Supplies you will need:

• AdTech® Project Pro Glue Gun  Click here to buy on Amazon (You can also use the lo-temp mini gun featured in the ghost lights post.)
• AdTech® Multi-Temp Mini-Size Glue Sticks  Click here to buy on Amazon
• Battery-operated LED string lights (Must be LED bulbs that don’t heat up! This project has not been tested with plug-in LED lights.)

IMPORTANT: Anything made with hot glue will start to melt above 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not leave your finished project in a hot car, near a heater, run it through your clothes dryer, etc. 

Step one: Cut the glue stick to size and attach the glue sticks to the lights.

The number of glue sticks you’ll need depends on how many LED lights you have on your string. I used our 4-inch mini glue sticks, cut them in half and put one half on each light. You will also need extra glue sticks for the texture layers. I highly suggest you use AdTech glue sticks because they are transparent and won’t yellow like other glue sticks!

Heat up your glue gun. I usually prefer a low-temperature glue gun for this type of project because it will make your glue stick base less soft while you’re working, BUT I decided to use the Project Pro this time because it’s a great little gun, and the hi-temp cures more transparent (and icicle-like) than the lo-temp.

Pick up a glue stick and push the nozzle of the gun into the end of the glue stick to melt a divot into it – long enough to submerge the bulb part of the light.

IMMEDIATELY push one of the light bulbs into the glue divot to bond. Hold for a few seconds until it bonds. If it doesn’t bond all of the way, just add a little hot glue around the top of the bulb to bond it in place.

Step two: Add hot glue layers.

Using your hot glue gun, add layers of hot glue over the glue stick base, alternating sides. If your glue stick base starts getting too warm and flexible, wait minute or so before adding more hot glue. Patience is key.

Just keep adding lines of hot glue until you get the shape you want. Add a dribble to the bottom to make it “pointy”.

That’s it! Each icicle takes a little bit of time, but you will end up with something really unique and inexpensive. I hope you enjoy this project and I wish you the happiest of holidays!

Love what you created? We will, too! Tag us in your image on Instagram, @adtech. Use the hashtags #glueasamedium and #thisishotglue so others can see your creation!

I happened upon a similar project over at Everyday Mom Ideas, and was inspired to create a new version using our AdTech® Crafter’s Gift Pack (available at Amazon and other retailers, and contains our Project Pro Glue Gun, MultiTemp Glue Sticks and Permanent Crafter’s Tape). Besides those items, all you need is some scrapbook paper and one or more small tree branches.

The original project called for wiring the leaves onto the branches. I decided to up the simplicity factor with hot glue. Worked like a charm!

Supplies you will need:

• AdTech® Crafter’s Gift Pack
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• Small branches (We had several trees down due to a recent snow storm, so I used those branches.)
• Scrapbook paper in different colors & patterns
• Scissors
• Spray paint (optional)
• Container or vase for the base

Step one: Spray paint the branches (optional)

This is pretty self-explanatory. Shake the can well and spray outside away from objects… like cars, people and pets. You can spray the branches or leave them natural. I felt like white was more spring-y.

Step two: Make a paper sandwich

If you have large 12″ x 12″ paper like I did, you’ll want to cut it into more manageable pieces. I cut each large piece into quarters. (It really doesn’t matter what size. Just use a size that you are comfortable cutting leaves out of.)

Next, apply the Crafter’s Tape to the wrong side of one piece. I ran the tape one way every half inch or so, and then ran a couple of lines across the other way, and around the border.

Place another piece on it (wrongs sides together), so you see a different pattern on each side. Press together.

Step three: Cut the leaves

I didn’t make a template. I just cut out leaf shapes. Pretty easy!

Make a bunch of leaves – as many as you think you’ll need for your tree.

Step  four: Bend the leaves

I took a ruler and bent the leaves a little, to give it a nice effect and show off the undersides of the leaves more.

Step five: Hot glue the leaves to the branches.

Add a small drop of hot glue to the bottom of the leaf.

Touch the leaf to the branch and hold for a few seconds until it bonds. (No need to touch with your fingers. It bonds well just touching the leaf to the twig. Bonus!)

Just keep adding leaves until you get the look you want.

Step six: Add flowers (optional)

This is totally optional, but you can add some paper flowers if you’d like. I happened to have a flower punch kicking around, so I made some quick blooms. I used hot glue to adhere the layers, and a dab of hot glue and a small bead for the center.

That’s it! I hope you liked my version of this awesome project! If I could do it again, I would have made the leaves a little bigger for a fuller effect, but all in all I’m very happy with it. I got a lot of “oooohs and aaahhs” from the AdTech staff, and our receptionist, Cindy, will be taking it home for Easter. (The tree is about 3 feet wide, so I hope she has room!)

Love what you created? We will, too! Tag us in your image on Instagram, @adtech. Use the hashtags #glueasamedium and #thisishotglue so others can see your creation!

The instructions are the same as the flower shirt (click here for that post), except that you want to make a shamrock shape out of hot glue instead.

Read on for instructions on how to make this awesome shirt for yourself, or your favorite leprechaun!

Supplies you will need:

• AdTech Pro 80 Glue Gun —> Get a 20% off Amazon coupon while supplies last! Click here!
• Full-size AdTech Multi-Temp hot glue sticks —> Click here to buy on Amazon!
• Parchment (baking) paper or a large silicone mat
• A green cotton t-shirt (I used a kid-sized.)
• Bleach
• A spray bottle
• An old toothbrush (optional)

Step one: Warm up your glue gun

Load your glue gun with a glue stick and let it warm up. I highly recommend you do this project with a high-quality, full-size glue gun because this project uses a good amount of hot glue, and you want good flow when laying your glue lines. The AdTech Pro 80 warms up really quick and puts out a lot of glue quickly and easily, AND it comes with 3 interchangeable applicator tips! (I love this glue gun! It’s my personal fave.)

Step two: Create your hot glue stencil

Lay down a large sheet of parchment paper. You can freehand your design, or place a drawing or printout of a design under the parchment and trace it with the hot glue. Squeeze the trigger and lay down your glue in a shamrock shape – which is basically 3 or 4 hearts with a stem.

Then, let it cure for a few minutes and peel your hot glue stencil off the paper. Don’t worry about little glue strings that you might see. They don’t really matter in this project.

Step three: Prep the shirt

Lay your t-shirt out and place some cardboard inside to protect the back of the shirt. Place your new glue stencil onto your shirt and press it down flat with your hands.

Step four: Apply the bleach

Wear your eye protection (safety first!) and pour some bleach into your spray bottle. Lightly spray a fine mist over your design… 2-3 pumps. Let the bleach do it’s work for at least 15 minutes before you decide to spray again. If you’d like more of a blotchy look with bigger drops, you can dip an old toothbrush into bleach, and splatter the bleach onto the shirt by bending the bristles with your thumb and letting go.

See photos of this step here, in our bleached flower shirt post.

Step five: Wash the shirt

Once you get the shirt lightened to your satisfaction, remove the stencil. (You can reuse it!) You can then launder the shirt, but either wash it alone or rinse it well before laundering with other clothes so you don’t get remaining bleach on anything.

One of our staff members brought the shirt home and took a photo of it on her daughter. Isn’t she the cutest little leprechaun?

Love what you created? We will, too! Tag us in your image on Instagram, @adtech. Use the hashtags #glueasamedium and #thisishotglue so others can see your creation!

Looking for a Valentine project that’s simple to complete (even in bulk) that doesn’t require baking or buying chintzy, over-priced, mass-produced cards?

Good, because we’ve got one for you!

These adorable little “book of love” chocolate valentines are easy to make in any quantity. You can cut the paper pieces assembly-line style, print this book of love template or make a design of your own, and even snack on chocolate as you go. It’s really the perfect project.

Supplies you will need:

• AdTech Crafters’s Tape/Permanent Glue Runner (pictured; could also use AdTech Archival Permanent Glue Runner; both would work, though archival is actually stronger)
• Colored cardstock cut into 2  1/8″ x 1.5″ rectangles (these are the backs of the books)
• Patterned scrapbook papers cut into 1″ x 3″ strips
• A printed page of our PDF file, cut along guides (download here)
• Scissors or a paper cutter
• Hershey’s Nuggets in any flavor (see image to be sure you get the right shape)
• Thin ribbon or paper, cut into 2 ½” lengths (very thin… use paper if you can’t find ribbon 1.8″ wide)

Step one: Wrap chocolates with decorative paper

Pick one of your decorative, 1″ x 3″scrapbook paper strips. Use your Glue Runner to apply adhesive to both the 1″ ends, along the blank side. Place one of the 1″ ends down at the middle of the underside of the chocolate nugget, as shown (below). Wrap around, and press to seal, creating a sort of wide belt around the chocolate.

(In the end, you’ll only be able to see the decorative paper along the sides of the book, but this makes the project much cuter, we think!)

Step two: Apply adhesive to the cardstock

You’re going to fasten down your chocolates with your glue runner. Because it’s like tape, it’s not going to melt or potentially seep into your chocolate.

Be sure to leave about 1/4 -inch around the edges.

Step three: Place down the ribbon and chocolate

Place the ribbon in the center of the cardstock, with almost all of it sticking out the center of one of the longer sides (off the edge of the card).

You want 2 pieces of wrapped chocolate per valentine. These create the illusion of pages in an open book. Place these side by side on the adhesive, in the center, with the long sides touching. The long sides will be placed over the ribbon, and facing the same direction as the ribbon.

Step four: Fold your valentine message

We created this handy PDF with the definition of “love” on it. The dimensions should already be correct if you print full-page on an 8 x 11″ piece of printer paper. Trim each definition according to cutting guides. Fold in half so that it looks like a page.

Step five: Fasten the message to the chocolates

Place your adhesive closer to the edges of the back of this message than the center, and tuck the fold down (slightly) between the chocolates before pressing message down. This is just more likely to make the pages look even and not crooked.

Step six: Create your ribbon bookmark

Carefully apply adhesive from your glue runner along the side of the ribbon that is facing up, then fold it snugly over the seam of the “book” and press to secure. Trim as needed.

Step seven: Hand out your valentines!

These chocolate “books” are the perfect balance between handmade, which shows thought and care, and simple, which means you can hand them out at work or to friends or classmates. You can even modify them for other occasions: Make school “textbooks,” or “literary fiction” for libraries, or even Bibles for church events!

Love what you created? We will, too! Share your project image with us on Instagram. Be sure to tag @adtech!

If you’re looking for a “sweet” project (guilt-free) to do with friends this Valentine’s Day, look no further!

Supplies you will need:

• AdTech® 2Temp Glue Gun —> Click here to buy from Amazon
• Full Size AdTech® Multi-Temp Glue Sticks –> Click here to buy from Amazon
  (We strongly recommend AdTech® hot glue for clear jewelry that won’t yellow!)
• Colored toothpicks (you can buy them colored, or paint them yourself)
• Short eyepins, or regular eyepins and wire cutters
• A silver ball chain
• Plain, shiny beads, with a small hole that will fit a toothpick
• Scissors
• Clear nail polish
• Parchment (baking) paper or a silicone mat

Step one: Warm up your glue gun

Load it with a glue stick and place it over your parchment paper (or silicone mat). If you’re working with younger crafters, use the low setting; otherwise, high will work well.

Step two: Lay glue lines, long and thin

You’ll need 10-12 strings, about 8″ long. Allow them to cool completely, then peel from away from parchment paper/mat. Once you’ve laid all the glue you need, move your glue gun to the low setting.

Step three: Bundle the strings together, and cut

You’re going to create “sugar crystals” this way, so cut in 1/8″-1/4″ shards, over and over, into a small pile, as shown.

Steps four and five: Glue your toothpick and dip into shards

Coat 1/2 the toothpick completely with glue. Before the glue sets, roll it in the pile of “sugar crystals” you created.

Step six: Keep rolling

You’ll need to add dots of glue to the crystals you’ve added to the toothpick in order to keep adding layers and getting the “rock candy” to your desired thickness. Careful not to burn your fingers! (AdTech® Finger Guards are great for this part of the project!)

Step seven: Add your eyepin

Trim any long crystals that stick out, and then add your eyepin. If you have a short one, just push it into the end of the top end of the rock candy. If you need to trim a longer eyepin down, do so until it’s 1/4″-1/2 long.

Step eight: Coat rock candy with clear nail polish

This will give it a shiny look. Prop up to air dry so it doesn’t stick to your work surface. Seal the toothpick with nail polish as well.

Step nine: Add the bead

Glue your small bead to the end of the toothpick.

Step ten: String onto the necklace chain

… and you’re done!

Love what you created? We will, too! Tag us in your image on Instagram, @adtech. Use the hashtags #glueasamedium and #thisishotglue so others can see your creation! And remember not to leave your rock candy necklace in a warm car or anywhere that might exceed 120 degrees, as the glue will soften.

Less than a week until Christmas! Are your gifts wrapped?

Mine haven’t even all arrived yet… I’ll probably be doing half my wrapping on Christmas Eve. Luckily I’ve had some experience making even last-second wrapping—once or twice using leftover papers I rummaged out of the closet!—look like I planned way ahead.

Here is one trick for making your giftwrapping look top of the line this year.

Use a glue (or tape) runner instead of single-sided tape.

I actually tried this for the first time this year. And guess what? It’s awesome.

Wrap your gifts the way you normally would, but instead of ripping off pieces of single-sided clear tape every time you need to seal a fold (and trying to do it one-handed because the other hand is keeping your creases tight), just run your clear glue runner along the inside of the paper, and seal.

This has two perks: The first, obviously, is that you don’t need 3 hands to do the job. But the second is that no one will ever see the tape—because it’s under the paper instead of over it! How was I not doing this all along??

Let’s use this gift I got for my niece as an example!

Look how clear it goes on!

Use two rows if you need to! Pro Tip: On the ends of your boxes, fold that last piece under once before you tape it down. This looks a little cleaner.

And… you’re done! What are your giftwrapping tricks? We’d love to hear! Leave a comment below or come tell us on Facebook!

Guys, we are officially ten days away from Christmas! Have you gotten all your shopping done yet?

I confess… I have not. (And thank heavens for Amazon Prime because I am down to the wire and I have a very large family!) If you haven’t gotten all your shopping done yet, you might be excited to know that we have one last giveaway going on in December, starting today, and whether you want the prize for you or a loved one, we are going to try to get it shipped to the winner in time for Christmas. Are you ready?

For those who haven’t been following along, here’s a quick recap: We’ve already given away two stockings this month to two lucky winners. Each stocking we’ve assembled has had a different theme. The first was a seamstress stocking, and was filled with all sorts of sewing goodies. The second was a scrapbooker’s stocking, and it was full of papers, ink pads, tape runners – the works.

The third and final stocking is the Creative Genius stocking, and it is potentially the COOLEST of the lot. Here’s what’s in it:

• A box of 500 assorted buttons in different sizes and colors
• A bag of mini wool pom-poms in happy hues
• An artist’s travel-size sketchbook
• 10 metallic pens in a variety of colors
• 12 mini spools of colored twine (a variety of colors)
• A pack of high quality wooden medallions
• A bag of Scrabble letter tiles
• A “Thanks!” calligraphy stamp from Paper Sushi
• An eight-block color wheel ink pad from Color Box
• Chalkboard labels in different shapes and sizes (not pictured)
• A white chalk marker
• An AdTech Project Pro glue gun
• A pack of 10″ mini Christmas Tree Scented glue sticks

… and it all comes in a cute stag stocking from Kaiti B Boutique.

Why am I so jazzed about this last stocking giveaway? Because it is filled to the cuff with cool art supplies that I myself am always looking for an excuse to buy:

Wool pom poms? Um, yes please.

Scrabble tiles?  Great art supply. I’ve seen them used for resin jewelry, writing out messages on the top of art supply boxes, and other cool re-purposing projects.

A stamp from Paper Sushi will up-level any project; a sketchbook would never go unused; and buttons? Who doesn’t love a good button?

Basically it’s the perfect “I don’t need an excuse” stocking of goodies for the artist, creative genius, or DIYer. It’s an “it just makes me happy” stocking for the right-brained individual. (A left-brained individual totally won’t get it…)

We’re giving this stocking away on Wednesday, December 20.

HOW TO ENTER:

• Follow the AdTech Studio on Instagram
• Heart the latest giveaway image (it looks like the image at the top of this post)
• Underneath the giveaway image, share a moment of your own creative genius that makes you proud

That’s it! For extra entries, tap a photo of something you’ve created using hot glue and tag @adtech so we can see some of your creative genius, and/or tag a friend under the giveaway image on Instagram. We can’t wait for someone to take home this colorful, inspiring stocking!

Here are some close-ups of a few of the amazing products you are going to get if you are the winner:

Again, we’re drawing the winner on Wednesday, December 20, so enter before then!

*This giveaway is only open to residents of the contiguous United States.

Time for another #giveaway!

Congrats to the winner of our first giveaway, Kayna! She’s a Rodan and Fields rep who has been hustling all year, and we are excited that she got our Seamstress’s Dream stocking as a little something for herself. She deserves it!

Our next giveaway is the Scrapbooker’s Delight stocking. This one is awesome! I was never much one for sewing, but I’ve scrapbooked for years and I can attest that this stocking is full, full, full of products and tools that any scrapbooker will love.

Here is what one lucky winner will receive:

• Die-cuts in a variety of shapes and pastel colors
• Dual-brush pens for bold and fine-tip doodles and captions
• A custom “love” calligraphy stamp from Paper Sushi
• An eight-tone color wheel ink pad from Color Box
• Adhesive squares for seamless adhering of paper and photos
• Laser-cut wooden triangle embellishments
• A box of 4 crafters’ tape runners from AdTech
• A single removable tape runner from AdTech
• A corner cutter for rounded edges on photos and pages
• Botanical washi tape in 3 pretty patterns
• One “I’d Rather Be Scrapbooking” mug
• Fiskars precision scissors
• One adhesive eraser from AdTech
• A set of 12 cactus-shaped paper clips (just because they’re cute!)

All of it comes in a bright and happy stocking from Kaiti B Boutique. Here are some close-ups of a few of the products in this stocking:

We’ve streamlined this second giveaway to make it easy for everyone. For this giveaway, we’re accepting entries on Facebook only. Here’s what you do!

1. Visit our Facebook page
2. Comment below the giveaway post (at the top of our page) by sharing one memory you are grateful for
3. Make sure you enter by December 15

That’s it!

If you want extra entries, you can “like,” “love,” or “wow” the post, and for every unique friend you tag in a separate comment, you receive one extra entry. No limits to how many times you may enter!

This giveaway is only open to residents of the contiguous US, just so we can get these guys shipped out with their best chance of arriving before Christmas. The winner will be drawn and announced on Facebook on December 15, 2018!

Head on over to Facebook and enter! Good luck!

All right, Matt hasn’t celebrated Christmas in several years. I am determined to make this one extra special to make up for what he’s missed. That includes baking sugar cookies for his co-workers, buying us ugly Christmas sweaters… and decorating, decorating, decorating!

I saw an advent calendar on Pinterest made with real tree branches, and it inspired this piece for our coffee table. I couldn’t get started making it until Advent had already begun, so this version only has three candles in it instead of four. I recycled three birch candle holders my dad made for me a few Christmases back, drilled to fit tea lights, and decided we’d just light the candles any night we were home, rather on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.

This project is quick and simple to make (it took less than an hour, not including the candle holders, but if you have a drill and a saw they won’t add on more than ten minutes!), and it will make any room feel like Christmas. We’re using ours on our coffee table, and it has already changed the mood in our house!

Supplied I used:

• AdTech Project Pro glue gun
• AdTech Mini Multi-Temp Glue Sticks
• 10″ cake stand from Hobby Lobby
• Birch branch pieces of varying heights, drilled to fit tea lights
• Artificial pine branches (I chose flame retardant ones!)
• String of artificial red berries
• Glitter pinecones from Michael’s
• Wire cutters
• Paper for tracing
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Yankee Candle red apple tea lights

Step one:

Trace the top of the cake stand onto a sheet of paper, and cut out the circle to use a template.

Step two:

Using wire cutters, trim the artificial pine branches to arc around the circle template, glueing together as needed. Leave circle unfinished.

Step three:

Place candle holders onto template and wrap branches around to ensure these pieces will fit within the wreath. When you are sure you have the length correct, use hot glue to seal the circle.

Step four:

If using berry clusters, simply glue decoratively around the wreath. If using a string, wrap the string around the wreath to help bind it together, cutting only when enough has been used.

Step five:

Hot glue pinecones intermittently around the wreath.

Step six:

Wait for all pieces to set, then lift wreath and place atop the cake stand. Fill with candle holders, complete with tea lights.

Step seven:

Place on a table, light the candles, and enjoy!

*Be sure to keep the candles away from flammable materials for your safety.

Are you ready for a #Giveaway?

December is here, and the countdown to the holidays has begun! In the spirit of the season, we are ready to hook 3 lucky people up with themed stockings, worth over $100 each. 

These 3 stockings, which we will be giving away over the next 3 weeks, are full to the cuff with awesome products not only from AdTech, but also from Fiskars, Singer, Etsy shops, and more.

If you’re anything like me, you start playing Christmas music the second that giant Thanksgiving meal has settled. (You might even start your holiday shopping in September…) So now that Thanksgiving is over and the leftovers are finding creative uses, I’m thinking about ways to make the next holiday super festive.

One of the ways I get into the holiday spirit is finding new and fun ways to decorate and wrap gifts. I’m excited to share a few holiday gift-wrapping techniques in the coming weeks, and today I’m kicking things off with these easy holiday gift tags.

We so carefully pick out papers and bows, but in my experience, the gift tag is an under-appreciated afterthought. It often doesn’t match the rest of the wrap job. This year I’m putting some more thought into it than usual. These tags one way I’ve drummed up to make gift tags more interesting, and they are super customizable, so the sky is the limit with what you can do with them!

Supplies:

• AdTech Project Pro glue gun
• AdTech Mini Multi-Temp glue sticks
• 2.5″ wooden gift tags from Michael’s
• Acrylic paints in seasonal colors
• Paint brush or sponge
• Sculpey clay in colors green, red, white, brown, and any other colors you think you’d like to use
• Craftsmart mini arrow cookie cutters
• Access to an oven
• Cooking sheet
• Christmas stamps small enough to fit the wooden tags
• Twine
• Mini star sprinkles
• Acrylic sealer (optional)

Christmas Tree gift tag:

On a clean, flat surface, roll out about 1 Tbs. green clay for Christmas tree. Punch with medium-sized arrow cookie cutter (from mini kit)—just one or several to make several trees.

Roll tiny green rounds of clay and twist into “branches.”

Press branches, big to small and from bottom to top, into arrow.

Press top of tree with star-shaped sprinkle, then remove (will melt otherwise in oven!).

Bake at 275 for 15-18 minutes and allow to cool.

Cover work area with newspaper or other protective barrier before painting tags. Paint and stamp wooden gift tag, leaving room for tree. (Use paint for stamp, not ink.)

Use hot glue to apply tree to tag.

Secure tag to gift using twine.

Pinecone gift tag:

On a clean, flat surface, roll out about 1 Tbs brown clay for pinecone. Punch with medium-sized arrow cookie cutter (from mini kit)—just one or several to make several pinecones. Then punch 8-10 tiny-size arrows from clay for every pinecone you want to make.

Cut the bottoms off the mini arrows using the edge of the cookie cutter, just leaving the points. Secure arrow tips to the medium-sized arrow, starting at the top and working to the bottom (note: this is opposite from the Christmas tree design).

Create larger arrow tips if needed to gradually increase the size of the “petals.”

Bake at 275 for 15-18 minutes and allow to cool.

Cover work area with newspaper or other protective barrier before painting tags. Paint tips of pinecones with white for a snow effect. Paint and stamp wooden gift tag, leaving room for pinecone. (Use paint for stamp, not ink.)

Use hot glue to apply pinecone to tag. Secure tag to gift using twine.

Peppermint gift tag:

On a clean, flat surface, roll 2 Tbs each of red and white clay into “logs” about an inch in diameter (do white first to prevent contamination).

Refrigerate the logs for 30-45 minutes.

Cut into sixths length-wise.

Create new logs in a peppermint design, alternating red and white pieces, and roll together to secure.

Use a piece of floss or thread to slice the logs into buttons.

Bake at 275 for 15 minutes and allow to cool.

Cover work area with newspaper or other protective barrier before painting tags. Paint and stamp wooden gift tag, leaving room for mints. (Use paint for stamp, not ink.)

Use hot glue to apply mints to tag.

Secure tag to gift using twine.

For the last five or six years, I’ve basically missed Halloween. I’m definitely someone who wants to Go Big or Go Home on this holiday, so when I’ve had too much going on, I’ve just, well, skipped it.

This year I realized that if I don’t find a median between “Go Big” and “Go Home,” I’m never going to get to be a part of the fun dress-up tradition again… and I LOVE Halloween and I hate to miss it! So this year, I am going simple. I’m dressing up… as SnapChat!

Now, this will really only work if I can find a few other people to dress up with me. SnapChat filters change every day, so if someone doesn’t happen to see the one I choose for my costume, it won’t make any sense. But if 3-5 of us come together as different filters, I think it will be hard not to see right away what our costume is!

Below are 3 SnapChat filters that I found were super easy to replicate (even at the last minute!), and if you and your friends want to trick-or-treat together, each of you can use a different disguise below and still go out in “group costume.” Ready?

#1: Oh, Deer

SnapChat has offered different versions of the fawn, doe, and deer over the year I’ve been on the app—but I think anyone would quickly recognize this SnapChat filter. And of course if some people don’t, it can be just a deer, or even Bambi. 

All you need is a headband, some brown, taupe, and pink foam, glitter, and your AdTech Project Pro glue gun. This was the easiest of all the filters to recreate!

#2: I Heart U

Another headband and wire getup, this costume could be “Valentine’s Day Incarnate” if you party solo, or it could be the love filter on SnapChat if you go out with friends who dress as other filters. Two pink felts, this stencil, some stuffing, a headband, wire, and your AdTech Precision Pro will make this costume possible in less than an hour!

#3: Crown of Flowers

For this one, I borrowed a couple flower designs from this post. I thought the crown was perfect for the SnapChat disguise! I did make the flowers a little smaller than the blogger’s, even though on the filter they are quite large, because I thought the costume would be too ostentatious next to the other filters I recreated. In a group costume, everyone would notice the flower crown and kind-of not see every other filter.

If you’re in a hurry, I recommend maybe creating flowers this way instead, as I think the process might go a little faster. I used the AdTech LoTemp Mini to make the flowers bond fast without crinkling the paper.

What do you think? We’d love to hear your comments and see your costumes! Share with us over on Instagram and Facebook!