Picture tile coasters make great gifts for Mums or Grandparents and are so easy and fun to make.
They also make great frugal teachers gifts. We picked up our tiles from the discount section of the DIY superstore as the box was broken and it was £1 for 10 four inch tiles and we have been using images from our fab FujiFIlm Pop Books.
We love filling our home with the kids artwork and with pictures of the MiniMads, but I only have finite space for all their creations, so when I was contacted by Fuji about their Pop Book App for the iPad and iPhone I was hooked. Those who know me, know that Instagram is my happy place. It is where I post images and sneak peeks of what we are doing and it also has all the boys creations on.
So I decided to give the Fujifilm Pop Book app a go and ordered two 4 inch square books at £4.99 each. Each books has 21 images in and it took me and Mini less than 5 minutes to download the Pop Book app, pick the images we wanted and to order each book.
We chose to have our Pop Books with a white background and have one with a matt finish and one with a gloss finish and we willed them with images of the boys crafts and artwork.
The Pop books are a brilliant size to just pop in your handbag and rather than get a phone out to show some pictures you could bring out the book.
With Mother’s Day coming up we decided to transform some of the images into picture tile coasters as a gift for Nana.
How to make picture tile coasters
Being 4 inch square the photo’s from the Fujifilm Pop Books are the perfect size to make picture tile coasters. We popped them on to some cheap tiles that I had to make coasters for Grandma for Mother’s Day.
Materials
- 4 inch ceramic tiles
- Felt
- Glue
- Pop book pictures
- Mod Podge
– we used the dishwasher safe one so that it creates a seal and is safe for hot drinks
Instructions:
Making picture tile coasters really is simple, making it the perfect craft for tweens or teens to do on their own. We picked out which image we wanted to place on the tile and cut it from the book.
Then we trimmed the white edges off.
Coat the tile and the rear of the image with mod podge before sticking on the tile.
Cover the top of the image with mod podge and allow to dry.
Make sure you add a couple of thin coats.
Once dry, then turn over the tile and apple 4 triangles of felt to the underside.
The boys love having a book with the things they have made in and we have been looking at other ways to use them so keep your eyes open for a`nother post showing just how we are using the images from the Pop Book through our home.
I have 5 Fuji Film Pop Books available for readers of The Mad House to win, just fill in the Gleam competition mechanism below:
Fantastic giveaway – would love to get creative with my two girls 🙂
This would help kill alot of time while on Maternity and a great way to store memories in a 3d way!
the kids and cats
The kids
fab giveaway would love to win!!!
Pictures of my two little girls
What an absolutely brilliant idea, I will now be heading to B&Q to look for cheap tiles and somewhere to buy modgepodge (not sure hobbydraft do the dishwasher safe one?) on my days off.
a photo of my daughter
I do love the coaster idea. I’m mad about Instagram too and I think I’d pick out one of my sleeping cat pictures.
The kids!
Some pics of the kids
What a fantastic idea – I would love to make some with the animals on they would be so cute! x
Love the picture tiles! Would make great presents for the family!
I would use pictures of my kids, lovely gift idea (coasters)
aw how fantastic love the coaster, ive just got my own workspace/ vanity table and in need of a lovely coaster for my cups of teas x
This is such a great idea – I’d love to make some tiles with photos.
The KIDS 🙂
The Kids – the coasters are such a cool idea!
I love this idea, it would be great for my mum to have the grandkids on x
One of my mum cradling my newborn she loves it xx
My son 🙂
Lovely idea, one that will last and last, and the books are great
These are just adorable. I love them
I love these!
awww jen these are such a lovely idea! and the coasters are fantastic! we need some new ones so this would be ideal! i had never heard of that glue before so will check out that too!
Pictures of the cats
Pictures of my son
my kids
kids and pets 🙂
My house rabbits! :_)
Very nice competition
the kids
My daughters wedding
What a great idea Jenny.Thanks for taking part in the Parenting Pin-It Party.
Wonderful, would love to win x
Sunny summer holiday pics!
I would get a picture of my dog playing poker
Family pictures 🙂
the kids and cats
lovely idea. Thanks for showing me how to do it. I think I should try it with my kids.
Pictures of my wife and grandchildren
A photo of my daughter
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My kids 🙂
I’d love pictures of my children <3
The kids
My Daughter
The coasters look fabulous – I would love to do this with pictures of my babies
wedding photos
Christmas photos
I’d have wedding photos 🙂
would love to have photos of the kids on mine
the family pets
I’d love to print some family pictures.