diy {magnets}

I was cleaning out my craft space (or as my family jokingly calls it, "the factory") and I came across a few miscellaneous objects that I thought would be good to use for a project. Here are the items before: some flat glass marbles, unfinished wooden squares, and bottle caps. Now they are super cute magnets for my fridge! Scroll down to see how I made all three styles...

Glass marble magnet


-Trace the marble onto the paper that you want to use.
I used pages from an old US road map but you could use whatever you like.

 -Cut out the shape

 -Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge to the front of the paper and smooth it onto the glass marble.

 -Place a small dot of Gorilla Glue (or E6000) to the magnet and place it on the back of the marble (I placed a book on top of the magnets for some pressure while it dried.)

 And voila, lovely map magnets!

Bottle cap magnets


-Cut a circle the size of the inside of the bottle cap. My 1 inch circle punch happened to be a perfect fit.

 - Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge to the back of the paper and place it inside the bottle cap.

 -Starting with the outside edges, fill the cap with dimensional craft glaze. It will be cloudy at first but it dries clear. Allow 24 hours to dry.

-Place a small dot of Gorilla Glue (or E6000) to the magnet and place it on the back of the bottle cap (I placed a book on top of the magnets for some pressure while it dried.)

 Ta da! Colorful and cute bottle cap magnets.

Wooden square magnets


-You can leave the wooden squares unfinished or you can paint them, stain them or color them.
For these squares I applied a coat of sepia decoupage.

 -Cover the square with self-adhesive lace and trim the edges.
If you don't have sticky-back lace you could use Mod Podge to apply lace trim to the square.

  -Place a small dot of Gorilla Glue (or E6000) to the magnet and place it on the back of the square (I placed a book on top of the magnets for some pressure while it dried.)

 And there you have it, darling and unique wooden square magnets!

 Here are all three styles together. I love how they look on my fridge. What one is your favorite?