All you creative and artistic ones - please help!!!!

Vannie, take a pic of yourself. Enlarge it. Stick it on a wall somewhere and stick those cd's all around your pic. Your decision. A circle o triangle. Enjoy. TATA.

I've thought about gluing them to a wall, shiny side out, to be sort of a mod mirrored wall. Large buttons could be glued to the center holes in the main color theme of the room. What little girl (old enough to know not to put things like buttons in their mouths) could resist that? I have used them as reflectors in trees, bushes and on fencing to keep birds and other unwanted critters away. They're light enough to swing in the breeze, startling any critter with their eyes on the goodies of your garden or fruit trees. I also found this link that lists many different things that can be done with used CDs. http://www.hintsandthings.com/musichall/CDroms.htm While I doubt I'd ever use them in most of these forms, some are interesting.

Here is something I found that is really interesting. Love the ideas here and hopefully it will help you decide what to do with your old cd's. Am going to try a couple of things on here myself when I get the time. Enjoy!!! http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/musichall/CDroms.htm

hi vandy I think you may know I used to work in the Tustin library. the children's librarian is always looking for odd things to use in the handicraft time for the little ones, I am talking nine to fourteen, and the librarian usually a she ,needs free materials all the time, I know a zillion people will give you craft ideas, I am giving you a helping the children's librarian ideas as they most often have the craft ideas already but need the supplies and the county spends very very little on those types of things so donations are really great.

you can arrange them as wall decors but have them painted or put ornaments on them..

do u want to preserve those songs or do u want to reuse those discs? please make me clear.

I've seen some people paint on them, other turn them into cards. I think one person even trimmed them, punched holes and made them kind of book covers for a scrappy little photo book for a teen.

Just throw it in the dustbin and remain cool, without anymore worries! Since some may not even function now and a lot are no more interesting for you, say just goodbye. It is very hard to find a reuse for such stuffs now a days. By the way, I have a collection of good old audio cassettes in a box full but still use to play them in my walkman. Nostalgic memories!

Recycle the cd's ... It will be made again for reuse purpose.. We don't know how it works, but recycling process will do it.. Instead of doing some strange things with crazy ideas, u could recycle it..

Make a large shiny disco-ball with a bulb inside... It would perhaps look good in your drawing room Vandana? Will my Mommy let me make a disco ball for the house ?

Vandanji I had more than 500, my wife used to yell seeing them in my magazine rack, last october, my grand daughter Payal came with her mom (my daughter), she is 18 a student in engg college, she took all those from her Nanimaa, i thought she may use them for some new idea.. well she has done it!! Last week i had been their home, saw them pasted over cardboards in differnt patterns , over which she has pasted 'reflective' colored plastics.. Thank you so much for this discussion.Sorry for late response. Professor. . Cheers God bless you.

Hi vandana, i too have some of the CDs which are not functional, i made a painting on it and adjusted them as some patterns like Ganesh, bear, door side hangings, flower vase etc., Try it and see, really its looks nice.