It may be that, when tidying up your desk or rearranging your studio, you will come across one of those loose cylindrical CD cases with a transparent lid, perhaps bought on a cheap offer a few years earlier, when the number of CDs used for work or leisure was much higher than today.
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It may be that, when tidying up your desk or rearranging your study, you will come across one of those storage containers. Loose form CDs cylindrical and with transparent lid, perhaps purchased because of a convenient offer a few years earlier, when the number of CDs used for work or leisure it was decidedly superior to today.
Fortunately, it is a type of container that is easily recoverable for some reuse projects e creative recycling. We present ten of them.
Index
Ball holder
Here is an idea suitable for those dedicated to knitting or sewing. Reordering your yarns can be very simple by using a container for loose CDs that is no longer useful for its real purpose. Rolling the yarns around the central support, which was previously used to support the stacked CDs, will allow you to create neat balls of yarn. Making a hole in the top of the transparent lid will help you use the yarns when knitting, preventing the ball from unraveling or slipping off.
DIY greenhouse or seedbed
Building a small do-it-yourself greenhouse out of recycled materials is very easy if you have a medium-sized CD bin at your disposal. It is in fact a suitable solution to protect small plants during the winter. It is also possible to use the base for the construction of a protected seedbed. At this address you can find other interesting ones ideas for creating eco-friendly and handmade greenhouses.
Shower diffuser
For DIY enthusiasts, here is an idea to transform CD containers into a shower diffuser. According to the creators, its realization does not require specific skills, but a lot of attention. Here all the instructions and what you need
Portagioielli
From a CD container that is no longer in use, it is possible to create a support to keep your jewelry in order, with particular reference to earrings. It will be sufficient to apply a CD on the top of the same, the edge of which will have been pierced, so that one of your earrings can be hung from each hole. At this address you can let yourself be guided by an image tutorial.
Jar
Now that you have decided to use the base of your old bulk CD case to make a jewelry box, you will need to find a way to creatively recycle its lid. You can, for example, use it as a simple vase for your flowering plants or aromatic herbs, after having pierced the bottom in order to allow the water to drain as well explained here.
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Cable tray
The cylindrical shape with central support of the bulk CD container makes it a suitable solution for store cables that are not currently in use, but you want them to be stowed away neatly and can remain close at hand. It will be sufficient to roll the cables around the support, stop them if necessary with the help of an elastic or a gift tag and position the lid, so that they can remain protected from dust.
Lamp
Starting with a cylindrical-shaped CD container, you can try make a do-it-yourself lamp. Naturally it will be necessary to use electrical cables of the correct size and it is advisable to use an energy-saving light bulb that does not give off excessively heat. TO this address there are instructions to follow for its realization.
Tool
The CD container can also be transformed into a Tool or in one container for screws, bolts, screwdriver bits or small mechanical parts that you may need to keep. As suggested here, it might be useful in this regard to line the bottom of the container with foam rubber or with a cardboard support in which to make incisions where you can insert what you want to keep aside.
Bird feeder
A very nice idea is to make one bird feeder in which to store seeds or feed to be left to the birds especially in winter and in particularly cold and snowy regions. As you can see from the photo, just make an opening and hang the container vertically on a wire.
READ also: 10 bird feeders with recycled materials
Frame
If in addition to an old CD container you have some unused cases at your disposal, you might consider combining these elements for the making a photo frame. Inside each transparent case you can insert two photographs and to the central support you can adhere up to five cases, for a total of ten images to show.
At this address you will find all the instructions in this regard.
Marta Albè
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