I’ve made DIY Scrabble tile necklace pendants before on the blog, but I always love a good arts and crafts project. And what’s better than an arts and crafts project that I can make to tie into an upcoming trip, such as the #AvengersEvent press trip I’ll be on beginning April 9th for the Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron 
movie that releases on May 1st.
Earlier this week I had an arts and crafts day with my friend Sara from BudgetSavvyDiva.com. We set out to make DIY Scrabble tile necklace pendants. At the end of the day, this is a craft that older kids could even do by themselves, but some of the materials can be messy, so the Type A in me always supervises the making of projects with messy materials when younger kids are involved. Mod Podge
is pretty safe for the littler kids, but the Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
can be a big tricky and messy if you haven’t worked with it before.
What You’ll Need
- square wooden Scrabble-like tiles
- pendant brackets
- super glue
- printed images for the tiles
- scissors
- paint brush
- Mod Podge Gloss and Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
What To Do
Print your images. You can technically use just about any printed medium you can imagine (print out custom images, cut from a magazine, etc.). Because we were making necklaces to honor the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie, we used photos from the internet of Avengers: Age of Ultron. As a designer, I have access to programs like Adobe InDesign (Creative Cloud)
. While I used InDesign, you can use Word or another program if that’s what you have. I made 0.85″ squares in my document and sized the images I wanted to print within those 0.85″ squares and them printed them on a thicker paper stock. I then trimmed around the image I wanted to mount to the tiles. I also used the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. logo for one because I LOVE that show, it’s MARVEL, and we found out we’ll be going behind the scenes on set of that show during our trip, as well.
Using a thin layer of Mod Podge Gloss to adhere the image to the tile and press gently until your image is mounted evenly without bubbles or lumps. Set aside and let this dry for a few minutes.
Once the mounted image is dry, “wash” the front of the graphic with a thin layer of Mod Podge Gloss. Set aside and let this layer dry for at least 30 minutes. When you do the wash, make the layer light and as thin as possible so you don’t damage the graphic. Too much “soaking” of the image will cause it to run.
Once that layer is dry, you have two options. If you like the look of the Mod Podge Gloss, you can give it another slightly thicker layer of gloss and let that dry and they you are done. If you like the “bubble” look, you can use the Mod Podge Dimensional Magic to create a bubble dimension on top of your tile. Apply the Dimension Magic in a thin layer over the top of the graphic all the way to the edges.
Allow the Mod Podge layer to dry overnight.
Use super glue or a similarly strong adhesive to mount the pendant brackets to the back side of the tiles. Let those brackets dry for at least 90 minutes before wearing your new pendant.
Once the tile pendants are dry, you can hang the pendant on a necklace of any sort.
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I love this idea! What a fun craft!