A day home from school + a box of cork

School will be out for the holidays soon and kids will be home looking for things to do. Why not let them use their imagination by getting into your wine cork collection. I gave my kids a box full of random corks - from used wine corks and champagne corks to cork balls and tapered corks. They spent a bit of time "brainstorming" what they wanted to create - they decided on trivets as it was both decorative and useful. They then spent the next couple hours "creating". All this involved were the corks and a bottle of white glue.

Crafting with cork - creating different patterns to create the ultimate trivet.

Concentrating on where to place the next cork.

The finished product - cork trivet.

The cork trivet - different patterns.

* Note: If you don't have enough wine corks or would like some variety in corks, we do offer them on the corkstore.com.

Holiday crafting with cork

Champagne cork "turkeys".

It may only be the beginning of November but now is the perfect time to begin crafting for the holiday season. Re-using wine corks is a great way to create holiday decorations and gifts and it also keeps the wine corks out of the landfills. 

Crafting with cork takes only your imagination and some cork. Add in some craft supplies such as glue, googly eyes, feathers and paint and the ideas are endless. Here are some examples of cork holiday crafts which have become gifts and holiday decorations.

Cork balls (painted) are threaded over thin wire to create these cork candy canes.

Wine corks make a great candle holder. What a beautiful, unique centerpiece.

Wine cork wreath. Add a bow and garlands for color.

Kids looking for gift ideas? Suggest they make these wine cork pencil holders.

These simple holders look nice and take only a few minutes to craft.

Wine cork Santa. Paint a cork, add some eyes, nose and a cotton ball. Cute!

For step-by-step instructions for creating some of these crafts, take a look at our YouTube channel.
Do you need more wine corks or champagne corks for crafting? You can find them online at the corkstore.com

Happy Crafting!