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New Year holidays are approaching. It's time to get out of the mezzanine New Year's toys, rain, serpentine. Every New Year's toy is a piece family history. However, there are such New Year's balls that it would be a shame to throw them away ( family heirloom), and I don’t really want to hang it on the Christmas tree. These are the types of balls that I propose to “reanimate,” that is, give them a modern look.
To do this, you don’t need to buy expensive varnishes and paints, or special decorations. All you need is:
- old christmas balls
- old unnecessary computer disks;
- scissors;
- glue (better for fabric and leather, but PVA can also be used)
- protective gloves for hands.
DIY New Year's ball made from old disks:
The discs must first be stratified - simply put, tear off the transparent circle. Then cut the disk into small arbitrary pieces - squares are best.
Paste over New Year's ball We'll be from top to bottom. Lubricate a small area of the ball with glue, and carefully begin gluing the pieces of the disk. It doesn't matter if there are small gaps left. You can seal them later, or you can leave them like that. Each glued area should dry well, and only after that should you apply glue to the next section of the New Year's ball. It is worth noting that glue for leather and fabric dries quickly, so the work progresses very quickly. When the entire New Year's ball is covered, it must be dried thoroughly.
After this, all that remains is to decorate the New Year's ball from old CDs with ribbon and hang it on the tree. Shiny surface of disc pieces on New Year's ball perfectly reflects light and looks impressive in spruce branches.
We very rarely make crafts from CDs, this is due to the fact that they are quite difficult and not a universal material. It is difficult to come up with a master class with discs, and then successfully implement it, and even one that everyone will like. But I still decided to create a small craft that will be interesting to many and will be needed for the holidays to decorate their homes. I'll tell you how to make a ball out of CDs with your own hands. The master class is not easy, so it is not suitable for children; mostly men do this, but sometimes women too. A similar ball of disks can be hung on or next to it on a cornice; in a word, such a craft will certainly decorate your holiday and lift your spirits.
Material for creating a ball from disks:
- CD discs.
— A drill with a very thin drill bit.
- Wire cutters.
- Glue gun.
- Wire.
— Rain (New Year’s decoration).
— Marker.
— Paper template.
We have prepared everything we need.
We place the paper blank on the disk and mark each vertex with a marker on the disk.
Drill holes at the marks. Do everything evenly and clearly so that all the discs come together.
We connect the disks to each other using wire, just like on a homemade product. We wrap it tightly so that our ball does not fall apart later. First we make two parts, each with one disk in the center and five more surrounding it.
We combine the two halves of the ball and also fasten them with wire.
When the main work with the disks is done, let's start decorating the ball. I chose the appropriate rain color for each disc. Use a hot glue gun to glue the rain onto the disks.
It looks very nice. First, we glue rain onto the edges of the discs.
Distribute the colors so that they match each other.
At the end, we decorate the middle of each disk, take a small piece of rain and glue it into the central hole. As for the color scheme, use your own imagination, either the same color or a different one for variety.
We got such an original, shiny and beautiful ball, and even made it with our own hands.
And if you want to keep your kids busy with similar crafts, then teach them how to create them. And also try yourself with new materials, for example, create or. Good luck sharing!
If everything previous options You've already tried it, then it's time to do it unusual craft from old CDs. You probably have a dozen unnecessary disks lying around that you would hate to throw away and no longer need to use. Their finest hour has come! Use your imagination, take note of our master classes and go ahead to create new masterpieces!
Let's start with, perhaps, the simplest thing - decorating an old disk with ordinary stained glass paint. In terms of production, this craft is quite simple, but you can’t tell from the outside. You will need stained glass paints and imagination. You can draw both abstract ornaments or mandalas, and real plot paintings. By the way, if you don’t have stained glass paints, a regular marker will do just fine. You can download templates for drawing mandalas from the link below.
A little more complicated will be a New Year's craft made from disks, decorated with appliqués. The simplest option is an applique made of colored paper.
If your children love the animated film “Smeshariki,” then it’s time to use their old CDs to make their favorite characters. All you need is to find out from your child which character he likes best, cut out Smesharik templates from paper and glue them onto the disk. New Year's craft Smeshariki is ready! You can draw templates for the applique yourself, or you can download them from us for all the cartoon characters.
#4 Christmas tree decoration from old CDs: DIY Christmas crafts from CDs
From an ordinary disk you can make a rather unusual Christmas tree toy that looks like a ball, only this ball is flat. To make this craft you will need: old disk, dark acrylic paint(if not, gouache will do), a pencil and a fountain pen or flat-head screwdriver.
If there are a lot of disks, then you may well think about creating a New Year's garland. With the right lighting, the garland will shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow, reminiscent of snow glistening in the sun. By the way, such a garland makes the house warm and sunny!
Not enough disks for New Year's garland, but did you like the idea? See more ideas:
The perfectly round shape is perfect for snowmen. The technique for making snowmen from disks may be different, but you should be satisfied with the result. By the way, such a craft is quite suitable for a competition for school or kindergarten.
Want to make your own disco ball for decoration? Then you will need a blank for the ball (plastic, glass, foam), an old disk, scissors and glue.
Want more ideas Christmas balls? Then look:
You will need: an old CD, pine cones, glue, an aluminum candle stand, beads, glitter or varnish for decoration.
On a regular disk you can recreate New Year's landscapes using the decoupage technique. The disc decoupage process is standard, the result is amazing!
If, in addition to old disks, there are pieces of felt lying around the house, then you can make these cool snowmen. Well, will any of the guests guess that it is based on an ordinary unnecessary disk?
See more ideas New Year's decorations from felt:
A great idea for a New Year's craft from old CDs would be to decorate an ordinary mirror or photo frame. The disk needs to be cut into pieces, and then the surface should be decorated with these pieces. You can keep it for yourself, or you can do it original gift someone close to you.
If you were once a big fan of CDs, and everyone was, now is the time to give them a second life. What good are discs that just sit on a shelf collecting dust? You can now find the song or movie you need on the Internet. But you can make an unusual Christmas tree only once a year!
Still thinking about what to give your friend for New Year? The best gift one that is made by hand. Give to a loved one bracelet self made, which she will definitely appreciate! Well, if you have already chosen a gift for your friend, you can keep this decoration for yourself!
If you want to shine the most dazzlingly at a New Year's party, then it's time to think about a New Year's outfit. You can decorate a regular collar with pieces of an unnecessary disk. Looks very cool!
An owl would be a great idea for a New Year's craft made from old CDs. To create a night guard, you can use pieces of felt, colored paper, several disks and other available materials. Turn on your imagination and start creating.
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Materials:
6 CDs, thin wire 2m, screwdriver, thin drill, wire cutters, glue gun, garland 6-7m 
Download the template 
We mark the disks. 
Drill holes according to the markings. 
Now we connect the disks with a wire (we do this on fabric so that the disk is less scratched). We try to twist it more tightly so that the ball does not move around later. I do everything first with inside(although if you do it with the outside, you won’t be able to see it later anyway, but I don’t like it that way), the last three knots have to be knitted from the outside, and the tip carefully bent inward. 
The base is ready. 
Now comes the fun part! We warm up the pistol. We think in advance about how to arrange the colors on the ball. This time I took 6 different colors. On the old one I have three colors and I made them in pairs. Whoever likes it. The gun has warmed up, place scissors and garlands nearby. I glue it at 10 points - where the wire is and between. From experience, it’s more convenient for me to smear and glue two points at a time, maybe you’re more dexterous and can get three or four at once)))) 
We make sure everything is as planned color combination, otherwise you can get carried away)))) 
When we glue everything around the perimeter, we start working on the centers. You can do it like mine, in a contrasting color, you can do it the same, or you can take small ones Christmas balls and paste them in the center 
We make a rope (string, wrap it in a garland, or several strings) and solemnly take it to show to children, husbands, parents. With a wide satisfied smile, we listen to their oohs and aahs, and praise ourselves -beloved))))) 
Starting over the weekend, I was simply drawn into this exciting activity. And it all started with the fact that my child and I needed to make a couple Christmas decorations For street tree, which (more precisely for 2 Christmas trees) grows in the courtyard of the kindergarten. And then it began.....I scoured the Internet looking for ideas and eventually found what you see now. Unfortunately, I didn’t find such a MK on our favorite site (if it already exists, then I apologize - I didn’t intend to plagiarize, and therefore I admit that it wasn’t me who came up with this, but I’m just embodying what I saw on other sites)
Preparing materials:
1. old and unnecessary CDs (12 discs are needed for one ball)
2. Soldering iron with a sharp tip (I think you can somehow do without it, but with this device it will work faster)
3. Glue gun
4. Wire
5. Tinsel (I used thin) - approximately 4 meters
6. Good mood and time is about 40 minutes
STEP 1: cut out a template - a pentagon with sides approximately 6.5 - 7 cm. We will need it for the next step
STEP2: apply our template to the disk and, using a soldering iron, make 5 holes in the disk corresponding to the corners of the pentagon. And so with all 12 discs
Step3: cut the wire. In the future, we will use this wire to fasten our parts together.
Step4: We begin to assemble the ball. The ends of the wire look towards the underside of our future ball. Then we begin to connect the outer 5 disks to each other (see arrows)
It turns out like this (looks like a vase)
Step 6: place the second row of disks in a checkerboard pattern relative to the first row. and then we close everything with the last (12th) disk. Our ball is ready. You can decorate with tinsel.
My brother, seeing the ball, suggested putting a light bulb inside and I liked this idea. This is where my experiment began. Only instead of a light bulb, inside I placed a New Year's garland of many small light bulbs before connecting the last disk to the parts. Plugged it in and.....
VOILA!
True, my “point-and-shoot” camera, which dares to call itself a digital camera, still does not know how to photograph garlands and other lighting effects well. Therefore, the quality of the photo (even though it turned out at all) - I apologize - is not so great. BUT it's still fascinating.
For now it stands like this.....without decoration. BUT I don’t know - is it worth adding tinsel to this lamp at all or leaving it like that? How do you think?
I DON’T like winter because I have to get up in the morning when it’s already dark outside. But today I’m even a little happy about it. Perhaps I will be able to wake up the child early tomorrow and surprise him with such an unusual New Year's lamp. And at the same time take a couple more photos
And this is this morning, on the way to Kindergarten the child happily agreed to pose with the balloons. In the morning we gave them to the teachers. Our group is located next to the kitchen. SO - while we were walking, the cooks turned their heads, then they came running to look... And the children from the street saw us and shouted to the teacher, “Look, Vladik is carrying something beautiful.” In general, everyone is happy. And as always, we brought them on time: one of these days a commission will come to the kindergarten with an inspection. We were offered to participate in a competition with them, but I, being honest, refused. Because the child did not take part in their creation, and we have another idea in stock - especially for the competition (it is important for me that the child also works.
