Materials:
- 3/8" (5mm) thick cork; 6" x 5" piece per
coaster
- Craft knife
- Ball point pen
- Black permanent marker; fine tip
- Paint brush
- Paint for bunny - brown and pink acrylic
paint
- Paint for Egg - yellow, orange, blue,
pink and purple acrylic paint
Patterns for both the bunny and egg can be
found on the printable page.
The directions for both the bunny and the egg
are the same except for the actual painting.
1) Trace the shape you want onto a piece of
cork using a ball point pen.
2) With a craft knife, cut out your shape
from the cork. If you angle your knife
slightly (instead of using it straight up and
down) as you cut you will achieve an angled edge
which gives a nice professional look.
Caution: cutting should be done by an
adult.
3) Painting:
To paint the bunny:
- With pink paint, paint an upside down
triangle in the middle of the bunny's face.
Also, paint the center of the ears with pink
paint as pictured.
- Paint the rest of the surface of the
bunny head and ears brown. Paint the sides
of the coaster brown. Let dry completely.
- Using a black permanent marker, outline
the areas you painted pink then draw a
mouth, whiskers, eyes and eyebrow. Finally,
outline the whole bunny head.
To paint the egg:
- First, use a ball point pen to draw
lines dividing the egg into four sections as
indicated on the pattern. Also, draw two
zigzag lines inside the largest section of
the egg. When painting the egg bring the
colors from each section down to the sides
so the sides are painted the same color as
the surface. The underside or bottom of the
coaster does not need to be painted.
- Paint the largest section yellow
painting right over the zigzag lines. It
may need two coats of paint but let it dry
completely before applying the second coat
of paint.
- Paint the bottom section orange
- Paint the top section pink.
- Paint the remaining section (the one
between the pink and yellow) blue. At this
point, let the egg dry completely before
proceeding.
- Using the purple paint, paint the
section between the zigzag lines.
- Using blue paint, paint a thin line
where the orange and yellow paint meet.
- Paint a thin yellow line where the pink
and blue sections come together.
- Paint a medium thick pink stripe across
the yellow about 1" down from the blue
section
- Make a row of orange dots across the
yellow section between the blue section and
the pink stripe. To do this, dip a
paintbrush handle into orange paint and
touch it to the coaster. Re-dip after each
dot.
- Use the same procedure to make a row of
pink dots across the yellow section just
above the orange section.
Note: It is not recommended that you use
these coasters with sweaty drinks as the water
could seep through or bead off the cork.
Printable instructions
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