Tumbling Tower Blocks Travel Souvenir Magnets

Millions of people travel every year whether it’s for vacation or business. When people travel they naturally like to purchase souvenirs from the destination that they visited. Often times…those souvenirs are refrigerator magnets. How many are on the front of your refrigerator? We have several.

Instead of spending your money to buy them…make them and make them for pennies on the dollar! While traveling you’ll want to save your travel guides, paper maps, paper napkins from restaurants if they feature a logo/design, pamphlets, etc. Anything that is made from paper that features some place you visited while traveling. We used Tumbling Tower Blocks, a paper road map and photo’s from a travel guide to make the magnets you see featured today. We went camping at a state park and enjoyed hiking while on a weekend vacation. All of the paper souvenirs including the map were FREE.

Tumbling Tower Wood Blocks are sold at Dollar Tree and are similar to the Jenga game blocks that you see out in the retail marketplace. For this project we used the mini Tumbling Tower Game Blocks found in the toy and game aisle at your local DT store. Here’s what you’ll need to make the souvenir travel magnets.

Tumbling Tower Blocks Travel Souvenir Magnets

2-3 Wood Tumbling Tower Game Blocks
Gorilla Glue
Acrylic Craft Paints (desired colors)
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Scissors
Modge Podge, Glossy Finish
Industrial Strength Craft Magnets
Paper Souvenir Items (see above)

The rectangle magnet was made by gluing 2 blocks together. The square was made by gluing 3 together using Gorilla Glue. Hot glue doesn’t work well, so use Wood Glue, Gorilla Glue, or E6000 Adhesive. Let dry for 2-3 hours.

Cut out the desired images from your paper souvenir items to fit onto your wood blocks. Paint the sides and back (leave the front unpainted) with your desired acrylic paint colors. We used 1-2 coats of paint. Let dry.

Brush on a layer of Modge Podge to the front of the block. Press the image down onto the Modge Podge. Smooth it out so there are no wrinkles or bubbles. Then brush on a second coat of Modge Podge on top of the image to seal it down. Let dry. Once dry…brush a coat of Modge Podge on the sides and back. Let dry again. The entire block has now been sealed.

Flip it over and glue on 2-3 round industrial strength craft magnets using Gorilla Glue or E6000 Adhesive. You want to use strong holding magnets so that your new souvenirs aren’t sliding down the refrigerator door every time it’s open and closed. Let dry for several hours. That’s it…you’re done!

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