Mother's Day Crafts
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Mom's CD Letter Holder
Designed by: Kathleen George
Typical Project Completion Time: 1-2 hours
Use up three or four of those CD's that get sent to you in the mail, and make Mom a lovely letter or note holder for Mother's Day.
CD Letter Holder
Materials:
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Heart, 6" x 1"
Other Materials:
Recycled compact discs, three or four
Floral fabric "fat quarter" (from quilting department)
Coordinating silk flowers, two small bunches
Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin
Ruler
Wide flat paintbrush
Paper towels
Scissors
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Thick, white craft glue
Project Instructions:
1. Cut three or four 5-1/2" squares from fabric. For each CD, spread thin layer of white glue over label side and smooth a fabric square over glue; let dry and trim excess.
2. Cut two 1-1/2" x 12" strips from fabric. Glue fabric strips around edge of foam heart, overlapping as needed. Clip corners and fold excess fabric to bottom; glue to secure. Note: If desired, trace heart onto wrong side of fabric and cut out; glue to bottom of heart.
3. To make inserting discs easier, first cut 3/8"-deep, equally-spaced parallel grooves into top of foam heart. Cut straight down, not at an angle. Apply thin line of white glue along each CD slit and press discs 1/2" to 3/4" deep into slit.
4. Glue silk flower bunch to each side of discs as shown.
Project reprinted courtesy of The Dow Chemical Company, Manufacturer of Genuine STYROFOAM(R) Brand Foam.
its great i loved it
its a nice idea also to manage some kids circulars .i must go to try it today
I am going to try this project but NOT cover the CD. Will cover the edges of the heart with stones and/or shells and cover the middle of the CD hole with a large stone or shell. It will be less likely to tip over or slide around with more weight on it, I think.
This is a great idea. Thank you so much.
hey,,, I fell in love with this craft almost immediately. I just loved it... Nice idea. Now I can get rid of all the damaged cds in our house.
love the ideas very unique , bookends are hard to find and expensive , love the idea of using recycled fabric , I do have a lot of fabric sample , this a nice letter holder , for especially dads , although i did see one crochet over , it did look pretty but time consuming .I plan to use this idea for christmas gifts or any occassion . I never would have made out what the base was made of if you hadn't wrote it down , styrofoam wow! pure genius , Joelle
What were the ruler, candle wax/parafin and serrated knife for? Use was not indicated in the instructions. Paintbrush could be used to smooth fabric, not really necessary, can use fingers. I also used fabric that I had recycled instead of buying new.
great!!!!
this idea is great..i made lots of it n gift it ...very nice
I've been looking for a craft for using old cd's. I am always saving them. This letter holder is the cutest one that I have come accross yet.
Sincerely,
BAnn
