Wooden Coasters

These DIY wooden coasters are a great way to make a gift for someone or just keep for yourself! They are very cheap and can be made in just a few minutes. I find that giving them in packs of 5 is a great way to give them out.

I also made a YouTube video of this: https://youtu.be/0TbhsqePE2U

Items:

• Sheet of plywood
• ConTact paper

Tools:

• Wood cutting saw
• Routing tool
• Colored pencils
• Scissors
• Pen/Pencil
• Ruler
• 150 grit sandpaper

Take your ruler and mark out squares for your coasters. I find 3"x3" works well for me.

Now, use your saw to cut the wood shapes. I used my rotary tool with a wood cutting blade for this step.

When I cut out the wood, the edges were very rough. I took the 150 grit sandpaper and sanded down the edges until they were smooth. Then I shaved any little splinters sticking up off the tops of the wood by lightly sanding down the top and bottom.

I used my rotary tool with the grinding wheel to route the corners of the coaster.

I used the colored pencils to draw designs on the coasters.

I traced the tops of the coasters on the ConTact paper and then cut out the paper to the right size. I peeled off the sticky part and stuck it to the top of the coaster to give it a shiny 'finished' feel.