Saturday, July 16, 2011

Channeling My Inner Nerd


Making things out of duct tape is such a Poindexter thing to do. But there are so many nice colors and patterns of the stuff how there, how long can you resist? 

I made this little thing by tracing an "Extra Gum" packet onto duct tape 'fabric'. The gum pack closes with that tab, but I don't have a utility knife handy so I punched a whole in the tab. Right now I'm just tying it shut with yarn, but I might figure out something better to do.

There are a lot of places to learn how to make duct tape wallets and more. I think you could use this particular idea (probably not original, but original to me!) for a cute little sewing kit. Or maybe you could find a pad to fit inside it and some mini gel pens? I think it would make a cute stocking stuffer!

3 comments:

  1. Cool idea, M2F! I think they could make darling little gift boxes for tiny things too! (I do have a few empty gum packets squirreled away.) ;)

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  2. ha! My kids would each love one of these...I may have to go duct tape shopping tomorrow... :)

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