DIY Drink Coasters

Looking for a fun inexpensive craft to do & protect your table surfaces?

Well why not make your own coasters?

This was a fun craft Zoie & I did together that we actually enjoyed doing together.

Items Needed

Directions

Start by obtaining your 4.25 x 4.25 Prints
- We picked photos from Pinterest, then resized them in Photoshop, printed them out & cut them out with our paper trimmer.
Plugin your glue gun, this way the glue gun will be hot when needed
Place your drop cloth on the surface you’ll be working
Set out your materials on top of the drop cloth
- See photos 1 & 2
Grab the tile & felt you’ll be working with
Flip the tile upside down
- See photo 3
In the center of the tile place a generous amount of hot glue, place the felt over the top. Align the felt corner to corner
- See photo 4
Now lift the edges of the felt & on the tile add hot glue, pressing the felt as you go down.
- This will seal the felt to the tile, so the tile will not scratch the surface the coaster is laid on.
- See photo 4
Once you’ve done all four sides flip the tile/felt over
Now you will grab your paintbrush and apply a light coating of modge podge over the entire surface
- See photo 5
Once the entire surface is covered in a light coating of modge podge grab your print and align the corners and slowly press the photo down to the tile
Using the ruler press down to make sure the bubbles are out and even
- See photo 6
Add a light coating of modge podge over the top of the print
- See photo 7
Wait 30 minutes and apply a second light coating of modge podge
After 30 minutes or when dry, take your coasters outside on the dropcloth & spray with the UV-Resistant Clear Gloss
- Please note do not do this inside
- Also, read the instructions on how far away you need to spray, the one linked is 12 inches away
- See photo 8
Let sit for 2 hours and repeat
After 2 hours bring inside and let seal for 24 hours before using