Bottle Cap Coasters

I've been saving my bottle caps for awhile with the intention of doing a bottle cap project.  Initially, I was thinking a bottle cap table, but, alas, now that I'm old enough to not be in the glory of college days, I had a gut instinct to take a different route. 

Sadly, I've never owned coasters of my own before.  I'm a total coaster moocher.  I figured coasters would be super easy to make, and a nice way to display some beer bottle caps.

Materials:
Bottle Caps, Hot Glue Gun, Coasters, Scissors/Box Cutter, Cork

Step One:
Save your bottle caps!  Or if you're really excited for this project you could go out and buy a case of beer, and then you get the value of drinking a case of beer and making a set of coasters for the price of one!  The coasters that I made consist of 7 bottle caps per coaster (I know, a shame that I couldn't convert a 6-pack into one).

Step Two:
Arrange bottle caps on cork and hot glue into place.  

Step Three:

Cut out the cork around the bottle caps.  I used a combination of scissors and a box cutter.  The cork is used to keep the bottom of the caps from scratching your table (kind of worse than glass rings you'd get without coasters..).  You could also use felt or foam or a similar material.  I chose cork because I kind of like that classic coaster feel.



Step Four:
Repeat til you get the desired number of coasters.  I chose to do this set as each coaster with a single beer type, but I'll probably experiment with mixing and matching.  I personally think these are great gifts.  Someone loves Victory beers?  Make them a set of Victory coasters.  Plus, you get to drink a lot of beer while looking thoughtful and considerate.  Win-win.