How to Re-Use Leftover Wine Corks

You can wash and use the wine bottles to make your own vinegrets or flavored olive oils, reusing the corks to seal and store, or sliced as pads for bottoms of things such as coasters or things that need air flow beneath them. Or carve into minitures for doll houses like lamp bases and footstools.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Real corks from wine bottles not the rubber things they are making now.
• glue or
• glue gun
• exacto knife or other very sharp cutting tool.
• paint or stain

1. Collect and save corks. Use them to recork the wine bottle they came out of after you rinse and refill with olive oil and sprigs of herbs to make your own flavored oils. Use a very sharp tool to slice or carve the cork into whatever use you need it for.

2. Slice them length wise to make miniature furniture components. Like chair seats and backs. Then paint or stain them to match the doll house decor. Slice enough pieces to glue together and make a trivet for hot pots or pans.

3. Use can use a cork for a pin or needle cushion. Of course, you can always tie one on to a fishing line and use it as a bobber. Slice them about 1/8 inch thick and glue them to cabinet door or drawers as bumper guards. Makes things much quieter.

Tips & Warnings

• Real cork is becoming less available so if you have some keep them, eventually you will be able to sell your corks on ebay.