Glass Pebble Magnets

I'm sure I'm not the first to post about making magnets. There are gorgeous versions of these on etsy and lots of other places in blogland. But my husband and I teach a primary class (10-12 year-olds) at church and this idea fit in really well with our lesson. So we made them for the class. They also make a simple fun gift. (For other primary teachers: We were on lesson 40 and thought the magnets would make a more permanent visual than just giving them a couple of clear stones.)

These are really easy to make if you have the right adhesive. I just printed out the word on the computer and cut them apart. We adhered the top side of the paper to the bottom of the large clear glass pebble. I use Stampin' Ups' Crystal Effects, which works beautifully. (Please comment if you know of other adhesives that work well for this project.) Trim the paper around the pebble and attach a magnet. I happened to have a roll of adhesive magnets that we cut and applied. The round magnets you can buy at the craft store look and work even better.

You could use scrapbook paper, make personalized names or monograms, mini sillouhete magnets would be awesome. Really the imagination is the limit! For another cool version of decorative magnets, see this post!