The Finished Project...
Okay so recently I received a really ugly folder from my school and I decided to get good use of it by duck-taping it. This prettifies it and it makes it stronger and more durable.
So this diy is pretty simple.
You'll need...
A folder
Duck-tape, one color or multi colors
Scissors
So my folder from my school was really odd and was not connected at the bottom by the side do it would open up completely. So if you're wondering...
You're going to want to start with the inside.
Measure out and cut a piece of duck-tape that will cover the whole folder if you have a weird folder like I do or will cover just the part you can see.
Apply the duck-tape making sure to smooth the tape out so there are no air bubbles.
Fold the edges onto the other side. For the corners cut a tiny square out at the top to make folding clean and easy.
When you're down with one piece it should look like this...
Just keep doing the same process of cutting strips long enough and then placing them on the folder. Overlap the edges of the pieces so that there will be no gaps. Once you're done with a few rows it should look like this..
This is what it looked like when I had done the whole inside...
And when the flap was folded over...
If you have a normal folder where the flap is already secured I would cover that part of the folder when you're covering the front. Just wrap the piece from the front over the flap and put the excess in the pocket.
For doing the edges going over to the front I left them hanging out until the end when I cut them to a uniform length and folded them over
That's what the top edge looked like...
And the inside of the folder when I folded the pocket flap over...
To secure that I took a matching piece of duck-tape cut to that length and just folded it over from front to back...
The final inside of the folder...
And the outside...
And unfolded...
I hope this helped some of you guys. Even though it is pretty basic. Definitely make it your own by using different colors and types of duck-tape to cover up those ugly folders.
