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Valentine's Day Paper Weights
I suppose these could also be magnets, but I've been using these 2.5 inch glass circles as festive Valentine's Day paperweights and you can too! There's nothing particularly difficult about this fun little Valentine's Day craft, so hit your local craft store and get going! Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks Flat back, clear glass marbles, 2inches or bigger Cardstock, scrapbook or glitter foam paper in your color choice Mod Podge Fun Valentine's ribbon like hearts Rhinestone jewels Cut circles from the cardstock or foam in the size of the clear glass marbles, just slightly smaller. I used a Fiskar's… Read More
Glue Gun Crafts Made Entirely out of Hot Glue
This post brought to you by guest craftzilla! January is a slow month in the craft world. Coming out of December with enough holidays and gift giving opportunities to make any craftzilla's head spin, January is a time of glue gun doldrums. No major holidays. No changes in the bleak weather. Valentine's Day just a little too far away to start getting excited. Why does January even exist? And voila! Out of my January craft boredom, fiddling around with my hot glue gun, making hot glue dew drops and waiting for inspiration to strike, I discover something that some craftzillas… Read More
Candy Cane Taper Holder
Create this fun candy cane taper holder in just minutes with plastic candy canes from the Dollar store! Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks 12 plastic candy canes (2 packages) Wired ribbon/cord of your choice 12 inch taper in corresponding color Heat up your glue gun and load up with glue sticks Start gluing the candy canes together in a rounded shape. Apply glue liberally at the base of the cane, up to the halfway point and hold in place until the glue hardens. Work your way around and use the taper as a measuring stick as to whether or… Read More
December Crafts - A Craft for Everyday of the Month
Pardon my tardiness on getting this up, but I was uh....crafting. Take a look and create a craft, everyday all day! If you have a craft that you think should be in the January countdown, drop me a line at craftzilla at glueguncrafts.com! December 1: World AIDS Day The biggest craft known to man, the AIDS memorial quilt! Create your own patch today. December 2: Button Up! Got a lot of single buttons lying around leftover from other projects? Or 20 looking for a home? Create a button wreath! December 3: DIY Advent Calendar Hurry up and start folding! This… Read More
Analytics and Your Crafts Website
How do you know after all who's visiting your crafts site? Are they staying long? Looking at multiple projects? Do you have a newsletter or RSS feed you want them to sign up for? What if you're selling your crafts? Ever notice in Etsy under Shop Set Up-Analytics that you can link a Google Analytics account with your Etsy store? First off, you should have some sort of analytics. Just something that gives you an idea that people are looking at your site and how they are behaving when they get there. Particularly if you're stumped for a new craft… Read More
Creating Rudolph Candy Boxes Video Tutorial
Kerry's Paper Crafts posted a great video tutorial on making "Rudolph Spares" which are little metal gift tins filled with cherry sours, red hots or any other large red candy that could be Rudolph's "nose." The whole video is set to the music of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and the tutorial itself is slightly sped up. I have to say it's one of the best tutorials I've watched in a long time. Simple, fun and entertaining!… Read More
November Crafts- One for Every Day of the Month
Continuing our series, Glue Gun Crafts is going to post a craft a day for November. The crafts are based on holidays, observances, awareness days, birthdays and inventions and in some cases- cause I felt like it days. So please enjoy these 30 November Crafts and may you be inspired! (If you think you have a craft that belongs in December, drop me a line! craftzilla at glueguncrafts.com) November 1: All Saints Day Store all your Halloween treats from the night before in one of these mummy holders. November 2: National Deviled Egg Day Sometimes crafts come in the edible… Read More
Halloween Spider Ornament
Halloween is getting closer and this super easy and quick spider can be done in plenty of time for it to be adorning a mantle or centerpiece on the day of tricks and treats! Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks Clear glass ornament (55mm) Black chenille pipecleaners 2 big google eyes, preferably with a little color Black acrylic paint Scrap of white cardstock (for teeth) Take the glass ornament and paint black with the acrylic paint and let dry. Fold 2 of the chenille stems in half and cut for the legs. Apply a blob of glue in the center… Read More
It's the Grim Reaper Pumpkin!
Better Homes and Garden's Special Halloween Tricks and Treats magazine is a must pick up for me every September and this year is no exception. While flipping through the "178 frightfully fun ideas" I came across this craft for building a grim reaper from pumpkins to place in the front yard. It was too good not to share! Pick up 4 medium sized pumpkins (or Funkins), hollow out and cut holes (just big enough for the PVC pipe) in the top and bottom of 3 of the pumpkins. Cut a face out of the 4th pumpkin on the top around… Read More
Pumpkin Crafts, Pumpkin Crafts, Pumpkin Crafts!
These pumpkin crafts are so great we had to say it three times! From simply painting and adorning the outside of a real pumpkin, carving a Funkin or making one from pom poms, these pumpkin crafts really rock the spirit of Halloween, fall and are just fun to make. Check out Parents.com's painted pumpkin ideas Twig and Thistle's round up of carveless pumpkins covers everyone from Martha Stewart to Better Homes and Gardens! Kaboose's super easy table top pumpkin Glue Gun Craft's pipecleaner jack o' lantern Domestic Fluff's adorable pom pom pumpkins… Read More
October Crafts- One for Every Day of the Month
Everyday is something! And from now until October of next year, Glue Gun Crafts is going to post a craft a day monthly calendar. The crafts are based on holidays, observances, awareness days, birthdays and inventions and in some cases- cause I felt like it days. So please enjoy these 31 October Crafts and may you be inspired! (If you think you have a craft that belongs in November, drop me a line! craftzilla at glueguncrafts.com) October 1: World Vegetarian Day Create a 3-D fruit or vegetable mobile. October 2: Name Your Car Day Create a name plaque to hang… Read More
Naming Your Craft Images for Search Engines
Let's face it, no actual person really looks into what the file name of your images are on your craft tutorial pages right? Nope, they don't. Which is why you've never cared that the finished picture of your adorable bunny craft is called IMG_01254.jpg right? Well, search engines care. They care a lot. Search engines can only read text, they can't read images. Ever notice how sometimes when you search for something there are listings for websites and sometimes 3-4 boxes of pictures about 1/4 of the way down the page that says "image results"? Or wonder how when you… Read More