a personalized coaster for each member of the family
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LESS dishes & happier dishwashers
Okay all you parents with lots of kiddos. Be honest! How many cups do you go through a day? How about those of you with 1 or 2 kids? And the childless? If you answered more than one per person, you should consider implementing this idea! Even I, grown-up and all, sometimes catch myself going through multiple cups a day. So I know this will be helpful for a lot of you and especially for those with large families!
I saw the idea here and went with stick figures instead of names. Jayna doesn’t have one yet as she mostly uses a sippy that we keep in the fridge.
So, one for the Mr. and one for the Mrs.
I purchased these blank coasters at Bed Bath and Beyond. They came in a package of 8 for about $8.00.
I used contact paper and cut the stick figures out using my Silhouette machine, then painted them with acrylic paint. But you definitely don’t need a cutting machine. You could let the kids get creative and design there own or simply purchase coasters with designs already on them. As long as everyone knows which one is theirs, it doesn’t really matter what is on them!
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Brilliant!
The coasters are so cute and what a great idea to use contact paper!
Cute!
This is a great idea! I need to do this. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my ‘featured” button.
I’d like to know more about how you used the contact paper. Did you then use the positioning adhesive that’s for vinyl?
These are adorable! I saw them featured on the Silhouette blog and had to check them out :) I just discovered the stick people shapes in the Silhouette store and am excited to have a fun idea for how to use them.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Claire
What a good idea! And those designs are so cute… As I also wash lots of glasses, the concept’ll be moved to my kitchen in France ;) Thanks!
Carol:
I simply put the contact paper on the mat and cut it out. The cutting setting on my silhouette was set on the vinyl setting. Then I just peeled it off and used it as a stencil. No positioning adhesive needed, although it might be helpful. I’ve never used it. There were some small pieces I had to use tweezers to position. Hope that helps! Thanks for asking, next time I will have more detailed pictures :)
There so cute! I love personalized things and I would love to try this out! Thanks for sharing! :)