When making a trivet for your kitchen, all you need are a few basic and inexpensive supplies. Most of them can be found at Dollar Tree or another dollar store. When considering a pattern for your trivet, don’t discount peel-and-stick paper or Dollar Tree wallpaper sheets. Almost any pattern that pleases you can be employed by using a printer.
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Idea 1: Use Peel ‘n Stick Paper
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Dollar Tree has these glass cutting boards in square and round shapes. I thought the square one would work well for my purposes.
I wanted to turn it into a trivet using some leftover contact paper I had in my stash. I really like this leafy pattern. I picked up this roll from Dollarama some months ago. If you have some lovely peel-and-stick wallpaper from Dollar Tree, that would work, too.
Naturally, peel and stick wouldn’t work on a trivet, as it needs to be stuck to the underside, so I used my photocopier to print a section of it onto plain copy paper.
I usually remove the rubber feet on the bottom of the cutting board but this time, I decided to just work around them by placing my design in the centre of the trivet. I measured approximately 1 inch on all sides of the paper and cut it to size.
Rather than use Mod Podge to attach the paper to the bottom of the trivet, I opted to use glue tape. I went all around the outside edges of the back of the patterned paper and made two lines across the centre.
Once the paper was glued to the underside of the trivet, I applied a coat of dishwasher safe Mod Podge to the entire back of the trivet to seal the paper in place.
If I were doing this again, I would just use the glue tape on the outside edges, as you can see the lines of glue tape in the centre of the trivet. I only needed the tape to hold the paper in place until I applied a coat of Mod Podge to finish. Applying the pattern in the centre makes a pleasing alternative to covering the entire piece.
I like the way my new trivet looks and find it a useful and attractive addition to my kitchen. I’ve been using this trivet during the spring and summer.
Idea 2: Photocopy Fabric
If you wanted to, you could make one of these trivets for every season. I love the pretty fabric patterns you can get at Dollar Tree. You could just Mod Podge a section of it to the bottom of a trivet, but I think it’s easier to make a copy of the pattern. I photocopied some sunflower fabric that I want to use to make a fall trivet.
Lay the fabric on the printer scanner face down and close the cover before pressing print.
It’s so easy to do and the resulting print is vibrant and, in this case, much easier to use than fabric. For the best results, you’ll want to iron out any wrinkles in the fabric before photocopying. Then follow the same steps as for the leaf trivet above, or cover the entire trivet, as I’ve done here.
The rubber feet on these glass cutting boards are easily removed with the application of heat from a blow dryer or heat tool, to be glued back into place after your pattern is on. These trivets can still be used as the cutting boards they were intended to be but now you have cheerful patterns to brighten your kitchen, as well.
What other things can you think of that could be photocopied for this purpose?
Check out this post where I use a Christmas window cling and a glass cutting board to make a trivet that I use all winter long.
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