March 2009 Archives
Amazing Recycled Crafts Contest
FamilyFun is throwing a recycled crafts contest that is not to be missed! Besides doing your part for Earth Day by making your next creative creation from recycled materials, you could win a Energy Star Samsung 46" HDTV or an Apple MacBook! Check out some ideas that Family Fun posted for inspiration: Tags:crafts, crafting, craft+contest, recycled+crafts, kids+crafts, craft+ideas… 
Create a Zen Garden at Home
If the economy has got you down and you could use a Zen garden on a budget, than this is the super easy tutorial for you. At just two minutes, a cheap frame, glue gun, sand, stones and mini rake you are on your way! Check out this instructional craft video from Curbly.com! Tags: crafts, crafting, glue+gun+crafts, craft+videos, instructional+videos, zen+garden…
Sparkly Easter Eggs with Plastic Beads
It's so easy, but leave it to Morning Glories and Moonflowers to come up with this really neat looking craft for Easter using just a glue gun, plastic beads and plastic Easter Eggs. These Sparkly Easter Eggs look polished and store bought, just think of the patterned ones you could create! I know I've got a bag of these same…
The Crafts Books You Should Own But Don't
Any crafter like myself who dabbles in a little bit of everything (glue gun crafts aside) they've usually got a few craft books stashed aside to instruct them in new mediums or provide inspiration for future crafts. So I thought I would share the craft books in my library that have brought me inspiration and even some that made it…
Glue Gun Crafts Featured Crafter Badge
Has Craftzilla featured your craft on Glue Gun Crafts? If so, shout it out to the world with this fancy, elegant and oh-so-cute badge of honor! Check out our installation page and grab the HTML code to place this fun little badge anywhere on your site!…
St. Patrick's 4 Leaf Clover Pot and Chocolate Coins
Materials Glue gun/ clear glue sticks Small clay pot (about 2" tall)- St. Patrick's Grow Kit from Target is best Black acrylic paint Pipe cleaners in purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red Tiny plastic pot (glitter covered is best!) Found in the dollar section at JoAnn's Chocolate gold coins How to put it together Using the black acrylic paint, coat…
Glue Gun Craft Round Up
Sometimes you just find a whole bunch of things at once that you've just got to share! So I bring to you three glue gun crafts that would fill any rainy day time slot! The Life is Bee-utiful posted a whole series of crafts that you can make with dried pasta. My favorite was the choo choo train created from…
