DIY Dominoes Coasters | Thrift Store Decor

DIY Dominoes Coasters

Good Morning and welcome to our first ever Thrift Store Decor Makeover Challenge.

It’s going to be a monthly thing around here.

I posted about the makeover challenge on Sunday because I couldn’t wait to tell you about it!

For the challenge I made…..

DIY Dominoes Coasters from my thrift store finds.

And if that wasn’t enough…..

I made Dominoes Magnets too.

It all started when I found these pretty dominoes at the thrift store right up the street from me.

Now that tag says I paid 99 cents for the bag of dominoes but since I get the “better with age”  discount, they were only 70 cents.

I loved the color and clear acrylic look.

I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them but I had to have them anyway.

I found inspiration on Pinterest.

 

The roll of cork has been in the workshop for a while.

The granddaughter and I use it for all kinds of projects.

I purchased it either at Hobby Lobby or Michaels…can’t remember.

I laid out the dominoes….

 

…then used a razor blade to cut the cork.

The one with the yellow handle worked the best.

Probably because it had the newest sharpest blade.

Then I used Elmer’s glue to adhere the dominoes to the cork.

 

I set a weight on them while they were drying.

The next part is where I tell you how I messed up.

I glued the dominos to the cork but I didn’t glue the dominoes to each other……duh!

You guys wouldn’t believe the number of times I mess things up.

I grabbed the E-6000 and a toothpick and ran glue in between the dominoes.

I let the glue harden and they were done.

I only had enough dominoes to make 3 coasters.

I started to just make a pair but what the heck.

A trio sounded better.

I had three dominoes left and I spotted the magnets hanging on the pegboard….brainstorm.

I have to say the magnet project was much easier than the coasters.

Although neither project was hard.

I would give both projects an easy rating of 2 on a scale of 1-5…1 being the easiest.

Seriously, they’re both great projects for kids to make.

Just watch them around the E-6000.

That stuff is pretty potent.

I would estimate the cost of both projects to be about $2 considering the dominoes, magnets, cork, and glue in the equation.

See more coasters here and some vintage magnets here!

Visit everyone and tell me your favorite makeover.

Have a great day,

Kathy