Found a stack of old discs - start creating! What luck that you didn't throw away...

Progress is unstoppable. Until recently, we were thinking about how to rewrite old videotapes to CD. And now - a whole stack of carefully collected discs with useless cargo is dusting in the closet. Don't throw them away!




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From scratched or damaged CD- and DVD-discs you can make great crafts. Designers and amateurs create from them a lot of useful and necessary things for home and recreation in nature.



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What to make from old disks ideas from around the world

1. Cup stands. The size and shape are exactly what you need. It remains to be decorated. You can glue circles of felt to the discs and decorate them with multi-colored pieces of fabric.
   
   
   Or paint in different colors and decorate with stencil.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. I'm not quite sure what to call this group of crafts. Mobiles, music pendants or dream catchers? They can be hung on the porch of the house or in the garden, and all summer they will magically reflect light and play with the wind and the sun.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   It is also claimed that designs of wind-moving discs effectively deter birds.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Mirror mosaic. With scissors or pliers, break the discs into small fragments. You will get miniature fragments with which you can decorate any surface: frames, flower pots, dishes and furniture. Whatever you do, it will shine with all the colors of the rainbow.
   
   
   The technology of work is the same as when laying tiles: preparation (degreasing) of the surface, applying a layer of glue or putty, laying out a mosaic, drying. The gaps between individual fragments can be filled with stained glass paints.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Volumetric figures. Graphic designer and illustrator of children's books Sean Avery (Sean Avery) from Australia makes from fragments of old CD figures truly fabulous beauty.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Crafts for children. Children like the iridescent shine and shape of the discs. Together with the kids, you can arm yourself with scissors, colored paper and turn a stack of old discs into a home zoo.
   
   
   
6. Creative lamps.
   
   
   
7. Clock dials.
   
   
   
8. Coffee tables.
   
   
   
9. Standers.
   
   
   
10. New Year decorations.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Installations.
    British artist Bruce Monroe collected 65,000 used CDs and turned them into 100 sparkling water lilies on the surface of a lake in Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.
    
    
    The Wastelandscape installation, on display at the Centquatre Cultural Centre in Paris, is most like a sea of CDs.
    
    
    
    
    

We listed the most interesting ways, How to use old discs. If you like to make unusual things, then this article was created specifically for you. Get more CDs, be patient and start creating!

It is better to take discs recorded in factory conditions for work. They give a uniform reflection of all the colors of the rainbow and do not exfoliate when cut. Cutting old CDs into pieces, you need to protect your hands with gloves and your eyes with plastic glasses. To facilitate the work of cutting discs, it is more convenient to preheat them.

Crafts from old discs You can use it at home, or you can give it to loved ones. After all, beautiful and handmade candlesticks, caskets, vases, photo frames bring much more positive emotions than those bought in the store.