How Do You Make A Duct Tape Book Cover?
In school, do you have to cover your books with boring brown paper bags, or spend money on fabric ones that rip all the time? You can create a duct tape cover for your own textbooks, or any other books, in your own unique style! Here’s how… • Trace the book cover. Click to enlarge and see the tracings. Make a pattern for your cover by tracing the book cover onto some paper. • Add end flaps to the pattern. Click to enlarge and see flap outlines. Add 3 inch “flaps” to each end of your pattern. Cut out the pattern. • Make “duct tape fabric”. (Note: This sheet of “fabric” was made with two different colors of duct tape. One side silver, one side camo, for easier tracing and better pictures.) • Piece of tape as long as the book cover pattern. Tear a piece of duct tape the length of your pattern. • Step one for making “fabric” Place the tape sticky side up on a flat surface. Tear another strip of tape and place it lengthwise on top of the first strip so that only half of the sticky is cove
• Trace the book cover. Click to enlarge and see the tracings. Make a pattern for your cover by tracing the book cover onto some paper. • Add end flaps to the pattern. Click to enlarge and see flap outlines. Add 3 inch “flaps” to each end of your pattern. Cut out the pattern. • Make “duct tape fabric”. (Note: This sheet of “fabric” was made with two different colors of duct tape. One side silver, one side camo, for easier tracing and better pictures.) • Piece of tape as long as the book cover pattern. Tear a piece of duct tape the length of your pattern. • Step one for making “fabric” Place the tape sticky side up on a flat surface. Tear another strip of tape and place it lengthwise on top of the first strip so that only half of the sticky is covered. • Repeat Step One over and over until your “fabric” is large enough. “duct tape fabric” Flip the “fabric” over and continue sticking new strips to the exposed sticky areas of your “fabric” until you have a piece of duct tape “fabric” larg
