How to Make Picture Coasters

Turn photos into beautiful coasters.

Show off some of your favorite photos by making them into coasters. Photo coasters make great gifts and fabulous conversation starters. You can use pictures of your kids, vacation photos of beautiful places or copy old photos and create coasters with those. If you don't want to use the actual photos, print out color copies of your photos on your computer so your originals will stay intact.

Things You'll Need

• Old CDs, cork coasters or ceramic tiles
• Copies of photos
• Xyron adhesive
• Modpodge decoupage medium
• Sponge brush
• Acrylic sealer

Instructions

1. Set your base on top of your photo to use as a template. Trace around the base and cut the photo so it fits. An old CD, some inexpensive plain cork coasters or ceramic tiles will all make great coasters.

2. Glue your photo on to the coaster with Xyron craft adhesive.

3. Trim the photo's edges if needed.

4. Sponge brush Modpodge decoupage liquid over the top of the photo. Allow it to dry. Skip this step if using an old DVD.

5. Apply acrylic sealer to the photo to seal your coaster design.

References

• Scrapjazz: Fast And Fabulous Photo Coasters
• Activity Village: Photo Coaster