Debate: Should you glue all your cardboard layers or just rely on tape? My friend swears by glue but I had a disaster.

So last month I was building a costume helmet from scratch using cereal box cardboard and my buddy Dave kept telling me to use hot glue for everything. He said tape would peel off and the helmet would fall apart. I went with tape on the first version and honestly it held up fine for a party. But then I tried his glue method on a bigger project, a little fort for my nephew, and the glue warped the cardboard so bad it looked like a crumpled mess. Now I'm wondering if Dave just got lucky with thinner cardboard or if I used the wrong glue type. Has anyone else had glue mess up their cardboard bends or is it really the better option for sturdy builds?

3 comments

3 Comments

lily39414h ago

Is it really that big of a deal though, @harper_murphy?

campbell.robin4h ago

Dave's fort warping is more about user error than glue being bad.

harper_murphy18h ago

Your buddy Dave's glue warping story made me rethink using hot glue on thin cardboard.