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We spend a whole day this summer making tons of pom pom pens – so fun! And I have quick tutorial to show you how…
On to the tutorial!
First, grab yourself some Duck Tape® (um, I have tons more than I drug in for the picture) – I grabbed these at Walmart. Yes, and easy, you can buy Duck Tape at Walmart in the craft section. Aren’t the little rolls so cute? And they’re perfect for crafting!
I also grabbed clear pens so I could embellish the inside – but you can skip that part if you want. I could not figure out how to get that little cap off of the back, so I asked Trevor to help and he used pliers to pull the pen out of the front – of course! That’s the engineer for ya…
Then you can wrap the ink barrel in tape. Just be sure to keep it pretty thin – if it’s too thick, it won’t fit back in. I used a few small pieces to do the trick. And if you want a non-girly but fun pen, you can stop there:
But, on to the main tutorial – how to make the pom pom. Take a hunk of tape – 4-6 inches long – and fold it over on itself, but not quite even. You want to leave about 1/4 inch of the sticky side exposed, like shown below:
Then on the folded section, but slits about 1/4 inch apart as shown below. Be sure not to cut through the exposed sticky part:
Now, that sticky part is how you’ll attach it to your pen. Starting on the end of the tape strip, slowly wrap the tape around pen:
That’s it! For this one, I did a strip of zig zag, then a little lower on the pen I wrapped a strip of plain green, and then a little lower than that I wrapped another strip of zig zag. The possibilities are endless!
You can even use tape to embellish notebooks to match!
Fun, right?! So be sure to add Duct Tape®® to your Back-to-School shopping list so you can embellish all those boring school supplies 🙂 Be sure to follow @DuckBrand for tons of creative inspiration!
GIVEAWAY TIME!! You can Win a $100 Walmart Gift Card! To enter, leave a comment on this post stating what kind of Duck Tape® back to school themed craft you would make if you won the gift card.
Pencil pouches would be very handy made from duck tape.
Noreen
Crafty Journal
I am thinking a snack or lunch bag – definitely could personalize it with all the cool duck tapes out there! Have you seen the prom dresses they make with this stuff? Amazing!
I would definitely go for one of those pens 🙂 But I like the duct tape purses I’ve seen around the web too.
I would love to make one of the Duck Tape wallets for my son!
We could dress up our pencil boxes.
I’d cover a few notebooks and a pencil pouch!
I’d cover folders and notebooks with duck tape.
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
I would cover notebooks and make matching pens. I love when everything matches 🙂
hansen.kea{at}gmail.com
I would want to make some sort of bag out of duct tape – like a backpack or messenger bag or even a smaller pouch. Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I would cover binders in duct tape as well as pins and my son could use a bag for his snacks.
Cute pen, what a great idea! I love duct tape…I want to make a bunch of pens, notebooks and other matchy things and save them for last minute gift ideas! I love it! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway chance! 🙂
Nat
I’d cover pencils, notebooks, pens, anything I can cover including pencil and pen cases! Ha!
Gotta go with lunch bags. I just bought some awesome duct tape that says “I Love Bacon”! How cool is that!
My daughter is in 9th grade this year and would love to make duck tape covered pencils, pens, folders, and notebooks. Thanks for a great giveaway and a fun craft.
I would cover my boring backpack!
I would make some fun picture frames for the locker.
Diana C
unachica_latina(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love to jazz up my planner with fun duct tape!!
Beth @ The First Year Blog
My son really wants to do a project with a picture frame with Duck tape. I think it would be a cool idea!
I love to use ducktape to give notebooks some personality, in addition it makes the notebooks more durable which is always a win!
I love the duck tape fox backpack that is featured on the Duck Brand blog. My little granddaughter would love it! Thanks for the pompom pen tutorial. She will love that too!
I would make a duck tape pencil pouch!
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Oh, how fun! My kids love using to duck to make anything from slippers to decorating their school supplies.
Fingers crossed,
Laura
I would use it to create a notebook and decorating my notebook,a pen…:)
Maybe a duck tape sleeve for my iPad mini. My kids aren’t in school yet!
I love duck tape! 11 years ago, in high school, I covered my ugly backpack in duct tape!
I love Duck Tape and that pen and notebook are just adorable! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
My girls use duck tape to make just about everything! Pens, purses, wallets, phone cases, flip flops, headbands…you name it! This give away would help replenish our diminishing stock! Thanks for the opportunity
I love making duck tape wallets, but I think my daughter would prefer to give her teacher one of these pens and maybe a notebook to match 🙂
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
One thing I would probably make is a desk organizer using good old-fashioned “tin” cans covered with duck tape for markers, pencils, etc… I remember making plenty of pencil cans back in the day!
I would love to make duct tape name tags like for her back pack that look almost like the luggage tags,but with a monogrammed letter on them.
jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com
I think I’d decorate some of her supplies–notebook, pencil case, etc.
I would use it to make a locker organizer for school supplies
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Would make a homework/memo board and use it for bookcovers
duck tape wallets
I’d love to make duck tape flower hair clips.
My son is a school teacher and I would love to make him some duct tape pens for his desk – I have seen some with Redskins logos on it!
my daughter would love to cover her notebooks and pens in duck tape
thanks
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I would cover binders and pencils with duck tape
jslbrown_30 at yahoo dot com
I’d use it to make a chevron pattern on binders
I would use it with my girls group to help them embellish their journaling and stationary supplies.
If I will be the lucky winner, I will buy different colors of duck tape to use for my daily crafts. You provide a great idea here. I might make a piggy bank, pen holder and improvised a cork board using Duck Tape. I am so excited now.
I would make a pencil pouch! Babygoodbuys at gmail dot com
I would make some cute stationary with this!! [email protected]
My son would probably use this on everything – cover his pencils his notebook. Maybe make a little pencil pouch. He’ll come up with ideas 🙂
fsclassen at gmail dot com
Adorable! My kids will probably decorate their lockers and the paper bag book covers they are currently using 😛
Hey Mandy, I just wanted to write and let you know that I did this as a combined Young Women activity last night and it was a HUGE success! Thanks for all that you do to make my life easier:)
I am getting my thinking cap on to attempt at a Bridal Shower album….there is so many Duct Brans Tape designs I want them all! Thank you for this! 🙂
I need to have enough supplies to make about 50 of these cute pom pom pens. Do you have an estimate of how many pens you can make with one 10 yd roll of duct tape? TIA!
hmmm, great question, and I’m not helpful at all – I’m not sure! It would depend on how “fluffy” you make them and if you’re switching colors, etc.