HOW TO: Make a Casset Tape coin purse with Duck Tape - Recycle crafts!

HOW TO: Make a Cassette Tape coin purse with Duck Tape

Recycle old cassette tapes!

This is what the finished product looks like. Below are the supplies you will need to make a coin purse out of an old cassette tape and duck tape.

You will need duck tape (color of your choice, available at Micheal's, Target and Jo Anne's) I used blue because there was blue on this old cassette tape I found. For mass projects or camps - ask your fellow employees, family or neighbors to bring in and recycle their old cassettes, you'll have a huge supply before you know it! I also used a blue 7 inch zipper - also available at crafts stores, although I ordered these in mass on-line for this project. Scissors, sometimes a box cutter and a ruler. Very basic. Great projects for "retro" themes, or for the teen "designers".

Basically you use a small screw driver to take the cassette tape apart, discard the reels and tape, and remove old stickers if applicable. Then you are going to tape the zipper to the inside of the cassette tape. I made the tape the lenght of the zipper and simple started where I wanted the zipper to open at and taped it along the edge of the cassette. There will be tape overlay, so make sure to make even and neat folds along the way, because the ripples and bumps that the tape make will take up room in your finished product later.

Once done with both sides (NOTE: it is easier to tape to cassette when the zipper is unzipped. I made a small square piece to go in the middle, just to give the inside a more finished look. You are then free to add stickers to the out side, make a handle, etc. Also, it should be noted that I put a small piece of the blue tape, over the tapes holes, so the the back of the tape wouldn't show through. But that is another opportunity to be creative. I have seen it done with fabric, color paper, old gift cards, etc. Enjoy!