Has anyone got any good alternative uses for old CD/DVDs? ?

I have hundreds of them lying around. from old magazine disks to long since updated software. Surely there must be alternative uses for them ( I already have enough wind chimes/mobiles)

toadguy2008-11-19T17:16:16Z

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build a lamp!

http://lifehacker.com/348759/build-your-own-cd-stack-lamp

white315502008-11-20T01:22:04Z


If you are creative or artistic then paint a picture or glue one to the disc. One it is dry the buy a small battery operated clock from a craft store and attach it thru the hole in the disc. Makes a good cheap gift for the comp geek. Possibilities are endless.

marlenekay42008-11-20T01:19:33Z

Use them for bike reflectors. OR hang the shiny sides up on your wall for light reflectors. Make coasters out of them. hang them in a cherry tree to keep the birds away. Or on a garden fence to keep critters away.

vtguy172008-11-20T01:17:32Z

OMG i want a ton of useless cd's like that!!! i'd just line them up, connect them, and hang it on a wall, OR if you want, you can do what i think is REALLY cool and break up the discs and make mosaics

Robin G2008-11-20T01:15:56Z

I once did an entire wall of my bedroom with old CDs...just stuck em up with two sided tape to make a cool geometric pattern. They also make good skeet if you're into shooting. Just please clean up the mess afterward.

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