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DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs For Kids

DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

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DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs For Kids

There are plenty of ways to recycle old CDs, and many of them are perfect for kids. You can use them to make mosaic artwork, coasters, sun catchers, and more. With a little creativity, you can turn old CDs into something new and exciting.

There are all sorts of fun and creative ways to recycle old CDs. One fun idea is to make a wind chime out of them. Simply punch a hole in the center of each CD and string them together with fishing line or thin wire. You can also make a fun mosaic out of old CDs. Glue them to a piece of cardboard or plywood in a fun and colorful pattern. You can also use old CDs to make funky jewelry. Glue beads, buttons, or other small embellishments to the CDs and string them together to make bracelets, necklaces, or even earrings. With a little imagination, you can find all sorts of fun ways to recycle those old CDs.

Adorable Recycled CDs Crafts Idea To Make At Home

DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs Adorable Recycled CDs Crafts Idea To Make At Home

DIY IDEAS TO RECYCLE CDs:

CD is readily available in the old stuff in the storerooms thus, I can say that it is a readily available item to work on. Nowadays the use of CDs and DVDs has been replaced by pen drives and hard discs.

Materials required in the following crafts: Collect as many CDs, woolen yarn, colored sheets, glitter pens, glitter items as many as you can collect, popsicles, paint colors, balloons, cardboard, plastic/ wooden beads, 3d eyes, lofa, clay, ribbons, sketch pens,  flower pots and glue along with scissors and circuit oriented items to perform one of the mentioned crafts below.

Utility: Below-made crafts can be used in home decor, teaching tools, and crafts activities with parents and other elders. Good escape from day-to-day hustles. Increase in the analytical and best out of waste items productions. Wall decor, personal room decor, table and study decor, and per the maker’s preferences.

Learnings: Develops creative thoughts, enhances color combinations skills, and a few more ideas to make some of the amazing attractive stuff in day-to-day life. Improves knowledge about some unknown available materials for crafts.

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Easy-To-Make CD Balloon Hovercraft Idea For Kids

Easy-To-Make CD Balloon Hovercraft Idea For Kids

Image Source/Tutorial: Hellowonderful

Collect two CD(s) and paint them as shown in the image or as per your preferred design. Fix two balloons on the CD as shown in the image. blow the balloon and make the knot to the blown balloon. Make sure to fill the hole with a strong pipe-like structure.

Make Easy & Simple Knitted Dream Catcher Craft With Recycled CDs

Make Easy & Simple Dream Catcher Craft With Recycled CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Pinkstipeysocks

Firstly draw the following pattern as shown in the image. Use wollen thread to decorate the middle portion of the CD as shown in the image. Collect some beads and design straws or paper rolls as shown in the image. To make it a cute wall hanging just make sure you make the hanging way to than g this creative wall hanging.

Cute Lion Craft Idea For Kids Using CDs

Cute Lion Craft Idea For Kids Using CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Craftymorning

Take 2 CD(s) and then use a white sheet and black marker to make the face of the animals as shown in the image. Draw a circle and make the flair like the depiction on the paper as shown in the image. To do so use two color sheets. Follow the same pattern as shown in the image. Draw the flower and cut it, and use the glitter to outline the flower. Make the other face as shown in the image.

Fun-To-Make Handprint CDs Frog Craft Idea For Kids

Fun-To-Make Handprint CDs Frog Craft Idea For Kids DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Funhandprintartblog

Use cardboard to make a circle. Paste a green sheet as shown in the image. Use a sketch pen to make the face as shown in the image. Make the ears using white and black sheets. Take your hand impression on the green sheet and cut that. Arrange the cutouts as shown in the image.

Easy-Peasy CD Mosaic Moon Craft

Easy-Peasy CD Mosaic Moon Craft 

Image Source/Tutorial: Intheplayroom

Use a white waste plate. Get a blue background to make a crescent moon, and paste the CD(s) pieces. Use the glitters as shown in the image.

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Recycled CD Flamingo Craft Idea For Kids

Recycled CD Flamingo Craft Idea For Kids DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Iheartartsncrafts

Use pink color to color the CD. Use a pink sheet to make the flamingo’s face and tail structure. And the feet structure can be made as well. Use of plastic pink lofa to cover the CD portion as shown in the image. Use 3d eyes and black paper to make the eyes and beak.

Recycled CD Spinning Toy Craft For Kids

Recycled CD Spinning Toy Craft For Kids

Image Source/Tutorial: Artsymomma

Use painting colors to design the CD(s) as shown in the image. Use the marker to fill the middle hole. And the spinning toy is ready.

Make Adorable Turtle Craft With Recycled CDs

Make Adorable Turtle Craft With Recycled CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Iheartartsandcrafts

Paint the CD with green color. Draw the limbs and face on the green sheet as shown in the image. Use 3d eye as shown in the image. Paste the green lofa on the Painted portion of the CD. Your turtle toy is completed.

Funky Doughnut Craft Idea For Kids Using CDs

Funky Doughnut Craft Idea For Kids Using CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Alittlepinchofperfect

Paint the CD with the respective colors as per your preference and images. Use clay to spread around the middle portion of the CD. Spread glitters and also some wrapper pieces on the clay as shown in the image.

Adorable Olaf Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs

Adorable Olaf Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Kidsactivitiesblog

Paste white tissue on the white-painted CD and then roughly draw the outlines of the face of OLAF. Then use black paint and glitters to the OLAF structure shown here. Use a foam sheet to make the upper hair of the OLAF.

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Spooky CD Spider Craft Idea For Kids

Spooky CD Spider Craft Idea For Kids DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Craftsonsea

Color the CD(s) black and brown color as per the image. Paste 3d eyes on the surface. Draw and cut out seven legs as shown in the image. You can make as many spiders as per your choice.

Make an Adorable Clock With Recycled CDs

Make Adorable Clock With Recycled CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Krokotak

Mastering the concept of telling time is a challenging task for young children. They are able to gain a more comprehensive knowledge of it once they start to use it and become more aware of time passing. This typically does not occur until they are in 1st grade.

Adorable Sparkling Ornament Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs

Adorable Sparkling Ornament Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Stayathomelife

Cut the CD(s) into small pieces of different shapes as shown in the image. Collect cube-shaped boxes paint the box white and then paste the CD pieces on the sides of the cube as shown in the image. Hang one cube with the other one using the jump rings and rings you have.

Easy-To-Make CDs Photoframe Craft Idea

Easy-To-Make CDs Photoframe Craft Idea

Image Source/Tutorial: Makeiteasycrafts

Cut the cardboard into the following shape having a square hollow in it as shown in the image, it will act as a frame. Color the frame portion black. Paste the CD(s) to the black background as shown in the image. When your frame is ready past it onto cardboard of the same size and shape leaving a portion blank to easily insert any image onto it.

Homemade Wobblebot Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs

Homemade Wobblebot Craft Idea Using Recycled CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Researchparent

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Let’s Explore Space With This Saturn Making Craft Using CDs

Let's Explore Space With This Saturn Making Craft Using CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Spaceplace

Decorate Your Flower Vase With Recycled CDs

Decorate Your Flower Vase With Recycled CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Makeiteasycrafts

Draw the black middle portion and paint that as well as shown in the image. Use small pieces of CD(s) as shown in the image. Be careful with the black outlines as well.

Make Easy & Simple Ornaments With CDs

Make Easy & Simple Ornaments With CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Favecrafts

Decorative CDs Wreath Craft Idea For Outdoor

Decorative CDs Wreath Craft Idea For Outdoor

Image Source/Tutorial: Cutputandkeep

Collect some unscrambled and uncut CD(s) as shown in the image. Paint the CD or paste the color sheets as per your preferences. Be careful with the ribbon folding and ribbon art as well. Decorate the CD(s) with beads as shown in the image.

Easy-To-Make Waterpot Craft Using Recycled CDs

Easy-To-Make Waterpot Craft Using Recycled CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Upcyclethat

Use white cement on a Mosaic plate then paste the pieces of CD(s) as shown in the image.

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Simple Recycled CDs Ornaments Craft Idea For Kids

Simple Recycled CDs Ornaments Craft Idea For Kids

Image Source/Tutorial: Splatsscrapsandglueblobs

Collect CD(s), beads and wool then arrange it as shown in the image. Then use paper clips to arrange more CD(s) as per the image.

Let’s Make A Cute Cycle Using Recycled CDs

Let's Make A Cute Cycle Using Recycled CDs DIY Ideas to Recycle CDs

Image Source/Tutorial: Pragentemiuda

Collect three CD(s), one large disposable cup and the other small one as well. Make one hole in the disposable large cup and fix the popsicles as shown in the image. Don’t forget to decorate the CD(s) and paint them regarding the image.  You can also make the cute bunny as shown in the image but you need to make the bunny using waste plates.

It is an excellent form of crafty learning for all age groups i.e. be it, students, teachers, parents, and even entrepreneurs. These crafts are attractive and treat to your sense organs. The utility of the crafts is the influence to work on them. Below shown images are a bunch of the crafts sum up that have been mentioned in the above images and below them. If kids tend to do these activities, then preserve them in the showpiece areas of your house.

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FAQs

What can I make out of old CDs?

There are a few things you can do with old CDs. One option is to upcycle them into a piece of art. For example, you could glue them onto a canvas to create a mosaic. You could also cut them into shapes and use them to decorate a picture frame or a lampshade. If you’re feeling crafty, you could even make a wind chime out of old CDs. If you’re not into DIY, you can always recycle them.

What do you do with CDs that you don’t want anymore?

If you have CDs that you no longer want, you can recycle them. CDs are made of polycarbonate, which can be recycled into new CDs, eyeglass lenses, and many other products. To recycle your CDs, you can bring them to a recycling center or look for a local recycling program that accepts them.

What to do with 100s of CDs?

If you have 100s of CDs and you’re not sure what to do with them, here are a few options. You could sell them online or at a used music store. You could also donate them to a local library or school. If you have a large collection, you could create a listening station in your home. This would be a great way to listen to your favorite albums and rediscover old favorites. Whatever you do, don’t just throw them away!

What can I do with thousands of CDs?

If you have thousands of CDs, you may be wondering what you can do with them. One option is to sell them online or at a local used music store. You could also donate them to a local library or school. If you have a lot of space, you could keep them as a personal collection. You could also put them on display as a decoration in your home. Whatever you decide to do with your CDs, make sure to recycle or reuse them so they don’t end up in a landfill.

What should I do with old CDs?

There are a few options for what to do with old CDs. They can be recycled, donated, or reused in a creative way. Recycling CDs involves breaking them down into their component parts so they can be used to make new products. Donation is a great option for CDs that are in good condition and can be reused by others. Finally, old CDs can be reused in a creative way, such as by turning them into coasters or jewelry.

Can you put CDs in the recycle bin?

You can put CDs in the recycle bin, but they will not be recycled. CDs are made of a type of plastic that is not recyclable.

What do you do with old CDs that you don’t want?

There are a few options for old CDs that you don’t want. One is to recycle them. Another is to donate them to a thrift store or library. You could also repurpose them as coasters or make a wind chime out of them. If you have a lot of old CDs, you could also make a mosaic.

Should I throw away my CDs?

If you’re no longer using your CDs and they’re just taking up space, then it’s probably time to get rid of them. You can either donate them to a local thrift store or recycling center, or simply throw them away. However, if you’re still using your CDs and enjoy listening to them, then there’s no need to get rid of them.

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