any craft ideas to use those junk c.d.'s that we all get in the mail?

Answer 1

To make a small table (bedside table) use super glue to stack them together putting 3 rubber stoppers (forming a triangle) in between cds until it reaches 2-3 ft. high - metallic part facing up. Arrange 4x5 stacks forming a rectangle and place a thick clear glass on top of it

Answer 2

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1. Coasters: The obvious answer. Glue a piece of felt to the label side to protect your table top.
Cost | Around 60 cents for a square foot of felt, usually pre-cut at fabric stores.
Time | Under 5 minutes.

2. Ashtray: Cd's are plastic and melt very quickly. Fortunately, they only melt under sustained heat, not the heat of a ciggie being put out. Using a lighter (not a candle, it'll get all sooty), heat the CD on the shiny side (heating the label side makes it burn) and about an inch from the outer edge of the CD until it starts to become soft. Bend with a spoon, or let gravity do the work. Be careful of over-heating the plastic to the melting point, where it becomes a thick, dangerously hot liquid which can: a) burn your dainty skin, b) land on something else, cool, and become a permanent fixture, c) both. Friends have informed me that Cd's can be softened in a toaster oven...I haven't tested this, so use caution. Microwaving, on the other hand, causes the silver in the CD to burn (impressive to watch, but potentially dangerous and smells bad.) Once you’ve molded your CD into shape, be sure to glue something nonflammable (a poker chip is good) to cover the center hole.
Cost | $1.50 for a new lighter.
Time |10 minutes.

3. Christmas Ornaments: Paint, add glitter, or decorate in your own design. Tie a ribbon thru the center, and hang
Cost | $2.00 for ribbon and glitter (varies by design)
Time | 10 minutes

4. Clock: Buy a clock kit from a craft store and follow instructions on package. These are generally simple to make. And the hole is already in the center so there's no drilling.
Cost | $10.00 for the clock kit
Time | 1 hour

--Mobiles, wall collages, wallpaper borders, christmas wreaths, saturn with rings, door screens... The list goes on. Below are a few websites with ideas to keep you busy for days.

Hope this helps. Enjoy.

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Answer 3

Actually, I take them [and old music cds that are too scratched up to use] and buy some colorful fingernail polish and lightly pour diffrent colors on them, leaving some of the shimmery part., Once they dry they feel really cool and look awesome if you put them on a wall or a ceeling.

Its an awesome project for kids (just make sure you've got cardboard or newspaper under the CD's so you dont ruin your carpet!)

Answer 4

Ha ha, actualy I did a project with those when I was little.
Buy some colored foam (from a craft store, you know) and then cut them out in the shape of a fish fin, and get some eyeballs.
Glue the fish fin inbetween two junk cds, bottom(shiney) side out, and add two eyes, and...
Viola! A cd fish!

Answer 5

cut them up with a sharpe pair of siccors into lttle squares and other similar shapes and put them on the border of a plain mirror with double sided tape it looks great. I did this to a mirror in my hall way and no one believes me , that it's cut up C.D's.......
or if you have children I give my son a collection of them in a C.d case so he would leave my real C.D's alone

Answer 6

No, but, for the CD cases: Use them for photos and group them on the wall. I found this idea in a new book at the library about how to use the computer's photo software.

Answer 7

My wife uses them as mini scrapbooks. Drill a 1/4" hole near the edge of each CD and put a keyring through them and then put pictures and whatever on them.

Answer 8

One thing that comes to mind is mobiles. Or you could break the cds into pieces and make mosaic art using the fronts and backs of the cds.

Answer 9

I saw a show, and this guy saved all those C.D.s as a collection. He started collecting them when they first started being sent out, because most of them are destroyed some are quite rare, I guess, and you know what???
That guy sold the collection for over $5,000

Answer 10

You can string them together and hang them like the beaded curtains back in the 60's and 70's