I'm wondering how many others made them from my post a year ago?
They are an entertainment bargain, considering the cost (free).
Link to additional info from original post:
http://bertthemensachicken.multiply.com/journal/item/26/I_cant_keep_it_a_secret_any_longer._SUN_CHIMES
Wow!!!
ReplyDeleteThe rays are reflected way down my way, Bert.
Hmmm I don't know if I need one more source of heat though :)
So I'll take your words and enjoy yours.
I've found all kinds of interesting uses for old CDs. For instance, when your son is told to make a 'model of an insect'...but brings home the info rather garbled...they make great eyes for a giant beast that is a cross between a black widow, a fly and a wasp. You also get extra credit...uh, I mean your SON gets extra credit, for creativity when you also build a small town out of various sized cereal boxes covered with contact paper to create buildings...and tiny army men who are trying to kill the giant...who, by the way, is holdiing a helicopter in her hand as she terrorizes the city, spraying a spider web stuff to capture as many army men as she can in her web. Hey, he provided the creativity...I just helped him build the damn thing. He got an A+ and they displayed it in the library...even though what the teacher REALLY wanted was an actual model of, say, an ant...showing the head, thorax and pelvis. (For added effect, light up eyes left over from a halloween pumpkin...that flash...really make a big impact.) Too bad his dad kept all the pictures...and then his stepmother promptly threw them out when she assumed reign over the house. Guess she didn't like having to 'compete' with Bear's eccentric mother, the artist.....
ReplyDeleteToo bad they don't have cool projects like that when they get into college...we had so much fun building those things and messing with his teachers' heads. Can you say, "Addams Family"?
PS, They only kept it in the library for a couple of days before some Soccer Mom complained that it was giving little Percy Snotnose nightmares. Then again, I guess it wasn't any worse than the gargoyle sculpture I made for a shrink friend's desk... who had to take it home after one of his schizophrenic patients became obsessed with it....something about it following him home at night and staring into his bedroom or something...
ReplyDeleteOh brilliant! I missed your original post Bert and it wasn't that long ago I threw out a whole pile of old cd's because I couldn't think what to do with them! I will save them again now. good ideas from Barnabelle too, shame my boys are too old for that now.
ReplyDeleteI could do with sun chimes.
ReplyDeleteThey might encourage the sun to show itself!
Iri, mine is too old for that stuff now, too....but that doesn't stop me...it just means I no longer have an excuse for playing. BTW, I'm now the Crazy Cat Lady At The End Of The Street. But then, my neff-pew has always called me his Eccentric Auntie M....so I"m used to being 'unusual'.
ReplyDeleteHey, speaking of which... this man came into campaign HQ today and I didn't recognize him, so I got up from my desk to greet him. About that time, my cuz came walking up and said, "He's looking for me." Since I am used to screening her calls when she is in the office, I stepped in front of her and said, "I'm sorry, sir, she's in a meeting, can I say who is here?" He looked a little perplexed for a second, then I was introduced to our newest staff member as, "She's harmless. She's just my crazy cousin...and she's a volunteer..." Damm, she blew my cover...