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"Please Knock!"
"Do Not Disturb"
"Little sisters (or brothers!), do not come near!"
These are just some of the messages you can convey with your handy dandy Duck Tape Whiteboard. Use your imagination and have some fun.
Without further ado, here's how you make it:
Required supplies:
-Duck tape
-Clear packing tape
-White paper (may need construction paper if you want a larger design)
-Scissors (note: ask your parents for permission if you are really young!)
Note:
You may encounter phrases like "some duck tape." This may seem vague, but I want to encourage you to experiment. I created a 5"x7" hanger using these instructions, but the only limits are creativity and the amount of duck tape you have! Just make sure you choose all the dimensions before you start, including:
-the size of your finished product
-the size of your whiteboard part (including a half inch border)
-how you're going to hang it
1. Take some duck tape (whatever color you want, maybe to match your room?), and lay down a strip, sticky side up.
2. Now, lay another strip of duck tape sticky side up, halfway covering the first one. Keep doing it until you have a piece of "duck tape fabric" as wide as you want.
Note: your finished product will look better if you cut strips of duck tape a little longer than you want the finished product to be, since it'll always look better to cut some off than to add little pieces here and there.
3. Turn the piece of "duck tape fabric" so that the strips of duck tape go up and down instead of sideways. Then, cut out some duck tape stips that are the same length as the original pieces and begin covering the sticky side. Simply place the strips of duck tape on top of the other ones, sticky side DOWN this time. Be careful to lie the pieces down slowly to avoid bubbles or bumps.
A variation: Before you do the other side, you might want to put something in between the layers to make your sign appear more "professional." I used a pipe cleaner, but you could experiment with string, wire, a folded-over duck tape rope, or anything else you can imagine!
4. Now that all the sticky parts are covered, you can trim the piece of "fabric" to the exact dimensions that you chose in the beginning. Once it's trimmed, take some additional strips and cover up the rough edges. Place the on a flat surface, sticky side up, and put the side of the "fabric" on the strip of tape, so that it covers up about half the width of the strip. Fold the strip over. Do it over and over again until all the cut edges are covered up.
5. Now, make the whiteboard section. Find a large enough piece of paper for design and cut it to size so that it is an an inch wider and an inch longer that you want your finished whiteboard to be. This space is necessary since a half inch border will be covered. Cut the tape into strips to match the size of your paper and apply them to the paper in the same manner you used with the duck tape. Then, trim the edges and cover the cut edges with some more packing tape.
Note: This whiteboard works best with dry-erase markers.
6. Take some duck tape again, and cut a strip that's a half inch longer than your white board piece, and lie it down, sticky side up. Fold over about a third of it, right on top of itself. Place the still-sticky part down on the edge of the duck tape fabric you made earlier. Do it three times, once for each of the bottom three edges (like the bottom, left & right sides). Tape down the corners, so that there are no flaps hanging.
7. Slide the white-board part into the slots you just made, between the flaps and the main section.
8. Make another flap for the top edge, but don't tape the corners down. Upon using the whiteboard, you will sometimes wish to erase it or make a new one. This way, we can easily take it out.
9. Unless you went ahead with the variation between steps 3 & 4, you still need a way to hang it. Here are some options:
-Create a small strip to hang the sign on a tack (or your doorknob, but it could get caught in the door!) out of a 10 in |||???what is a "10 in" ???||| folded over a piece of duck tape.
- Attach a piece of string or any other material you feel is strong enough to hold the board and hang it on a tack.
-Take a piece of string and tape both ends of it to the back top-corners of the sign with duck tape
-You might be able to think of some other way to hang it, and if you do, go with it!
Have fun with your new sign!
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Please help me revise these instructions! Because I'm going to sell them to people at a craft fair, and I need help here!
Ok. So my family is going to a craft fair, and I'm going to go and sell these instructions to a duck tape door hanger project that I made. But I need to make sure that people are getting their money's worth. Well, I have my little sister and her friend that want to make it, but I need some help from other people, and kinda it needs to be quicker than they are doing it (it's a quick project, like it takes about 30 min. but they haven't gotten around to doing it yet). Ok, well here the instructions are:
This is a duck tape door hanger that I just kind of made up from a plan I had in my head just now. It has a little window that you can write whatever you want. Like:
Please Knock!
Do Not Disturb
Little sisters (or brothers!) do not come near!
Or you could draw stuff on it. But, now, how to make the thing.
Note:
I wrote the instructions with phrases like "some duck tape" and stuff like that, because I didn't want to make you stick to the same dimensions as I did. I decided on 5 by 7, but you can do whatever you want with it. Just make sure you decide on all the dimensions before you start. You need to decide:
-the size of your finished product
-the size of your whiteboard part, but make sure you include that half inch border I talked about. Otherwise, the thing won't work, and you'll have to make a new white board.
-how you're going to hang it
1. Take some duck tape (whatever color you want, maybe to match your room?), and lay down a strip, sticky side up.
2. Now, lay another strip of duck tape sticky side up, halfway covering the first one. Keep doing it until you have a piece of "duck tape fabric" as wide as you want.
Note: your finished product will look better if you cut strips of duck tape a little longer than you want the finished product to be, since it'll always look better to cut some off, than to add little pieces here and there.
3. Turn the piece of "duck tape fabric" so that the strips of duck tape go up and down, instead of sideways. Now, start covering up the sticky side. Just lay pieces of duck tape on top of the other ones, sticky side DOWN this time. Be careful to lay them down slowly, not to get any bumps or anything.
A variation: Before you do the other side, you might want to put something in between the layers to hang the sign in a more "professional" way. I used a pipe cleaner, but you could experiment, with string, wire, a folded-over duck tape rope, who knows what!
4. Now that all the sticky parts are covered up, you can trim the piece of "fabric" to the exact dimensions that you want. Once it's all trimmed, take some more strips and cover up the cut edges. Lay the strip down, sticky side up, and put the piece of "fabric" on the strip of tape, so that it covers up about half the width of the strip. Fold the strip over. Do it over and over again until all the cut edges are covered up.
5. Now, make the white-board part. Take a piece of paper an inch wider and an inch longer that you want your white board to be. This is because you will be covering up a half inch border. Cover it in clear packing tape, just like you did with the duck tape. Strips covering up half of the last one. Then, trim the edges and cover the cut edges with some more packing tape.
Note: This whiteboard works best with dry erase markers.
6. Take some duck tape again, and cut a strip that's a half inch longer than your white board piece, and lay it down, sticky side up. Fold over about a third of it, right on top of itself. Lay the still-sticky part down on the edge of the duck tape fabric you made earlier. Do it three times, once for each of the bottom three edges (like the bottom, left & right sides). Tape down the corners, so that there are no flaps hanging.
7. Slide the white-board part into the slots you just made, between the flaps and the main part of it.
8. Make another flap, for the top edge, but don't tape the corners down. You might want to take the white-board out and do some major cleaning of it (it's gonna get kinda dirty, from writing on it), or maybe even make a new one.
9. Unless you went ahead with the variation between steps 3 & 4, you still need something to hang it with. Well, you have a few choices:
-Make a little strip to hang the sign on a tack (or your doorknob, but it gets caught in the door) out of a 10 in. folded over piece of duck tape
-Make the same type of thing out of string, or any other thing that you can think of.
-Take a piece of string and tape both ends of it to a corner of the back of the sign with duck tape
-You might be able to think of some other way to hang it, and if you do, go with it!
This is a duck tape door hanger that I just kind of made up from a plan I had in my head just now. It has a little window that you can write whatever you want. Like:
Please Knock!
Do Not Disturb
Little sisters (or brothers!) do not come near!
Or you could draw stuff on it. But, now, how to make the thing.
Note:
I wrote the instructions with phrases like "some duck tape" and stuff like that, because I didn't want to make you stick to the same dimensions as I did. I decided on 5 by 7, but you can do whatever you want with it. Just make sure you decide on all the dimensions before you start. You need to decide:
-the size of your finished product
-the size of your whiteboard part, but make sure you include that half inch border I talked about. Otherwise, the thing won't work, and you'll have to make a new white board.
-how you're going to hang it
1. Take some duck tape (whatever color you want, maybe to match your room?), and lay down a strip, sticky side up.
2. Now, lay another strip of duck tape sticky side up, halfway covering the first one. Keep doing it until you have a piece of "duck tape fabric" as wide as you want.
Note: your finished product will look better if you cut strips of duck tape a little longer than you want the finished product to be, since it'll always look better to cut some off, than to add little pieces here and there.
3. Turn the piece of "duck tape fabric" so that the strips of duck tape go up and down, instead of sideways. Now, start covering up the sticky side. Just lay pieces of duck tape on top of the other ones, sticky side DOWN this time. Be careful to lay them down slowly, not to get any bumps or anything.
A variation: Before you do the other side, you might want to put something in between the layers to hang the sign in a more "professional" way. I used a pipe cleaner, but you could experiment, with string, wire, a folded-over duck tape rope, who knows what!
4. Now that all the sticky parts are covered up, you can trim the piece of "fabric" to the exact dimensions that you want. Once it's all trimmed, take some more strips and cover up the cut edges. Lay the strip down, sticky side up, and put the piece of "fabric" on the strip of tape, so that it covers up about half the width of the strip. Fold the strip over. Do it over and over again until all the cut edges are covered up.
5. Now, make the white-board part. Take a piece of paper an inch wider and an inch longer that you want your white board to be. This is because you will be covering up a half inch border. Cover it in clear packing tape, just like you did with the duck tape. Strips covering up half of the last one. Then, trim the edges and cover the cut edges with some more packing tape.
Note: This whiteboard works best with dry erase markers.
6. Take some duck tape again, and cut a strip that's a half inch longer than your white board piece, and lay it down, sticky side up. Fold over about a third of it, right on top of itself. Lay the still-sticky part down on the edge of the duck tape fabric you made earlier. Do it three times, once for each of the bottom three edges (like the bottom, left & right sides). Tape down the corners, so that there are no flaps hanging.
7. Slide the white-board part into the slots you just made, between the flaps and the main part of it.
8. Make another flap, for the top edge, but don't tape the corners down. You might want to take the white-board out and do some major cleaning of it (it's gonna get kinda dirty, from writing on it), or maybe even make a new one.
9. Unless you went ahead with the variation between steps 3 & 4, you still need something to hang it with. Well, you have a few choices:
-Make a little strip to hang the sign on a tack (or your doorknob, but it gets caught in the door) out of a 10 in. folded over piece of duck tape
-Make the same type of thing out of string, or any other thing that you can think of.
-Take a piece of string and tape both ends of it to a corner of the back of the sign with duck tape
-You might be able to think of some other way to hang it, and if you do, go with it!
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"Do Not Disturb"
"Little sisters (or brothers!), do not come near!"
These are just some of the messages you can convey with your handy dandy Duck Tape Whiteboard. Use your imagination and have some fun.
Without further ado, here's how you make it:
Required supplies:
-Duck tape
-Clear packing tape
-White paper (may need construction paper if you want a larger design)
-Scissors (note: ask your parents for permission if you are really young!)
Note:
You may encounter phrases like "some duck tape." This may seem vague, but I want to encourage you to experiment. I created a 5"x7" hanger using these instructions, but the only limits are creativity and the amount of duck tape you have! Just make sure you choose all the dimensions before you start, including:
-the size of your finished product
-the size of your whiteboard part (including a half inch border)
-how you're going to hang it
1. Take some duck tape (whatever color you want, maybe to match your room?), and lay down a strip, sticky side up.
2. Now, lay another strip of duck tape sticky side up, halfway covering the first one. Keep doing it until you have a piece of "duck tape fabric" as wide as you want.
Note: your finished product will look better if you cut strips of duck tape a little longer than you want the finished product to be, since it'll always look better to cut some off than to add little pieces here and there.
3. Turn the piece of "duck tape fabric" so that the strips of duck tape go up and down instead of sideways. Then, cut out some duck tape stips that are the same length as the original pieces and begin covering the sticky side. Simply place the strips of duck tape on top of the other ones, sticky side DOWN this time. Be careful to lie the pieces down slowly to avoid bubbles or bumps.
A variation: Before you do the other side, you might want to put something in between the layers to make your sign appear more "professional." I used a pipe cleaner, but you could experiment with string, wire, a folded-over duck tape rope, or anything else you can imagine!
4. Now that all the sticky parts are covered, you can trim the piece of "fabric" to the exact dimensions that you chose in the beginning. Once it's trimmed, take some additional strips and cover up the rough edges. Place the on a flat surface, sticky side up, and put the side of the "fabric" on the strip of tape, so that it covers up about half the width of the strip. Fold the strip over. Do it over and over again until all the cut edges are covered up.
5. Now, make the whiteboard section. Find a large enough piece of paper for design and cut it to size so that it is an an inch wider and an inch longer that you want your finished whiteboard to be. This space is necessary since a half inch border will be covered. Cut the tape into strips to match the size of your paper and apply them to the paper in the same manner you used with the duck tape. Then, trim the edges and cover the cut edges with some more packing tape.
Note: This whiteboard works best with dry-erase markers.
6. Take some duck tape again, and cut a strip that's a half inch longer than your white board piece, and lie it down, sticky side up. Fold over about a third of it, right on top of itself. Place the still-sticky part down on the edge of the duck tape fabric you made earlier. Do it three times, once for each of the bottom three edges (like the bottom, left & right sides). Tape down the corners, so that there are no flaps hanging.
7. Slide the white-board part into the slots you just made, between the flaps and the main section.
8. Make another flap for the top edge, but don't tape the corners down. Upon using the whiteboard, you will sometimes wish to erase it or make a new one. This way, we can easily take it out.
9. Unless you went ahead with the variation between steps 3 & 4, you still need a way to hang it. Here are some options:
-Create a small strip to hang the sign on a tack (or your doorknob, but it could get caught in the door!) out of a 10 in |||???what is a "10 in" ???||| folded over a piece of duck tape.
- Attach a piece of string or any other material you feel is strong enough to hold the board and hang it on a tack.
-Take a piece of string and tape both ends of it to the back top-corners of the sign with duck tape
-You might be able to think of some other way to hang it, and if you do, go with it!
Have fun with your new sign!
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