How to Make a Sticker Without Sticker Paper
Making stickers is easy when you have sticker paper. However, sticker paper is somewhat expensive and a lot of it gets wasted, especially if you only need a few small stickers. Instead of investing in specialty paper, make your own stickers with a homemade, nontoxic adhesive. An excellent crafting project for children, turn virtually any type of paper (magazine clippings, small drawings or even photographs) into a sticker. With a few simple materials found in your kitchen, your kids will decorate their room, skin and school folders with their own stickers.
Things You'll Need
- Quarter
- Paper
- Drawing materials
- Magazine clippings
- Photographs
- Scissors
- Vinegar
- Saucepan
- Unflavored gelatin
- Flavor extract
- Jar with lid
- Paintbrush
Instructions
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Place a quarter on a piece of paper. Trace around it to make a circle outline. Fill the entire piece of paper with circle outlines. Also make the stickers other shapes, such as squares, stars or ovals. Draw the sticker design inside the outlines and color them in. Cut out the sticker circles.
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Cut out quarter-sized circles, squares or stars from magazine clippings to make glossy-looking stickers. Also cut sticker circles or other shapes out of photographs on glossy paper.
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Boil 4 tbsp. of vinegar in a saucepan. Lower the heat and add two packets of unflavored gelatin. Mix until dissolved.
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Add ½ tbsp. of flavor extract and mix well. IndoIndians.com recommends using peppermint extract. However, vanilla, almond or any other flavor will work as well.
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Pour the homemade glue into a jar with a lid. Dip the paintbrush into the glue to lightly coat the bristles.
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Paint the glue on the back of each sticker. Adhere the sticker to skin, collages, notebook covers and more.
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Tips & Warnings
Store the glue in a closed jar. The next time you use it, stick the opened jar into a pan of hot water to soften.
Have an adult create the sticker glue.
