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DIY: Crafting with Duck Tape

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Thank you to the Duck Brand for sponsoring today’s post & inspiring me to try back to school crafting using Duck Brand duck tape!

August is here and you know what that means…. its back to school time!
  
My oldest started school earlier this week and has already come home with school books and homework.  This of course made my (almost) 3 year old very curious and wanting school books and homework of her own.  
What kind of mom would I be if I didn’t oblige?  
I figured this was the perfect opportunity to get crafty with a few older notebooks from last year and of course I headed straight for Pinterest.  Thats when I stumbled upon the Duck Tape Crafts board.  Did you know Duck Tape is a great way to personalize and style up your school supplies and accessories?  There are over 250 prints and colors to choose from and its an easy crafting medium for kids of all ages. There are so many great ideas posted that it gave me the inspiration I needed to get something going to make my daughter feel like she could enjoy some after school homework bonding with her big bro. 
DIY Crafting:  Using Duck Tape to Repurpose School Supplies
1.  Collect any and all school supplies you wish you give a little “face-lift” to.
I started out with this old and very beat up composition book that my son barely used last year. 
2.  Pick your favorite Duck Tape designs from your local retailer.
My daughter picked out these three adorable Duck Tape colors/designs.
3.  Get to work!
Once you figure out how you want to design your notebook you’ll need some scissors to cut the Duck Tape.  If you are using the same color/design strips side by side it can be helpful to lay them out (upside down) on your counter space overlapped by about half and inch.  This helps reduce some time in applying to your notebook.  
4.  Step back and admire your new notebook! 
Not only does the old and pretty beat up notebook now look pretty cool with its Duck Tape face lift, but its also so much more durable, you’d never know it was so beat up before.
Of course I couldn’t stop there!  Once Isabella saw how cool the old notebook became, she wanted to put Duck Tape on everything!  I was able to negotiate another beat up notebook, a couple pens/pencils and a pencil case.

Want to win a 3 pack of duck tape 
for your next DIY project?

Head on over to my Facebook page and tell me what you would make using duck tape in the comment thread of my DIY: Crafting with Duck Tape post.  
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Comments

  9. So so cute! My stepdaughter has several notebooks completely covered in Duck Tape that she created herself – so darling! 🙂 In middle school my "backpack" was a messenger bag I made out of Duck Tape, too! 😛 🙂

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  16. My little sis-in-law is amazing at this stuff. She's even made a full-sized tape satchel! I must show her this for her school books 🙂

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  17. I love how versatile duck tape is! I've worn a walking cast a total of three times (I know…I'm easily breakable XD) but have used duck tape each time to decorate it….people have always thought it super cute.

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