Post #7: Duct Tape Flower

Hello! Today I am going to show you how to make a Duct Tape Flower.

The things you will need:

• Three different Duct Tapes-I like using two printed and a solid. You can buy Duct Tape on Amazon, at Target, JoAnn, as well as many other stores and websites.
• One NON-RETRACTABLE pen.(this means the pen does NOT have a "push-button" on the end of it.You can find these anywhere, I like the Dollar Store because you can buy about 12 pens for about $1.25.)
• scissors (optional, I prefer to just tear my Duct Tape, but do whatever feels best to you.)

         And, that's it! Lets  get started making our Duct Tape Flowers.

Start by wrapping the bottom of your pen with the the Tape of your choice.

(Let's call this Tape A for future reference.)

Leave the pen cap on so you don't tape where the cap goes and the you can't

get the cap back on at the end of the project.

Wrap the rest of the pen in the same Tape A.

Take a small square of Tape A and put it on the end of the pen.

Now choose a tape that you want to be on the inside of your flower (Tape B) and tear of a small-ish

rectangle and fold over one of the corners to the middle.

Then take the other corner and fold it to the middle as well. Don't be worried

about it not sticking enough, it'll be fine!

You will now have a triangle with a long, sticky rectangle at the bottom. Stick it to the pen, 

sticky rectangle facing towards the cap of the pen.

Make another triangle out of Tape B and stick it onto the end of the pen the same way

but facing TOWARDS the first triangle you made.

Repeat; adding more of Tape A to the top of the pen in a flower-like pattern.

Your flower should look similar to this. Now for the next tape!

Tear off a square of your next Duct Tape. (you guessed it! This is Tape B.)

Fold over the two corners the same way you did with Tape A.

Place on flower. Try to put it so the point is in an opening.(sorry if this doesn't

make a ton of sense to you. I don't know how else to explain it.)

Make another triangle (with a rectangle on the bottom), but instead of putting

it opposite of the first just place it next to the first triangle point, leaving a small 

space between.

Repeat. Continue the pattern of placing the triangle point next to the previous one.

Tear off a square from Tape B and rip it in half, leaving you with to strips

of Tape B.

Place the two strips around the bottom of the flower-where it meets the 

stem-to cover up any ragged edges.

If you are using a printed tape you can try to line up the pattern, but I don't

usually.

Ta-Da! You have now completed the Duct Tape Flower!  Yay! 

WARNING:THE DUCT TAPE FLOWER IS A VERY ADDICTIVE CRAFT. 

CRAFT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

xoxo,

Ainsley

P.S.Sorry for any confusion regarding the post numbers. I realized that

I accidentally posted Post #s8 before Post #7!(this post.)

Sorry if you were confused at all.