It is necessary: ​​disks are unnecessary, a beautiful dense box, scissors, glue, ordinary tile grout. Will:

Putting together everything you need. There are nuances. With a thumb on your right hand you have to say goodbye for two days - you will be numb from cutting. You can also say goodbye to scissors. They say that discs can be heated, then they are easier to cut. I didn't succeed, so I cut without anesthesia. Disks must be of decent quality or generally licensed. Ordinary blanks crumble and peel, disks from computer toys or from exhibitions (like mine) go well.


We cut the discs into pieces pleasing to the soul. For those who are not lazy, you can cut with an ornament. We glue it on the box. Dry.


After drying, we rub the seams between the pieces with ordinary grout for joints, tiled. You can putty.


After the grout dries, remove the excess. Discs are scratched a little while doing this, yes. But it is only noticeable to the master-maker. Remains in the corners - neatly with sandpaper. Everything.

Do you have old, unnecessary CDs lying around at home and want to throw them away? Take your time with this, you can make a box out of them that will serve you for many years.
To make the box, we need:
- 4 CDs.
- Cardboard.
- Pencil.
- Ruler.
- Glue.
- Scissors.
- Textile.
- Needle.
- Threads in the color of the fabric.
- Household foam sponge (dishwashing sponge).

Take the fabric, put it down face side on the table, put a disk on top and cut out a circle, taking into account allowances of 1.5-2 centimeters. We will make cuts at the allowance.

Apply glue to the allowance and bend it so that the material sticks to the disc. We do this with all disks. It doesn't matter which side you put the disc on the cloth, you won't see it later.

We put the two discs together so that the material is out. Discs can be glued together or stitched together. I used the second method.

This will be the lid of the box. Let's put it aside for now. Now we need cardboard. Cut a strip of the desired height from it. This will be the wall of the box. What will be the height depends on you. I made a height of 8 centimeters plus 1.5 centimeters added to connect to the bottom.

Yes, since the length of the cardboard was not enough for me, I had to add it. Along the line of the allowance, slightly pressing on the cardboard, draw with scissors and cut the allowance so that we get triangles. Let's bend them.

Take the fabric and cut a strip from it. The width of the strip should be twice as large as the width of the cardboard blank (I have a blank height of 8 centimeters, so the width of the strip from the fabric came out to me 16 centimeters), only the allowance is not taken into account, and the length is exactly on the blank.

Now we spread glue on the fabric and glue it onto the cardboard. As a result, you should have the fabric glued on both sides of the cardboard blank, except for the allowance.

Now we glue the edges of the workpiece, grease the allowance with glue and glue it to one disk. For reliability, all joints can be stitched with a needle and thread. Now the walls are not even, but it can be solved. To do this, I put a bottle of water inside the box and left it there until the glue was completely dry.

We insert the second disc inside the box so that the fabric on it is outward, so we will close the allowance from the cardboard blank.

Now is the time to start decorating the lid. To do this, take a colored foam sponge and cut out 7 petals for a flower from it. The edges of the petals can be cut slightly with scissors, so the flower will look more beautiful.

We glue the petals on the lid.

Now let's take a sponge of a different color, I took a red one. Cut a small rectangle from it and cut a fringe from it without cutting it to the edge. Roll it up into a tube and glue it in the center of the flower, fringe up.

In our time of computers and digital technologies, every person has a certain number of CDs that are not needed, but still stored. Many find original applications for them, these are all kinds of stands, decoration for cars and many other interesting things. By themselves, such discs are interesting for their sparkling appearance. Today we will tell you how to arrange casket using unnecessary discs as mosaic material.

For work we need:
- box,
- discs (the number depends on the size of the box 4-6 pieces),
- sharp scissors,
- the template on which the mosaic pattern is applied,
- a marker, which is used to write on discs,
- alcohol solution,
- PVA glue, grout,
- decorative paper.

We took as a box wooden box in the shape of a heart, but any other can do, even cardboard, the main thing is that the cardboard is strong and does not bend, the box must be easy to open and close, otherwise the mosaic will quickly come off.

Such a mosaic can be used to decorate other objects in the house, for example, a mirror looks very original in this design - shiny mosaic visually increases its size and it seems that the frame itself is mirrored.

It is more convenient to work with factory discs, which are often supplied in a set to mobile phones or office equipment. Such discs have one side with a logo or pictures with advertisements, while the other is clean, with a mirror-like silvery tint, and in the light it gives reflections of all the colors of the rainbow. Simple blanks are unsuitable for such work, since they delaminate when cut. Yes, and these should be cut very carefully with very sharp scissors, since they can burst in unnecessary places, and then you will have to use more discs. It is also worth looking at the shades of the discs so that individual fragments of the mosaic do not stand out from the overall picture.

The work of cutting out individual pieces of the mosaic is quite difficult, so it is worthwhile to pre-seal the places where the fingers touch the scissors with adhesive plaster, otherwise blisters cannot be avoided, also choose strong scissors, preferably without plastic rings.

To select a mosaic pattern, circle the box on a piece of paper and draw a picture on this leaf that we want to post. Then we divide the entire drawing into segments that are small in size and preferably in the form of regular geometric shapes, this is necessary for the convenience of cutting the disks. At oval shapes or with bends, they often burst and deteriorate. We have got a rose with a bud. Large parts should be divided into several small ones, then it will be easier to cut and the look of the finished product will be more interesting.

To transfer the pattern to a disc, you can use glass and a disc marker, don't be afraid to draw thick lines on the discs themselves, they can then be removed well with an alcohol solution or nail polish remover. The finished parts can be immediately laid out on the box, just put it on a rigid base so as not to inadvertently break the mosaic. Gradually, the whole mosaic is laid out, it is worth watching the seams, they must be uniform, then we will remember them with grout.

When all the pieces are ready, just we take glue and glue each piece in its place... The simplest will be PVA, as we said at the beginning, but you can use any glue other than silicate glue, you just need to try it on a piece first, since some adhesives can dissolve the thin plastic of the disc. We also paste over the sides of the box, here you can use rectangular strips of different widths.

Carefully wipe the inscriptions with a marker that remained.

It remains to wipe the joints, take a little grout, dilute it and rub the seams.

When it dries, gently sponge wipe the leftovers from the discs.

Left decorate the inside of the box... To do this, simply paste over it inside with paper for wrapping gifts.

The box is ready.

The article gives several ideas on how to make many useful things out of CD disks: a box, a candlestick, a photo frame or a roof covering.

Many have accumulated old CD disks, which become obsolete or become unusable. Of course, you can throw them away, but it is better to store them, and at one point use them for a global project, for example, to cover the roof. And from a small amount, you can make interesting crafts.

Original roof covering made of discs

If you have a lot of such material, then you can make a roof covering from old discs. It will look literally brilliant, and even will not let moisture inside the room due to correct location elements.

The disks must first be attached to wooden base, for example, to the plywood, and then to the roof. For laying one square meter, 120 pieces are needed. 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 place relative to this in checkerboard so as to cover the holes of the first. The third row will also be staggered relative to the second, with overlapping holes. This is how a scaly roof is made from old discs.

Those who have accumulated a lot of unwanted vinyl records can also implement a similar technology, but using them.

However, back to the idea of ​​what can be done from old disks. When laying them, make small holes. Secure the parts with small nails or screws.

Come up with a pattern that will help you lay such an impromptu tiled roof. You can place discs with both matte and glossy side up.

If you do not have enough discs or records, then you can lay them not on the roof of the house, but on the visor.

See how the English artist Bruce Monroe came up with the idea of ​​using old discs. According to him, he wanted to strengthen natural beauty garden like this. It took him 65,000 discs to make the water lilies.

It is unlikely that you will have that much in stock, so you can make small water lilies or decorative elements for your home.

Hard curtains from disks with your own hands

They will not need to be washed, it is enough to brush off the dust sometimes. Such curtains will decorate the room, add positive notes to it.

The manufacturing process is extremely simple. For it you will need:

• CD disks;
• paper clips;
• drill.

Using the latter, punch holes in the two discs, placing them closer to the outer edge. Now join these 2 discs with paper clips, attach the third to the second in the same way, and so on. You can make the curtain rectangular or the way it was made in the photo. For each of the top three rows, 6 discs were used, for the fourth - 5, for the fifth - 4, the sixth took 3, the seventh 2, and the last eighth consisted of only one disc. In total, to make 2 such curtains with your own hands, you will need 66 discs, for one 33 will be enough.

Such curtains can be easily fixed on the eaves, for this you need sharp stationery knife walk along the markings for the larger inner circle, then squeeze it out with your fingers to enlarge the hole. You can also use a drill for this purpose. In the same technique, holders of curtains for the bathroom are made from old discs.

You can also make curtain tiebacks using the same material.

Place a smaller, round object on top of the disc. Holding it, trace it with a knife, then cut along the markings with scissors.

The resulting ring is decorated satin ribbon, with which it just needs to be wrapped.

You can decorate the curtain tiebacks with satin flowers made using the kanzashi technique, and attach the rings to the curtains using sushi sticks. They can be painted or also rewound with a satin ribbon, gluing it.

Beautiful crafts from CDs

Even from very old discs, you can make christmas toy using fragments untouched by time. Cut pieces out of this material, which then glue to Christmas ball by the type of mosaic. Wipe off excess glue with a cloth.

In the same technique, you can decorate the collar of a blouse. For him, the disks are also cut into fragments. Then they need to be glued to the fabric.

To make a frame for a photo with your own hands, prepare:

• thick cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• CD disks;
• scissors;
• black paint in a tube with a fine tip.

Make 2 identical rectangles out of cardboard. At the first, draw a circle or a 4-sided inside, cut out. Glue this cardboard with an inner hole onto the second one, which is solid. Glue together only 3 of their sides, leave the top ones free. Through the resulting gap, you will put a photo or painting into a frame.

Cut the discs into separate pieces with scissors. Apply PVA to the photo frame - a small area of ​​it, attach the resulting pieces here.

Let your art dry, then fill in the gaps with tube paint. When it dries up, then you can use the frame for its intended purpose.

And just one disc can be used to make a candlestick. For it you will need:

• glass balls;
• 1 disc;
• super glue or other designed to work with these materials;
• candle.

The photo shows the stages of work, which clearly show how do-it-yourself candlesticks are made.

Pour balls over the outer outline of the circle. Glue the second row on top of these, placing its elements in a checkerboard pattern. Thus, create 4 chains. It remains to attach a candle with hot wax and you can plunge into the romantic atmosphere.

Jewelry box of own production

It is made from the same material. Here's what it took to create this needed thing:

• 3 discs;
• the cloth;
• synthetic winterizer;
• needle with thread;
• scissors.

Take a piece of paper, compasses. Draw 2 circles. The inner one will be equal to the diameter of the disc with a small margin - 12 cm, and the outer one - 20 cm. In this case, the height of the box is 8 cm, you can change this value at your discretion.

Divide both circles into 16 equal sectors. To make it easier for yourself, first divide in half, then into 4 parts, then into 8 and 16.

Transfer the pattern to the fabric or draw on it right away. You need to make 2 of these blanks from the canvas. Now sew along the markings, making 16 stitches from the outside to the inside. Put a synthetic winterizer in the pockets formed. 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 the box with your own hands, fold two canvases of fabric in a pile, place on a disc, draw with chalk, cut out with a 7 mm seam allowance on all sides. Place these fabrics over the top and bottom of the disc. If you want the lid to be soft, then cut out two circles of padding polyester and place the disc first with them and then with fabrics. Blindstitch around the edges.

Here's how to make a jewelry box.

How to make an owl from old discs?

Try to make such a funny owl out of this material. It will become a decoration of the room or an original gift.

To work, you need this:

• several disks (10–12 pcs.);
• simple pencil;
• scissors with soft finger rings to avoid rubbing calluses;
• Scotch;
• foil;
• durable glue;
• yellow and black cardboard;
• ball pen.

Take two light-colored discs, cut a fringe along their edges with scissors.

Cut 2 circles out of yellow cardboard; they should be larger in size than the holes in the discs. Cut 2 smaller black circles out of thick black paper, glue these bird pupils on yellow ones, as shown in the photo.

Cut out the beak, 2 eyebrows and 2 legs of the owl from the dark places of the disc.

Do not discard the remaining pieces. On them you need to draw leaves and also cut them out. These elements are useful for decoration.

Glue the center of each disc over the eye. Glue these two discs together, attach the beak to them. Take another light disc, cut a fringe on it only on one and the opposite side. This is the head of an owl. Glue the blank of the eyes and the beak on it, relying on the photo clue.

To make the owl further, take 5 light-colored discs.

To save energy, do not completely trim the edges with fringe, do it only where necessary. This moment is shown in the photograph.

Start gluing them together as follows.

Cut out two wings from a dark disk, arrange them with a fringe, glue them, eyebrows, paws of a bird into place.

Place the pencil on the foil, wrap it in this shiny sheet.

Glue the pre-cut leaves from the discs to the perch. You have got such a wonderful owl, which will certainly bring good luck to the house.

Coasters for cups made of CD discs

These kitchen utensils will keep the tablecloths from staining with tea drops and will brighten the table. They are done very simply.

Take:

• disks;
• the cloth;
• ballpoint pen;
• synthetic winterizer;
• a needle and thread.

For one stand, cut two blanks from fabric and one from padding polyester. Be sure to leave hem allowances.

Now put a synthetic winterizer on the wrong side of the fabric, sew two layers together with a basting stitch. Place the synthetic winterizer on the CD, tighten the thread, tie two knots. Put another circle of padding polyester and fabric on top of the disk, sew the blanks, as shown in the photo. You can attach a loop on the side to hang a DIY cup holder from it.

Interesting country ideas from old disks

You can read how to make such a peacock out of a tire in the corresponding article, and its tail is created from the material to which this review is devoted. For it, you will need to cut the metal mesh in the shape big fan, attach to it with wire disks in rows or, laying out a pattern for the tail from them.

And here are other country ideas. To create one such brilliant fish, you only need two CDs, as well as colored cardboard. If these figures are not hanging 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 discs, glue. Do not forget to first put a fishing line or a thin cord inside to hang the craft.

A funny caterpillar is also not difficult to create, having previously painted 5 discs, attached to four legs, gluing eyes, mouth, nose and hair from threads to the heel. You can easily attach the caterpillar itself to a chain-link netting or to a picket fence using a wire.

You can also make such a windmill or street lamps from discs for a summer residence.

Choose the idea you like and bring it to life. If you want to see how to make these and other things from old disks, we suggest watching videos:

The time of CDs has almost passed, many still have a large number of them - musical, with films, cartoons, with outdated computer programs- with images of heroes of fairy tales and films, flowers, graphic pictures on them.

They sparkle and shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow on one side, on the other - on them beautiful drawings... Throwing them away does not raise a hand - and it is not necessary, from them you can make a lot of original, beautiful and useful things for the home.

In addition, it is very simple 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 a future product or decoration desired view... At the same time, they are easily cut with ordinary office scissors and are glued to the surface of almost any material.

It happens that some home furnishings have lost their appearance, there is no way 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 new life.

For example, you can decorate an old mirror with them, making from pieces different shapes and magnitudes sparkling and iridescent in the rays sunlight from a window or in the light of an electric lamp in all the colors of the rainbow - an original frame.

You can make a beautiful frame for a photo, decorate the edges of the drawers of the cabinet with a mosaic of pieces of discs.

Frame for a mirror or photograph

You will need a lot of discs, scissors, paints, glue, thick cardboard, colorless transparent varnish.

First, you need to cut a frame out of cardboard in the shape and size of a mirror or photo. Then cut the discs into pieces of different shapes - squares, irregular quadrangles, rhombuses, triangles.

Take glue and stick it on the frame of the figure so that there is a distance of one or two millimeters between them. As a result, you will get a mosaic of iridescent geometric shapes on the frame.

When the glue dries, and the figures cut from the disk stick well, use black ink or paint to carefully and carefully go over the joints of the figures. After that, the frame is covered with transparent varnish, allowed to dry and mounted on a wall with a mirror or photograph.

Mirrored disc frames look mysterious and original.

If the apartment has interior doors with glass, glass can also be laid out with a mosaic of disks. 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 from discs

An option is to purchase a clock mechanism with hands or take it out of an old clock, lay a clock of any configuration on the wall with disks, stick them in the wall, and fix the clock mechanism in the middle.

Wall decoration with discs

On the wall in the room or in the kitchen from discs with beautiful pictures, selected by topic, you can lay out an interesting composition. Or you can use them to create your own picture.

To do this, you need to take the disks and paint their shiny side with black ink, when the ink dries, outline the lines of the future image along it, and then go through 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: unusual birds, flowers, abstract drawing. And hang the disks on the wall in no particular order.

Decorating the kitchen with discs

In the kitchen, the disks can turn out to be an unusual "apron" in the desktop area. It will look extremely original, and in terms of working properties, the discs are not inferior to tiles - they are just as easy to wash from splashes of fat and juice of vegetables and fruits.

The principle of working with them is the same as with frames for mirrors and photographs - just stick on the wall.

Whether for a room or a kitchen, you can make a mosaic panel from discs by gluing pieces of the desired shape and color onto cardboard, and then covering the composition with transparent varnish.

Household items from disks

The disks will make an excellent hot stand. V in this case- the disc will play the role of a base, you need to pull a nice cover made of fabric onto it, and the stand is ready.

It will be original to update the tabletop with cut pieces of discs coffee table... To do this, cut them, fix them on the countertop with a plasticizer in any order or make a pattern from the pieces, and then pour a thin layer of transparent varnish on the countertop, making it even.

The coating will be durable. The table top will sparkle and sparkle beautifully.

Two discs and a thick branch of a tree can be used to make a holder for women's earrings.

The core of the rack is made of a smoothly processed branch, turned along the diameter of the hole in the center of the discs, one disc will be the base, the second shelf, in it - make holes and insert the earrings into them.

How to decorate a suburban area with disks

Creativity and imagination - space. 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 the tail from whole round discs - for this you need to glue them in pairs with shiny sides outward, and then make them a large triangle-tail, gluing the glued blanks in pairs with an overlap.

On a summer cottage fence made of discs, you can depict a huge iridescent caterpillar. You can paint the disks under ladybug- make spots with red paint, black paint and paint the head, and plant them on fruit bushes and trees.

Christmas decorations from disks

Due to the fact that the discs in the rays of light shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow, they will come out beautiful snowflakes To new year holiday- they are easy to cut with scissors, you can cut the most intricate pattern. You can hang snowflakes both on the tree and on the walls.

You can cut the discs into small pieces, thickly paste over an ordinary ball and hang it from the ceiling on a thread - it will rotate and sparkle, reflecting the lights of the New Year's garlands.

The application can be very different. From the disks, you can make an interior curtain in the likeness of a bamboo - to collect disks on long threads. They can make an ultramodern necklace, a fridge magnet, a vase, a candlestick, a stand for ballpoint pens and pencils, a box, you can even decorate a summer bag with them.

Unnecessary CDs are an excellent material for creativity, a means of spending leisure time - making certain little things out of them, and the opportunity to decorate a house or a summer cottage in an original and unusual way, without spending a lot of money.

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