I Made a Duct Tape Wallet!
February 6, 2008 8:41 am General
I really wasn’t happy with my old wallet. When I first bought it I thought it was great and compact, but then as I started using it more I realized that it was so small that I couldn’t fit a dollar bill lengthwise, so I had to fold them. This made the wallet get fat really quickly. Great little wallet, but that was the inherent flaw in it.
Well I really didn’t feel like buying a new wallet. I didn’t like the super cheap ones and I didn’t like the price of most of the leather ones that I saw. Then I heard about duct tape wallets…and I thought the idea sounded great!
Overall it was pretty easy to make. I can see how once you get used to doing these things you could really pump them out. The one I made isn’t great by any means (not as good as the picture here), but hey - I MADE IT! So now I know that the next time my wallet goes out, I can just make a new one. And you can also customize them any way you want to.
So if you’re bored and need something to do, try making a wallet. It’s pretty cool!
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Haha, I think its pretty cool. Especially the image you created of it.
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That’s not really my image, I got that one from Flickr. But it looks like a similar design. Although, that one is cooler than mine
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Isn’t this the definition of being cheap? If I did that I think my wife might divorce me!
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This is pretty cool .. I love the use of duct tape.. My purse is also pretty much torn now . I think I will try duct taping and give it a new look ! ! !
Thanks for the gr8 tip
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PRetty Nice idea
Why don’t you take a photo from your wallet and show it on your blog 
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I had never heard of duct tape wallets before, cool idea. I’m well known for losing my wallet when I’ve had a few to many beers, I might just make a duct tape one for going out, could always knock out a couple of spare ones aswell in no time.
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That’s nothing!
Talk to me when you’ve figured out how to make a duct tape money clip.
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Pretty, pretty nice. I like it.
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Haha, thats a funny picture dude. However, I liked that bag
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Now if you can just show us how to make money out of duct tape that goes in the duct tape wallet!
Keep the randomness coming. Feel free to comment on my site if you like.
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can you show us the steps how to do it with duck tape? because its unique and really good. thanks
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That’s cooooooooooool. I saw a project like this on LifeHacker. Awesome.
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I like it too! Maybe you could post some instructions in the blog or better pics of how you made it? You might have kicked off a craze. What about other interesting materials?
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Cool idea. I would never have thought about making a wallet out of duct tape. I guess I need to be a little more imaginative!
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I am broke so a wallet is of no use to me. how about some suggestions on how to make cash
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Well it would have been better if you had shown the actual method to make one like that
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What a great idea! I’m going to try that next time my wallet has worn out
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Don’t pull out that duct tape wallet on a first date.
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When a some guy asks you for money, just take out that wallet and say “if I had money, do you think I will be carrying this!?” lol
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LOL to the person who talked about not pulling out the duct tape wallet on the first date. But lets be serious…
..if she really likes you, she’d probably dig the duct tape wallet haha
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LOL. I saw some kids making one like this on TV once. It’s genius. They were actually making really detailed and fancy wallets.
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Why don’t you show a picture of the wallet you made? It can’t be that bad. LOL
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I knew a few people who made duct tape wallets and one that made awesome wallets out of tape and magazine articles and picture cut outs. They were really cool and I always wanted to make one, but I lack most artistic ability whatsoever.
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Wow!What a nice idea..^_^
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Dump the wallet and get a money clip. You will stop carrying around a bunch of clutter and it is better for your back.
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Now that’s the definition of do it yourself.
Neil’s comment is funny though.
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I got the plans from Makezine. Here’s the link: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/07/instructions_and_pdf_document.html
There are other plans online too, just go look around!
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very nice! just goes to show you can do anything if you put your mind to it!
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Hah! That is awesome. You should make a bunch and sell them.
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Absolutely hilarious. I love your blog the posts are so funny and random I love it.
My wallet has a hole in it so change always falls out, leaves me always wondering how I spent my money so quick sometimes haha.
- Dwayne Charrington.
http://www.dwaynecharrington.com
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I had never heard of duct tape wallets before!Cool idea!
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home made stuff is always better!
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This just shows how useful duct tape really is. Is there nothing that it cannot be used for?!
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Awesome idea! I think I may just make one for my guy for Valentine’s Day. Sweet, thanks! Oh, and I have a co-worker whose daughter actually started a business making duct tape purses in all the various BRIGHT colors. She makes 20 bucks a pop and it’s great business, as far as I hear. You may want to think about making money off of your creative ideas.
Go for it!
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That’s cool! if i can remember correctly, i think my grandfather had that before.
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I’ve always wanted to make one of these, and I’ve seen some pretty cool ones out there.
I guess I’ll get around to it eventually. My wife keeps telling me it’s a stupid idea :p
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Dude, I would absolutely buy a duct tape wallet. You should start selling them on Ebay.
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Great idea. My wallet just went out(because of the junk I put in it)so this would be a great solution.
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It is amazing the uses uses for duct tape that you can find.
Good job on the wallet and staying frugal.
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How long did making the wallet take? Seems like it would be easy to make one, but tough to make one that looks really good.
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Hehe it actually looks pretty nice! congrats!
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That is pretty cool - a nice & frugal solution! I saw these online a little while ago, been meaning to make one for myself but just haven’t got round to it yet!
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nice solution to the problem
maybe you could make wallets entirely out of duck tape not just as a fix, the market is just crying out for this…
ps can you believe that the domain ducktapewallet.com has been registered!!
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A duct tape wallet? And I thought it was strange to see the cardboard wallet. You are more creative than I!
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I knew a kid who made a pair of duct tape shoes. Seriously! He would actually wear these things all the time.
Do a search for Duct Tape clothing. You’ll be amazed.
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This is an awesome wallet I must say. I have seen these for sale at a skateboard shop in the mall. Making your own is a pretty crazy idea.
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Lovely idea!, I’ll have to play much more with duct tape
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“I couldn’t fit a dollar bill lengthwise, so I had to fold them. This made the wallet get fat really quickly. Great little wallet, but that was the inherent flaw in it.”
–Yeah, what is it with things like that, anyway? Builders and contractors have to ‘meet code,’ why shouldn’t wallet manufacturers have specific dimensions to follow so we don’t waste our money on something we can’t even put our money into-ya know? But the duct tape wallet was great! Thanks for the idea and yet one more use for duct tape.
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What a great idea. I bet it is waterproof so I can take it fishing.
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Hi,
That image is copyright, I don’t mind you using my image, but please, give credit where credit is due
Melissa/KMCdesigns
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