tutorial: bottlecap magnets

some of you expressed interest in how levi and i made our bottlecap magnets, so here's a handy little tutorial for you!

supplies:

- bottlecaps

- magazines or other things to cut pictures out of

- x-acto knife

- cutting board

- mod podge glue

- magnet tape (we got a role at michael's for $1)

instructions:

1. save bottlecaps.

2. create a stencil by tracing a bottlecap onto a thick piece of paper or cardboard and cutting just inside the line with an x-acto knife (make sure the top of the bottlecap - the part with the writing on it - is facing down).

2. find pictures you like and that would look good in tiny size on magnets.

3. suggested step - if you're cutting things out of magazines, glue or tape them to thick paper. we didn't do this, and some of our pictures bubbled and words showed through from the other side.

4. use an x-acto knife to cut out your picture on a cutting board, cutting just inside the line of the stencil.

5. place picture in bottlecap and fill with mod podge glue until the picture is completely covered.

6. remove any glue boogers that may be inhibiting flow of glue.

7. wait approximately a thousand years (well, more like 2-5 days depending on how much glue you put in) for the glue to dry.

8. cut a small piece of magnet tape and affix to the back of your magnet.

9. stick it to your fridge!

ta-da! homemade magnets!