Crafts from CDs: beauty for a penny

Gone are the days when a CD-shelf disks causes trembling and music lovers proudly pointed to a collection of musical treasures. Today, a few shelves with the data once astounding easily fit on one USB flash drive. Sooner or later, people still say goodbye to the collection and release more space. Can I keep the memory of favorite things? To not have to part with your favorite things, from HouseChief.ru editors found a lot of ideas how to make a simple and beautiful crafts of the disks. Explain how you can use them in business, and most importantly, to keep the memory of a time when we were listening to CDs and cassettes.

Why throw away something that might come in handy?

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1 What can be done from the disks with their own hands - an overview
- 1.1 Crafts with their hands from computer disks
- 1.2 What can be done from the car drives
2 Crafts from CD and DVD discs with your own hands with the instructions for the manufacture and photo examples
- 2.1 Crafts with their hands to the wall decorations of the CDs
- 2.2 Lamps and ceiling of the disks
- 2.3 Photo frames and mirrors of drives
- 2.4 Hours of CDs with his own hands
- 2.5 What can be done for the kitchen of the old CD-ROM drive
- 2.6 What crafts for children can be made from CDs with his own hands
- 2.7 Crafts from disk by May 9
- 2.8 How can I use the old drives for the manufacture of volumetric figures
3 Crafts with their hands out of old automobile disks with instructions on making and photo examples
- 3.1 Crafts from rims for the garden
- 3.2 Crafts with their hands from the drive to the house

What can be done from the disks with their own hands - an overview

DVD-drives excellent material for creative work. Of these, you can build an interesting watch, unusual panels deterrent to birds to the country, fixtures and much more. Equally popular and rims, that here and there they can be found at garden plotsAs a kind of decoration.

Crafts with their hands from computer disks

Did not you know that the DVD disc easily separated into layers? And that they are so popular among the masters!

To work need the usual clamor: you just need to prepare scissors and interpret the needle.

A few more minutes of patience and unusual accessory is ready!

What can be done from the car drives

Equally popular "rework" of the automobile disks. They are easy to paint, including a multi-layered parts to assemble. The main thing - to find the waste material.

Here is a table you can do with your hands from the wheel rims.

But it proved to stand decorate any country site.

As you are such a lamp in the style of high-tech?

Crafts from CD and DVD discs with your own hands with the instructions for the manufacture and photo examples

These self-made masterpieces from scrap materials with proper treatment can compete with road furniture. Keep in mind that these products are just for you!

Crafts with their hands to the wall decorations of the CDs

What can be done from unnecessary drives to the room: the mass of options. It can be a spectacular hanging curtains, panels on the wall, Ornamental decoration night light.

This screen has two roles: to effectively reflect light and make the room unique.

To create this product, you will need a few strips to create the frame. Main fasten braids or braid, which then attached disks. It is best to maintain the same distance. Wheels fixed to the glue. Tapes or laces are screwed screws.

We could have done such a decoration for the kitchen. Fish scales can be a wonderful reflection member.

Lamps and ceiling of the disks

And now, from theory to practice. We offer a master class on making a spectacular fixture of the disks.

Illustration	Description of the action
	For work, we need: lightbulb with a cartridge, plywood for foundations, bar to drive fasteners. As well as washers and nuts.
	Mark up the base of the lamp on a piece of plywood, for this purpose we take an ordinary DVD disc.
	One disc is ready for the opening of the cartridge and insert it inside.
	We make a recess wire.
	Putting three plywood disk, one that fasten with a wire in the middle will be in the middle. Three holes are drilled at equal distances from each other.
	It remains to make identical holes in the stack of disks. Drives are strung on three pins inserted into the ground.

Photo frames and mirrors of drives

What is interesting and useful for the house can be made from old CDs? It is very impressive to look beautiful Frame. It is also possible to build a frame for mirror.

Stages of work: on the finished wood or plastic or cardboard frame is applied a layer of glue, break pieces than DVD-drives spread around the perimeter.

After drying, the adhesive is overwritten grout joints or acrylic paint.

It can be a little "coarsen" frame, making jagged pieces.

Hours of CDs with his own hands

A perfect gift - an exclusive watch, the dial of which is created from a DVD-blanks. For registration we need: a napkin for decoupage, The general synthetic brush clockwork arrow and krakelyurny varnish.

Illustration	Description of the action
	Krakelyurny applied to the surface coating, brush conventional pre-wetting water and squeezing it.
	Two hours postpone the work and give it to dry.
	From napkin neatly torn off pattern pieces.
	Layer on the disc a thin layer of adhesive spread begin drawing.
	The final stage of design and assembly of sequins clockwork.

An alternative variant of registration of hours.

What can be done for the kitchen of the old CD-ROM drive

For kitchen may be relevant Floral panels, decorative design utensils, such as plates. Very often the disks are used for decoration apronAnd decor furniture.

Condiment box can also be decorated with fragments of the disc.

Boring furniture, too, can "revive" with such a decor.

Radiator batteries also can decorate unusual panels.

And for trifles and household appliances can create such pockets, that's organizers.

But such a coffee table would be relevant not only in the kitchen but also in the living room.

Interesting design flower pot - not it, right?

What crafts for children can be made from CDs with his own hands

Small openers miracles as no one else will appreciate the brilliant articles made of plastic pieces. Kids are very useful tinkering with his own hands, as it develops fine motor skills.

The child can be entrusted with such a design that's a New Year's ball for disco.

But such lovely homemade toys will decorate any exhibition.

In fact, if you include the imagination, the basic disk can become a brilliant fish, or the sun.

Beauty of trash: crafts from discs that takes your fancy! — But this cute turtle from plastic bottles boasts spectacular pattern.

Crafts from disk by May 9

Very often the disks are used for the design of special occasions and anniversaries.

Such appliqués are made is not difficult!

Decorated with souvenirs such traditional St. George's ribbons with fabric, cardboard, colored paper.

The final part, most often bound with adhesive elements.

How can I use the old drives for the manufacture of volumetric figures

But the crafts of the automobile disks often do not fit in the house, usually the decor can be found in the country or in the country. This work is more laborious and requires certain skills to work with metal.

Ball, from which all dreamed of in the '80s!

Almost like the real thing. This job requires a lot of skill.

Crafts with their hands out of old automobile disks with instructions on making and photo examples

Original recreation area can be made with the participation of the male half of your family and a few metal discs.

Crafts from rims for the garden

The whole process takes no more work for 5-6 hours.

Complexity can arise at the stage of searching for a brick finish.

Such improvised bonfire can be used for cooking your favorite meals in the fresh air.

Crafts with their hands from the drive to the house

Now consider the cooking process coffee table of automotive disc, which can decorate any modern living room.

Illustration	Description of the action
	Disks are cut into two parts. To do this, use the grinders.
	For manufacturing need to restore "rustling" in garage: Find the brake disc, hub tube, washer and bolt.
	Hub connected to the brake disc.
	metal pipe inserted into the brake disc, fixed. Further design overturn.
	Is fixed to the hub rims. Next to the holders fasten glass.

We talked about some embodiments, a small portion of all the pans, which can be implemented with the help of a seemingly worthless things. To implement the ideas for the production of interesting and unique items do not need much, just to find the time and the material that is needed.

And how often do you create extraordinary things from the trash? What was it? Tell us about your experience in the comments!