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Fourth of July Waterproof Coasters

Merriment :: Fourth of July Coasters

More decor for our upcoming Fourth of July – slash – Shane’s birthday BBQ. I took Martha’s Fourth of July parasols and turned them into a neat matching Fourth of July waterproof coasters.

Supplies:

Merriment :: Fourth of July Coasters

Print out the coaster template. Place it on your self-healing cutting mat. Place the center of your circle cutter in the center of the coaster and cut a circle. You should purposefully cut off some of the outside so the color on the cut circle “bleeds” to the edge.

Merriment :: Fourth of July Coasters

Lay your cut coaster onto the contact paper. Using a Ruler and Xacto Basic Knife Set (or just your scissors) cut a strip of the contact paper that’s slightly wider than your circle. Cut that strip into squares slightly bigger than your circle.

Peel off the contact paper backing and put sticky-side up on your mat. Place your circle color-side down onto the contact paper and smooth. Peel off the back of another contact paper square and carefully place on the back (I pull it taught, stick down one side, and smooth it across). Your circle should now be encased in waterproof contact paper.

Merriment :: Fourth of July Coasters

Now you can either cut the final coaster using the circle cutter (photo left) or your scissors (photo right). Be sure to cut your contact paper slightly larger than the printed paper circle so that the plastic edges are sealed to protecting the paper from getting wet. If you use your circle cutter at this point, you can cheat on the ‘cutting paper circles’ step above and just use scissors; you’ll clean it up nice and pretty at this step anyway. Thanks again, Martha!

Merriment :: Fourth of July Coasters

Katie

Wednesday 30th of June 2010

Hi!Me and my grandma are gonna try out your all square 4th of July napkin holders.They look really easy to make,but we're gonna try 'em out today because we're having a cookout on the 4th and need some good coasters fast!Thanks for putting the template on your site!-Katie

Sithean

Sunday 5th of July 2009

This is great! Thank you so much for sharing. I love the parasols on the MS site, and followed your post here to check out the coasters. Thanks again!

Gerry Richardson

Friday 19th of June 2009

Seems you should mention that the contact paper circle needs to be slightly larger than the printed paper circle so that the edges are sealed - protecting the paper.

Kathy Beymer

Saturday 20th of June 2009

Hi Gerry, yes, I had that in the instructions already but it seems like it wasn't as prominent as it should be. I'll edit it so it's more clear. Thanks so much for the feedback!

Barbara Schultz

Saturday 5th of July 2008

Renee told me about your website and I checked it out yesterday and I loved it! You are super crafty!