Here's my new bathroom accessoir - okay it's not that new - I had it now for over 20 months to check if it works - and it does - so it's approved for an instructable :)

The toilet mat with stones/ pebbles from my "house-lake"

easy to make and inexpensive!

Step 1: Searching for Pebbles

if you have any kind of lake or river nearby, go there, and search for beautiful and flat stones / pebbles.

- you'll need sizes between 0,5 inches and 2 inches.

Step 2: Materials

you'll need:

-the pebbles and stones you collected

-an anti-slip mat grey or black

-hot-glue gun and matching glue-sticks

-a newspaper

-a marker

-scissors

-cutter

-a sheet of baking paper

Step 3: Measuring

measure around your toilet

take a sheet of newspaper and lay/wrap it around, mark it and cut out. - see the pictures

or easier: if you have a already fittig toilet-mat, take that one as pattern.

Step 4: Design Issues

if you're done with the previous step let's talk about design :)

choose every shape you desire...

cut out the newspaper - pattern and place it on your anti-slip mat, take a marker and well mark it :)

Step 5: Cut Out and Check

cut out and check the design once more

when you're pleased it's time for the next step!

Step 6: Let's Rock

take the sheet of baking paper and place it on your workspace ( the glue won't stick to that)

ensure good ventilation at your workspace - the anti-slip mat melts under the glue

warm up your glue gun and begin.

simply put some glue on the stones and press them on the anti-slip mat.
it's as easy as it sounds :)

this might take a while - just keep going!

Step 7: DONE!

Finally all pebbles are in place :)

- WELL DONE!

now take your cutter and remove all unneccesary glue.

Step 8: TADAAAAAAA!

take the mat and move it to your bathroom - it's kinda heavy but you don't have to move it that often.

a piece of cardbord as support for moving - if you now absolutely have to- works great.

Cleaning of the mat:

vaccum cleaner with low suction works great
then you can clean it with water and a sponge.

I have this mat since 20 months in use, and only 2 of the smaller pebbles got loose, i glued them back with super-strong glue and since this they are sturdy as rocks :)