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What to do with old CDs you may not use more? There is a long tradition of art of the CD earliest dates from the time that AOL send millions CD to mailboxes around the country. CD arts and crafts have become even more popular as the importance of recycling has grown. Check out these ideas for making art of CD age.

Coaster of Old CDs

Years ago, computer programmers around the world realize that a CD AOL was not ideal for keeping coffee rings off your desk. It's just the right size for the bottom of a cup of coffee. Since then, the artisans have offered varations dozen coasters coffee in the age old meme CDs. The basic process is simple.

1. Decorate one side of the CD to your liking.
2. Cut a circle of felt the same size as the CD.
3. Glue the circle next to the CD felt undecorated.

Need ideas for decorating your CD coasters? Here are just a few:

• Make a photo collage by pasting photos to cover the front of the CD. Cover with clear adhesive paper.
• Paint a design with acrylic paints.
• Making a mountain of CD in 3-D cutting pieces of 2-3 CDs, stacking to reveal cuts CDs later, and the head of the battery with a CD spacer clear.
• Save the bright side of the disk with a Dremel tool.

Disk Ball of Old CDs

There are different versions of CD Disco balls out there that range from the size of Christmas ornament balls to take it to the club-sized complete. Once again, the basic process to make a disco ball of the CD age is the same, no matter the size.

1. Start with a ball-shaped kernel. A Styrofoam ball that works well.
2. Cut old CDs rectangular pieces with scissors.
3. Paste CD parts of age the ball out of the shiny side.
4. Add a string hanging and hanging.

The ball finished CD is a great receiver sun.

Old CDs Photo Frames

Old CDs are also the perfect size to serve as a frame for a picture size standard. There are ways to convert CDs into disuse in photo magnets, photo frames and picture frames. The process varies, depending on the final product. One of the most photo frames CD innovative use this method.

1. Cut picture to fit CD.
2. Paste the picture on a new CD. Glue a strip of hook tape and bow and velcro to back. Make several.
3. "Hang up" photos on the wall hitting the diffuse part of the Velcro tape to the wall.

With Velcro to hang the pictures makes it very easy to fix photos at will.

CD Suncatchers & Telecoms

The reflective coating CD receivers makes perfect sun and reflectors. Whether hung in a window or in the middle of a roof, alone or in groups, old CDs and sunlight can turn a room into a rainbow. This is the easiest way to convert a CD into a sun decoration catches.

1. Using a Dremel tool or electric drill a fine drill to drill holes in the CD.
2. For a solar collector, drill a hole about 1 / 4 inch from the edge of the disc. Hanging from a suction cup Hook holder.
3. For a mobile drill several holes evenly spaced around the edge of the disc. Use monofilament thread to make a loop hanging other CDs and hang at different heights around the disk.

CD room divider

A room divider with old, unused CD is a far more ambitious. It requires 20-40 CD, depending upon the size of the divisor, and some carpentry skills. The frame can be wood, metal or plastic, and can be any size, provided that the center is open.

1. Make an open framework of wood or any other material.
2. Space cup hooks evenly over the inside top and bottom edges of the frame.
3. Use a Dremel or rotary drill to make holes at the edges of the CDs.
4. String CD with different lengths of monofilament thread. Make many facets of the CD, as there are pairs of hooks.
5. Loop one end of the monofilament thread on each hook in the top frame. Pull down to scroll the bottom of the thread on the crossbar, making sure to keep the line tense.

There are literally dozens of ways to Upcycle old CDs and keep them out of landfills. These are just some of the best there is.

Deb Powers is a freelance writer and researcher who writes frequently about renewable energy and recycling. She has been an environmental activist since the 1970s, and continues to work toward a greener planet by highlighting advances in alternative energy sources, promoting Fair Trade causes and participating in local environmental activism.

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