Upcycling: 5 great DIY ideas with wine corks
Upcycling ideas with wine corks are suitable for everyone who keeps a lot of corks at home or always gets new ones. Many useful everyday household items can be made from cork. We'll give you a few ideas in this article.
1. Upcycling ideas with corks: drink and pot coasters
Fancy beverage and pot coasters can be made from many corks. You can also make floor mats in this way. All you need is a lot of corks.
- Take a suitable plate or box. For example, a narrow, elongated box from the hardware store and cover the entire inner surface with cork. Ordinary craft glue or hot glue is best suited for this.
- Let the plate dry.
- For a doormat, stick halved corks of the desired size together. It is best to use hot glue for this.
- If you like, you can make a frame for the doormat and then fill it with the cork.
2. Cork pin board
A cork bulletin board is a great way to save your money and protect the environment.
- Take a picture frame of the desired size. Cut the corks into slices or lengthways with a knife. Do it the way you like it.
- If you like, you can paint the corks with paint. Acrylic paints are suitable for this, for example. Spray paint gives the cork a nice shine and can either be sprayed onto the painted or unpainted cork.
- Glue the corks to the back wall of the picture frame. Hot or craft glue is suitable for this.
3. Jewelry made of cork
Jewelry can also be made from cork in a creative way.
- To make round jewelry pendants, you can cut the cork into slices and sand with sandpaper.
- Paint the polished discs as you wish. You can use acrylic paints for this. You can also stick small stones or something else on the cork.
- Then screw in a small eyelet. This can be used to make earrings, bracelets or chain pendants, for example.
4. Search game for your dog
You can also easily create a search game for your four-legged friend from corks.
- Collect lots of corks and put them in a suitable box.
- Hide treats in the cork box and let your dog look for them.
- A suitable box, for example, would be a box corresponding to the size of the dog.
5. Small plant pots
You can easily pull seedlings and succulents in corks and it looks fantastic too.
- To do this, carefully hollow out the corks with a knife or a drill.
- Now put in seedlings and seeds or seedlings.
- For example, attach a magnet to the side of the cork. You can also attach the seedling to the refrigerator or a magnetic wall.
In our next practical tip you will learn what you can do with old clothes.