Adding little personal touches to your living space is usually what makes a room special. This project is a perfect example of turning something that is usually bland and boring (cork) into something fun!
Required Materials:
- A sheet of cork (found at Michael’s Arts and Crafts)
- Something to anchor the finished product to the wall
- Scissors
- Glue Gun
- Colorful fabric
- Pins/ needles
- Something to mark the fabric
Step 1: Situate the piece of cork that you will be using on your fabric and mark where you want to cut. Make sure that it’s enough to completely cover the font with a little excess to cover the sides. This is not an exact science.
Step 2: Cut out the fabric.
Step 3: Use your hot glue gun to cover the top of the cork.
Step 4: Flip the cork over quickly before the hot glue dries and press down until it sets.
Step 5: Apply glue to the edges, and then quickly fold down the fabric and wait a moment until it sets.
Your unfinished cork should look a little like this:
Step 6: Fold down the edges that are sticking out and glue them down.
Step 7: Cut off any excess fabric that is sticking up.
This is what your finished product should look like!
Here is an example of the finished cork board in use:
This is an incredibly inexpensive project to do and is a great way to add a nice touch to a college dorm room where there is not too much room for self expression.
