glue, black paints and a week of work.
This is a mother kangaroo with her baby and is part of a collection of Australian animals that the artist created together with Aspects Gallery in Kings Park.
Hummingbird, 2013.
10x25 cm. More than 40 discs.
Orangutan. 10x7x20 cm.
More than 30 discs.
Bullfinch, 2012.
Hummingbird, 2012.
35x25 cm. More than 40 discs.
A baby owl falls from its nest, 2012.
25x35 cm. More than 40 discs.
Little Fox, 2012.
7x15 cm. More than 25 discs.
Some people are curious about what kind of CDs and DVDs I use in my work. For example, for this little fox we cut it with scissors:
Family Guy: Season 7
The Simpsons: Seasons 20 & 19
Death at a Funeral
Westernex product catalogues.
The TV series were of terrible quality, from Indonesia.
Kookaburra, large Australian kingfisher, 2012.
40x35 cm. More than 40 discs.
Panda, 2012.
15x20 cm, more than 35 discs.
Pink Heron, 2012.
37x55 cm. More than 50 discs.
“This is a very impudent bird, it fishes right in my pond!”
Sapsan, 2012.
35x46 cm. More than 40 discs.
“I really like this sculpture, I managed to give it plasticity. It gets better and better every time.”
Hummingbird pendant. Or a pendant.
14x13 cm. 120 $
"This is a small version of the hummingbirds that I usually create. The sun plays on the shiny surfaces of the discs and creates an interesting effect. CDs and DVDs come in different colors, this bird is made of purple and gold. If you want a work with discs of different colors, write to me. I have the following color discs: gold, blue, green, purple, silver and I can make any combination of them."
Panda, 2012.
15x20 cm.
The panda was made for a buyer from the USA. The bear cub can sit in a variety of positions.
More than 50 black and silver discs were used.
Cat, 2012.
45x50 cm.
Made for a buyer from England. In fact, the composition consists of a mouse and a cat that hunts it.
Rat. She has a swaying snake-like tail.
18x13 cm.
Made for a buyer from Canada. She probably speaks French.
Meerkat.
40x25 cm.
The size of a real meerkat. Made for a buyer from England.
Opossum.
10x13 cm.
Koala.
100x45 cm.
Eucalyptus leaves are made of steel frame.
Kiwi.
5x7 cm.
This bird was made at a workshop for students where the artist taught that the animal should not LOOK realistic, but should FEEL like a sculpture.
Small Australian possum.
7x13 cm.
Chameleon.
30x25 cm.
He is small but has a big character.
Rhinoceros.
100x45 cm. $500.
The stocky rhinoceros is made from materials that reflect its character well.
Colmar.100x40 cm.
Its tentacles seem to move.
Bear.
30x30 cm.