Cut Out + Keep

Wine Cork Mat

Looks nice with plants

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/wine-cork-mat • Posted by LollyLabbit

A project to use up all those wine corks of yours

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Tricky
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Description

A project to use up all those wine corks of yours

Instructions

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    You'll need a circular placemat of some kind It doesn't have to be a placemat; but it helps if it's made of wicker

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    Cut it down to the size you want

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    Cut the corks with tube cutters (it's a lot easier than with scissors or a knife) You can cut them in half, but I cut them in shorter lengths so my mat wouldn't be too high

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    Like so

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    Here they are :)

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    Start hot gluing! Don't forget to glue them to each other on the sides as well. Make them really stick!

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    Glue around and around and around It's hard to fit some of them in...You'll have to squeeze them in there! I had to rearrange some, putting some slightly bigger ones here and slightly smaller ones there. I also had to carve out some of their sides to fit them in It was tedious

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    Trim off any excess

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    If you used a wicker mat, go around with a lighter and singe the edges out of view

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    As you singe, press the melted wicker down to close the edges to keep them from unraveling

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    OMG finally it's done Now have some wine :)