How-To: Duck Tape® Rounded Petal Rose

Name: Duckbrand
Price range: $

60 Minutes
Intermediate

Supplies & Tools

Duck Tape®
Scissors
Ruler
Wire Cutters
Craft Knife
14g Wire
Floral Wire
Crafting Board

8 Steps

Cut a 12 in. long piece of 14g wire and cover in a single piece of Duck Tape®.

piece of wire wrapped in green Duck Tape

Cut a 3 in. long piece of Duck Tape®. With the sticky side facing up, fold the top a fourth of an inch down and then fold over the right corner about three fourths the way.

Strip of Duck Tape with a quarter of an inch of the tape folded lengthwise and then one of the folded corners folded again across the tape so that there is a quarter of an inch of sticky side on the opposite side

Wrap the piece you made in step 2 around the top of the stem you made in step 1.

piece made in the previous step wrapped around the top of the stem made in step 1 with the doubled over side facing outward

For the petals, lay a piece of Duck Tape® that is 2.5 in. long sticky side up and place a piece of floral wire that is 1.75 in. long in the center.

piece of wire placed perpendicularly in the center of a piece of Duck Tape

Place another 2.5 in. long piece of tape on top of the piece from step 4, leaving about a fourth of an inch of the sticky side showing at the bottom.

Another piece of Duck Tape placed over the previous steps piece so that you sandwich the wire between the pieces with a small amount of sticky side sticking out the long side of the rectangle of tape

Using scissors, round off the top edge to finish the petal. Repeat steps 4-6 to create 20 petals total.

petal made in the previous step cut into a dome shape where the wire faces outward toward the top of the dome

Use the bottom sticky part of the petal to adhere petals around the top of the stem.

petals wrapped around the top of the piece of wire so that the sticky strip on the bottom of the petal faces toward the rest of the stem

Continue to add petals until you are happy with the fullness of the rose.

previous steps repeated until there are enough petals wrapped around each other to form a rose