September 2008 Archives
Halloween Pipe Cleaner Creatures
In honor of one of the events with the best decorations (the other being Christmas) GGC is proud to feature a series of Halloween Pipe Cleaner Creatures! We'll have a series of tutorials and photos featuring a Jack o' Lantern, Frankenstein and Vampire Bat! Stay tuned.....Jack o' Lantern is up first.… 
Fall Crafts Directory
Chalkboard Crafts has posted these great directory of fall themed crafts! A lot of them are based on print outs or cut outs, so they're good for any age. If you're tired of searching, search no more and just select a few of these ideas! My favorite: Tutorial on how to preserve fall leaves.…
Embellish with Polymer Clay
Embellish your glue gun crafts with items created from polymer clay or you even use a hot glue gun when creating your polymer clay creations! After they've been baked of course. I've never tried it, but I really not willing to find out the implications of baking hot glue other than it re-melting. Since my own polymer clay creation skills…
Blending Two Colors in Polymer Clay
Sure, there isn't a glue gun involved right now, but there could be later with your finished creation! Polymer clay is a great and fun medium to experiment with and incorporate into your glue gun crafts arsenal. This video has no words, just pretty music and will show you in less than 3 minutes how to blend a couple of…
Give the Teacher a Paper Apple Craft
All Free Crafts posted this neat way to impress your teachers without the real fruit! Create this simple apple from grocery bags, paint, fiberfill and embellishments and you can yourself into a real apple polisher! Or you could do it just to be nice :) The fun part is as always, the embellishments! You could add on a little worm…
Clamp Lip Treat Jars
Materials: Glue gun and clear glue sticks Clean, empty clamp lid jar (example is 3 1/4 inches tall, 2 inches wide) Piece of fabric or lace, about 6 inches in length, 3 inches wide Small colorful paper flowers in various colors 1. Heat up glue gun and put in glue. 2. Remove the glass lid from the clamp on the…
Halloween Crafts on Martha Stewart
Yeah, yeah, she's the Crafting Queen, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't pay hommage to the items currently on display for the coming Halloween season! The drawback is that they're kits which is good if you really want to streamline the process, but a real Martha Stewart wannabe is going to take these ideas and run and make their own…
Make a Cake Entirely out of Candy
Smile! It's Becky! has posted an absolute monstrosity of a cake, both in size and awesomeness. And she used my favorite crafting tool of all, a glue gun to create the project. All you need is lots of candy, floral/craft foam for the cake layers, ribbon and that's it! Tags: crafts, crafting, glue+gun+crafts, candy, cake, candy+cake…
Photographing Your Crafts
I realize that GGC doesn't always have the best photos, but hey, I'm working with what I got! Craftershock has come up with a great at home fix though. Create a lightbox for just $26 using a plastic tablecloth, wooden dowels, clamp lights and poster board. It looks very fragile, so once it's set up, it looks like that will…
Adorable Button Rings
Little Birdie Secrets posted the cutest tip on creating rings with oversized buttons, basic ring and some strong glue! That's really all you need. Glue the largest button to the ring, let it harden and then stack the rest on, however you want, colors and button shapes! Tags: crafts, crafting, glue+gun+crafts, buttons, button+ring, rings, easy+crafts…
Faux Pumpkin Fall Centerpiece
Blogsmart posted this very easy tutorial on dressing up a faux pumpkin. You know, the styrofoam type, hollow and light? Grab one of those and some Halloween or fall type cloth to cover it with, a block of floral styrofoam to place in the bottom and embellishments to match like branches, raffia, moss etc; Tags: crafts, crafting, halloween, halloween+crafts, glue+gun+crafts,…
Halloween Crafts Extravaganza
Halloween is coming, are you ready? Sure, sure, school just started, but as we all know, Halloween can take a bit of planning. From costumes, decor and candy selection, it's good to get a jump start on your Halloween crafting. Here are some great crafts that have already gotten the jump on the season! Holiday Novelties has a spooky scarecrow…
Create a Lady from Sea Shells
This pretty little lady was actually made once upon a time in Japan. While the actual age of the piece is unknown, she's certainly been around for quite awhile. I picked her up at an yard sale one day, for free. Originally priced at .45cents, she's a great craft that can easily be duplicated with the right shells! Materials: 1-…
Craft Foam Kangaroo
This free template from Craft-Idea on Blogspot is easy but yet a little more complicated so that older kids (ages 8+) would enjoy it! Simply print out the template and gather up all your sheets and bits of craft foam. Trace the pieces out onto the foam, cut out and assemble! The assembly part is pretty straightforward and fun to…
Do it Yourself Table Numbers for Weddings
Adventures of the Grosgrain Bride brings us this creative method for creating table numbers for the tables at any reception or party with a seating chart. Particularly if it's a wedding, but I'm sure a retirement party would be OK too. The party planning police would let it slide. There are several different steps here that can be either dropped…
Faux Stained Glass with a Glue Gun
Goosezilla (zilla!) of Instructables has posted this great craft on creating a stained glass like picture using black hot glue for the outlines and glass paints on a piece of plexiglass! It's pretty simple, you will have to plan ahead on obtaining the black hot glue sticks, I have yet to see those as a regularly stocked item at craft…
