These DIY Wood Burned Cork Trivets are an easy way to add a little bit of Farmhouse Style in to your kitchen decor. Farmhouse Style really is the rage right now. I found these these plain Round Cork Trivets at Home Goods but I’ve also seem them at IKEA too.
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Farmhouse Wood Burned Cork Trivets
I do love Farmhouse Flair. My inspiration for these Wood Burned Cork Trivets came from Pinterest (duh!). I’ve mostly seen cork trivets with words burned in to them not farmhouse icons.
If you’re like awesome at free hand art, you can use a marker to sketch on the corks but I’m creative, not artsy so I require stencils. To make the stencils, I imported and re-sized some clip art and a cut files using my Silhouette CAMEO then printed off the images on copy paper.
Using a Wood Burning Tool, I traced the image through the paper on to the cork . I’ll be honest. I was a little nervous about ruining the corks by burning the image through paper but it was really easy to do and worked great!
After you drawn the outline of your images, use the different wood burning tip found in the kit to color and shade in the outline and add details as needed. I wish I could tell you what tips are best to use but, I just played with them all until I liked how they looked.
I totally love the way they turned out.! The Rooster is my favorite. Maybe ’cause I have a secret dream of living on a small farm with chickens one day?
These Wood Burned Cork rivets were easy to make and could totally be personalized with any type of designs. I even plan to incorporate them in to my Farmhouse decor when they’re not in use on my dinner table.
These DIY Wood Burned Cork Trivets were originally posted for So You Think You’re Crafty.
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What a great idea, I am going to be trying this. Love the rooster too.
Thank you! It’s a simple craft too. The rooster is my fav also. Holly 🙂
In order to protect your beautifully burnt images on your trivets, did you seal the trivet before using it under hot pot and dishes or did the images hold up? I just completed my 2nd batch of 3 as gifts, but didn’t seal any of them. Now I’m concerned that the images will be compromised by setting hot items on them.
Hi Terri. I never even thought of sealing the corks. Since the image is actually burned in to the cork, it should hold up like any other cork trivet. Good Luck! Holly
Great idea!! They turned out great 🙂
Thanks so much for visiting Carmine! Holly
Like I mentioned, this was my very first time ever using a wood burning tool, so this was a pure experiment for me. I picked up this particular set that came with a bunch of different interchangeable tips as well as a handy dandy storage case. It also allows you to adjust the heat depending on what type of item you re burning .I like having options. This tool can be used on not only wood and cork, but also leather, paper crafts, or other home decor items like fake pumpkins ..guess what I ll be trying out this fall!
Good Luck! I love my wood burning too! Thanks for visiting. Holly
You could also use this idea for coasters. I’m thinking of doing some for coaster inside some distressed mason jar lids. Can’t wait to try these.