I have no idea why, but I’ve been wanting to do some type of home craft. I found the perfect quick home craft this week – custom tile coasters. They are really simple to make and look awesome.
Two Sets of Custom Made Tile Coasters
Here is the list of supplies that I bought, with prices:
1 package of 9 travertine tiles – $3.97 at Home Depot
1 package small medium duty felt pads – $2.97 at Home Depot
12 pack of ColorPlace foam brushes – $1.50 at Wal-Mart
Mod Podge in Matte, 16 oz – $7.47 at Wal-Mart
Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear Spray Paint in Satin – $2.97 at Wal-Mart
Colorbok Alpha Punch-outs, 1,600 pieces, 10 colors – $5.00 at Wal-Mart
Colorbok Pattern Pack, 50 12″x12″ papers, 25 patterns – $5.00 at Wal-Mart
Home Decor Stencils by Plaid, 26 designs – $2.97 at Wal-Mart
Coaster Supplies
Here are a few other helpful items that you probably have around the house:
trash bag/plastic to cover your work area
a sponge for cleaning the tiles
newspaper for covering spray area outside
First, clear off a table or floor space and cover it with plastic or a trash bag. Next, open your package of tiles and examine them. One of mine was a dud, with really big holes in it, but 8 were fine. Clean the dust off of the tiles with a damp sponge and allow them to dry.
Next, select the paper you would like to use as the background on your tile, and cut a square for each tile. Cut the paper a little smaller than the tile, so you can see a border of tile around the paper. I got one just right and used it as a template for the other paper squares. Also, pick out and punch out the letters you would like to use on top of the background.
Next, lay out the tiles you are going to use on the plastic and using a foam brush, coat them with Mod Podge, just a nice even coating. Next, carefully center the paper on them and lightly press down. After the paper is in place, put another coating of Mod Podge on the paper and let dry.
If you notice any bubbles in the paper, take care of them when the Mod Podge is still very wet, or wait until it dries to get them out. If you touch the Mod Podge when it’s almost dry, your paper will rip and stick to your finger.
Set of Tile Coasters
Next, put another light coating of Mod Podge on and place your letters on top, after you’ve placed the letters, go ahead and coat them in Mod Podge too. Once this coat dries, put on one more for safe measure, being sure to get the sides of the tiles with this final coat.
After the final coat dries, you may have to peel off excess Mod Podge around the edges when you pick the tile up from the plastic.
Next, head out side with newspaper and find a good area to spray paint your tiles. Place the tiles on the paper and give them a coating of the acrylic sealer. You only have to wait 10 minutes between coats, so I put three coats on my tiles.
Felt Feet on Tile Coaster
Last, apply felt feet to the corners of the tiles, and now they are coasters! You can start using them immediately or you can wrap up sets of four to give to family and friends. (this means if you are in my family and friends, you might want to hold off on this project because you might be getting some for Christmas)
I created the second set of coasters using the stencils and a black Sharpie marker. The process is much the same, after washing the tile, you stencil on the tile with the Sharpie marker. After you’ve outlined and filled your shape with the marker, apply one or two coats of Mod Podge. When it dries, apply a few coats of acrylic sealer and add the felt feet.
Set of Tile Coasters
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