Bags, pens, wallets, clothing…you can make it all out of duct tape!
Do you ever have those moments when you see something that’s so simple and yet wildly popular, and you think, “I wish I’d thought of that first!”
Seeing what kids can make out of duct tape these days gives me those moments.
Turns out you can make anything out of duct tape nowadays.
A book, a kit and oodles of duct tape…the possibilities were endless!
This is not a a new obsession in our house, it’s been popular here for at least a year or more, but this Christmas Caroline received additional rolls of tape for her collection, a book of duct tape crafts and a kit to make a duct tape shopping bag.
Hours of fun. And I’m not being sarcastic either. They spent hours working on these crafts.
Specifically, Caroline and Elizabeth made about 15 duct tape covered pens for Don’s front desk at school. Apparently the old pens seemed to walk away by themselves and his hope was that these uniquely decorated pens would stick around a little longer.
No pen pun intended.
Duct tape is all the rage now, and is hours of fun.
Once the pens were completed, Caroline worked on the duct tape covered bag that came with her Alex Crafts kit. Her bag is so cute, her own creation which I’m pretty sure coordinates with her cousin’s creation as well. She found the kit easy to work with and the directions easy to follow.
Duct tape is available everywhere from craft stores like AC Moore, Michaels and Joann Fabrics, to places like Five Below and Walmart. There are tons of cute patterns and seasonal patterns to choose from, and even licensed character tape, like Hello Kitty for example. Caroline’s kit came with several solid colors and a coordinating patterned tape as well.
The girls’ collection of tapes is growing now, with some cute colors and patterns just recently added in.
Sometimes it’s hard to find gifts for the tween/teen set, but duct tape crafting seems to span those age levels and provide enough crafty options that one wouldn’t get bored too easily. I know my tween/teen girls love it over here!
I just wish I’d thought of it first.
Pens before and after the tape
The growing collection and the guidebook with even more craft instructions inside.
The Whole bag of Chips 
Katelyn got a bunch of duct tape and a book for her birthday. She has been making stuff like crazy!! She went to a b-day party in Oct where the Mom provided lots of tape and let the kids cover clip boards, make pencils and some bows. All very cute and she said it occupied all the girls at the sleepover. Love the bag idea-will have to let Katelyn know about that. 🙂
like this! 🙂 btw, from one of your previous posts about tape , we got my my son; tape and he loves it! 🙂 it kept him occupied for a while, so then we got him duck tape but soon realized he’s too small for the duck tape 🙂
Ha! I love it!
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Luvvvvvvvv It love Duct Tape!
Thanks for the re-blog!