Disco ball - original craft, which is perfect for a house party. This mirror ball will add style, desired dynamics and color to a disco or party. The disco ball works from the mains. When turned on, the ball rotates and bunnies begin to run around the room from the light source directed at it. Any holiday will become more fun and interesting with the use of a disco ball. The disco ball is made from available material.
1. For work you will need the following materials and tools: 30 pieces of DVD discs (preferably double-sided) for a ball with a diameter of 30 cm, balloon selected size, PVA glue, Moment glue, newspapers, hardware (screw with a ring, two nuts and two washers), brush for applying PVA glue, scissors, ruler, awl, felt-tip pen.
2. Mirrors for the ball will be cut from DVD discs. To do this, mark the disk into squares with a side of 10 mm. We mark along the ruler with a felt-tip pen, then mark the disk along the marked lines with an awl. Using scissors, cut the disk into squares. The discs will be cut better with scissors and will not crack if you hold the discs in hot water a few seconds (determined empirically).
3. The size of the ball depends on desire and capabilities. Let's take it balloon(necessarily round) and inflate it to a diameter of 30 cm.
4. The base of the ball is made using papier-mâché technology; this has already been done on the website. Cut small pieces of newsprint into arbitrary shapes. We glue pieces of newspaper with our own hands using PVA glue to the ball and to adjacent pieces of paper. Dry the first layer. And so we glue five layers of paper.
5. Do not rush to deflate the balloon after the fifth layer. Dry the applied layers to such a state that the glued sphere will represent a durable object (determined by tapping with a ringing response).
6. Deflate the ball. We screw two nuts onto the screw with the ring; there should be two washers between the nuts. Make the distance between the nuts 2-3 cm.
7. We fix the screw into the hole from the balloon (see photo). If necessary, a small cut is made to insert the lower nut and washer inside.
The screw is secured8. Relative to the suspension, mark the equator of the ball.
9. Glue the mirror squares in stripes from the equator to the poles using Moment glue or Liquid Nails glue.
10. The motor drive is purchased ready-made or made on the basis of a motor with a gearbox with a large gear ratio (for example, a motor from a microwave oven table, other similar motors with a gearbox). This design uses a motor with a gearbox from an opening drive artificial flower(2 rps). The gear motor is placed in a housing made of an aluminum mug and attached to the ceiling with self-tapping screws.
11. We hang the mirror ball on the engine and direct the light at it. As a light source, it is necessary to use incandescent lamps - regular or halogen; it is also acceptable to use powerful LED light sources.
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One scratch and the disc can be thrown into the trash. Or attach it as a stand for a cup of tea (can be glued to cardboard). Flash drives and file sharing services have practically replaced even usable disks. It seems like rubbish, but I don’t dare throw it away. Let's try to turn trash into very beautiful and useful thing for home celebrations, discos, parties. We will make a disco ball from disks with our own hands, especially since the work is pure pleasure, requiring neither experience nor large expenses.
In addition to “needed or not needed,” the disks also need to be sorted by color, because they have different shades. Although it all depends on your idea: the ball can be plain or colored. For a ball the size of a school globe, prepare at least 50 disks. Shape of fragments. Depending on your imagination, the disk pieces can be correct form(square, rectangle) or arbitrary. A standard disk square is 2 cm x 2 cm.
into small squares, for example, and put them in one container. (If you break it, it won’t be very small). It is better to take metal or kitchen scissors; office scissors can break, and with thin scissors, calluses on your fingers are guaranteed. It would be a good idea to sharpen the scissors before use. The discs are very fragile and pieces may break off at the edges. For flexibility and softening, place it in hot water for a couple of seconds. Don't overdo it, it may lose its shape.
First, you need to make a through hole in the ball for fishing line or other thread so that you can hang the ball.
It is convenient to glue the disco ball with squares using a glue gun. You need to start from the “equator”, that is, from the middle of the ball and paste it around the circumference towards the “poles”. We glue the top part of the ball last. Here you can use non-standard pieces of material, remaining trim. If the squares are the same (cut out according to a template), you can paste them in a checkerboard pattern or offset, like a tile. We glue pieces of arbitrary shape without gaps, overlapping and overlapping the previous one so that the ends stick out in all directions (see photo).
We hang the disco ball from the chandelier (or in another convenient place), turn off the light, direct the beam at it and invite friends to the disco.
Are there any unused squares left? Update your old photo frame. Since the pieces remain non-standard, the empty spaces must be filled with an outline. Let's get three useful things - cheap and cheerful.
Another way to turn CDs into an original disco ball with your own hands without cutting them is to watch the video.
Options for large disco balls made from uncut CDs in the photo. Such balloons will be appropriate for any occasion - a wedding or New Year's Eve.
At discos, there are always disco balls under the ceilings, which shimmer under the bright multi-colored beams of spotlights and cast glare on the dancing youth on the dance floor. If friends often gather at your house and you like to dance, then a disco ball is an irreplaceable thing for you. Buying such a ball is very unprofitable, but it is easy to make with your own hands.
In this video you can see the process of creating such a ball, and below read its detailed description.
To work we need to prepare:
- old CDs;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- scotch;
- flask;
- newspaper.
In order to make a disco ball, we take any unnecessary newspaper and begin to crumple it, forming a ball. You can make a ball of any size, it all depends on your personal desire. Just keep in mind that for a large ball you will need a lot more newspapers and CDs. The ball must be as dense as possible, so spare no effort and newspapers in order to prepare a high-quality base.
The resulting ball of newspaper must be wrapped with tape so that it holds its shape and does not unravel. In addition, this is necessary in order to take the next steps to create a disco ball.
As a result, you should make a hard and strong ball. It doesn’t matter if it is slightly not very smooth, it will be noticeable after all the actions that we do with it.
Wrap the resulting ball in foil. Carefully smoothing it onto the ball with your hands so that no large pieces remain too noticeable.
We put our ball preparation aside and take the CD.
Cut the disk into narrow strips. Then we cut these strips into squares and rectangles. It doesn't matter if they are different shapes, this is only to our advantage.
After the required number of various shapes from the disk have been cut, it’s time to proceed to the jewelry and painstaking work– I glue the pieces onto the ball.
Using a glue gun or regular instant glue, we begin gluing our pieces step by step. Apply glue to each piece separately on the non-shiny side. Place the pieces on the ball, trying to arrange them as closely as possible to each other.
A disco ball is an original lamp that is perfect for a home party. This mirror ball will add charm and mystery to your home disco.
Materials and tools
DVDs
Scissors
Ruler
Newspapers
PVA glue (carpentry), "Moment"
Felt pen
Awl
Iron pendant
Preparatory stage:
First you need to decide on the size of your ball. There are no restrictions here, only in the amount of material used and time.
We will use discs as a reflector for our ball with a diameter of 30 cm. You will need 30 of them. Select DVD discs, preferably double-sided. These discs have a mirror-like reflective tint and are easy to work with.
We mark 1 square meter squares on the disks with a felt-tip pen and ruler. cm. After this, mark again with an awl (the felt-tip pen will wash off). The discs will cut well with scissors if you hold the discs in hot water (for a few seconds).
Next you need to prepare the base for the ball. The ball will be made using papier-mâché technology.
Main job:
Inflate the balloon of the required size (it is important that the balloon itself is round).
Cut small pieces of paper into arbitrary shapes (preferably newspaper). We use PVA glue and after each layer (at least 5 layers) do not forget to dry. When all the layers have dried, we begin to deflate the balloon and then remove it. In place of the hole from the ball, insert a device for hanging. (see photo)
On the base, we mark the equator with a ruler, because we will start gluing from the middle and end at the poles. Next, we glue the finished squares from the disks with Moment glue.
In custody:
I found a suitable mains-powered motor for my ball. The engine makes about 2 revolutions per minute.
In our computer age, many people have old and unnecessary disks at home, which seem to be a pity to throw away and have nowhere to use them. But why is there nowhere?
Each of us has at least once thought about what can be made from old ones lying around. Do you know that discs + your imagination = a super disco ball. And putting this into practice is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
Select the discs you use carefully. It all depends on your idea - do you want to make a multi-colored ball or use only one color in the composition. Since all discs have different shades.
As for the shape of the pieces for the disco ball, it also all depends on your idea. Someone cuts out all the fragments in only one shape: in the form of squares or small rectangles. And someone cuts out pieces of various sizes and shapes. Crafts made from disks are interesting to make and use.
Making a ball out of CDs
Collect all your old CDs.
Cut each CD into small squares.
Kitchen scissors are more suitable for this work; regular scissors can break immediately.
In addition, the scissors should not be thin, otherwise your hands will hurt. And the scissors must be sharp, sharpen them before use.
Put all your pieces together. You will end up with a lot of small squares.
Cut out an even ball from a large piece of polystyrene foam with your own hands; the author made a small ball. For a disco, of course, it is better to cut the ball larger, 4 times larger.
Take it to create a homemade product. As you can see, you can make crafts from old CDs without spending a lot of money on materials.
Immediately make a hole in the ball, where you can pass a fishing line or something else on which to hang your ball.
First, glue your small squares together, starting from the center of the ball. Go all the way from top to bottom. Continue gluing pieces until you cover the entire ball.
Leave the top of the disco ball uncovered. This a good place for the uneven pieces left at the end. The pieces at the top are least noticeable.
Hang the ball from the ceiling or chandelier.
Now you have a mini disco ball, and you've put your old CDs to good use.
Fantasize, try to do different things and you will succeed!
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