Recycled cork notice board

A recycled cork notice board made with wine corks

This recycled cork notice board is made out of old wine corks that have been sliced in half. With very few raw materials you can create this beautiful and practical notice board yourself. The perfect project for those who love their wine!

Step 1: Soak the corks

Soak the corks in hot water to soften them. This step is really important as it can be quite difficult to cut the corks without soaking, and the easier they are to cut, the less likely you are to hurt yourself. Leave the corks in the water for about 10 minutes before cutting them.

Step 2: Slice the corks in half

Cut the corks in half lengthways with your knife. Be really careful not to cut your fingers!

Step 3: Prepare your frame

To prepare your frame, you need to take out the glass part, which you don’t need. Keep only the solid back panel of the frame onto which you will glue your corks. Glue this solid panel into the frame with your glue gun. You can also add tape to the back to secure it further, and to cover the joins.

Step 4: Arrange the corks in the frame

Before gluing your corks, arrange them all inside the frame to check first that you have enough corks, and secondly to plan how and in what pattern the corks will be laid out. You might need to cut some of the corks even more to fill the frame completely.

Step 5: Glue the corks to the frame

Glue the corks one by one into the frame. Be careful not to burn yourself!

And you’re done. Simply hang the frame on the wall, or prop it up on your desk and then get pinning!

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