Neon Sharpie Hair Bows! Hot Glue Gun Week!

 Make adorable and trendy NEON hair bows or bowties!  This is a great tween/teen craft project! We did it at a Young Women (12-18) activity! But my 9 and 11 year old did some too. And as long as an adult is on the hot glue gun,  any age kiddos can do this.  We started with thin, non stretchy white material.  About 8 by 10-12 inches. (you can do smaller, you will just get a smaller bow...) Stretchy material would work, but you'll have to hold it tight while coloring. You could use old t-shirts...sheets, tablecloths, whatever... I'm all about recycling and free. Use Sharpies or permanent markers to color on the fabric! It's like watercoloring because the ink bleeds a little. Any pattern you like! And you only need to fill the center about 6 inches wide and 4 or 5 inches tall.  The girls loved to do trendy patterns... chevrons, arrows, anchors! But one girl just scribbled all over hers,  and really, it turned out the ...

Hot glue gun week wrap up

In case you missed all the Hot Glue Gun Crafts we did this week, you can check them out here: And there is still time to enter the RAFFLECOPTER to win your own fabulous Hot Glue Gun! Halloween Necklaces Dinosaur Bookends Hair Bows Shabby Flower Headbands Wax Seals, Stickers and Embellishments Shoe Repair Check out these other great Hot Glue crafts: Harry Potter Wands Bounty Hunter Jet Pack Silly Bird Marionette Pocket Size Fishing Kit Simple Jet Packs   Ombre Penny Art Linking up to THESE parties this week!

Dinosaur Bookends with Hot Glue!

 I am so excited about this Hot Glue Project!   Dinosaur Bookends!  I cut some scrap wood into blocks. it's about 4 inches wide. I used 2 6" tall pieces and 2 3" tall pieces. Sanded smooth...ready to go. I used my PAMTite glue sticks for this one, because I wanted them to be extra secure. Here's the layout of what they will end up looking like: Ran some hot glue across the 3" block...  And stuck it right to the bottom of the 6" block. Repeat for the other side!  Then I took my plastic Dinosaur, Stegosaurus... I got him from the dollar store...you could upcycle an old toy!  I used an x-acto knife and cut that sucker in half...  Apply a band of glue around the dinosaur body and on the feet... and press it right onto your blocks!  And again for the backside!  Ta da!  You could stop there... but why?  T-Rex was a little trickier...but with some fancy overlapping, it works great!...