Gum Drop Tear Drops are a combination of red, orange, green, blue, and purple tear shaped Dew Drops. W created this mix because Tear Drops have a look that is somewhat like colored suckers. The sweet tasting hard sugar has a tantalizing look, similar to the look of the Tear Drops, and because of the shape, we thought they were more like gum drops. Dew Drops are acrylic flat-backed beads. They can be adhered to many different types of media, such as fabric, paper, metal, pottery, wood, and much more.