Granite Cheese Board Tutorial Christmas Gift!
Posted December 9, 2015
Someone I know was gifted one of these granite cheese boards years ago at a Christmas party and I loved it so much that my husband and I made about 12 of them that year for Christmas gifts. They're just about the least expensive gift that I've ever made and just about the easiest. The granite pieces were picked up in the dump pile at a local granite installation store...and....wait for it!!....they were FREE! They're the scrap pieces that were cut out of a huge piece of granite counter top to make room to install a kitchen or bathroom sink. So, they were basically trash in the eyes of the business.
I've had mine for about 6 years and the corks are still securely attached. I use it for cheese, cutting limes, fruit and it's even been a centerpiece displaying candles.
Materials
- Granite piece from your local granite store...mine were free!
- Hammer
- Chisel...forgot to include this in my picture
- Glue Gun
- Glue sticks
- Wine or Craft corks...it's more fun to collect the Wine corks
- Safety glasses
Steps
- Select your piece of granite making sure that it doesn't have any cracks.
- Put your safety glasses on because granite chips will be flying in the next step!
- Turn your granite piece upside down and use the chisel and hammer to break the granite into the desired shape.
- If you end up with smooth edges and desire a rough appearance lay the granite piece on your workbench with the edge that you want to chip off hanging over and chisel the smooth edge away. (each of these steps requires a little finesse so be patient and if you mess up and they crack into smaller usable pieces then you can always make them into coasters)
- After you've got all of the chiseling done wash the entire piece and let it dry completely.
- With the smooth side up place your corks under the base making sure that they are evenly spaced around for balance and they are the same height...the length doesn't matter.
- Make a mark with a sharpie around each cork so you'll know where to place them in the next step.
- Turn the granite piece back over with the bottom up and place each cork in place.
- Grab your heated glue gun and simply put a bead of glue on the granite and one on the long side of the cork and push them together holding steady pressure until the glue is cool. Duplicate this step until all of the corks are securely attached to the bottom.
- Clean off any stray glue strands and flip it over.
- Wipe it off one more time, add a ribbon and a cheese spreader and it's ready for gifting!
This is what happens when you leave your corks out while you grab your camera!
If you have any questions please send me an email.
Comments
What a great idea and a very
What a great idea and a very clever gift idea. Love the addition of the wine corks. Thank you for sharing the tutorial at Vintage Inspiration Party.
What a great idea and a very
What a great idea and a very clever gift idea. Love the addition of the wine corks. Thank you for sharing the tutorial at Vintage Inspiration Party.
What a terrific idea, Lisa--I
What a terrific idea, Lisa--I love the rustic look. You make me want to go out on a hunt for granite! Thanks so much for linking up with Vintage Charm :) Hope to see you there again--
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