How to Melt Records to Make Bowls

Do you need an easy and inexpensive centerpiece for a class reunion or a surprise birthday party for a vintage friend? How about a bowl to keep your keys or change at the end of a day? This record bowl can literally be melted in minutes and will instantly add to any retro/vintage decor. Your kids will love the pure novelty of something so archaic!

Things You'll Need

• Vinyl record album
• Canning jar
• Pie plate
• Oven
• Gloves

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 200 degrees.

2. Place the pie plate in the oven. Set the jar in the center of the pie plate. Lastly, center the record album over the top of the jar.

3. Monitor the melting process carefully.

4. Allow the record album to droop down.

5. When the record has become limp and the edges have ruffled, take the pie plate, jar and record album out of the oven all together.

6. Allow the record bowl to cool and harden before taking it off the jar.

Tips & Warnings

• Oven temperatures may vary, so time and experimentation may be needed.

• You have a very short window of time to arrange the ruffles of the record bowl once it comes out of the oven. Try wearing gloves to avoid becoming burned.