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Wine Corks

Come one come all, calling all wine lovers! I am a wine lover, don’t be mistaken I’m a very cheap wine drinker who is happy with a bottle of Livingston or Barefoot. That is why I rely on my family and friends to send me corks. When you finish your bottle do not forget to keep the cork, I have some interesting crafts for you in this post.



 My first idea was to make a decoration for my kitchen. A very easy design you can make is a traditional letter. This one I added a little extra corks on the bottom and top to give it a little flare. If you are planning on hanging the letter I would put a backing on it. Using some cardboard is easy, then I literally used pop can tabs to hang it.
 I was lacking in Halloween decorations, and found this idea on the Internet.  This is very easy to make. The one on the left is about 5 inches tall and the other is about 3 inches. I added silk leaves on the top with an extra cork for the stem.  While making this  the top should have the same number of corks as the bottom.

I have to give my mother credit for this creation. She had this great idea to make several family members bird houses as gifts. She used her own pattern and then covered it in moss. This one is just a decoration in my home, but they can go outside as well.


Again this craft was not done by myself. I have to give credit to my creative grandfather. He started with a trivet kit and then added his own design with wine corks. Again very easy all you need is a trivet, glue, and a little imagination.

Any of these crafts can be made with very little time. If for some reason you like these designs but hate wine or have no access to wine corks you can actually by large quantities of wine corks online, just try a simple google search. Leave a comment or question below would like to hear what people think!

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