How to use adhesive tape creatively

There are different types of adhesive tape with different characteristics, ranging from polypropylene and PVC tape to paper, reinforced, coloured or silent tape.

If you want to give your packaging a personal touch, you can even choose to personalise it!

Adhesive tape is one of the most versatile products on the market!

When one thinks of materials for creative projects, packaging tape is usually not the first one that comes to mind but, being extremely versatile, it can also be used on its own to amazing effect!

Here are some projects that prove it!

Coasters with coloured ribbons designed by The Crafty Gentleman

The Crafty Gentleman is a blog about anything to do with DIY.

Mike, the owner of the blog, uses coloured tape frequently, for example to decorate a wall, make DIY photo frames, greeting cards and much more.

One of the projects we liked best is the set of coasters. They are practical, durable and above all very easy to make. All you need is coloured adhesive tape, a circle of cork and vinyl glue. You choose the colours and how to match them!

Jars decorated with little flags

Did this project catch your eye and would you like to realise it? To embellish or decorate old jars, all you need is, in addition to tape in different colours of course, some string or twine. Cut a rhombus out of the tape, insert some string in the middle, fold the rhombus in half by gluing one corner to the other. Continue making triangles until the flags are the desired length.

Try out different colours and patterns to create your own sequence of flags. You can also experiment with different shapes such as hearts or make up names and words!

More creative ideas for using tape

Printed messages and labels

With customised ribbon you can decorate your items with phrases and messages or create labels. The possibilities are almost endless: from the classic ‘Happy Birthday’ to more practical labels such as ‘Pasta’ or ‘Pens’.

Build a spider’s web for kids

Making a spider’s web for your kids is easy and gives them hours of fun. Just find a door or two adjoining walls and create extravagant webs. Children will feel like they are in a storybook.

Decorating candleholders

This decoration will not only embellish the simplest candleholders but, by using different colours, will create fantastic plays of light and shadow.

Personalisation and creativity for objects of all shapes and sizes

There are various reasons why one should take advantage of adhesive tape, companies for example through personalisation use it to reinforce their brand and give it visibility, others by playing with colours manage to breathe new life into their objects.
In all cases, printed tape offers the possibility of personalisation at low cost, easily and in many different ways.

Now that you know its potential, try customising your ribbon with Rajaprint now!