Red or White? Yes please! DIY Wine Cork Recycled Projects

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Please pass the wine!  Open another bottle!   Cork is a wonderful resource and the thought of throwing them away bothered me. Please note that some wines have a plastic resin cork which can also be made into a trivet (or if you have about 200 corks a bathmat!)

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I decided to create a couple of trivets to start with.  They turned out great!   

Very easy!    All you need is the following:

Wine corks—about 50 or so  for two trivets

Exacto Knife (needs to be sharp)

cutting board you don’t mind gouging.

hot glue gun (the extra hot kind is best)

glue sticks (standard are fine)

1.     Separate out real cork corks from plastic corks

2.     Cut all of the wine corks length wise.

3.     Arrange in a square.

4.     Cut out a piece of dishtowel (other blogs suggest using the plastic weave that is used for keeping dishes in place.  I tried that but the glue from the glue stick seeped through and stuck to the dishtowel underneath ….hence my idea using a dishtowel instead). 

5.     glue stick your sliced corks to the dishtowel and whallah!

Wise Bread: Living Large on a Small Budget has some great wine cork projects! Check out the post:

25 Things to do with Used Corks (Including Making Money with Them).

For those of you who would rather purchase something made out of reused/recycled cork here are



Here are some kits to help you get started!