Video: New Product Demo: Mod Melts

January 19, 2013 50210 Views 11 Comments

By Heather

I was at the Craft & Hobby Association Winter 2013 trade show last week, and I saw all the latest and greatest new products that we have to look forward to this year. One of my favorites was the new Mod Melts from Mod Podge, a product invented by supercrafters Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza. I got a video of how they work (see below), and I found out that they’ll be available in stores in July 2013. What are they? Well, they’re meltable plastic sticks that work in a hot glue gun. You melt and mold them into hard plastic resin-like doo dads that can be painted, stained, inked, Mod Podged, etc. So very cool! Find out more from Cathie & Steve: [Mod Melts for Mod Podge]

mod melts make your own embellishments

Here’s my video where Cathie & Steve show us how they work. Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel!

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Heather

Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.

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11 Comments

SuT

January 19, 2013 at 3:44 pm

Love all the great ideas. TYVM
Kathryn

January 19, 2013 at 7:31 pm

These look like fun! Thanks for letting us know about them:)
Michelle L

January 19, 2013 at 9:43 pm

ooh, I want them! Cool product!
cathie filian

January 20, 2013 at 8:10 am

Thanks for the shout out!!!!
Bonnie Stalbaum

January 21, 2013 at 7:34 pm

Ohhh… Where can we get them???? I so have to have them!!! I want all the molds ….. PLEASE!!!!
heather

January 22, 2013 at 10:34 am

@Bonnie – They’ll be available in July 2013 at major craft stores.
Melisa Marie

February 12, 2013 at 8:59 am

Does anyone know how much these will sell for? The price of both the molds, and the sticks?

Thanks!
Jenell Pierre

July 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm

Please make these available on amazon because I’d love to get them.
Conni

December 28, 2013 at 8:51 am

Cute but what would you do with them once they’re made?
heather

December 28, 2013 at 11:27 am

@Conni – you can use them for all kinds of fun embellishment projects. Check out some ideas at Handmade Happy Hour: http://handmadehappyhour.com/?s=mod+melts