Can We Make a Mermaid Tail Out of Hot Glue?
By Request: Let’s Experiment!!! It’s #MerMay and I wonder if we can make a mermaid tail for our dolls using hot glue, so let’s give it a try! Join us for another Hot Glue Craft in an all new video on KZhead at MyFroggyStuff.
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Mer-Mazing!
Hey I put that joke first😂 in fact I was the first person to comment on this video
I Know right
@@thetunebella6675 I’m not here to compete We just have good minds that think the same.
I did it first anyway faty
@@DebbieSp19 ok
Kind of crazy that Toya’s hot glue design is better than the official Mattel mermaids
It’s called Mako mermaids sorry
I now right 😂
Yeah
@@RaeesaAbrahamsit's not it's called you're ugly
@@RaeesaAbrahamsthey were talking about the mermaid dolls that Mattel makes
Absolutely brilliant! I definitely will have to try the fins with the glue sticks that already have color and glitter in them.
Oh yeah.. thanks for that idea. No need to add paint but painting is another way to blend as you like. I actually have those multi colored hot glue sticks. The craftings gonna be lit for this one. Gotta love Toya
You could try and make a wire outline and then fill in with hot glue and it may be pose-able that way
she looks amazing with the tail!! the colors definitely give off sunset vibes to me! what brand of hot glue do you use? every time i use hot glue for something like this, it ends up really sticky a week later
You could try using baby powder to reduce stickiness if that happens again
Oh that’s so weird! I’ve never had that happen before. I usually just use a generic brand from a craft store. The only thing I could think of that could cause that is temperature. Like if they’re stored somewhere sunny or you live in a warm area?? Not sure!
@@_patchwork_projects_ That’s what I thought too! How is the finished object being stored or displayed?
Wow, that’s amazing! Do you think you might make a small mermaid area, or a mermaid inspired doll room? Happy Mermay!
Check out these two videos: kzhead.info/sun/iZ1-cbWqpoyOgXA/bejne.html Room kzhead.info/sun/e5dvf9qOnXlpZWw/bejne.html grotto
@@MyFroggyStuff hey I love your voice it's so pretty 🥰
@@MyFroggyStuff I realized I forgot to add “another” to my question. Oops! I had already seen the room and grotto before, so I was wondering if we would see another room type craft for this MerMay. I do understand that doll rooms take a lot of time, so if you already have videos planned for the month, or might just not have the mental energy, I understand! But if you did want to make something that wasn’t a full on room, you could create a small dock on a patch of sand. Thank you!
We HAVE to see the other idea of the cloth tail and hot glue fins I love how this turned out its beautiful
Hi Toya,glue sticks are available in colors with glitter. I like your mermaid 🧜♀️ tail.
Looks great! I think I would have done the base in a think flexible fabrics and added the glue scales overtop to keep the flexibility and you can have a bit more space between the glue dots.
Can u imagine I’ve being watching this channel since I was lil boy😭😭 omg u guys are just spectacular and brilliant
Wow!!! This has to be one of your coolest crafts yet! Totally amazing! Not sure if I would have the patience to make that many tiny glue dots, lol, but I should try this.
Gorgeous, so effective! the paint work really finishes it, but I did like the unpainted version - it looked crystalline and magical! :D
I used to watch your videos when I was younger (somewhere around 2012-13), I was curious and looked you guys up to see if the channel was still active, AND TO MY SURPRISE IT STILL IS, I’m 19 today and this brings me so much joy and nostalgia. 😭❤️
This is the most mer-mazing hot glue mermaid tail I have ever seen! I would make it right now if I had a silicon mat! 🧜🏾♀️
Matching hidden doll room? Love the mermaid tail so creative!
Thank you for giving me a reason to reuse my hot glue gun! Now all I need is a silicone mat =)
You can try backing paper or aluminium foil instead I think it could work
if u have that paper that stickers are on u can always use that
That ended up looking amazing! How perfect for MerMay. 😁 I actually liked the way the glue looked before you painted it, too…it reminded me of that pebble-y privacy glass you see in bathrooms, or at a public pool.
Toya, Nothing you do could ever be a fail!!! Beautiful work as always....Everyone in the doll world knows that you are the GOAT queen of crafting! Keep up the amazing work!!
As soon as I got the notification I tapped quicker then Toya could say ✨what's up fabsome. Bestie's✨
Same I was watching h2o just add water and I was so excited
Haha so funny I do the same
And also h20 is a good series
Hi toya. Wow it's looking great . Lovely look . Hot glue can make so many creative things. Love your videos. Have a great day.
Interesting! How else are you going to know if it works unless you try? Good job!
WHY DOES THIS VIDEO BRING ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA!!!!!!!, DO YALL STILL REMEMBER WHEN FROGGY MADE A MERMAID TAIL FOR SOPHIE AND CHLOE????
O👏🏽M👏🏽G👏🏽 you didn’t just make an H2O mermaid?! I loving it so much right now😍😍😍. It actually look close to the original tail
OMG this video is mer-azing
Mermaidrizing
Gorgeous mermaid costume. I already made my miniself a swimsuit that includes a mermaid tail. See you on your next video I know you'll get the your dolls dream mermaid design next time. :D
Hey I would really love if you could make a cottagecore room for your dolls! Thanks.
I LOVE IT! Beautifully done. She looked gorgeous lying on the beach. 🙂
Another awesome craft, you did the darn thang girl 🥰😉🤗
Amazing Project 👍🏼
Omg I haven't seen one off your vids in a long time I got so much nostalgia. From watching you as a kid, to seeing you now as young adult and hearing your way of speeking change is wild to me. This hot glue idea was genius! I almost want to go back to making doll crafts after watching this. I'm so glad you're still making videos!
I'm blown away by the whole thing!! the tail looks so pretty on the doll. You have amazing talent and your videos are so cool to watch!!!
How funny I'm working on a mermaid tale also, this idea is brilliant and way faster, a day 😄 try a week! My sensors are sensing another mako/h20 project coming, hoping to be right 🤭 thank you again Toya fabsome craft again.
I’ve been meaning to watch this video and I am glad I finally did. This is incredible!! I can’t believe the end result. I’m not super into mermaids but I can appreciate the art and work it took take make it!
OMG!! YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!! talk about a labor of love and the end results are fantastic!! I love the colors you chose. The top is gorgeous and the fins are stunning!! What a beautiful project! Love your choice of model , beautiful doll!!
i think a good idea would be to make a mold the dolls legs and then fill the mold with a silicone that’s slightly dense but not dense enough that it flops back into place and not light or thin enough that it flips everywhere. Once it’s filled remove the mold from the silicone and this will be your tail base. Once done, carefully cut the legs off of the doll just to leave the torso, arms and head. Now in any way you’re comfortable with, wether that’s hot glue or something else, attach the silicone tail base to the cut torso. If you want you can add a few layers of liquid latex to cover the visible lines and blend the tail in with the skin. Now i’d either draw a tail design and stick a thin see through plastic sheet and make a tail with clay by putting the clay on the plastic sheets above the drawing we drew. Wait for the clay to dry and try and take that off the sheet and make a mold over that to fill with a dense silicone or a thin silicone so it’s floppy. You could also just draw your tail design (or trace it) onto a piece of paper and put a thin sheet of plastic over the drawing, next get some liquid latex and paint over the plastic sheet and trace out the tail with the silicone over the plastic sheet. Do multiple layers so once you do a layer, wait for it to dry and do another and repeat until it’s as thick as you’d like it. If you do the moms method or the silicone method, take the new silicone or latex fin and stick it to the tail in any way you’d like. If you use latex i recommend adding a light powered on top since first and dust can stick to latex but latex is easier than making a mold but it’s harder to display or play with. Once you stick the fin to the tail you can now paint it. This method is easier to play with since in the video, she put the tail around the doll’s legs which decreases the mobility an actual fish or mermaid has. With silicone the tail can now easily flex and bend like a fish or dolphin would instead of having legs inside with a knee joint. You could also however do the whole process she did, make the hot glue mermaid tail, but once made and painted, cut the legs off of the doll and fill the hot glue tail with silicone but not all the way to the top and leave a few cm space so you can put glue down there to stick on the doll so the tail covers the area you cut. So the tail is now floppy and has more of a floppy mobility. Glue or stick the silicone to the doll and if you left a space, the hot glue tail should come up the torso a bit so you now cannot see the area you cut if you haven’t painted the tail yet. I recommend pairing the tail whilst the doll still has legs. The only flaw to this method is you obviously won’t be able to take off the tail and use the doll for something else.
Your mermaid looks good!!! You are soo talented. I would never had thought to use hot glue to make a tail. Wow!
Wow how cool and fun! She looks so beautiful. I'd love to see this in a pearl iridescent finish leaving the base clear 😍 💜
This is (SO COOL) its also scary but in a good way!
I love that creative idea! I thought of creating a flexible rubbery mermaid tail only I thought about using a mold for it for your doll! But that works too!
Gorgeous! Such a fabsome result.
Just Clicked on the Video and I'm EXCITED ALREADY!!! 😁 😆
Oh my god! This tail is magic!! Love it love it. Amazing work!
Gorgeous 😍! I loved it in clear but the bottom was see through then when you colored it really came to life 👏
Just wow!!! I remember i was watching your videos 10 yrs ago😭💗💗 im only 8 at that time and now im 18 yrs old and already a professional doll artist! You’re one of my inspiration!💗💗
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
You are the Bob Ross of doll diys. No mistakes, just "happy accidents".
the actual look is so phenomenal
that is so creative, I admire your patience 😀💜
I realy love that after all these years your crafting videos are still friendy and creative😍😍♡♡♡
i would love to see you craft with eva foam. your creativity never ceases to amaze ❤️
As always:fantastic creativity!! Thank you! Will you have the template for the fins available on your printables page?I may do the fabric tail/glue fin combo
Absolutely incredible🧜🏾♀️
This looks so good! Especially the fins :D
This is gorgeous!!!! It turned out amazing!!!!
I love the colors. I like her better than most of the commercial ones that are out right now.
Surprisingly beautiful, love it, but I like it the plain(diamond) color, so awesome 😍
I don't think you give yourself enough credit, your work is beautiful 😍❤️
Oh My Grace! That is magnificent!!!
Wow such a great idea. I was wondering why you didn't used colored glue, but didn't realize you were planning on painting it. Such delicate fins! Maybe if you laid thin wires down before covering with glue, then the fins could bend a little.
*_Love it, it’s amazing to keep up the good work!_* 😍😍
My girl! Mad respect! I love how creative you are
Dear Toya: you are 100% my FAV KZheadr ever! I am really inspired my your channel and I am starting my own! Love from Apple’s toys
😯 Wow! That turned out fabulous🫶🏽
OMG I AM SO DOING THIS!
Wow! I love how it turned out!
I’m glad she used a black doll because this makes me think of the new version of the little mermaid.
8:28 made me laugh so much, i wasn’t expecting that😭
😂😂
This brought me back to the life size mermaid tail u made, the nostalgic 🥹
wow all that hard work finally worked and I love love that how the tail turned out and I also love the colour of the tail it reminds me of the sunset
Gorgeous work
She turned out really good!
I love it! It reminds me of something lagoona blue would wear!
I love mermaids and crafts I love this video please make more mermaid videos
I love this!!! Totally adding to my list of projects! 😇💚
Hot glue is dream product that came true! As you prove again and again! 🥰
Wow Toya you are crazy amazing,I think u should start your very own mako mermaids series it would be fun for the mini verse
Now THAT is Fabsome!!
this turned out amazing!
Absolutely Fin-tastic!! 💖 If you need another craft idea for MerMay, I've been trying to figure out an underwater scene with a shipwreck. I'd like to make it a hidden doll room but that will limit how 3D the ship can be. Maybe you will have some good ideas about this?
Omg this is incredible! 😍 You have earned a new subscriber!
I really love this mermaid tail out of hot glue. It has so much details. Now, here are my Pros and Cons: Pros: Amazing details, great job of making the mermaid tail, the fin was my favorite of all parts of the tail. Great work. The pattern was definitely a plus, Great for sewing a mermaid tail using fabrics. Cons: I really wanted the tail to be flexible and stretchy so it can fit other dolls like curvy, tall, petite and IT toys girls Personally, I would have preferred the mermaid tail to be a little longer so it can fit IT toys girls. But, that's just my personal opinion and reference. I would have loved the mermaid scales to be realistic and real-looking but, that's just me. Overall, I really like this mermaid tail crafts for Mer-May. It looks so real. Love it. P.S Are you going to use this mermaid tail for mermaids in another dimension on Sommer and Cali? If you use it, that would look so cool!
This craft is so Mer-Mazing!
I did like the crystal clear mermaid 😁 but the metallic really made it pop. Well done!
The idea is amazing, reason why people love your channel amazing stuff you do with hot glue.
I love your projects and I like your tail or your mermaid tail. I like your videos I hope you keep making awesome videos. I've watched a lot of them.
Works really well I’m still working on it though for an lol doll. Love the way it looks though right now would try again.
amazing 💛 really a perfect idea for MerMay 💛
thanks 💛
Haha, no wonder you ran out of hot glue! This turned out really nice. I've seen tails like this made out of liquid latex, but the sculpted elements all had to be made with molds, hot glue definitely works better for the fins at least.
wow, that's awesome!!! looks perfect
Thank you! Cheers!
O my gosh that mermaid tail is so cool!!!!!!!!!!💙💙💙💙
I like the idea of fabric with hot glue fins. You did an awesome job and I love the how the fins turned out. I bet you could make wings, masks, crowns, etc... in a similar fashion for a Halloween type costume for the dolls. I've been trying to figure out how to make a trident for a made to move Ken I dressed as a merman. You just gave me some inspiration on how to make one! Oh I can see all kinds of Froggy Stuff possibilities! Thank you!
Happy Crafting 😃
Looks great.❤
You could use a scale print Silicone Embossing/Impression Mat to make the scales more easily. They're normally used to make textured fondant but I bet if they're made of silicone they might work for hot glue too. You could make textured cobblestone, trees, flower beds, or even 3d subway tiles. And because they'd be made from a mold you can use it again and again for tons of rooms. Just make sure the mats are made of silicone, many fondant embossing mats are made of a hard rubber or plastics.
Omgosh! So ingenious! 🤩🤩🤩
Amazing it’s beautiful! 👏
i tryed it with more hot glue and i finally was able to made a flexible tail for my made to move Ariel. Thanks for the video to use like a tutorial!
I think I finally found a mer-may activity to do with my sister. Def thinking of H20 just add water lol, I like crafts, she likes the h2o show, def going to be doing it as soon as possible. Gotta be careful with the hot glue tho
AMAZING!!!! I am totally trying this today!!!😝😝✌️✌️
You should make a H20 Mako Mermaids set up like a background like the moon pool!!😊
Awesome. Thanks for sharing 🤩🤩🤩
This is so cool! Love it tita toya! ❤😘