Raspberry String Lights Made of Hot Glue

I came up with these raspberry lights that are based on my all time favorite berry because I love to decorate my room with string lights. They set a nice evening tone, but in the summer they often feel too holiday or too boring and not summery enough for me. 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Newspaper to protect your outdoor space 100% percent silicon in either clear or white just make sure it’s 100% silicon Clear caulk I usedA caulk you can hand squeeze in case you don’t own a caulking gun strong pair of scissors long nail or something to break the foil liner in the caulk tube disposable gloves caulking gun wiki how on how to use a caulking gun in case you never have before instructions on using a caulking gunDisposable cup or bowl stir sticks disposable or disposable utensils spoon cornstarch bag to put used silicon covered stuff in. Best to place this in a outdoor trash can after you are finished to keep extra fumes out of the house paper plate your canada goose coats on sale clay raspberry vaseline long pin for poking holes in your cured mold hot glue gun and glue stick for sealing the end of silicon tube after you https://www.canadagoosejacketsoutsale.com use it Step Making the Hot Glue Raspberryparchment paper to protect your surface and make hot glue clean up easier hot glue gun and something to place it on if it leaks like mine (a paper plate perchance.) a lot of clear or colored hot glue sticks that fit your glue gun (if you use colored hot glue you want to make sure it is translucent.) canada goose deals used silicon finger covers optional I used thesesmall precision scissors pin for popping air bubbles if they appear Step Coloring the Raspberries (Making the Magic)if you used colored glue sticks you can canada goose outlet skip this steps materials watercolor markers optional The watercolor markers I used or colored sharpies Or translucent acrylic paint Or translucent Canada Goose sale nail polish any or all of the above can be used to color your raspberries modpodge or clear elmers and water for sealing your paint and blending Canada Goose Outlet in your markers paper plates for mixing Canada Goose Jackets paint a paint brush or a few some water in a cup for washing your brushes and maybe some paper towels your half raspberries made of hot glue something to protect your area from the paint Step Assembling Your Raspberry Lightshot glue gun clear glue or same colored glue silicon finger caps optional light string Itemized list of all materials needed:please note links to certain materials are above onlyparchment paper canada goose clearance sale Air dry or oven bake clay (air dry clay must not contain sulfur) more details above A glass or heavy duty cup pencil toothpick or a dot clay tool spare light bulb from your light string reference photo of a raspberry optional LED light string 10 20 lights (or however many you feel you can handle .) A outdoor area (silicon emits harmful vapors while curing.) Newspaper to protect your outdoor space 100% percent silicon in either clear or white just make sure it’s 100% silicon (more info in step 2 tools and materials above) strong pair of scissors pair of small precision scissors long nail or something to break the foil liner in the caulk tube caulking gun wiki how on how to use a caulking gun in case you never have before (more info in step 2 tools and materials disposable gloves disposable cup or bowl disposable stir sticks or disposable utensils spoon cornstarch plastic bag to put used silicon covered stuff in a few paper plates vaseline optional long pin for poking holes in your cured mold hot glue gun hot glue sticks clear or colored (much more info above in step 3 tools and materials ) something to place hot glue gun on if it leaks like mine (a paper plate perchance.) silicon finger covers optional watercolor markers optional (More info above in step 4 tools and materials ) Or colored sharpies Or translucent acrylic paint Or translucent nail polish any or all of the above can be used to color your raspberries modpodge or clear elmers and water for sealing your paint and blending in your markers paint brush or a fewStep 2: Making the Clay RaspberryGather your tools and materials for this step:Check step one tools and materials for a list of things you need for this part.Make sure you size the raspberry you create to the light string you are using. Depending on the clay you use the item may shrink a bit when it either dries or bakes, so please consider this in deciding on your size. My clay shrinks slowly over the course of a week, but is canada goose coats pretty dry to the touch and for molding in 4 hours to a days time.1. Lay down protective covering on your table for working with your clay.2. Take a chunk of clay that looks 3 4 times the size of your spare light bulb and roll canada goose store it into a ball.3. Push the clay ball over your spare light bulb.4. Pinch the end of the ball lightly and roll, to bring a slight taper to the end (see pic) no need for perfection cause you are going to cover this part up. Roll out a snake of clay and then pinch off pieces and roll into little balls.7. Place your first ball on the center of the bottom of your berry and then place the next balls around that making kind of a flower shape (see pic) my clay dries so fast that I make the balls while I am buy canada goose jacket attaching them (rather then making them all before, but you do what works for you and your clay.7. Continue filling in the raspberry with the little balls moving around in circles. Do not worry if your little balls are not all the same size, they are not perfect in nature either. (You can put away the clay base now.)9. Take your toothpick or clay dot tool and press a line into the middle of each ball on the body of the raspberry. After you have put a dent in each ball, roll the body of the raspberry very gently a little back and forth to soften the look of the balls and make them cling better to the raspberry body.10. Remove light from the center of the raspberry rock back and forth while removing if you feel you need to widened the hole a bit. (widened it if you are concerned about your clay shrinking.)11. Now put a pencil in your raspberry where the light used to be and place it in your heavy duty cup. (This is optional you may have made something too small to fit a pencil in it and if so, just set it gently on your work surface and skip the pencil bit.)12. Now roll out another snake and make more little balls and begin pressing onto your raspberry base just under the last line of them you did, same as before. I like to go slightly bigger with the last two rounds of balls. You probably going to need to remove the pencil and pick up the raspberry for the last few rounds of balls.

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