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Mini DIYs: Toy Animal Hooks and Agate Drawer Pulls (and a Give Away!!)

Have you guys heard of Sugru before? It is a moldable glue that sticks to pretty much anything and cures just by exposing it to the air! It’s as easy to use as playdough or air-dry clay before it curies, and turns into flexible rubber overnight. It’s a DIYer’s dream because you can fix, make…

Have you guys heard of Sugru before? It is a moldable glue that sticks to pretty much anything and cures just by exposing it to the air! It’s as easy to use as playdough or air-dry clay before it curies, and turns into flexible rubber overnight.

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It’s a DIYer’s dream because you can fix, make or improve basically anything with Sugru. They have just launched two new kits that make home hacks easy and fun. The Sugru Starter Kit comes with a mini-booklet of ten cool home hacks, along with five packs of Sugru in a cute little tin. (a cute gift idea!)

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The Sugru Kit Guide, comes with five packs of Sugru, the same mini-booklet and tin, plus all the accessories you need to complete the ten hacks!

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I tried a few of the projects from their guide around our house over the weekend. I made some little hooks for Evie’s room using Sugru to attach plastic toy animals to the side of her bookshelf.

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It’s so easy to do – you just put a good-sized ball of Sugru on the toy animal feet and press them firmly on to the surface you want to attach them, and then just tape the toy in place on the wall while the Sugru cures overnight. 
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Super cute, right? Evie was ALL about them!
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I loved this idea from the Kit to make hooks with Sugru in my kitchen by my range to hold my phone so I can listen to music or podcasts and reference online recipes while I cook without getting my phone dirty. Sugru bonds great to brick and ceramics, so you won’t need a drill!
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I love that you can repair broken low-voltage USB charger cords (under 24 volts) with Sugru! We had quite a few of these that needed to be fixed. :) 
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You can do it a little thinner than I did, but I liked the idea of building in a little handle to pull making it easier to use.
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Probably my favorite Sugru project that we tried was making these one-of-a-kind pulls using screws and agate slices.
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The trick is to find screws with a flat top and a nut for tightening on the back of your drawer and use Sugru to attach them to the agate slices. Sugru is great for sticking to awkward surfaces, like these super glossy pieces of polished stone!
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Claire was really loving these pulls so I’m thinking these new pulls might have to make their way to her nightstands! 
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There are a million ways to use this cool product! And great news – Sugru is giving away Sugru Kits to four readers today! And one of those winners will also get a $100 Amazon voucher. Just check out the Sugru site and pick your favorite project and leave a comment here. (Open to readers world-wide!). The winners will emailed next week. Good luck!

And thank you to Sugru for sponsoring this post!

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479 thoughts on “Mini DIYs: Toy Animal Hooks and Agate Drawer Pulls (and a Give Away!!)

  1. The drawer pulls are great! I'm sure I could find a use for them at school, too – there's a science experiment in there somewhere . . .

  2. This is amazing!! My son is autistic and loves animals he would totally love these hooks and so many other projects I think. I super love the Lego man cord holder too

  3. I love those colorful toothbrush holders on the side of the sink. and creating a holder for my Iphone or tablet- genius

  4. I love the idea of fixing all those charger cords – we've got a bunch of broken ones, too. But I'm thinking it might be perfect to fix a broken knob I have on my stove!

  5. Fixing my electronic cables then making hooks to "catch" them on my bedside table would be amazing.
    Super cool product, I'm going to have to get A LOT!

  6. So excited for this giveaway, I have so many uses for it. But first on my list is our phone charger cords. Between the kids and cats we have many that need to be repaired.

  7. This stuff is so cool!! Cant believe I haven't heard of it! I'm loving all the hook projects, and needing lots of these in my house right now! So creative to use the cutlery and napkins rings!

  8. I'm in love with this product, especially the new magnet kit. Genius! Simple as it is, I think the hanger modification is perfect, it drives me crazy when my shirts fall off the hangers!

  9. I used some recently to fix my iPad charger. The tennis ball shoe holder is an awesome idea, never would have ever thought of that. My husband plays tennis and I.m sure he won't mind me stealing some balls for the sake of organization haha.

  10. I read through the whole company info: BRAV0! for developing and making a product to fix things!! Like the olden days when we didn't throw every flipping thing away! yay! I love the toys for hooks, the cord repair and general possibilities!!

  11. Wow, I'd never heard of this stuff before, so cool! The magnetic Sugru is so cool and seems handy to have around!

  12. This stuff is so cool! I really love all of the projects shown here. Would definitely use to repair my phone cords and also would love to use on some fun hooks for my boys bedrooms too :)

  13. I love all of these hacks! What a handy substance to have around even for just little fixes. Like many of the other commenters, my favorite has to be the agate slice drawer pulls. There are so many things that you could make into drawer pulls!

  14. I really want to do those animal hooks! My daughter would love them. And I LOVE the idea of hooks for the phone in the kitchen. Genius!

  15. I really want to do those animal hooks! My daughter would love them. And I LOVE the idea of hooks for the phone in the kitchen. Genius!

  16. On the site, I like the idea of the Sugru plus magnets. But I think I like the agate drawer pulls idea best of all. Very creative.

  17. I'd love to make door stoppers that don't slam (from the wardrobe hacks), but I'd also rally like to patch up the rusty bits of our dishwasher rack!

  18. Oooh how cool! I'm all about hanging hooks in the bathroom – I like several towels on hand and there's never enough room!

  19. I love that it sticks to tiles. My bathroom mirror is just propped up between the sink an the wall because the whole room is tiled floor to ceiling. I just can't bring myself to drill into that tile to hang a mirror! This could be the perfect solution!!

  20. OMG! My somewhat OCD "systems analyst"-type husband will LOVE coming up with ways to better engineer our house with this stuff. My favorite project on the site is the lego man cord holder. Might have to do that for my son. Thanks for the chance to win!

  21. Thank you for introducing me to a life changing product. It looks amazing and could possibly fix my house hold woes and life little accidents.

  22. Wow this stuff looks amazing! Looking over their website I'd say the Lego cable control project would definitely need to be done at my house.

  23. Wow I need some of this. Would def use in the bathroom for holding things in the shower. Love the animal hooks and would love to make my own drawer pulls

  24. I recently used Sugru for the first time to repair my laptop and phone chargers. I can't wait to try the Lego cord holder and tennis ball shoe tricks!

  25. The home hacks kit would be incredible in my home!!! I have three boys have been wanting to use their animals for hanging their coats! So innovative!

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