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Simple duck tape bracelets

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I love crafting with Duck or Duct Tape. I was in my local craft store at the weekend and spotted some really pretty colours, and on mini rolls too. My 4 year old really likes the Galaxy Duck Tape so we made bracelets together. They are so simple but kept him amused for a good half hour. Then my 3 year old discovered what we were doing and we made some in her favourite colours too!

Materials needed to make simple Duck Tape bracelets:
Paper or plastic straw
Roll of coloured Duck Tape
Scissors
Pipe cleaner or twine

Duck Tape bracelets

How to make simple Duck Tape bracelets:

Cover the paper straw with Duck Tape, we found it easier to pull a length of Duck Tape, lay the straw on it and roll it until it was covered worked fine.

Use a sharp knife to cut the straw into pieces about an inch long.

Duck Tape bracelets

Thread the pieces of Duck Tape through a pipe cleaner, piece of elastic or thread and tie the two ends together.

Duck Tape bracelets

I love crafting with Duck Tape, especially as there are so many colours available. Although this is a craft my 3 and 4 year olds enjoyed I think it would work for older children too. Just let them wrap lots of straws in Duck Tape and experiment with the different prints and patterns, you can really personalise them according to taste!

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    Amy
    October 19, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    Hi, my daughter and I made this yesterday after reading your post. We used colourful, glittery novelty Christmas mini sellotape rolls. I think it was about £2 for 12 mini rolls. She loved this; enjoying picking her ow patterns and it is also great for improving fine motor coordination with the threading. We now have necklaces, bracelets and anklets aplenty at ours!

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      jenny
      October 20, 2020 at 9:57 pm

      Thank you so much for letting me know you tried the craft. Glad you had fun with it!

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