Hello there!  You know that I do a bunch of DIYs which means I use my hot glue gun A LOT!  Even though the glue gun has it’s own little stand, you know it doesn’t really keep the gun standing.  The worst part of working on a project is when you have hot glue melted all over your area and the gun won’t stand up.  I finally did something to help my problem.

Do you remember my Thrift Store Challenge when I took the old heart shelf and made a cute little rustic shelf for my daughter?  If you missed that makeover you can go ⇒Thrift Store Makeover.  When I was cutting the shelf and saw the cut pieces, I knew right then what I was going to do with them.

See how my mind works?  I am doing one project but always thinking about the next. 🙂

Now I know you won’t have the little pieces I used, so at the bottom of my post I will link a  great DIY Glue Gun holder tutorial & will share a link where you can buy a hot glue holder.

Let me share how I made my little holder.  Let’s get started!

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The three pieces I had left over from the shelf.

I removed the nails and cut the larger piece to make it work better.  I used wood screws and secured the two little pieces onto the larger board.

I added wood filler to all the seams and let that dry, sanded and took my Peacock blue chalk paint and gave it a quick coat of paint.  I took an old ceramic coaster and my Power Grab,  I glued the coaster to the base.  Using something like the ceramic coaster will be easier to remove the dried up glue than the wood.  I have it clamped until it dries.

When the paint and glue dried I took some sandpaper and gave it a little distressing.

Adding adhesive felt pads to the bottom.  I purchased the Felt Pads from the Dollar Tree.

Taking an eye hook and placing that to one end of my holder.

I placed a hook screw to a shelf in my craft closet to hang my holder when I am not using it.

Now this might not be the cutest little holder, but for the materials I had on hand it works great.

Even for my little glue gun it works like a charm.

I am so excited about having a glue gun holder I am looking for a project to work on!  🙂

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My sweet friend Paula  has a great tutorial for you to follow.  Click on the photo and I will take you right over to her tutorial.

If you want to purchase one, here is one on Etsy.

 

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