Recycled Crafts – Faux Tin Tiles from Disposable Cookie Sheets!

How to make beautiful faux tin tiles with just a disposable aluminum cookie sheet! 

Recycled crafts are one of my specialties.  Embossing disposable cookie sheets is an easy technique and creates amazing art.  Beautiful faux tin tiles!

how to make faux tin tiles from cookie sheets

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This fun project is one of the most popular craft ideas on the Sitcom!  And that is saying a lot.  The Sitcom currently features over 200 fun craft tutorials!  

I’m always on the look out for interesting things to make out of the unexpected.  Disposable aluminum cookie sheets can be found at your local party supply store.

This simple embossing and paint technique turns a disposable pan into a work of art.

AND… this project comes with 12 free downloadable patterns!

faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

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faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

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For this project I used:

2 disposable aluminum cookie sheets
Free patterns from my pattern page*
A knitting needle
Paintbrush
Various metallic acrylic paints
Spray primer (or for a different look, use black spray primer!)
A cork bulletin board
Thumb tacks

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faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Begin by measuring out and cutting (3 ea.) 7″ squares from each cookie sheet.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Use a ruler to measure them and mark the cookie sheet by pressing a knitting needle along the ruler, then simply cut them out with scissors.  Take the ruler and score 1/4″ from all four sides of your square using the knitting needle.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Use the scissors to clip a notch in each corner.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Fold the metal over carefully along your scored seam.  This will create a smooth finished edge for each tile.

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faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Print out the patterns.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Lay the metal tile on top of a folded towel and use a knitting needle to press the design into the metal.  For your convenience, you can download the free patterns from my pattern page. Here the metal tile is shown with the pattern scored into it.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Keeping the tile on the folded towel, then use the end of a paintbrush handle to gently rub indentations into the metal where you want them.  The more you rub, the deeper they can be, just be careful not to use a ton of force as the aluminum is very thin metal.

faux tin tiles made from cookie sheets

Once the piece is indented to your satisfaction, it is time to paint it.  You could certainly leave it unpainted at this stage, but I’m all about color.  Lightly spray each piece with a layer of primer.  Once it is dry, begin painting the indented areas using metallic acrylic paint.

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faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

Once all the indentions are painted, add a base color to the raised areas.  Add details by watering down some metallic acrylic black paint and adding it to lines and edges of the indentations, giving it an antiqued look.

faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

I used the same color scheme for each tile, so that they all worked together.

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faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

There are many ways to display your finished tiles.  I chose to use a cork bulletin board and lined them up carefully, pinning them down with thumbtacks.  This resulted in a great piece of wall art that will definitely surprise anyone when you tell them it started out life as a couple disposable cookie sheets.

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For a great video on this embossing technique, look here! 

Want to know what other great patterns and ideas you can make with this technique? Here is another example of a different color scheme using a different set of patterns.  All twelve patterns are available FREE here!

faux tin tiles from disposable cookies sheets

Other disposable cookie sheet ideas include:

Beautiful art made from embossed disposable cookie sheets

Faux Punched Tin
Enchanted Fish
Sleeping Mermaid

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