Remember the days when we had shelves full of customized CDs with music compilations for every occasion, movies, and back-ups of our more-important-than-life files? If you still haven't thrown your collection to trash, now it is time to give these CDs a new life! Since everyone loves good DIY projects, we have made a list of creative ideas on what to do with old CDs.
From one-of-a-kind Christmas ornaments to glamorous plates and mirrors, this list of brilliant 5-minute crafts will show you a few of the most excellent ways to recycling that pile of your old CDs.If you liked these DIY ideas, be sure to check out our list on how to creatively repurpose old stuff.
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Mosaic Tile Birdbath
Animal Sculptures Made Of Shattered Cds
Guitar
Mirror
Wastelandscape
Jewelry Box
Mosaic Flower Pot
If I remember correctly it is on the first photo and it looks like the gaps were filled it with puff paint.
Load More Replies...I want to know what was used to stop the water from coming thru the pot, In my experience it would cause the tiles and in my case paint to c
The pot is terra cotta colored plastic. The glue is regular craft glue and it's finished with black slick dimensional fabric paint.
Load More Replies...he used chocolate..... :/ sorry not sorry)))))))))))) #itsmylife #yololololol #chocolatelyfe #caliboy #livelaughloveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Mosaic Table
Christmas Ornaments
Door
Kleenex Box Decor
Coasters
Shoes ;)
Mosaic Table
Collar
Wall Clock
Bracelet
Holiday Clutch
Christmas Tree
Wall Art
Shiny Collar
Cd Lezard Madrid
Photo Frame
Galaxy Cap
Cd Lantern
Curtain
Shred In Mixer, Glue, Repeat.
Stargate Replicator Queen Bug
3d Print Cdbits And Turn Your Old Cds Into Lego.
Stargate Replicator Bug
Elephant Mask From Beatelephant
Mini Bicycles For Promoting Cycling Events And Active Transportation: Easy For Kids To Make
Electric Guitar
Curtain Decoration With Cds
how do you make both sides of the cd to look the same (take off the printed side)?
Madrid, Spain
Disco Ball
Mirrow
I am blown away! So beautiful. Makes me want to try something!
So, the essence of each of these entries is: Break CD into pieces, glue onto something. BOOM! Art.
The first two particularly are most definately art...beautiful, and miles better than a lot of the rubbish that passes for it nowadays...
Load More Replies...I am going to do the plate, mirror, window by our front door and the decor in the bathroom.
So I just found this site and I'm so excited to do some or a few of these projects I have kept all my CDs for over 20yrs and I have well over 5-8 thousands of them I am in the process of buying a home and I'll have little $$ to decorate so this is gonna be the best housewarming gift I can give myself Can't wait to start and make my cd decorated room or rooms Thank you soo soooo much for the inspiration ideas
So many wonderful suggestions. Pity there aren't too many links that take you to the instructions on how to do it.
Great ideas! Dumb people in the comments though lol but lol "is there yet directions?" "Can I get th directions?" Sure, you break or cut up some old cds and glue them to various objects to make them shiny. Lmao XD and mother of pearl if I hear how "that looks just like mother of pearl!" ONE more time I'm logging off and watching spongebob 😂😂😂
umm i still use dvds for short term backup but used ones whose files are of no use i will try
I really love the Shoes and the Collar, I mean all of them are beautiful but If I had cds right now I would make them in a heartbeat
Didn't realise CDs had such vivid colours? Is there a way of making these colours?
Load More Replies...Been saving them for years, First hung out old ones when we needed to scare birds from our garden they worked well.
Question: kinda silly really, but... how do you break them without cutting your hands in half? Little buggers are pretty thick :/
Kitchen scissors, the kind used to cut through chicken and carcasses....I didn't mean to make that sound gross.
Load More Replies...Super glue, wood glue and grout will work for most of these projects... Any hardware store can tell you what is best for each project.
I am trying to save this link (I'm an art teacher with a boatload of old CD's) and the link keeps sending me a game on the App Store?? Help
Should be https://www.boredpanda.com/recycled-cd-diy/
Load More Replies...How do you glue them together so tight and neat so your hand will not be cut into the sharp edges?
I am blown away! So beautiful. Makes me want to try something!
So, the essence of each of these entries is: Break CD into pieces, glue onto something. BOOM! Art.
The first two particularly are most definately art...beautiful, and miles better than a lot of the rubbish that passes for it nowadays...
Load More Replies...I am going to do the plate, mirror, window by our front door and the decor in the bathroom.
So I just found this site and I'm so excited to do some or a few of these projects I have kept all my CDs for over 20yrs and I have well over 5-8 thousands of them I am in the process of buying a home and I'll have little $$ to decorate so this is gonna be the best housewarming gift I can give myself Can't wait to start and make my cd decorated room or rooms Thank you soo soooo much for the inspiration ideas
So many wonderful suggestions. Pity there aren't too many links that take you to the instructions on how to do it.
Great ideas! Dumb people in the comments though lol but lol "is there yet directions?" "Can I get th directions?" Sure, you break or cut up some old cds and glue them to various objects to make them shiny. Lmao XD and mother of pearl if I hear how "that looks just like mother of pearl!" ONE more time I'm logging off and watching spongebob 😂😂😂
umm i still use dvds for short term backup but used ones whose files are of no use i will try
I really love the Shoes and the Collar, I mean all of them are beautiful but If I had cds right now I would make them in a heartbeat
Didn't realise CDs had such vivid colours? Is there a way of making these colours?
Load More Replies...Been saving them for years, First hung out old ones when we needed to scare birds from our garden they worked well.
Question: kinda silly really, but... how do you break them without cutting your hands in half? Little buggers are pretty thick :/
Kitchen scissors, the kind used to cut through chicken and carcasses....I didn't mean to make that sound gross.
Load More Replies...Super glue, wood glue and grout will work for most of these projects... Any hardware store can tell you what is best for each project.
I am trying to save this link (I'm an art teacher with a boatload of old CD's) and the link keeps sending me a game on the App Store?? Help
Should be https://www.boredpanda.com/recycled-cd-diy/
Load More Replies...How do you glue them together so tight and neat so your hand will not be cut into the sharp edges?