 | | Wine Cork
Board
This wine cork board is a perfect craft to make if you father
happens to be a wine lover! These look great hanging in a
kitchen, in his
garage, or his workshop. It makes a wonderful Father's Day
present! It is extremely easy to make, but you
will need a ton of wine corks, often more than you think you'll need.
I kept thinking I had enough corks myself to finish this
project but I had to get more corks from friends and family.
If you have been saving your wine corks, this craft is for
you!
Things Needed:- A
wooden frame in the desired size. The glass is not needed, so
look for a wooden frame that is meant to frame canvas paintings. These
frames have a deeper thickness to them.
- A
piece of wood for behind the frame, cut to the size of the frame
- Hammer
and Nails
- Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Sticks
- Razor
Blade
- Lots of wine corks!
1.
Begin the wine cork board by assembling the frame. Hammer the
board to the back of the frame so you have a good base to glue the wine
corks on to.
2. Begin in one corner, and
assemble 8 corks in the pattern shown below. You are free to try other
patterns, but I have found this block pattern really looks great.
The wine corks look best when the labels are facing out, and
are easy to read (not upside down). If you have too many of
one brand (like I did), you can hide some of the labels, by gluing the
label side down, and just show a
blank cork now and then.
3.
Once you are happy with the arrangement and pattern, pick up
each cork and apply a thick strip of hot glue to the back of it, and
adhere to the base. Hold for a moment then move on to the
next cork.
4.
From time to time you may find that all the corks are not the
same size. In this case, a little trimming will be necessary.
Use a sharp razor blade and cut off the edge of the longer
cork to make it the right size.
5.
As you work your way to the other edge of the frame, you may
not be able to fit a full cork in at the end, or complete the pattern.
Do the best you can. You can make "spacers" by slicing corks
in half lengthwise to make a tight fit, and it is hardly noticeable in
the end result.
6. The wine cork board can
be used as a regular bulletin board, just use push pins to hold up
notes and photos!
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