During my daily search of Pinterest, I came across these cool Scrabble tile coasters.
I actually had spare Scrabble tiles on hand from when I turned a batch of them into fridge magnets. We hadn't been using them since we moved into the house so I figured I might as well repurpose them into something more useable. Unfortunately, this also meant I had to pry the magnets off the backs of a bunch of stupid Scrabble tiles. Me having constantly stocked up on fabric in the past meant I, of course, had spare felt on hand to use as the backings on the coasters. The only other things I needed were Mod Podge and glue which luckily I also had. So the total price of this project was $0. Super sweet.
Once all the magnets (stupid magnets broke my nail) had been removed, I laid the tiles out in five by five squares. This only gave me three coasters so I'll have to hit up a thrift store for an old Scrabble board so I can make a few more. If the coasters are examined a touch more closely, you'll see that a word is hidden in each one. The first has Cthulu for my H.P. Lovecraft loving husband, Bad Wolf in the second for a nice Doctor Who reference, and finally Johnson in the third since that's our last name.
These were easy enough to make. Just use a crafting glue or super glue to attach each tile to the felt backing. Careful if using super glue though, a bit of it leaked through my felt pieces. Not enough to do any damage but still something to watch out for.
Once I had all the tiles glued down, I also tilted the tiles so I could run a line of glue down the edges to add a bit more stability to the whole thing. After letting it dry for a good 20 minutes, I trimmed the excess felt off and got to work on waterproofing these for coaster use.
Whenever working with Mod Podge, I like using a small sponge brush. It seems to leave a smoother finish and allows for super thin coats to be put down. I've found that doing multiple coats of Mod Podge that are really, really thin creates a better end product. On previous projects when I got overzealous with the application, the final coat always seemed to be tacky no matter how long it dried. Maybe that's just me though, if there's a better way please let me know.
After a couple hours of Mod Podging and drying I had created three super cool coasters. At least, I think they're pretty cool. I think the Bad Wolf one is my favorite but I'm a sucker for anything Doctor Who related.
A nice action shot of a coaster in use. Absolutely going to round up more Scrabble tiles to work with. I was thinking another cool project using these tiles would be to cover the bottom of a square or rectangular serving tray. They could even be laid out to mimic an actual Scrabble game and use the back side of the tile to fill in the blank spots.
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You should make a coaster that says, "Jill is OK but Daniel is Awesome". Make that happen!
ReplyDeleteP.S. very creative.