What can you use to cut Popsicle sticks?
What can you use to cut Popsicle sticks?
Use a T-square if you want a line straight across the craft stick. Then grab the craft stick with a wire-cutter tool. Put the blade on your line. Pinch it firmly, but you don't have to squeeze hard – you're not trying to cut through by squeezing.
How do you cut multiple Popsicle sticks?
The slower safer method is cut though the sticks in several successive cuts. Use a ruler to help cut straight so you can focus more on your depth of cut. Put more sticks under the ruler to help keep it flat. Either way you need a thin and sharp blade.
How do you pop popsicle sticks without breaking them?
Drop a few popsicle sticks in the steamer and steam them until they become flexible. You should be able to bend them without breaking. You will want to steam more sticks than you need as some of them might break. If you don't have a steamer insert or a steamer, you can boil them.
What are Popsicle sticks called?
Hobbyists and teachers have found a multitude of uses for tongue depressors (sometimes called "craft sticks" or "popsicle sticks") in their projects. Tongue depressors may be used to form so-called "stick bombs".