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Scrap Felt Coasters

Don’t throw away those scrap felt pieces. Use your loose odds and ends to create these colourful coasters for your friends and family! This wonderful craft not only uses up old supplies, but it’s a great activity for lessons around Kandinsky and his colour study in ‘Squares with Concentric Circles’ ('Farbstudie quadrate').
  • Step 1Gather up all the scraps of felt that you have lying around. If you don’t have scraps, you can use full felt sheets.
  • Step 2Cut the felt into strips approximately 1-1.5cm wide. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. It doesn’t matter how long each piece is, so long as they are roughly the same width.
  • Step 3Take your first strip and roll it tightly into a coil. Use a glue gun to add some glue to the end of the felt and press down to secure in place. Adult supervision is recommended when using a glue gun.
  • Step 4Add a different coloured strip of felt, wrapping it around the first coil and adding small dabs of glue between the layers. Continue to add different coloured strips with glue, wrapping them around the previous strips as you go. Think about colours that might compliment or contrast each other. Continue adding felt pieces until your coaster is at the desired size.
  • You may want to make a really big felt circle and use it as a trivet for a pot!
  • Step 5Your Scrap Felt Coaster is now ready to use or gift to a friend or family member!

Materials used in this activity

Felt Squares - Pack of 100
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Product Code: 10785
EACH $54.99 (inc GST) $49.99 (ex GST)
4 to 7 $47.29 (inc GST) $42.99 (ex GST) 8 or more $41.24 (inc GST) $37.49 (ex GST)
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Plastic Ruler - 30cm
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Product Code: 12295
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30 or more $1.32 (inc GST) $1.20 (ex GST)          
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Product Code: 12505
EACH $29.68 (inc GST) $26.98 (ex GST)
5 or more $21.43 (inc GST) $19.48 (ex GST)          
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Product Code: 15518
EACH $3.84 (inc GST) $3.49 (ex GST)
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