Craft Recipes: Homemade Glue and Paste

Homemade Paste

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup flour
• cold water

Method: Add flour to a sauce pan. Add cold water until a thick cream forms. Simmer on stove for 5 minutes. Warning:This paste takes a long time to dry.

Library Paste   
Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. alum
• 4 cups water
• 30 drops of oil of cloves

Mix all ingredients in saucepan and cook until clear and thick. Remove from heat and add drops of oil of cloves.

Clear Library Paste   
Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup rice flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon oil of witnergreen

Mix rice flour, sugar, and cold water in a pan until smooth. Add boiling water and bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and add oil of wintergreen.

Stamp Gum   
Ingredients:

• 1 packet (1/4 ounce) of unflavored gelatin
• 1 Tbs. cold water
• 3 Tbs. boiling water
• 1/2 tsp. white corn syrup
• 1/2 tsp. lemon or peppermint extract
• 2 drops boric acid solution

Sprinkle the gelatin into the cold water and wait until softened. Pour softened gelatin into the boiling water, stirring until dissolved. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. When ready to use brush a little to the area that you would like it and let dry. When you need it to stick, moisten it a bit. If the gum dries up in your storage container, just scoop it out into a saucepan and heat it again.

Envelope Mucilage   
Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons pure white vinegar
• 4 packets (1 ounce) unflavored gelatin
• 1 tablespoon peppermint extract

Method: Pour vinegar in a pot and bring to a boil. Add gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. Add peppermint extract and stir until thoroughly mixed. And a YouTube for making edible glue of course..