Duct Tape Wallet

How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet

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Everybody needs a wallet, right? If you have a taste for the unconventional, or you’re simply a stubborn do-it-yourselfer, then whip out that roll of duct tape and make your own wallet!

Steps

  1. Rip a strip of tape at least 10.5 inches (215 mm) in length and place it sticky side up on your working surface.
  2. Rip a second piece of equal length and place sticky side down halfway over the first strip. Fold the rest of the strip facing up over the second strip.
  3. Flip over the two strips and place a third strip sticky side down covering the remaining sticky part of the second strip. Flip the sheet again and continue extending the size of the sheet until you’ve created a large sheet of duct tape that is 8.5 inches (215 mm) by 7 inches (175 mm).
  4. Trim all the

edges.

  1. Fold the wallet in half and tape 3 sides (bottom and two sides) to create a large pocket to hold bills.
  2. To create credit or business card pockets, make another sheet that’s 4 by 3.5 inches (100 mm by 90 mm).
  3. Fold 1.5 inches (40 mm) over. To create two more pockets, repeat the step above and then tape the two pieces together, taping the second pocket a little lower on top of the first piece.
  4. Tape the edges of the pockets and then tape the whole piece to the large pocket. To create another pocket, leave the inside part untaped.
  5. Make a sheet of tape (as in the first step) larger than your ID card. Cut the sheet so that there is a 5 mm frame (big enough so you can see your picture and info, but small enough so the ID can’t fall through the opening). Now trim the outside so it is slightly larger in all directions than your ID. Tape three sides of this window to the inside of your wallet, or on top of the credit card holder. It’ll take a some trial and error to get it right, but it will be a great addition to the wallet. When you’re done, the ID should be able to slide into the untaped side of the holder, and once in, not fall through the open window.
  6. Tape the completed pocket to the large pocket and again, you can create an extra pocket if you wish by leaving the inside part untaped.
  7. Put your money, ID, and cards in your wallet and go show off your new creation!


Tips

  • There are many ways to personalize this design. Some other ideas are coin pockets within the large bill pocket and placing flaps on the credit card holders so business cards don’t fall out when the wallet gets dropped.
  • Use a sheet protector and cut out a piece of the clear plastic to cover the open window over your ID
  • Index cards can be used to give it some structure. It also gives something for the duct tape to stick to. Of course, then it won’t be made of only duct tape.
  • Duct tape comes in colors too. Try out combinations, and find one you like.
  • If making a clear cover for a driver’s license, try using clear packing tape instead of sheet protectors if you want the entire wallet to be made out of tape.
  • If cutting the duct tape with scissors, it is easier to make large cuts rather than small cuts.
  • You can make a wallet latch with a little extra duct tape. Take a wide piece and fold it over to where no part is sticky. Do this again with a thinner, longer strip. Tape the bigger strip to where it will wrap all the way around the side of the wallet where you pull it open, and then the same with the thinner strip.
  • You can personalize the wallet by using clear duct tape too. Use photos that you like and place them on each side and then use the clear tape to seal them in. There are endless designs you can do to make the wallet completely personal.
  • If you are using a knife, a metal or metal edged ruler is best.
  • Try making them out of paper, cloth, fishnet, or painter’s tape (blue tape).
  • Black Tyvek tape is available in 2 and 4 inch widths from book binding suppliers for a nice low key look.
  • If you make the 8.5 X 7 inch duct tape sheet on aluminum foil the wallet will shield RFID credit cards.
  • Put butter or margarine on your scissors to make cutting the duct tape easier.


Warnings

  • Measure carefully. If anything is too small, it might not fit all of your money or cards and you’ll have to start all over. Make it bigger than you think it needs to be.
  • Be very careful with the blade, or use scissors!
  • Try to take it nice and slow, if you have any air bubbles in it,it ruins the look.


Things You’ll Need

  • Duct tape
  • Ruler
  • Knife or scissors
  • Piece of wood or cardboard
  • Colored Duct Tape (optional)


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Sources and Citations

Article provided by wikiHow, a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest, highest quality how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Duct Tape Wrist Band

How to Make a Duct Tape Wrist Band

from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
This article will show you how to make a duct tape version of the rubber wristband.

Steps

  1. Get out a roll of duct tape and cut a piece with enough length to wrap around your wrist, and leave about an inch extra.
  2. Cut a slot about half an inch long at the end of each end of the tape, so that when it is folded, the sticky side of the tape at each end will be exposed.
  3. Cut off one of the two slits off each end so it has one on each of the opposite ends.
  4. Fold in half, color facing up.
  5. Wrap it around your wrist, and using the sticky parts at the ends, stick it together.


Tips

  • Use colored duct tape to add style to your work.
  • Click on illustration to enlarge to read text.


Warnings

  • Don’t cut yourself with the scissors!
  • Don’t stick duck tape anywhere else.
  • Be careful removing the wristband.
  • It should not be so tight that you cannot slip a finger underneath it.
  • Don’t leave the wrist band on for extended periods of time, as it may irritate your skin.


Things You’ll Need

  • Duct Tape of any color
  • Scissors
  • (Optional) someone to help you put on the wristband


Related wikiHows

Article provided by wikiHow, a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest, highest quality how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Make a Duct Tape Wrist Band. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet

from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Everybody needs a wallet, right? If you have a taste for the unconventional, or you’re simply a stubborn do-it-yourselfer, then whip out that roll of duct tape and make your own wallet!

Steps

  1. Rip a strip of tape at least 10.5 inches (215 mm) in length and place it sticky side up on your working surface.
  2. Rip a second piece of equal length and place sticky side down halfway over the first strip. Fold the rest of the strip facing up over the second strip.
  3. Flip over the two strips and place a third strip sticky side down covering the remaining sticky part of the second strip. Flip the sheet again and continue extending the size of the sheet until you’ve created a large sheet of duct tape that is 8.5 inches (215 mm) by 7 inches (175 mm).
  4. Trim all the

edges.

  1. Fold the wallet in half and tape 3 sides (bottom and two sides) to create a large pocket to hold bills.
  2. To create credit or business card pockets, make another sheet that’s 4 by 3.5 inches (100 mm by 90 mm).
  3. Fold 1.5 inches (40 mm) over. To create two more pockets, repeat the step above and then tape the two pieces together, taping the second pocket a little lower on top of the first piece.
  4. Tape the edges of the pockets and then tape the whole piece to the large pocket. To create another pocket, leave the inside part untaped.
  5. Make a sheet of tape (as in the first step) larger than your ID card. Cut the sheet so that there is a 5 mm frame (big enough so you can see your picture and info, but small enough so the ID can’t fall through the opening). Now trim the outside so it is slightly larger in all directions than your ID. Tape three sides of this window to the inside of your wallet, or on top of the credit card holder. It’ll take a some trial and error to get it right, but it will be a great addition to the wallet. When you’re done, the ID should be able to slide into the untaped side of the holder, and once in, not fall through the open window.
  6. Tape the completed pocket to the large pocket and again, you can create an extra pocket if you wish by leaving the inside part untaped.
  7. Put your money, ID, and cards in your wallet and go show off your new creation!


Tips

  • There are many ways to personalize this design. Some other ideas are coin pockets within the large bill pocket and placing flaps on the credit card holders so business cards don’t fall out when the wallet gets dropped.
  • Use a sheet protector and cut out a piece of the clear plastic to cover the open window over your ID
  • Index cards can be used to give it some structure. It also gives something for the duct tape to stick to. Of course, then it won’t be made of only duct tape.
  • Duct tape comes in colors too. Try out combinations, and find one you like.
  • If making a clear cover for a driver’s license, try using clear packing tape instead of sheet protectors if you want the entire wallet to be made out of tape.
  • If cutting the duct tape with scissors, it is easier to make large cuts rather than small cuts.
  • You can make a wallet latch with a little extra duct tape. Take a wide piece and fold it over to where no part is sticky. Do this again with a thinner, longer strip. Tape the bigger strip to where it will wrap all the way around the side of the wallet where you pull it open, and then the same with the thinner strip.
  • You can personalize the wallet by using clear duct tape too. Use photos that you like and place them on each side and then use the clear tape to seal them in. There are endless designs you can do to make the wallet completely personal.
  • If you are using a knife, a metal or metal edged ruler is best.
  • Try making them out of paper, cloth, fishnet, or painter’s tape (blue tape).
  • Black Tyvek tape is available in 2 and 4 inch widths from book binding suppliers for a nice low key look.
  • If you make the 8.5 X 7 inch duct tape sheet on aluminum foil the wallet will shield RFID credit cards.
  • Put butter or margarine on your scissors to make cutting the duct tape easier.


Warnings

  • Measure carefully. If anything is too small, it might not fit all of your money or cards and you’ll have to start all over. Make it bigger than you think it needs to be.
  • Be very careful with the blade, or use scissors!
  • Try to take it nice and slow, if you have any air bubbles in it,it ruins the look.


Things You’ll Need

  • Duct tape
  • Ruler
  • Knife or scissors
  • Piece of wood or cardboard
  • Colored Duct Tape (optional)


Related wikiHows


Sources and Citations

Article provided by wikiHow, a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest, highest quality how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Simi Strange Update

I haven’t been doing my blog posts for a while, sorry for that. I have reached a point in my life where I don’t really care about things quite at all, but I still care for the things that I enjoy. For example, I still care about my personal time, and all of my personal things,I’m not trying to sound self sentered at all though, but what I do want to get across is that I am the only person that I can trust these days because whenever I find someone fabulus or what not they have to leave and make me feel like an the posh lining in a coffin; alone,detached, and ready to decay. So , to end I just want to say, I will change when I do get to hear those words of gratitude.

Youtube Drifiting 1

I can’t believe that you tube drifting had a good some good benefits. I would like to tell you what it is about, but I’m going to let the videospeak for itself this time.

Some Thoughts

I don’t know if it is just me or not, but I am starting to find it hard to find life interesting. I just keep on doing the same things every single day and that is starting to get on my last nerve. I try routine changes,trying to fit fun things into my day, and just trying to relax a little. I don’t feel to “great” about this because this just gets me kind of “aggro” if you know what that means. This again leads me to the other point that when I see people happy and having fun,that also gets me angry. I don’t know if these feelings is the result of not being happy for so long, or just because I’m envious of other people being happy. When I think about all of this, I get confused because I don’t where all of this started, where is it going to go and how to make it go away… I think that the only thing that I can do is just wait to see what happens, if anything will.

I rate my day…

This is a nifty little website where you just describe what you’re day is like, interacts with other people and so on. I use this to <i> try to </i> rate how my day went. No, this isn’t my blog replacement tool, but just a little website that I find useful for those things too small to put in a blog. Check it out for me…Be my friend also? (heh, just kidding)

Click here to read my rating!

Why I haven’t posted in a while…

Sorry I haven’t posted for the longest time. I got the flu really bad and their was no way that I can sit up at my desk and type and look at the screen all at once. I still don’t feel “right” about now, but I’m still improving.

What If….

This is going to sound a little “overdone” or whatnot, but, What if 50% of the population was killed off tomorrow? What if you didn’t have the chance to say the one thing that you needed to say to one person? What if you didn’t achieve you’re life’s goal? What if you live? How are you going to face the fact that most likely all of the people that you know are dead? How are the select few going to maintain everyday systems like, food, security etc? Who will lead the world?

I don’t know if I went a little too far, but it was still kind of interesting to think about this topic a little more under the surface.

My New Favorite You Tube Video

I am a you tube surfer and I do have my subscriptions and all. I have seen allot of videos but this has to be my favorite one. The original video is Glen Verdon dancing to the song “Mexican Breakfast”. I’m thinking that someone had too much time on their hands and replaced the music with “walk it out” and left the original video. The interesting part is that the choreography by Bob Fosse works outstandingly well with the new and old music. This is a must see, and if you don’t like the new music, I’ll see if I can find the original music. (note: I didn’t make any of these video’s I just found them and wanted to blog about them.

To the Essay that I am writing…

Essays, the tool that all teachers use to enslave countless people into talking for endless minutes on topics that none cares about. The essay, the work of art that I have to master. The essay is taking my fun away, I have no time for my self because I have to write this essay for the 7th time. I hate you essay, because of you I can’t blog about fun things that I care about. Because of you I can’t take a food break, because of you I can’t blog about fun things that I like. Becuase of you I can’t take any advil because of my stress headache. I hate Because of you essay, I am mad as heck. Essay, I hope that one day, I will write a better type of writing form so that you will be just as useless as the concluding paragraph. One day essay, one day…