Have a lot of used wine corks around? Don't throw them away. You can reuse them in a variety of ways.
If you like wine, you probably have a drawer or a bag full of corks waiting to find a new raison d'être. Whether they're composite cork, synthetic cork, or natural cork, there's definitely the potential to breathe life into each of these little ones just as they breathe life into your favorite wines.
Depending on your personal preferences and needs, blasted wine cork can still function in your home, regardless of cork board or wall art.
Here are some of the most creative and practical ways to upcycle these wine stoppers after they are finished.
1. Fishing buoys
People who love the outdoors are often looking for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. This is the whole concept of loving the purest state of the earth. They also tend to prefer to do things themselves. For example, wine cork, it can make excellent fishing floats. Some wine cork float methods are more complex than others, requiring some simple tools, paint, and possibly other decorations to make them attractive to fish. Other buoys only require cork and something that can secure them to the fishing line. It just depends on the type of fish you want to catch.
2. Stable table
Rickety tables and chairs are the worst. If shaking doesn't spill your drink, it will keep making you feel like the table is about to tip over. You can solve all these shaky problems with a piece of wine cork. Once you've determined the right thickness to fix the leg in question, glue it to the bottom of the leg. Look at! You can now enjoy a stable sitting experience.
3. Succulent seeder
Small wine cork stoppers succulent pots give your windowsills a new look in a lovely and eco-friendly way. All you need to complete the project is a wine cork, a drill (with quarter-inch and one-half inch drills), aquarium gravel, potting soil, and small succulents. You can also glue magnets to corks so you can secure them to the refrigerator or other magnetic surface. When the plants are too large for the cork (which takes a while), simply repack them into larger containers. Then, repeat with new juicy cuttings.
4. Drawer handle
Sometimes, just adding a few cute touches can give a cabinet or furniture a new look. Many people turn to drawer handles to achieve this look. Wine cork drawer handles are a stylish and vintage way to upcycle these corks. In addition, they are easy to make: all you need is a drill with a small drill, a hand screwdriver and enough wine bottle stoppers and decorative knobs to get the job done.
5. Pin pads
There is a reason bulletin boards are usually made of cork; The pin sticks easily in the cork. For this, the maniatic sewer can easily transform the cork into a needle pad. It's as simple as sticking one next to your sewing machine. If you want to be more creative, use home-cooked meals to paint and decorate corks.
6. Jewelry rack
Like that pin pad, wine bottle stoppers are the perfect place to place earrings, especially stud earrings, which are very small and can be easily lost. Glue a few corks to the board and hang them on the wall to keep the smallest part of your jewelry organized. Push your earrings and jewelry into the cork until you put them on.
Need a place to secure your earrings and jewelry? Wine bottle stoppers are made for this work.
7. Chip clip
Tired of buying chip clips only for them to constantly disappear from the pantry? Repurpose that pile of wine corks and make your own fries clips for free. Simply use a blade to cut the cork longitudinally by about half to two-thirds. Then slide it onto a bag of folded fries to preserve freshness. This is most effective for synthetic cork stoppers as they keep the bag tightest.
8. Igniter
This is a product that is only suitable for natural cork stoppers. If you camp a lot or have fire pits, prepare some corks in advance in case you need them. Place the cork in a one-quart-sized glass bottle and cover with 91% isopropyl alcohol. Let them soak for at least 72 hours. Remove the cork and store them in a zippered bag and use them as needed to help start the fire and let it burn brighter and longer.
9. Plant labels
Even the most well-meaning gardeners forget what they grow from time to time. Stay informed about how your garden is growing with simple DIY wine cork plant tags. Write the name of each plant on one side of the cork and stick it on the garden stake. Place it on the ground next to the matching plant and enjoy the look and functionality of this simple hack.
If you don't remember which plants are growing in the garden, you can make plant piles out of wine bottle stoppers. They are simple and eco-friendly.
Some say that ground wine corks are a good substitute for mulch, but experts at the University of Washington Botanical Garden disagree. They recommend against using it because the wine cork comes from the cork oak Quercus suber, which is primarily a waterproofing material called cork resin. Since mulch is often applied around plants to attract water and allow it to seep into the ground, it is counterintuitive to use waterproof cork.