Top 10 Things To Do With Your Old CD's

Even if you’ve moved your whole music collection to your smart phone, those old compact discs can still be usable. 

Here are 10 brilliant ideas to put CDs to work all around the house.

1. Use an old CD as the template for a faultless circle

Need to draw a faultless circle? Stop thinking about tracing around cups or using cumbersome compasses. All CD provides two circle sizes—trace around the inner hole otherwise the outer circumference.

2. Cover up old CDs with felt and use them as coasters

CDs can help to avoid those unsightly stains from cups left on the table. Just cut a round piece of felt to fit over the CD and glue it onto the label side of the CD so that the    sparkly side will face up when you use the coaster.

3. Use old CDs to hold candle drips

You should at all times use a candle holder particularly designed to catch melting wax. However, if one is not obtainable, a CD is good to go in a pinch. Make certain it’s a short candle that can stand on its own with a flat bottom. It should also be slightly bigger than the CD hole. Place the candleholder on a steady, heat-resistant surface and keep an observant eye on it.

4. Make artistic bowls from old CDs

Looking for a funky, attractive bowl? Place a CD in the oven on low heat over a metal bowl until the CD becomes soft. Wearing protective gloves tenderly bend the CD into the shape desired. Seal the hole by gluing the bottom edge to an added surface such as a flat dish using epoxy or PVC glue. Avoid using the bowl for food.

5. Use old CDs as a sidewalk or driveway reflectors

Forget those unattractive orange reflectors. In its place, drill little holes in a CD and screw it onto your mailbox post or onto a wood stake and push it into the ground. Install quite a few of them to light a nighttime path to your front door.

6. Use an old CD as the foundation for a kids’ craft

Need a craft to engage busy little hands? Have them use an old CD to make a picture frame for a dear one. You need a CD, a photo that is larger than the CD hole, a huge bead, ribbon, and glue. Glue the picture in the center of the CD on the shiny side. If they desire, they can beautify the CD with markers or stickers. Have an adult use hot-melt glue to connect the bead at the top of the CD, let dry, and thread ribbon through the bead.

7. Use old CDs as holiday ornaments

This season decorate your Christmas tree in style! Hang CDs shiny side out to create a gleaming array of lights—or paint and embellish the label side to create inexpensive personalized ornaments. For diversity, cut the CDs into stars and other shapes with pointed scissors. Drill a 1/4-inch (6-millimetre) hole throughout the CD and thread ribbon through to hang

8. Create a pretty sun catcher

Do-it-yourself sun catchers are striking to watch, and all you need to make one is two CDs. Glue two CDs collectively, shiny side out, wrap yarn or colored string through the hole and hang them in a windowpane. The prism will make a fine-looking light show.

9. Make a CD clock

Old CDs can be useful! Turn a compact disc into a cool clock face for clockwork sold by arts-and-crafts stores. Paint and design one side of the CD and allow it to dry. Write or use stickers to create the numbers around its border. Pull together the clockwork onto the CD.

10. Make a spinning top

Turn an old CD into a amusing toy for the kids (and adults too!). With a knife, make two slits diagonally from each other in the CD hole. Force a penny halfway through the hole, and after that spin the CD on its edge.