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How-To: Duck Tape® String Flowers

  • 30 Minutes
  • Intermediate

Supplies & Tools

  1. Duck Tape®
  2. String
  3. Scissors
  4. Craft Knife
  5. Crafting Board

11 Steps

1

Make a double sided strip of tape that is 3 in. long.

Strip of Double sided Duck Tape formed by folding a strip of tape over itself

2

Cut your square into a pentagon shape.

Cut the top two corners off of the previously made double sided

3

Fold the piece from step 2 into 4 sections.

Fold the piece from the previous step into an M shape

4

With your craft knife, cut a slit at the bottom of the fold so it cuts through all 4 of your folds. The black lines show where the slits should be.

Rectangular hole cut into each fold of the previously made piece

5

Tie a knot at one end of your string that is big enough to not poke through the slits you made in step 4.

Large knot tied into a piece of string

6

Run your string through the 4 slits.

String from previous step ran through the holes made in the piece from step 4

7

Pull your string so the knot is on the left side of your first petal.

String pulled tight to scrunch the petal into shape

8

Make a total of 6 petals and repeat step 6-7 to add the rest of the petals on your string.

previous petal making steps repeated until there are 6 petals

9

Once all of your petals are attached, pull the end of your string tightly.

string pulled tightly to arrange the petals in shape

10

While pulling your petals tightly together, cut the excess string so there is only a tiny piece of string left. Tape this piece down to the back of your flower.

excess string cut off and taped into place on the back of the flower

11

Repeat these steps to make other flowers.

previous steps repeate to make more flowers of varying colors