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Etsy How-to: Make a Miniature Moustache
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Story by brepettis, Iheartmoustaches, weirdwolf
Published on April 18, 2008 in How-To 		Photo by weirdwolf

This week, Christine (aka iheartmoustaches) breaks it on down and shows us how to use #6 plastic to create miniature moustaches! (Christine has made a bunch of these in the past, as she is a lover of the moustache in all its various forms.) #6 plastic is not recycleable in New York and so this is a great way to upcycle those strawberry containers and Chinese take out containers and keep them out of the landfill. This project is awesome for people who need a moustache on the go.

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She's also open sourcing two of her moustache designs.  You can download "The Professor" and "The Lady's Man" in this pdf! 

We did some measuring and the moustaches started out 6 inches wide and ended up 2 1/4 inches wide.  That means it shrunk to almost 1/3 its original size! 

Music by Barry London 

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girlsavage says:

I love the closeup of Chistines' mustache melting! I know what fun will be happening at the girlsavage household this weekend!
Thanks for the info!


4/18/08 at 5:31p.m.
Needlings says:

that was so great


4/18/08 at 5:38p.m.
Etsy Admin Chillionaire says:

oh what fun! I can't wait to play with the heatgun ^-^


4/18/08 at 6:07p.m.
TheHandOfFatima says:

this is such a great thing to do with kids!


4/18/08 at 6:07p.m.
Tresijas says:

I happen to be a moustache fan myself. That was a Rock Star tutorial!!!


4/18/08 at 6:12p.m.
VerreEncore says:

awesome up-cycling !
i can't wait to try this after i finish my strawberries :)

Thanks


4/18/08 at 6:30p.m.
pookeh says:

wow, that was magical.

thanks again for another amazing tut. <3!


4/19/08 at 9:38a.m.
Etsy Admin daniellexo says:

#1 - Christine, you are a gem!

#2 - Make me one!

#3 - Tesijas, I LOVE your LP mustache necklace! Woot!


4/20/08 at 10:17a.m.
ArtMind says:

oH WoW, this is awesome!
I need to try that as I have been told I would look good with a mustache...
(RunAliceRun, I'll show you sometime soon!)


4/20/08 at 4:00p.m.
Etsy Admin brepettis says:

Don't forget to post a link here to your shrinky dink photos!

PS: Embarrassing photo of me with a real oustache - http://flickr.com/photos/bre/30961087/

I only had it for 10 minutes while shaving off a beard.


4/21/08 at 1:08p.m.
punkahontas says:

This is fantastic! I always feel so guilty throwing away those #6s. Haven't tried your technique yet, but on easter I made some moustaches out of tootsie rolls and stuck them on my easter bunny cupcakes... http://flickr.com/photos/punkahontas/...


4/21/08 at 3:13p.m.
luchi says:

My strawberry container says it's number 7. Will that work too?


4/21/08 at 5:03p.m.
curlyfrysc says:

Bre, you look like a gay pornstar with your 10-min. mustache.

And the shrinky-dink idea is brilliant! I'll have to make something of my own. Thanks for the show!


4/21/08 at 5:10p.m.
Etsy Admin brepettis says:

Luchi, there's only one way to find out!

Curlyfrysc, Hmm, I sorta thought it looked like a French Inspector Cleuso (sp?) kinda thing.

I've been curious what would happen if I just shrunk a whole strawberry container... would I get a mini container?


4/21/08 at 5:17p.m.
curlyfrysc says:

Bre, there's only one way to find out! :P Make a video of you shrinking that container down!

And um, okay, French Inspector Clouseau. (I googled the spelling.)


4/21/08 at 5:33p.m.
luchi says:

It works!! But not with a hair dryer. I had to put it in the oven. Here's what I made (for Earth Day)!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...
and
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...

I have a grape container too, so after I finish those I will make a moustache!! Thanks for this cool How-To!!!


4/22/08 at 10:46a.m.
FrucciDesign says:

cool thanx!!


4/23/08 at 3:37p.m.
verybigjen says:

well i won't be making mustaches, uh no, but I could use it for shrinky striaght pins.


4/24/08 at 5:02a.m.
mjgillot says:

I could use this idea to join the Mustache Rangers! (mustacherangers.com has a very funny weekly podcast!)


5/11/08 at 1:41p.m.
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