This DIY CD & Marble Forever Spinning Top will keep your little spinning kids entertained for quite a while. My son loves to spin things. From Beyblades
to traditional spinning tops
to fidget spinners
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I love to gather inspiration from everywhere. My friend, Jackie, gave me this idea a while back, but I haven’t had any marbles. No, I didn’t lose them. I just never had them to begin with. However, I was at someone’s house the other day who had a ton of marbles. They were nice enough to let me steal a few so I could finally do this easy yet fabulous idea.
Remember you are dealing with marbles, that are an item that little choke on. Although the marble is secured with hot glue, it can still be popped off and removed, making it a danger for kids under 3 or kids prone to stick things in their mouth. Monitor carefully.
Materials Needed to Make CD & Marble Forever Spinning Tops
Instructions for Making CD & Marble Forever Spinning Top
I will be providing a full video tutorial below to show you how easy this is, but I’ll provide written instructions as well.
- Color your CD with Sharpie. Kids can do whatever design they like. Doing a spiral from the center out looks super cool when spinning.
- Glue your marble onto the center of the CD. The marble nests in the hole perfectly. You want the image you’d like to see on top facing up as your glue the marble down.
These spinning tops keep going and going. We should really have a contest to see how long we could get it to spin. This activity is great for working on fine motor skills. They all had fun spinning their homemade top.
This was originally published in February of 2013, but has been updated and re-published in June of 2017.
Thanks for visiting my blog so I would find this amazing idea! My kids with LOVE this. I’m pinning it so I don’t forget! (I tend to do that a lot these days!)
Thank you so much. I’m glad you added me to Google+ too. Thank you for pinning and sharing! Look forward to getting to know you and your blog more.
Whoa now this is cool! Totally pinning and making tomorrow morning 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by The Thriftiness Miss too. Hope your weekend is going well.
Very simple and fun activity! I have a bunch of old cds that I could use for this. Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!
So much fun! Thanks for linking to Mom’s Library!
gostaria de ideias para trabalhar com crianças de 3 a 14 meses… poderia me ajudar?
Hablo espanol un poco. Hablas engles? Necessitas una actividad para una nina quien tienen 3 a 14 meses? Es verdad? No compredo todos lo que dice.
I love this idea!!! I’m going to do it with my grandchildren at our family reunion this weekend!
I hope you had a lot of fun with it. Thanks for checking in to let me know it was used.
I think people would really enjoy this. I think I’m going to have to try it.♡
Thanks! Hope you have a lot of fun!
I’ve given this type of spinning top a go. They worked great but we had a problem with the marbles falling out even after being hot glued. I think because they’re just so smooth. Any idea how to fix this issue?
Hmm…No, I didn’t really have this issue. Maybe I’d try super glue as it seems to hold everything tight.
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