I'm Back!

So, my resolution to blog on a weekly basis during the school year didn't work out so well. But now that school and drivers ed are over, maybe it will actually work out.

Anyway, I got a new roll of duct tape, and wanted to use it. So I came up with a project, and made a tutorial from it. Enjoy! 

Duct Tape Buckle Bracelet

What you'll need:

• A small belt buckle (I just cut one off an old belt)
• Two colors of duct tape, one for the base and the other for the top layer
• Scissors
• Hammer and Nail
• Straight-edge

Cut one piece of each color of duct tape. Make them about two inches longer than the width of your wrist. Your top layer should be longer than the bottom.

Fold the edges of your first layer in to the middle to make a strip, then trim it to fit easily through your buckle.

After trimming, place your strip in the center of your other piece, then wrap it around your strip.

Put the finished strip through the buckle, and give it enough length to work with. Mark the middle of the strip or where the prong will go, fold the strip on your mark and cut a slit a little wider than your prong. Slide the strip into the buckle and put the prong in the slit.

 Fold over the extra, trim if needed, then tape it down. Wrap the tape around the entire strip for better support.

Make a small strip (for the loop) and wrap it around the tape you just put on to hide it. Tape it down on the back.

 Put your bracelet on your wrist to measure where you want your hole to be.

Mark your hole, then make one more on either side of the first, each about 3/4 inch away. Use your nail to poke the holes.

Put the bracelet on. The tail should be too long. Mark where you want to trim it.

Take it off and lay it down flat. Take a straight edge and place on your mark. Draw a line across the strap with a washable marker.

Round off the end starting on one end of the strap and ending at the other to make an even curve.

And... You're done! Now you have a legit duct tape bracelet.

Thank you for visiting my blog, and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I'll try to put some more up really soon.

Toodles! - Emily