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Step 8Give it legs
The pipe cleaner "legs" are going to be attached to the bottom of the battery (where the LEDs are attached) with hot glue. Plug in your glue gun and let it warm up.
Grab some pipe cleaners and cut them into roughly 3" pieces, and arrange them like in the picture.
Have the assembled bug body on hand, and drop a blob of glue onto the center point of the legs. I'm pretty sloppy in these pics, as hot glue is fairly forgiving. But you might want to be careful to not let too much get onto your work surface.
Quickly stick the bug, bottom-first, onto the glue-blob as shown. Give it a minute or so to cool and pick it up from the work surface. (Hopefully it won't be stuck!)
You might want to apply a little extra glue to the underside of the legs to make sure they're solidly attached.
Give the glue a few minutes to cool down and set.
Now bend the legs into a buglike pose!
Grab some pipe cleaners and cut them into roughly 3" pieces, and arrange them like in the picture.
Have the assembled bug body on hand, and drop a blob of glue onto the center point of the legs. I'm pretty sloppy in these pics, as hot glue is fairly forgiving. But you might want to be careful to not let too much get onto your work surface.
Quickly stick the bug, bottom-first, onto the glue-blob as shown. Give it a minute or so to cool and pick it up from the work surface. (Hopefully it won't be stuck!)
You might want to apply a little extra glue to the underside of the legs to make sure they're solidly attached.
Give the glue a few minutes to cool down and set.
Now bend the legs into a buglike pose!
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