We told you about Duck Brand gaffers tape scholarship contest a few weeks ago in a posting on one of our other blogs. This contest offered scholarships to high school students who designed prom wear from duct tape. Duck Brand duct tape has announced the winners of its “Stuck At The Prom” scholarship contest. Click […]
Animal lovers in Boise, ID used duct tape and a swimming pool skimmer to rescue some baby ducklings trapped in a storm sewer. Using a stick with duct tape on the end and the pool skimmer, the rescuers were able to unite the ducklings with mom. Click here for a link to the story. […]
The Cary News of Cary, NC quotes the mayor of a neighboring town, Morrisville, NC, saying that the Mayor’s approach to balancing the budget is “with duct tape and Band Aids”. Apparently Mayor Jackie Holcombe is not aware that duct tape prices are up almost 10% since the beginning of the year. Tapenews.com is your […]
It’s time for the summer cardboard boat races in Des Moines, IA and if this year is like races in years past, the team with the best taping job is likely to cross the finish line first. The Des Moines races are part of the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta, founded in 1974 and there are […]
Mike Raczak, the principal of May Watts Elementary School in Naperville, IL, allowed students to duct tape him to the wall as an end of year fund raiser. Students used eight rolls of duct tape to stick principal Raczak to the gym wall as part of the schools end of year Citizenship Celebration. The Naperville […]
Well, not actually “duck” tape, but rather duct tape. Ricky Becher, a 15 year old freshman at Winona Senoir High School fashioned a three dimensional chicken from duct tape. Duct tape art has moved from a hobby to a passion for Becher who started with wallets and now has made a fishing boat, all from […]
Actually, it was duct tape that “saved the grade”. Quick thinking by Edison Bruce saved a high school pal from an “F” when he showed up for the band’s concert without all the pieces of his uniform. Mr. Bruce was able to create a uniform collar, a bow tie and fake buttons using the duct […]
Tim Terrel, A North Ridgeville, Ohio has taken duct tape art to a new level. He spent the winter sculpting a life size elephant from duct tape. Working as part of a partnership between the manufacturer of Duct brand duct tape and the Cleveland Metropark’s Zoo, Terrell and his friend Adrian Glover created the the […]
A “prankster” who stretched duct tape, sticky side up, across a Forsyth, GA highway apparently caused over $1700.00 in damage to a local woman’s car. She had to take the car to a repair shop to have the tape removed, and then needed to return to the shop for a major repair caused by the […]