Five Minute Crafts

ALLIE SALAMON, XI

When you are in a hurry and can’t find the one thing you need or something broke that you need, there is a Youtube channel that has just the solution for you‒ or not so much. 5-Minute Crafts has been around for a while and usually their crafts don’t work out. I put the practicality of their glue gun crafts to the test.

I tried their craft instructions for making a hair tie out of hot glue. You just need a hot glue gun, hot glue, and a pencil. I watched the video carefully and started wrapping the hot glue around the pencil, as seen in the picture, to recreate a Teletie hair tie. After letting it dry, the first problem that came up was when removing the glue from the pencil, not only did the glue take off the paint on the pencil, but the supposed hair tie lost its shape. To make this craft even more of a flop, the “hair tie” broke while I was trying to put it in my hair. If you need a hair tie and cannot find one, you are better off using a rubber band. Which is painful in itself, but still less painful than using this five-minute craft.

5-Minute Crafts have some crafts that work out as well as some that don’t work out at all. I tried one that doesn’t work so well, but that doesn’t mean they don’t work at all. If you take anything from this, you should try some crafts out on your own. They may work; you never know. Unfortunately, I had bad luck, but I wish all the luck to you!

Advisor:

Mr. Parsons

Editor In-Chief:

Ciara Latham, XII

Junior Editors:

Della Jones, XI

Allie Salamon, XI

Club Coordinators:

Anna Carey, XI

Alysa Li, XI

Isabella Luckage, XII

Staff:

Sarah Alexander, XI

Elise Barber, X

Madeline Hansen, XI

Lilly Kern, XI

Madi Kim, XI

Zella Lamaze, XI

Vivian Lamendola, IX

Lauren LaRochelle, X

Frances Lefkowitz-Pizzuti, XII

Isabella McIntyre, IX

Rose McLarty, X

Madeline Metzbower, IX

Ellie Neitzel, X

Sheryl Sui, X

Pilar Walton, X

Delaney Woods, IX

Gabrielle Yuan, XII

Club:

Ava Kessler, XI

Eva Schindler, XI