These are the toys that I made so far

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The first one is a clown toy that I made:) I used my dremel to carve out the eyes,nose,mouth,hair,and bow tie. Then I took food coloring and added the color. I drilled holes on the top and the sides for arms and legs and for the hanging. I used pony beads for the legs and arms and put 4 white beads inside then solder it together.

The next is a barrel of monkeys toy Simple to make. I had fun with it!

Then I have the next one that was already described in a previous post.

How did you hold the two cups together?

I used a soldering gun! I melted them together. The soldering gun I got for 4.00 plus free shipping on ebay. Its a plug in so it makes things easier for me My sugar gliders love the last toy! I haven't put the clown one it yet.

Oh the clown is so cute!

I haven't put it in their cage yet. I don't want them to think that they are spoiled! LOL

Bozeman used a heat gun to bend the tree branches.

Gizmo is bending the tree branches with a heat gun hard? Do the pvc pipes go flat when you heat them to bend them? My boyfriend told me this would never work. I sooo want to prove him wrong

I would end up with burnt PVC. For sure.

Casper surprised me with the tree one afternoon. Will ask him to give his thoughts.

LOL. It is not difficult at all. No hard work. Just make sure that you wear gloves as the pipe tends to get really warm when you heat it with the heat gun.

You must make sure that you do not actually "touch" the pipe with the heat gun and that you keep the nozzle about 1 to 2 cm away from the pipe. You also need to move the nozzle the whole time, like a hair dryer. Do not concentrate on one area, then you will see the pipe goes darker.

You need to bend the pipe slowly, then the pipe will NOT go flat.

Remember to do this in a well ventilated area.

I was also told that you can put sand in the pipe before heating. That way, as you bend it, it still keeps it's shape. It's always nice to prove our men wrong. Sorry Casper.

Oh but "noooo". If I know I gonna be proving my hubby wrong I have to do it when he's there and pretend I didn't know it really was gonna work. Otherwise, I'm the bad guy. Just sayin-

Thanks you guys...Now I wanna get a heat gun and make another tree with curved branches. My babies are loving the tree we just made them...it is adorable but me being me I now have to try to do it better...lol!!! Today I am on my 3rd bonding pouch because I just haven't been happy with all the regular designs of bonding pouches. Has anyone tried over the neck pouches that would rest kinda like a purse under your arm. I hate how the pouches flop and toss my babies around and how they seem to be getting pushes on all the time. I have daycare so always picking kids up. Any ideas?

saw this post, and it inspired me! heres my first attempts after a walmart run and some dollar store finds. they love the barrel of moneys one, and they look adorable sitting in the train! havent tried the others out on them yet. windmills are simple, but might be entertaining? i got the choo-choo at petsmart. its a tunnel for hamsters, but theres a rim on the bottom so i put mealies in the tunnel for them to find, and the worms cant crawl out.
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how do i make them show up as a picture or link??

I use photo bucket and just copy and paste the addy. Also photo bucket can re-size so it is allowed here.

st0386 , Love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!

Home-made toys ' let's see 'em, PART 3 HERE