Fun with Glue Dots

I am directing this summers Vacation Bible School at our church. One of my many duties was to find craft projects that fit our theme. This year’s theme is “Aloha Attitude Check” so of course we are doing everything with a luau/beach theme. I love messy crafts but when we are talking about large groups and short class times, I was looking for fun, easy and not too messy crafts that would appeal to the children.

One of the crafts I ordered were adorable foam fish that you can decorate with jewels. If you have ever worked with “fun foam” you know that even foam glue doesn’t work very well but, Glue Dots do! I had been sent a sample package of Glue Dots from Twittermoms so I set out to use them to make my sample fish craft.

Here are the pieces of my craft project: In about 15 minutes I was able to complete my fish…which means it will be the perfect craft to fit in the 30 minute class time at VBS!

If you have never worked with Glue Dots…where have you been? I remember years ago when my friend Katie and I first discovered them at a scrapbooking expo (we called them snot dots cause they were sticky and hard to get off your fingers-hee hee). They were very handy in scrapbooking and now they are handy in all sorts of crafts. As Glue Dots have been perfected they have even come out with easier ways to dispense them so they don’t get stuck on your fingers.

If you want to see more great ideas for using Glue Dots check out the widget in my sidebar or visit the Twittermoms Glue Dots page. You can also follow @gluedots on Twitter and like them on Facebook.

Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and Glue Dots blogging contest to be eligible to receive a $30 gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.