Other Glue Gun Figures

The following figures were also created with the glue gun. I've used the metal molds from the "DollyMaker™ Oven" and just plain plastic molds. With plastic molds use only low temperature glue guns or the molds will melt.

DollyMaker™ Oven by ©Canada Games Company Ltd

Making the Figures

For Dog Figures the Dalmatian™ molds work quite well. It is very important to put a couple of drops of dish washing detergent "spread with a paint brush or q-tip" in the molds to season them, to make unmolding easier.

Let the glue gun heat up well, the glue flows better. Then slowly start filling the mold beginning with the deepest part. Try to make it continuous, as when the glue has already cooled a little, the new glue leaves a mark and your figure will have lines showing. To speed up cooling put mold in fridge or freezer for a few minutes.

With white glue it is easier to see when the mold is full. The figure is stiffer. With clear glue it is harder to see when the mold is full, but the figure is softer.

Making a Dog House

I've discovered that the plastic meat trays are a wonderful material to make small designs. So rather then throwing them in the garbage, I wash them well and reuse them as craft material. They come in a great number of shapes and sizes. They can be cut with a craft knife and the edges can be carved.
The best way to paint the shapes is to coat them first with a water based craft primer. Then the shapes can be painted in any way desired.
I've used crackle medium to give the dog house and old look. The finished project is coated with water based varnish.

Now to hang up the dog house I've created juice lid hangers.

Juice Lid Hangers

For years I had collected all the lids from the frozen juice containers. Apart from gluing a magnetic strip on the back I had no idea what to do with them. Then one day while using 20 gauge craft wire, I discovered that the thickness of the wire was the same as the grove on the back of the lids where the cardboard from the juice container was originally inserted.
I use about 3 1/2 inches of 20 gauge wire, bend it around a pen to make a nice round loop and then push it into the grove on the back of the lid with a blade of a pocket knife or a screw driver.
Then I glue the lid on the back of the object and let it dry. Now it can be hung anywhere with a nail.