Decoupage Tiles for Christmas Coasters

Zest it Up
by Zest it Up
5 Materials
$10
1 Hour
Easy
This was the best little project for my kiddos…ahem, and me too! I dare you not to get swept away with a little decoupage creativity.

It is officially the time of year for some major crafting, and my kids are definitely not immune to serious Christmas-time-creativity. In fact, Conall had a super cute craft fair for his school, and since I love the idea of kids creating things, and honing their entrepreneurial skills, I fully supported my kiddo diving in! The crafting was supposed to be up to my little guy (aka not a mommy project where I control the outcome and the mess), so I decided to bust out Mod Podge and let him makeover some old tiles from the Habitat for Humanity Restore. The result was not only cute, but my toe-heads had a blast! I adore watching them work together and get lost in the creativity.
They were the cutest elves!  It was so much fun watching their creativity come up with new designs.  I simply talked them through their design plans, helped them by cutting out some shape templates, and then let them have at it!
Supplies
  • Tiles (we did sets of four)
  • Mod Podge
  • Paint brush
  • scrap paper (we used tissue paper from the Dollar Store)
  • Gold sharpie (for the antler design)



Note: I had the kids paint the tile with Mod Podge first, so that laying the tissue paper down would be easy and less likely to tear.  After they were satisfied with their design, they brushed over the whole thing with another coat of Mod Podge to seal the coaster.  I recommend at least one more coat to finish them up. 
As to design?  The sky is the limit!
Happy crafting!  Happy thrifting!  Happy fixin’! And a very happy, (early) Merry Christmas!


xoxo,
Chanda
Suggested materials:
  • Tiles   (Thrift Store)
  • Modge Podge   (Craft Store)
  • Paint Brush   (Had on Hand)
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  • Susie Tullis Susie Tullis on Jan 25, 2020

    Could you do this with pictures on the tiles or maybe kid's artwork?

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  • Nb Nb on Nov 07, 2019

    Towheads, silly!

    It's an old word meaning 'light blonde'.

  • Diane Diane on Dec 06, 2020

    I love this idea. I don't see why you could not use your children's art work on these. That is a great idea. Your kids did a good job on them. You can also use old Christmas cards ! This is one my Granddaughter made me this summer.

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