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December 2007 Archives
Make Your Own Sushi Candy
Once in awhile a place you never thought would give you a crafty idea, reaches out of the depths and hands you a creative gem. Today's feature is sushi candy, brought to you by Safeway. An instructional video and some up close pictures gives you a great start into the world of faux, yet delicious, sushi. Take a look. Tags: sushi, crafts, edible+crafts, sushi+candy… Read More
Snowman of Many Textures
Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks White jingle bell (or small pom pom, styrofoam ball) for head White pom poms, larger than bell for mid-section of body White styrofoam ball, slightly larger than pom pom for bottom section of body Thin ribbon (1/8" wide), pearl string or fishing line Paints to paint face on snowman, if not pre-made 1.) If your snowman doesn't have a face, paint that on first and let dry completely. Use acrylics, fabric paints or even glitter glue. 2.) Heat up glue gun and put in glue. 3.) Glue jingle bell head to white pom pom,… Read More
Plaster Ornaments Covered in Glue
This entry delivers what it promises! Simple, almost ugly, but prefers to be called kitsch! All you need is a blank plaster ornament acquired from any craft store and colored and or glitter glue. Heat up your glue gun, put in your base color for the ornament. In this case, our tree, so green goes in first. Using even trigger handling, coat ornament from top to bottom with glue, leaving open spaces for "ornament" spots of glue. Then, go around the outside edges and coast as well. Next, purge your glue gun with a clear stick of glue and insert… Read More
Pom Pom Christmas Wreath
The countdown to the Big Day is coming fast upon us and PattieWack has once again provided GGC with a neat craft, simple and glue gun friendly. The Pom Pom Christmas Wreath uses foam core board, felt, yarn and pom poms. This craft would be a great gift for a grandparent, knitter or for that warm fuzzy feeling in your own home. Check it out! Tags: glue+gun+crafts, crafts, christmas, christmas+crafts, christmas+wreath, christmas+decor… Read More
Snowman Snowglobe Ornament
Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks White jingle bell (or small pom pom, styrofoam ball) for head White pom poms, larger than bell for body Clear, round, plastic ornament (usually comes in 2halves) Faux snow (shredded plastic or buffalo snow) -about two tablespoons. Fishing line Paints to paint face on snowman, if not pre-made 1.) If your snowman doesn't have a face, paint that on first and let dry completely. Use acrylics, fabric paints or even glitter glue. 2.) Heat up glue gun and put in glue. 3.) Glue jingle bell head to first section of body (one of the… Read More
Christmas Craft Bonananaza Continues
The holidays bring out a plethora of crafters for the jolly decorating of the home, tree and those precious handmade gifts. Today Craftzilla proudly features: Hack your own Gingerbread House from KidOInfo. Use store bought gingerbread construction pieces but use a low temp glue gun for sturdiness. Great if they kids are playing with it. Not so much if they plan on eating it. Then we have DIYLife's Dried Apple Wreath. Smells delicious, easy to make and so much nicer than the generic drugstore kind. Keeping in style with the candy cane reindeer from last week, this week we have… Read More