Give your home decor a summery touch with these vibrant watermelon coasters! With just a bit of paint, you can easily turn plain cork coasters into something festive and fun.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time to complete: 20 minutes
Age range: 8 and up

Things you’ll need:
Round Cork Coaster Set
Acrylic paint (Fuchsia,Spring Green,Black Appleandwhite)
Qtips
Mod Podge
FolkArt One Stroke Brush Set
Pencil
String
Clear Push Pins

Let’s grab your supplies, channel your inner artist, and let’s get crafting!

Things to do:

• Grab a push pin, string, and pencil. Start by finding the center of the coaster and securing the string around the push pin. Determine the desired radius for your first circle, then tie the string to the pencil and use it to draw the circle for the watermelon ring.

• Next, shorten the string to create a smaller radius and draw your second circle.

Here you will then grab your green paint and paint in the outermost circle for the “watermelon rind”

Next, grab your white pain and color in the second circle you had created. This is the lighter area of your “watermelon rind”

Lastly, grab your pink patin. This will be the color of the innermost circle of your coaster to create the watermelon part.

Here starts the fun part, creating the seeds.

Now at first i was trying to figure out a way to quickly paint them on with a paint brush but i figured that was going to take to long. Then i figured my handy dandy Q-tips could help. Sure enough, they worked PERFECTLY.

Take a Q-tip and dip it into the black paint, then dab off the excess before applying it to the coaster. Press the Q-tip at a slight angle to achieve the perfect “teardrop seed” look.

Lastly, you will grab your Mod Podge and cover and seal your coaster.

How cute did these turn out? I am just loving the melon theme coasters and looking to make more citrus themed next!