With the beauty and easiness of downloading songs and streamlining movies, we no longer buy compact discs the way we use to. Instead, we seem to have stacks of CDs lying around. Here’s 20 great ways to give them a new purpose.If you are bored with your plain table, use broken cds to give it a new life.
Use a CD to represent the Chinese coins and charms.
This is such a gorgeous guitar after it’s been embellished, you will not want to use it to play music.
This is going to be such a helpful organizer that you will want to make it for your friends and family. Use scrapbook paper and Mod Podge glue.
Make your coasters are colorful as possible. Sand the gloss off the cd. Hot glue felt circles to the bottom of the CD. On the other side use Mod Podge as base and apply the fabric, straighten any wrinkles out. Apply Mod Podge on top and let it dry.
No need to break any of your cds. You will be scrapping everything off. After that you can use acrylic paint and your imagination to fill the empty canvas.
Use the throw-away cds to cover roofing for dog houses and sheds. Surprisingly, this material is quite durable.
Take your favorite clutch from last summer and give it a re-do. Break the cds in to small and large pieces. Use crazy glue and let it dry. Enjoy your new purse.
Cut your CDs in to ‘pie’ style pieces and start gluing from the edge, inwards. Use grout for the spaces.
Make your door, the envy of your neighbors.
This is for the advanced crafter. Create a bird or any animal for that matter using finely cut CDs.
Take plain canvas shoes and make them flashy.
What a great contrast of nature and technology in a terra cotta pot.
Paint an old CD and turn it in to your own custom made clock.
Use your old CD and wrap it in a colorful crochet with hanging beads.
A large styrofoam ball, hot glue and broken CDs takes you back to the disco era.
To embellish a simple jewelry box make sure you are laying out the pieces before you glue them on. Then apply glue on top of the CDs to avoid chipping.
Take any plain stake and use glue, CDs and grout to make it look like an expensive garden decoration piece.
Your old CDs can create a wall organizer to hang all your craft tools.
It may not be the most comfortable corset, but it will be the most talked about.
