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Recycled decor is in right now and there’s no medium more popular than crafts made out of vinyl records. You may get any record for a dollar a piece at a thrift store and most of the other materials you need may be found in your home! Records are a perfective way to decorate a vintage-inspired room, media room or are a perfective way to accessorize a teenager’s bedroom. Here are a few neat things you may do with vinyl records. Record Bookends A friend gave me a pair of these for Christmas and they’re so cute! While they may be purchased in a store, they’re also very easy to make. All you need to do is get two LP’s and fill your kitchen sink with in regards to three or four inches of boiling water. Then place the record in the water and bend it in half at a 90 degree angle. Use a long spoon or spatula to keep the bottom of the record flat. Be careful! You don’t want to burn yourself. And it’s as simple as that. Something I would recommend, however, is placing a paperweight on the outside of the record when you’re using it to hold up heavy books. The pair I have are made from old 45′s and they’re a little too little and light to hold more than five or six books. Record Bowl This is one of the most mutual ways that people reuse records. I’m sure you’ve seen them sold in stores and never realized how easy they are to make on your own. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Get a glass bowl that is more or less littler than the record and place the record on top of it in the oven. Place a may in the middle of the record. As the vinyl melts the may will shape it into a bowl. Keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t melt over the sides of the bowl. When the record is in the shape you want, remove it and let it cool before touching. Enjoy! Record Vase The directions for this project are the same as the bowl with only a slight variation. Instead of setting the record on a bowl, you’ll lie it flat on a cookie sheet and roll it up into the shape of a vase. The hole in the record may be applied to hang on a wall or front door. If the bottom of your vase doesn’t come to a closed point you may use a hot glue gun to plug the hole. Record Clock This project is fantastically simple. All you need to do is take a drill and widen the hole in the middle of the record. Then pop in a clock kit (which may be purchased at any craft store) and you’re done! If you want to get more originative with the design of your clock, click here. Album Covers as Wall Art:LP Frame There’s genuinely no work involved in this. Album art is ordinarily very artistic and it’s such a shame that scarcely any person sees it. If you have a beloved record that you don’t listen to much anymore you may frame it and use it as wall art. The best part is the frames keep the record protected so if you do decisive to listen to your record again it won’t be warped or damaged. You may buy this LP frame from Target for around eight dollars. Record Wall LP’s are beauteous cool looking even if you don’t melt them. Why not use them as a kind of wallpaper? Now they do gather a lot of dust so if you’re not prepared for the upkeep or if you find the aesthetic a little too overwhelming, undertake using them as a ornamental border instead. It’s a outstanding idea for a child or teen’s room and it’s a project they may even aid you with, depending on their age. Just use a tape measure to evenly space the records and use finish nails to secure each record to the wall. Now you have a cool, rock and roll themed room. Try pairing them with a funky paint color that pops like the shade of blue in the picture or like Swimming in our Ocean Inspired paint palette. Record Mail Organizer Put record in a 200 degree oven on top of a cookie sheet. Once it is malleable, remove it and bend 1/3 of the record toward the center, making a taco shape. Then put an oven-safe plate in amongst the folded sides of the record. Put in oven for another minute or two. Remove and let cool. You may then hang it on the wall with the hole in the record. Or, if you keep your mail in the kitchen like I do, you may attach magnets to the back. You may buy a bag of nickle-sized magnets with adhesive backing at any craft store for less than $5 but you’ll need four or five to hold the record to the fridge. Record Flowers The record is the least difficult share of this decoration. Just place two 45′s in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Lay them straight on the rack. This will grant them to ripple. Then take a great deal of fabric (I employed an old blouse but I think felt would be easier) and sew the dissimilar pieces together to construct two stems. For the leaf, sew along the edge of your fabric and pull the thread at the end to cinch your seam. Secure the thread and attach your stems to the wall. Attach your records separately by running a finish tack through the record’s center. I think felt would create a cleaner look for the piece but this was all I had at the time. |
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