Making Ceramic Tile Coasters

How to make easy diy photo coasters from tiles.

Making ceramic tile coasters.

Add another coat on top of the paper and let it dry. You just have to take your time and have patience between steps. I found these white ceramic tiles at home depot for 0 16 a piece. Making these coasters is very simple.

Coasters are essentially a necessity for any wooden surface it seems so personalizing some small tiles to be coasters would make a great gift for nearly anyone. I use matte polycrylic by minwax to glue the image onto the tile. Watch instructional video now or scroll down for instructions. Sometimes i get asked how to make coasters by directly hand painting on them so here s how.

A few years ago i found the coolest craft that also makes great gifts i am talking about waterproof ceramic tile coasters i am hooked on making them. Read on for a tutorial on how to make diy photo coasters from tiles. I am making tile coasters that have paper images on them. Worst case it could potentially promote better homecare habits in whomever you gift them too.

Repeat 2 or 3 more times. You shouldn t need to use a tile sealer if you re working with ceramic or porcelain tiles. However i was use marble which is a porous stone and needs to be sealed before use. They are easy and fun to make.

We ended up making at least a dozen of these sharpie dyed tile coasters and every single one ended up being beautiful even the ones where my kids had drawn tiny little trees and princesses on them or where they had coloured half the tile with pink and the other half of the tile with baby blue. Then add a coat of mod podge to the tile and place the paper on top. I make about 150 per week and have never had one returned. I decided to include four coasters in each set so i purchased eight all together.

You can paint on your tiles using special oven bake ceramic paint like the pebeo vitrea paints bake them using the instructions that come with the paint and then coat the tiles with envirotex like i describe on the rest of page check out these adorable hand print tiles made by reader felicity and. Just trace around the ceramic tile on the paper and cut out. Waterproof ceramic tile coasters. I don t use alcohol i use the blending solution from adirondack that way it flows better and there are no white spots.

You can add felt to the bottom of the coaster to prevent scratches on the table found on. I make these tiles and sell them every week at farmer s markets craft fairs and art shows.