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02/13/19

How to Make A Bowl Out Of A Vinyl Record

Don’t toss out your old vinyl records, you can easily make a bowl out of them and I’m going to show you how today!  My brother came over last week and handed me a beautiful bowl filled with succulents. Since he is always makes things from scratch I asked him how he made it,  I couldn’t believe he made it out of a vinyl record!  He quickly reminded me we used to make them all the time as kids, for the life of me I can not remember.  In my defense, my brothers and I have a huge age gap between us, so when they were teens making bowls out of records I was just a little toddler getting into trouble.  So a huge thanks to my amazing brother for giving me this idea!

 

Over the weekend I stopped by our local Good Will store hoping I could find a record since I donated all of mine years and years ago.  To my surprise they had hundreds of them, each for $1.99.  If I had the time I would have sat on the floor and gone through them one by one but I only had a few minutes.  I was lucky enough to quickly find Frankie Laine, It brought back memories of  my mom playing his music when she was cooking in the kitchen, the song “I Believe” was one of her favorites.

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Supplies

  • Oven safe bowl (This is about the shape and size that your vinyl bowl will turn out)
  • Cookie Sheet
  • Vinyl record
  • Oven
  • Oven Mitts or Pot Holder
  • Optional: spray Paint

Directions:

Wash both sides of the record with soap, rinse and dry it with a lint-free cloth. This removes any lint, pet hair or other debris that may stick to the record after melting.

You will want to pick an oven safe bowl that is about the shape and size that you want your record bowl to be.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (do not set the oven any higher then 200 or toxic fumes could be released)

Stack the bowl on top of the cookie sheet, place the record centered on top. . The side of the record placed directly on top of the bowl will become the inside of the vinyl bowl.

Place in oven for about 8-10 minutes.

Using oven mitts, take the bowl, cookie sheet and record out of the oven.  Take the record off of the bowl and start shaping it by bending and pinching until you get the look you want.  You will need to work quickly before it hardens.  *this is what the record will look like when it’s ready to be pulled out of the oven

You can use the inside of another bowl to help with forming the edges, just place the record inside.

You can always place it back in the oven to soften it up again for a few minutes if you don’t like the results  ( I might have done this twice)

Leave the album black or have a little fun with paint, I spray painted mine for a pop of color!  I simply layered red and pink spray paint, I did not let coats dry in-between each spray so they would mix.  You can use these as decorative bowls ,  a catch-all for keys, jewelry, junk or make a beautiful planter out of it.

*Note I would not put any type of food in the bowl especially if you have spray painted it.

It almost reminds me of a beautiful clam shell.

Here is the succulent planter my brother made, isn’t it gorgeous!

How to Make A Bowl Out Of A Vinyl Record

I can spritz the plants with water about once a week and if it ever needs extra water it has the hole at the bottom for drainage!

How to Make A Bowl Out Of A Vinyl Record

Have fun with them, you really can’t go wrong or make a mistake, they would make such a fun and funky gift as well.

Time to check out all the other thrift store makeovers!

 

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Vintage Tray Makeover Our Southern Home

 

 

Here are more of my past thrift store makeovers if you would like to check them out.  Thank you so much for stopping in today, have a great rest of the week!




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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    February 13, 2019 at 4:44 am

    I always wondered how this was done!!! Looks so easy and I love that you have the option to spray paint it or leave it be. Pin scheduled!!

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 13, 2019 at 9:31 am

      Thank you Sarah, such a easy project 🙂

      Reply
  2. Gail says

    February 13, 2019 at 8:09 am

    Such a great idea for old records. I’ve made bowls and trays, but I’ve always left mine original. Spray painting looks fun!

    pinning!

    gail

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 13, 2019 at 9:31 am

      Thanks so much Gail!

      Reply
  3. Maryann says

    February 13, 2019 at 4:02 pm

    That is so cool Kristin! I’ve never made one of those, but it looks like fun.

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 13, 2019 at 5:27 pm

      Thanks so much Maryann, wish I hadn’t gotten rid off my collection years ago.

      Reply
  4. Kathy says

    February 13, 2019 at 5:17 pm

    I love how you spray painted yours. After the red one I made got broken in the mail I could never find another red album. Now I know what to do.. And it does look like a clam shell. Good job.

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 13, 2019 at 5:29 pm

      Thanks Kathy, it was kind of by mistake (or maybe impatience before the rain came) I realized if I didn’t wait in between coats they beautifully blend together 🙂

      Reply
  5. Pam @ House Of Hawthornes says

    February 14, 2019 at 4:52 am

    My local thrift store has a zillion old record albums and NOW I know what to do with them! Thanks for the tutorial!

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 14, 2019 at 8:01 am

      I wasn’t sure our thrift store would have them and they had 100’s!

      Reply
  6. Debbie says

    February 17, 2019 at 4:37 am

    I’m going to be on the lookout for a record! This is so cool!

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 18, 2019 at 10:56 am

      Thanks Debbie!

      Reply

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