Tile Coasters - An Easy Craft (and cheap too)

Today I am going to show you a craft I did this week and I LOVE the way they turned out.  Thanks to Pinterest I saw these and immediately knew I HAD to give it a try, now I 'm glad I did.  This is a short explanation of how to make your own tile coasters - they are cute to have for yourself or great to give as a small gift (especially hostess gifts.)  Here are the items you will need:

Plain tiles of your choice (I got these 4x4 tiles at Lowes for .16 cents each)

1 piece of 12x12 scrapbook paper 

Mod Podge

Clear Coat Spray Sealer

Paint brush or foam brush

Felt pads for bottoms of the coasters

Step 1:  Cut the scrapbook paper to the dimension you desire, since the tiles are 4x4 I cut mine a little less than that so you would see a border around the tile. It really helps if you have a decent paper cutter for this part.  1 piece of scrapbook paper easily makes 6 coasters.

Step 2:  Adhere scrapbook paper to the tile with Mod Podge - I painted a thin coat on the coaster first then laid my scrapbook paper on top.  Then lightly brush on a layer of Mod Podge on top - make sure you go around the edges of the paper well.  Let this dry then apply at least one more coat (you can do 3 coats of you think it's necessary.)  Don't worry the Mod Podge will dry clear!

  

Step 3:  Make sure the Mod Podge has completely dried and that the scrapbook paper is well adhered.  Now place the coasters on newspaper or a large box and spray with one or two coats clear coat spray to seal.  I used a satin finish.  Let the coasters completely dry.

Step 4:  Once the coasters are dry simply add felt pads to the bottom; you don't want to scratch up your pretty furniture with your new coasters. 

That's it!  See how easy, easy, easy this is!  Wow - it's super inexpensive too.  To purchase all the items necessary it will likely cost less than $10.  Once you have the Mod Podge you can use it for other crafts and there is enough clear coat spray for endless sets of coasters.  I plan on doing coasters for Fall and for Christmas using themed scrapbook paper.  I think these would make a nice gift too with the coasters stacked up and a pretty ribbon to tie them together.

Here's my finished product!