Yes, they drip! Keep something under it of you'll be running around scraping dried hot glue from whatever surface you had it sitting on last! That reminds me that it's time to buy a new one! I haven't had one since last winter. I haven't really missed it BUT I use a glue gun a lot around Christmas time when I get into making ornaments!

Is someone handy at your house? I bought a glue gun holder & it is great. The glue if it drips ends up on a 4 in. sq. ceramic tile. it is so handy. I'll try & get pic & ask Kudzu if she will post it. Some lady was selling them several yrs ago, she hand painted design or I think it may have been me. Anyway it makes it look better. Glue gun isn't likely to drop on floor or table & do damage but I always use a 1 ft wide board that is covered with vinyl used in cabinetmaking & in better cabinets. It is white & great for crafts. My piece was supposed to be a shelf, 28 in. long.It just wipes clean & at xmas doubles as extra counter space in kitchen for cookies that need frosting, I open a top drawer & lay it on there with the edge just inside top lip of drawer so it won't fall if I bump it. It wipes clean of paint, glue, etc. Sold at Home Depot I imagine or may have to ask for shelf piece from cabinet shop. You want the shelf as it is vinyl on front & back & front edge of it. I had a large wedding cake board my DH made me & it was stolen by a fancy club even though it had my name on bottom,lady did pay me for it. Anyway great stuff for crafts & cakes!! The glue holder is just 2 pieces of wood 3/4 in. pine base is 11 in. long & 5 in wide. The holder part is 5 in wide & 5 in tall with bottom edge going into base board where it has been cut out 4 in. in from 1 end. You need something that will cut down & remove area 3/4 in wide (holder fits in that slot)& 1/4 in. deep into the board. then go in 1 7/8 in. towards middle on each side & cut out a U that is where the glue gun goes. Glue the holder piece into the base piece, paint any color or stain & varnish. Then paint design on it if you are handy otherwise glue tile on the longer end about 1/2 in out from holder part. That's it!! Pic will really help so I will get going on that!! Jan

Actually several years ago I had to call poison control as well. It was a Sunday afternoon and my Boo ( who never ate any of my plants except the veggies) ate an amaryllis bulb. I knew they were toxic and was floored that he was munching on it since he had NEVER touched any other plants before ( you can bet I didn't do that again). Anyways, the thing is with toxic stuff either you want to make them hurl or give them activated charcoal but I didn't know which and the ER vet was not able to tell me unless we came in. So, I called poison control....they did charge me $50 BUT they told me that if it had been a household chemical or a store bought product ( with the packaging) then I would not be charged the $50. But since it was a plant, I got charged. It was still cheaper that the ER and the solution was activated charcoal so we did our thing, he was closely watched and everything was fine, and I never planted another toxic bulb in the backyard again!

i really like photo splits for large peices and avery glue sticks for small ones i have been using both for almost 9 years with no problems