Making a Duct Tape Pencil Case

In this project, we were working to make a duct tape pencil case. We were going to use the pencil case, but because of a misunderstanding we lost it. Our inspiration for this project was that we didn't have a pencil case and we lose our pencils really easily, so we thought it would be good to make a pencil case.

The biggest challenge for us was making four sheets of double sided duct tape sheets. Due to the fact that when we touched duct tape it stuck to us,  combining two sheets of duct tape was extremely difficult and annoying.

When making a duct tape pencil case, we learned that it’s not as easy as it looks. Duct tape is really sticky and when you accidentally get two pieces of duct tape stuck together, you can’t get get it unstuck.

If we had more time, we would make a cleaner looking pencil case and we would make it into a supreme pencil case.

If you are able to be patient and calm, this project will be 100 times easier. Also, you need to get the right materials.

Estimated cost; 17.77

We lost ours, so here is a picture from google:

Here is the book we used on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tape-Make-101-Duct-Activities/dp/1438001355/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=duct+tape+book&qid=1559605689&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Prototype of chicken run roof

     For our Maker Faire project, we decided to prototype a roof for our chicken coop, the floor of which got really mucky, disgusting, smelly, unpleasant, and generally awful. And then, we spent 3-4 hours shoveling and carrying the lumpy, smelly, watery upper layer and the squishy (but still miasmic) lower layer in a successful attempt to clean the run. The roof we designed had an accordion folding mechanism which enables it to close up when the sun was out and cover the chicken run while it is raining.

     The most noticeable differences between using the cardboard and the aesthetically stunning plastic roof were the lids having edges and that we had to drill holes in the plastic lids. Aside from that, it still follows the formula of 1. Make holes midway on the flat things ➙ 2. Duct tape it together ➙ 3. Insert strings ➙ 4. Tie (hex) nuts on string.

One of our 4 signs

  Aside from drill(IlIlIlIlI) safety, we didn’t think we learned much else from this. However, we have to put something here, so we now can say that we learned how to meet requirements that didn’t happen. In the future, we plan to scale up into a roof that fits®️. If you tried to do this, try making the full chicken run roof, as we spent about 3 out of 7 periods brainstorming and still finished. We also made 4 advertisements in full colored sharpie, on cardboard, 3 of them about the booth. However, the booth next to us got about 3 times more customers (admittedly, they were offering FREE CAKE!).Then again, they stood in front of our booth with nothing to do, so we did benefit from the CAKE. Therefore, we can conclude that advertising doesn’t work and that if you want visitors, OFFER (free) FOOD.

     The accordion folding chicken run roof is made of 100% reused materials from The Bin of Creative Genius. (technically, to do this at home, you’ll need 1 roll of duct tape ($5-13), nuts (the cheapest I could find was $0.38) and string (<$10). Cardboard is basically free, and lids, lids are strangely priced and so we don’t have a proper price for this.) However, a final draft of the chicken roof will be made from higher quality materials and will cost money. Our inspiration did not come from the internet, but it did come from the actual chicken coop. The muck and sludge in the chicken coop is caused by rain, so we wanted to create an alternative to the tarp. The prototype that we created is compact and holds its shape.