Duct Tape Binder Rescue

Princess number 3 started a new term this week and some of her binders were looking a bit shabby from last term so she decided to fix them up using duct tape. I thought that was great thinking she was going to use different tapes to make her binder interesting. She spent about an hour using lots of the purple Duck Tape to cover her binder and fixing the inside flaps that hold papers etc.

She cut strips long enough to go just over the top of the binder and then long enough to tuck into the flap inside and then another strip folded over the top of the flap and down the front of the flap onto the outside overlapping some.

Once she had the inside done, she covered the outside with long strips. It took her about an hour. When she had finished, she had only used purple. I asked her why she didn't decorate it and told me that it was a functional thing. I then told her that the roll of tape she used was at the cheapest $2.50, usually more and that the binder itself was only $.50. She laughed and asked me to get her more new folders then. I went down to my stash and brought up two new binders of the same size. She took one and kept the duct tape one.

Princess number 5 took the other and then Princess number 3 called and told her friend how funny it was as her friend did the same thing to her binder and they had a good laugh at how much time and money it cost for that little binder.

If it is about decoration and personality, go for it and decorate with whatever tape you want. However, if it is about function, purchase a new folder on sale or check out the second hand store as they always have some.

I thought the kids would come up with many crafts and ideas already but no such things as yet. This project was the first where our Christmas Duct tape was used.

Have fun on whatever you decide to make with your cracft