This little holder
will keep your glue always ready for use. No more waiting for it to get to the
tip of the bottle, and it is always right where you left it.
What you will need to
create this Glue Bottle Holder
1 Empty Cereal Or cracker
box
1 Empty Paper Towel roll if you do not want to form the
small tube out of your box.
some packing tape
Some paper or Contac paper to cover it when you are done
This is pretty much Free to make. I used all scraps of the materials
to make this glue bottle holder. The way I see it crafting tools like these should
be as cheaply made as they can be. They serve their purpose and if they get to
a point where you cannot use them anymore then you can just toss it and make a
new one.
Cut a piece of your
cardboard box to the dimensions of 2.5 inches wide by 8 inches long.
Then make a crease
every 2 inches so that it looks like the photo above.
Use packing tape to
connect the 2 ends in order to form a bottomless box.
I also used the part
of the box where it was glued together in order to make it a bit more bottom
heavy.
Cut another Piece of
the cardboard box to the dimensions of
1inch wide by 4 inches long.
use packing tape to
form a ring.
Cut a 1 3/4 inches
long piece of the paper towel tube off.
Use the packing tape
to connect your 2 cardboard tubes like the above picture.
Level and center the
larger ring with the top of the box and use the packing tape to secure your
tubes to the top and bottom of your box.
Turn your box over
Get an 8 inch long piece
of packing tape and fold it in half
so that both sticky sides are stuck
together.
Lay this piece across
the bottom of your box and attach it with more packing tape.
It should look like
the above photo when you are done.
You can now place
your glue bottle into the holder
either on an angle or straight up and down.
No more worries of
drips messing up your working area, it helps to
keeps you from having to clean up spills, and when you set it down you
will not end up talking to yourself .
I know personally I
have said "now where did that go I just used it" a million times
while crafting. That alone makes it worth having in my crafting tools.
You can leave it just
plain or you can decorate it to your liking.
I like to coordinate
all of my crafting supply containers and tools so I found some Contac paper that I really liked at
the dollar store and use it to keep all of my crafting areas looking like they
all belong together.
You can also use this holder to
Hold your markers as you decorate your papers
before they are rolled.
To hold small
scissors and a bead sizing tool for when
you are working on your jewelry designs or the jewelry pieces themself.
For something so
simple it is a big help in so many ways, it will only take you about 5 - 10 minutes of your time to make one so go ahead you might as well
make a few extras.
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