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Stick It!: 99 DIY Duct Tape Projects

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I have a very avid duct-taper at my house: my 12-year-old son. It's been hard to find a book that has either been appropriate or features good projects. Although he enjoyed Ductigami, most of the projects require a lot of tape; kind of a bummer when you are buying it all with your allowance.

I was really happy to find Stick It. It features a ton of projects. Many are variations such as several rings, bags, bracelets, etc. But they are creative ideas and make some really cool things. There are some very feminine things in here (a cute purse or a picture frame for example), but also some great guy things like ties and messenger bags.

This book also has a spiral binding which makes the book lay open well. Definitely a good idea!

My son has really enjoyed Stick It and has given this book and duct tape to his friends for their birthdays. They've been big hits. If you are a fan of duct tape or know someone who is good with their hands then consider this book. It's great!

If your looking for a book to simply inspire one to create things out of duct tape, than this book is fine. But if you're hoping for more specific directions on how to construct a wallet for example, the chicken scratch like drawings in this book will not suffice.

This book has a few interesting looking projects in it, but not a lot. Wallets are cool as are some of the "other" category. I like that the wallet patterns attempt to be "universal" in size and not just fit one specific size of money. The "jewelry" projects are 99% junk. I would make maybe one of the bracelets and earrings. Some items are just a strip of duct tape folded over on itself so it's not sticky, and then twisted around another strip to form a braid. There are multiple projects that are just different themes/designs of the same idea. For example, there are two coffee cup cozies but they just have different designs cut out of duct tape. Frankly I think that's cheating if they're counted as different projects but they aren't fundamentally different in some way. And what's up with the pillows??? Who wants duct tape pillows? Maybe you can make one and give it to someone who sleeps outside a lot or it might be good for someone who wets their bed or is muddy a lot... But there are TWO to choose from! There are about 9 greeting card projects that offer maybe 3 actually different techniques. A few duct tape flowers and ornaments in there; the flowers are cute but the ornaments aren't. And really? You're going to wrap duct tape around a pencil and call that a project? Wow, thanks for the "pencil grip" project.

As other have said, many of the ideas seem half-baked and not very well put together. I would expect much more for the item that actually makes it into the picture. And I would probably laugh (quietly) at anyone over the age of 12 wearing most of these things. The wallets, book covers, and picture frames all seem mostly ok. I can't return mine since I bought it for the Kindle, but I recommend buying it used. It's probably worth about half the current price in my opinion. Oh, also the projects are rated by level of difficulty from one star to four. However, the Kindle version of this book didn't display that graphic for most of the projects. Not a big deal but seemed worth mentioning.

Language not appropriate for my grandchildren ages 9-13. They approached me saying, "Grammie, this book has bad language." Also, projects were not interesting and many looked like they had been just thrown together. Illustrations (line sketch drawings) were hard to understand. Kids did better without a book

I bought this for my 10 year old nephew, but I sent it back. The projects were mostly all for girls and looked to be for teens.

I am a teen, and I love duct tape. I've done lots of duct tape projects before, so I looked up a book on duct tape crafts. I found this, it sounded good, so I ordered it. I attempted to make one of the duct tape bags...it was a disaster. The instructions were poorly written and looked rushed. I read the entire terms section several times, it just wasn't clicking. Why not use the full word? I wasted an entire roll of duct tape and two hours of my time for NOTHING.

All in all, don't order it, unless you really know what you're doing and are just looking for ideas.

I bought this book for my 14 year old son as a Birthday gift. He absolutely loved it and is having a blast making things out of it. His first project was with his big brother and they made a real cool wallet. They used chrome duct tape with black duct tape accents then put 686 stickers in various places. I must say it is pretty cool and he enjoys using it as his sole wallet now.

We took the book and all the duct tape with us recently on a winter camp trip with friends. On one of the rainy days we all (3 kids, 4 adults) congregated in one 5th wheel and made duct tape projects. Very fun and great family time!!!

The hard cover and spiral binding is a huge plus. Very sturdy and good quality.

There are a lot of steps to some of the project and younger kids will probably need a little assistance to get through the instructions but it has pictures of steps too. Also most of them are not quick projects but will take a little time.

Some of the projects are a little different/odd one might think but hey we are building with duct tape! There are quite a few girl items to do: earrings, purses & girls wallets, flip flops etc... But I think there are equal ideas for boys as well: boys wallets, book covers, ties, key fobs etc...

All in all it is a great book and I think any kid (or adult) would have a blast picking a project.

I purchased this as a gift for my 12 year old niece. She loves duct tape and eagerly began several of the projects she found in this book! It was a most excellent gift!

The instructions are adequate but there are no photos of finished pieces. Drawings and instructions are small in size. Organization is very nice as is spiral binding.

I purchased these books for my nieces. I had shown them the possibilities of duck tape and I knew a young woman author had written this book so I got it for them inthe hopes they may be inspired like the author.It is a very interesting book. Also I would like to let Amazon customers know that you can purchase styles of duck tape at Wall Mart for $3.37 per role as opposed to Amazon at over $6 per role. STICK IT