Washi Tape Magnets

If you haven't guessed already I have quite the affinity for washi tape. Maybe the suncatchers or the holiday luminary or the mini bunting hinted at that before. If not, our new fridge adornments are definitely making my crafty crush obvious.

You see, our fridge was kind of lacking in the magnet department (we had two mismatched hand-me-downs) and I thought that an update was drastically needed. I gathered my supplies and set to work creating a bulletin board of sorts on the side of our fridge.

MATERIALS

printed washi tape

white washi tape

adhesive magnetic strips

pinking shears

xacto knife

self-healing cutting mat

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Use pinking shears to cut the magnet into strips with jagged edges on each side.

2. Remove the paper backing from the adhesive side of the magnet.

3. Replace the paper backing with a layer of white washi tape directly on top of the adhesive. This layer is pretty much to ensure that the color integrity is as true as possible for the next layer of washi tape.

4. Apply a second layer of washi tape, but this time, use a pattern. I decided to go the simple route and used some black and white patterns.

5. Lay your magnet, tape side down, on your cutting mat.

6. Carefully trim around the sides of the magnet with your xacto knife to keep everything precise and straight.

Once it's completely cut out, your magnets are ready to be stuck wherever you want. Yep, that's that. Now your fridge (or any other metal surface) can look just as fantastic and super cute as a scrapbook page.

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