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Material

  • 1 bag of plastic beads
  • 1 round cake tin

Method

  1. Using a round baking tin place baking paper in the bottom of the tin.
    Then tip all of the plastic beads in to the tin.
  2. Cook in an oven on 180 for app 10-15 minutes until the beads have melted.
  3. This is a great idea you have make your own coasters or drill a hole in the top to create a sun catcher.



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  • jodie80
    • 22 Mar 2014
      9:42 am

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  • this is a great idea as they are sometime hard to find to buy when you want them. I will be trying this out as it looks great and looks like fun

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  • I read on another website that it’s best if you do this outside on a burner as the melting beads can be 1) toxic and 2) difficult to get the smell out of the house 🙁


    • oh dear – i was wondering about melting plastic

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  • i like this colourful coaster

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  • this is a brilliant idea

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  • so very different. not sure about melting plastic though

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  • thank you for this one

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  • This is a fab idea, they look great. Thanks.

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  • I had NO idea how simple making coasters could be – I’ll never buy them again! Thanks.

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  • this would brighten up life 🙂

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  • looks great – thanks for sharing

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  • what a great idea with holidays comming

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  • what a great idea 🙂

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  • This is a great idea to use up old beads

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  • these would look so cool!

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  • This is a good idea, I’ve never seen it done with plastic before though, only glass

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  • the sun catcher is beautiful… i glad u liked it

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  • Such a clever idea. I like the sun catcher idea.

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  • Clever idea and would makes nice gift

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  • That looks cool. Thanks for sharing

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  • Great idea thanks for sharing

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