How to Make Jute Coasters

These jute coasters are SO EASY to make! Use these DIY twine coasters to protect your tables, or give them as a homemade gift.

Active Time20

Drying Time30

Total Time50

Yield: jute coaster

Author: Debbie Chapman

Cost: $1

Find a bowl that has the same diameter that you'd like your coasters to be (ours is about 4 inches).
Place the bowl upside-down on the sheet of craft foam and trace around it.
Cut out the circle from the foam.

Add a generous amount of tacky glue to the center of the foam circle.
Put the end of the jute rope in the center of the glue. Hold it in place for 30 seconds to 1 minute to help it stick.
(Be sure to keep the jute attached to the spool of twine.)
Begin wrapping the twine around itself in a circle, sticking it in the glue. Again, hold it in place until it sticks.
Press down on the glued twine as you work to make sure it doesn't lift up from the foam.
Add another line of glue, a couple inches long, to the foam.
Wrap more of the jute rope around the circle, pressing it onto the glue until it sticks.
Continue gluing the twine to the foam circle, working your way out to the edge of the foam.
As you get closer to the edge of the coaster you can glue larger sections at a time. You also won't need to hold the twine in place as much to get it to stick.
Once your jute rope reaches the edge of the coaster, cut off the jute from the spool of twine.
Add a generous final line of glue and hold the end of the jute in place for 1 minute or until you're confident it won't pop off of the glue.
Allow the coaster to dry for about 30 minutes.

Once the coaster is dry, cut off any extra foam around the outside of the coaster.
Your jute coaster is complete!

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