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Make a Clock from a Recycled CD

18 January 2009 15,341 views 4 Comments

by heather

Kim from YouCanMakeThis.com posted this awesome idea for using old CDs at Blissfully Domestic. She made a set of three with a tween's bedroom in mind. The project is simple, and such a clever reuse of old CDs, which we all have lying around!

Project Estimate:

Recycled CD, on hand
Scrapbook paper or other pretty paper, on hand or $1
Mod Podge, on hand
Brush, on hand
Clock kit, $4 and up
Metal washer, a few cents

Total cost: $5 or so

4 Comments »

Vone said:

Instead of buying a clock kit I bought a clock at the dollar store and used that in one clock I made.

# 18 January 2009 at 5:52 pm

heather (author) said:

Oh yeah, that makes even more sense!! I keep forgetting to look for clocks at the dollar store! I know, of all people, I should be thinking of stuff like that. :)

# 18 January 2009 at 6:57 pm

Kim said:

Thank you for sharing this Heather! I’m glad you liked it. And Vone, what a great idea on using a kit from the dollar store!

# 19 January 2009 at 2:25 pm

links for 2009-01-20 « Just Browsing said:

[...] Dollar Store CD clock I love these Dollar Store crafts, partly because they're cheap, but mostly because there are some creative people out there making stuff out of what you can find. Although I've seen ideas for making a clock out of a CD before, this is the funkiest one I've run across. So I had to share. And I might have to make one of these up for myself. I wouldn't even have to go to the dollar store since I've got one of those AOL CD's around somewhere, plenty of scrapbook paper, and other stuff. Only thing I need is the clock kit. (tags: crafts) [...]

# 20 January 2009 at 10:27 am