DIY: Clay Painted Coasters

You’ll need…

- Rolling pin
- Cookie cutter
- White fimo / polymer clay (I needed roughly a 57g block per coaster)
- A lined baking tray
- Blue porcelain / glass / tile paint
- Paint brush

To make…

  1. Preheat the oven to 110 C or whatever your clay pack advises.
  2. Bring together the clay in your hands to get a ball and then roll out into a disc that’s half cm thick. Lift off the surface to make sure it’s not stuck down.
  3. Use your cutter to cut out the shape. Remove the excess and lay on the baking tray, keeping the shape in tact.
  4. Bake for 30 mins or however long the instructions suggest.
  5. Once cooled you can paint on your design. The beauty of the patterns I did is it’s just a collection of dabs and spots which is very easy to recreate. Press gently and have a piece of paper at hand to test how much ink you need on your brush.
  6. Then place back in an oven at 150 C and bake for a further 30 mins to set the paint or simply cover the coaster in mod podge glue to seal.
  7. There you have your coasters ready for each tea break.

How-to and photos via TheLovelyDrawer.com