Two students from Desert Ridge High School in Tempe, AZ were among the big winners in Duck Tapes “Stuck At The Prom” contest. The two teens will receive $5000 scholarships for their prom clothing creations made from duct tape. Click here to see pictures of the winners. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news […]
Lifehacker has a great “do it yourself” article about making very nice garden plant markers using metallic duct tape. Read the article here, then get some tape and give it a try. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with […]
Well, not exactly, but the money it helps raise just might. Ten year old Ashley Nicole, after surviving a cancer scare herself, is now raising money for cancer research by selling her duct tape creations. Ashley’s efforts provide funds for the Children With Cancer Foundation. You can see, and purchase, her unique creations here.
3M’s recent “Off The Roll” competition is now closed to entries, and the judges have shared photos of some of the best entries. Click here to see some pictures that the maker of Scotch Brand tape shared with The Sun, a British web site. If you want to get ready for next year’s competition, here […]
The British newspaper The Sun has some amazing pictures today of sculptures made of carton sealing tape. Click here and see for yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com
Jake Snider, a youth pastor in Decatur, IN has devised a heavenly craft for some of his kids. Rev. Snider created a project where teens he works with decorated inexpensive Bibles with duct tape patterns. Snider reports that teen boys in his youth group were quickly engrossed in the project. You can read more about […]
Stars walk the red carpet at the Oscar Ceremonies but gaffers tape is the winner. Hollywood stylists revealed some of their Oscar night styling secrets to The Hollywood Reporter. Apparently, gaffers tape is a favorite among the fashionistas for making sure that nominees gowns look fabulous. Other favorites include cut up panty hose, wads of […]
MS NBC in its “The Royals” segment reports that British Royal Family newcomers Kate and Pippa Middleton have pushed Lady Gaga out of fashion’s top spot in the new year. It appears that Gaga’s gaffers tape dress has fallen from the top of the charts in what MSNBC has dubbed as the “duchess effect”. Tapenews.com […]
Australian filmmaker Dave Jones uses giant puppets in his performance piece “Highly Strung“. Jones told the Huffington Post that one of their 45 foot puppets included a projector that was mounted inside the puppet’s mouth. Program material was generated by a remotely controlled ipod. How was the ipod attached to the puppet? With gaffers tape, […]
Robin Wilson-Owen has found a way to use masking tape to make dolls in the image of her friends and family members. This newest take on the classic voodoo doll is personalized uses masking tape to create a doll framework that is then covered with tissue paper to give a smooth finish. No word yet […]