If you have been wanting to try using skittles to embellish your projects but have not gotten around to purchasing them yet, well here's your chance to try them out for pennies! Since they are basically round shaped gems you should be able to make your own using a hot glue gun and some glue sticks. I also love the fact that you can make the skittles any colors you want by simply using alcohol inks to color them or in my case, by using colored glue sticks, I also used glitter glue sticks that came out really pretty! I did some experimenting first and noticed that if you use a clear glue stick right behind a colored glue stick you will end up with a mixed effect that is so cool. I also used two different color sticks to come up with duo colored skittles. The one thing i love about this technique is that the glue cools almost instantly so you dont have to wait to use them. You will need a sheet of waxed or freezer paper to squeeze your dots onto so they wont stick and they come off just like glue dots. You can use any temp glue gun, i prefer the cool glue gun because i have gotten burned one too many times. You can also make the skittles as small or as large as you want! Also great for making raindots! (just squeeze a small dot then pull the glue to form a tail) Experiment and have fun!
MATERIALS USED
Glue Gun hot or cool
Glue sticks clear and colored/glitter/metallic etc
Wax or freezer paper
plastic bag for storage
*glue dots will stick together if touching each other, but will simply pull apart. try coating with a tiny bit of baby oil or spray.
This was my actual birthday cake-black and white cake with lemon filling YUM!
