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Favorite Holiday Traditions: Marilyn Sweeney's Candy Trees

See how Better Homes and Gardens reader Marilyn Sweeney creates easy tabletop trees for Christmas and other holidays using plastic foam cones, candies, nuts, and other holiday treats.

"… and red licorice lace. Use a hot - glue gun to adhere the candies in rings around … with a topper (also attached with hot glue ). For the tree pictured, Marilyn … if you're not careful with the hot - glue gun ." This St. Patrick's Day tree …"

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Scallop-Trimmed Candles

… eucalyptus petals Green eucalyptus petals Hot - glue gun and glue sticks Small dried red flowers … stones (touching the stones). Apply hot glue to the top edges of the petals … Press one dried flower into the hot glue . (This will help secure the strand …

Miniature Apple Wreath

… artificial apples, greenery, berries, and a hot - glue gun . First, glue small sprigs of greenery around … cutters Ribbon -- about 10 inches of 2 styles Hot - glue gun and glue sticks Hot - glue dried or artificial greenery around the inside …

How to Make a Brilliantly Brown Wreath

22-inch pre-made twig wreath Hot - glue gun and glue Brazilian nuts Pheasant feathers (ring … s wire Begin with a pre-made twig wreath. Using hot glue and a glue gun , attach tiny pheasant feathers to a few twig ends …

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Eerie Eyeballs

All eyes will be on you with this simple but scary addition to your Halloween party.

Thu, 5 Aug 2010|More from Holidays
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I've cut into a little circle, and I'm gonna use my trusty hot glue gun to just add a little bit of glue, just a little dab. That should be plenty. And I'm gonna grab my eyeball off my floral foam and just stick my iris right on there like that. And then to hold the iris on and to give it a little pupil, I'm using these small miniature brads. You can get this in the scrapbooking section of any craft store. And if you stick it in while the hot glue is still a little wet, stick it right in there, center like that. So we've got our pupil, and we've got our

No-Carve Ribbon Pumpkin

Use ribbons and rick-rack to lend some style to a plain ol' pumpkin. Choose traditional seasonal colors or try a more modern combo of brights.

Thu, 5 Aug 2010|More from Design Ideas
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you'll need is some rickrack, and some variety of fun-patterned ribbons, a hot glue gun , and of course, a pumpkin. You're gonna need a pumpkin. To begin, you're gonna take one end of your ribbon, and I'm gonna use this fun zigzag, and you're gonna take you're hot glue gun . And you're just gonna put a little dab underneath the stem of your pumpkin, like that, and then, place your ribbon. So

hang loosely once you're done with your pumpkin. And then, get your hot glue gun out, put it down on the bottom of your pumpkin, stretch the ribbon nice and tight, and press it firmly into place.

Creepy Candy Cover-Ups

"Delight your trick-or-treaters with these special disguises."

Thu, 5 Aug 2010|More from Holidays
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a candy bar in here like that. And then with my trusty hot glue gun , I'm just gonna put a little bit of hot glue right along this edge and then fold it over like that. If you want to glue down your eyes so that they lay flat like that, you can but you know what, I kinda like `em 3 dimensional like that. So I'm gonna leave `em. And then I've got some really cool rhinestone eyes here that are gonna add a ton of character to my scary eyes. So I'm gonna take a little bit of glue from my hot glue gun , and I'm just gonna glue my pupils down right there like that. Just gonna add a little bit of glue to the

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Installing Electric Radiant Heat

… drywall saw, fish tape, chisel, hot - glue gun , 3/8-inch trowel, screwdriver … connection into the channel with hot glue . Mark along the power cable and … a time, run a continuous bead of hot glue . Press the lead into the hot glue …

Easy No-Carve Halloween Pumpkins

… the pumpkin near the stem, and hot - glue the trim along the veins of the … ribbons and dried potpourri. Use hot glue to add your embellishments. Use a hot - glue gun to decorate a pumpkin with seashells …

Holiday Dining Room Makeover

… ring with ribbon and secure with hot glue or fabric glue. Embellish the ring … in the previous slide), using a hot - glue gun . Cranberries take center stage on … Continue to glue on buttons with hot glue until you have a round shape. A …

A Farm Theme Party for Kids

… blue jeans. Attach pockets to the table runner with a hot - glue gun to create pouches that can hold straws, plastic tableware … hats resemble farm animals. Attach the shapes using a glue gun . Embellish with small pom-poms, cotton balls, and …

Elegant Evening Halloween Party in Black and White

… and attach to pumpkins using double-sided tape or a hot - glue gun set on low. Paper lantern "moons" hang above the … Paint wooden dowels with acrylic crafts paint, and hot - glue them to the backs of the masks. Arrange the dowel rods …

Cozy Fall Crafts

… fabric. Secure the buttons to the wreath form with a hot - glue gun . Glue a length of ribbon to the back of the wreath to … batting and then fabric, securing the folded corners with hot glue . Cover the cardboard insert with fabric and then glue …