Duck Tape Flowers

These are pen toppers or as I made it to be a pencil topper and are actually kinda cool I think. My 4 year old loves them and a few 12 year old girls have told me everyone in their school loves these.

So my daughter decided this was for her. The first thing she did was smell it. She turns to me and said "Mom this flower doesn't smell like any other flower." I asked her if it was a good smell. She assured me it smelled wonderful because it is a flower. It smells like duck tape, not the best smell, but if you spray it was body spray then it smells better.

So if you want to make one you need a few things. Pencil, or pen, and colored duck tape. The tape I used was from Walmart and was under 4 dollars for a roll, and I could make many flowers from this, or make giant flowers.

You could make it all one color or use more, but I chose to use two. Pink and purple because those happen to be my girls favorite colors.

Tare or cut the duck tape so it is about 2-3 inches long. if it is shorter the flower will be more open, if it is longer the flower will be more like a budding flower and closed tighter.

Fold one corner (I folded the bottom right) over so that the tape sticks to its self. Leave a small edge not covered so it can still stick to the rest of the flower.

Then take the other corner (I took the bottom left) and folded it into a triangle on top of the one I had just made. When that is done you will have a triangle with a little of the sticky part sticking out. If you used a 3 inch piece of tape it will be more in the shape of a house, you will have a wider strip of the sticky stuff left.

Then wrap it around the pencil or pen so the point is up and sticky stuff sticks to the pencil.

Repeat this process until the flower is the size you want.
I did 1 pink for the middle, then I did 1 purple. The next layer I did 2 pinks. Then 3 purples. Then 4 pinks, and for the last layer 4 purples. You can always add more and make the flower bigger. It will get heavy if you add a lot. You can then leave it how it is, or you can use green and make a few of the triangles to be the bottom of the flower and then cover your pen or pencil with green tape to be the stem of the flower. If you are using a pen make sure to keep the air holes in the side or at the bottom of the pen open, or the ink will not work for very long.
Have fun making one!