This week we made a letter M (for our family’s surname) covered with champagne and sparkling wine corks. Before anyone gets concerned about my level wine consumption, I bought the vast majority of these corks online. You can still get hold of champagne corks quite easily for crafting, though corks from still wine (the straight kind) are mostly a thing of the past with the adoption of screw caps.
Things you will need:
A large MDF letter of your choice (If you live in NZ you can get one made custom from My backyard creations on Trade me for a very reasonable price)
Enough corks to cover your letter (also bought from Trade me)
Black poster paint
Acrylic sealer
PVA wood glue
Instructions:
Paint your letter with black poster paint. Give it a couple of coats. Once painted and dry, give it a spray with acrylic sealer.
Glue on your corks to cover the letter. Because we were using champagne corks, I alternated which way up I put them as they fit closer together this way.
What the kids can do:
Miss 5 helped to paint the letter black.
I would recommend you arrange the corks on you letter before you start gluing to find the best arrangement to get around any tricky corners or curves. Miss 5 lost interest in this rather quickly. But when it came to the gluing part, this went quite quicky. Miss 5 and I alternated gluing and sticking jobs.
Once finished, we plan to hang it on the wall. We can then use it at a pin board to any of the kids little art works.
Keeping Them Occupied 