Moving from one place to another usually means there is a lot to throw away and a lot you need, all at the same time. After moving I realized I had tons of CDs from back in kindergarten days that were so scratched, any CD player that could play them would be a pure miracle. And let’s be honest; CDs are SO 1995. I also realized, I needed to decorate my apartment. Which realizations like these are the perfect inspirational Create Something Saturday Moments.
Me, being the music fanatic that I am, made sure I had a back up MP3 version of each of the CDs and decided to turn them into an expression of my love for music, and something that looks cool in my new place.
Enter: The Scratched CD Disco Ball
Materials:
- Scratched CDs
- Glue Gun
- Really Good Scissors
- Styrofoam Ball
- String
- Skewer
Directions:
-Never underestimate the power of CDs. Try to find a good pair of gardening gloves that you can wear while cutting your CD because trust me, it takes a little bit of elbow grease. Cut all of the CDs into little squares. Don’t worry if they are not all the exact same size.
-Poke the Skewer through the Styrofoam ball and lead both ends of the string through. Make sure the string is as long as you want the disco ball to be hung. Once you have both ends through, pull the loop remaining at the other end over one of your squares and glue in to place.
-Start from the middle and work your way out, gluing squares around the Styrofoam ball. Keep going until you have covered the entire ball with little CD squares.
-Mount a hook in your ceiling and hang your Scratched CD Disco Ball accordingly. You can even buy different sizes of Styrofoam balls and hang them in different lengths next to each other to make a hanging piece of art.
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