This was a quickly satisfying miniature to create! Here are the steps I took:
- Took a plastic zipper head off a plastic bag (that housed something I’d ordered from Amazon)
- Sanded the back and bottom a bit to allow the plastic to accept glue
- Added craft glue to the back and set on cereal box chip board and set aside to dry
- Trimmed away excess chip board material with scissors
- Added craft glue to the bottom and set on cereal box chip board and set aside to dry
- Trimmed away excess chip board material with scissors
- Cut a 1/2″ length of toothpick
- Used precision tip hot glue gun to make a small bead of hot glue onto a metal surface, drawing the tip away to cause a teardrop shape with a flat bottom.
- Filled the zipper head with hot glue (held head with tweezers to avoid burn)
- Placed toothpick length into top of zipper head
- Scraped teardrop shape from metal surface and used small dab of hot glue to adhere to top of toothpick
- Trimmed any excess glue away using scissors

