DIY wooden penguin coasters

DIY penguin coasters

DIY penguin coasters from wood slices

Craft supplies

• Natural wood slices, these for example
• Acrylic paint, we used Amsterdam Acrylics
• Paint markers, we used the POSCA markers 
• Paint brushes
• White paper for sketching 
• Pencil

DIY coasters created from wood slices

Step by step craft instructions 

Step 1: Because every wood slice has a different shape, I recommend starting off by tracing your wood slices on a piece of white paper. Then start sketching your penguins first, try to make each penguin a little different. 

Step 2: When you have your sketches ready, start off with black acrylic paint and paint the outside of your penguin, depending on the coverage of your paint you might need a second layer. 

Adorable DIY coasters from penguins, craft activity

Step 3: When the black paint is dry you create the beak and flippers of your penguin with orange or yellow acrylic paint.  

Step 4:  Create the eyes with white acrylic paint or a white paint marker. You can give your penguin different size eye balls to make them look a little bit funky. 

Step 5: When all the paint is dry add some details and shadow and highlight with acrylic markers. We used a combination of the Posca paint markers and the markers from Søstrene and Grene. If you don’t have paint markers you can add some dimension with some coloured pencils too. 

Step 6: If you have a protection spray for water then I suggest to give your penguin coasters a good spray before you use them.

Great job on these penguin coasters, now let’s try these funny penguin potato stamp gift tags.

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