{"id":20492,"date":"2023-07-17T09:39:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/?p=20492"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:35:14","slug":"watermelon-wooden-coasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/watermelon-wooden-coasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Wooden Coasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Add a splash of summer to your home with these charming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-supplies\/craft-essentials\/natural-craft-supplies\/natural-wood\">natural wooden log slices<\/a>. Perfect for DIY enthusiasts, they look fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paint\">painted<\/a> as vibrant watermelons, bringing a playful touch to any table. Easy to customise and great for protecting surfaces, these coasters are both functional and fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add a splash of summer to your home with these charming natural wooden log slices. Perfect for DIY enthusiasts, they look fantastic painted as vibrant watermelons, bringing a playful touch to any table. Easy to customise and great for protecting surfaces, these coasters are both functional and fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,548,294,311,229,576,248],"tags":[565,681,719],"class_list":["post-20492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-fruit","category-seasons","category-summer-seasons","category-themes","category-watermelon","category-woodcraft","tag-summer","tag-watermelon","tag-woodcraft"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["15 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1425","time":"10 Minutes","skill_level":"Easy. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n<li>Take your log slice and paint it white. One dry, paint a thin green outer edge; this will be the skin.<\/li>\r\n<li>Paint a pink centre for the fruit. Be sure to leave a thin white line in between the green and pink. Paint on some seeds in black.<\/li>\r\n<li>Once dry, coat with varnish and a sprinkle of glitter. Dry completely overnight and you should wake up to a beautiful cold drink coaster.<\/li>\r\n<li>You can make as many as you like!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Why not try your hand at making other fruits, too! ","image_01":68270,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":68271,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":68272,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"","related_projects":"20480,20472,20502,20511,18660","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"","products":"FC212,FE9554,FC743,FE585,EF332,FE334","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":3394,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20492"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85629,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492\/revisions\/85629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}