Dorm Room DIY: wine cork bulletin board
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    It’s fairly common to have parties in college (or after) that feature wine and cheese. But what do you do with all of the leftover wine corks? Well, you can burn them and use the ash for stage makeup that looks like dirt, but I personally wouldn’t do that on a daily basis. Instead, you can make a (mini) bulletin board out of them!

    Materials:

  • A bunch of wine corks
  • Poster board in whatever shape you like
  • Exacto-knife or razor blade
  • Glue (Elmer’s works just fine)
  • Colored nail polish (optional)
  • Estimated crafting time: 45 minutes

    Directions:

    1. Using the knife, carefully cut the corks into short cylinders about half an inch thick or smaller. I divided mine in about thirds or quarters. I also recommend cutting on top of a cutting board or small stack of newspapers or magazines. Make sure that the sides are pretty flat. I used about thirteen corks for a 4×6” poster board. If you’d like the cork size to be the same, a ruler can be used. No worries if they’re not identical, though!
    2. Glue the cork pieces to the poster board in any shape or design you’d like. Wait for the board to dry and make sure the corks dry in place.
    3. Paint with nail polish (or any other paint) if you’d like. It looks great whether many colors are used, none at all, or even just one color.
    4. Wait to dry before pinning notes, reminders, pictures, etc.

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