Father's Day Craft: Wallet of Awesomeness!

All it takes to make an amazing Father's Day gift are these four items. You only need one roll of duct tape, I showed two here because a second colour can be used to add a design to your wallet when you're done.  I would also recommend having a library card or gift card handy as it will be used, like the bill, to measure the pieces of tape so the wallet can actually be used effectively when complete. This craft can be done by an adult, or school aged child.

Normally I only post a picture or two for these craft ideas, but for this edition, I will be posting a picture at every step to further illustrate how to create your masterpiece! Let's get started.

Step 1: roll out some of the masking tape, always sticky side up.  You want to measure the bill beside it, and make the cut so that the tape is slighty longer on both ends than the money.  You will be trimming this down later, and it allows for you to be able to eyeball the tape length and not have to measure constantly.  This will come in handy, as you will be creating many strips of tape.

Step 2: Make three more strips of tape so you have four total.  It's alright if they're not exactly the same size, but they should all be longer than the money.  Once you have four strips of tape prepared sticky side up, attach them together to make one large piece of tape. You don't want these to overlap each other very much, just enough to attach them together. Set this large piece aside.

Step 3: Prepare four more strips, the same size as the first set. This time, ony attach two together. The third strip is going to be stuck to the first two, but this time face down so the two sticky sides will come together. You want to leave a small strip of upward facing sticky tape at the top.

Add the second face down piece, which will create another small line of sticky taple face down at the bottom of your new shape.

Fold down the top sticky strip over the top to create a nice top edge. (Leave the bottom sticky edge, it will be of use later. Set this piece aside.

Step 4: Cut two more pieces of tape the same size, and this time lay them down on the top half of the first set of tape you created.  These pieces of tape should come together as evenly as possible, so no sticky edge is left at the top.

Step 5: Take the second double sided piece you made, and line up the top of this piece with the newly taped top of the first piece.  Use the bottom stickly line on the second piece to secure it to the first piece, so that it creates a flap. 

Leaving the flap up (so it doesn't stick to the bottom of the first piece, add two more pieces to the bottom of the first piece so you are left with a large square(ish) piece with a flap in the middle.

Step 6: Fold the bottom of the wallet up so the flap is inside. This will become the billfold part of the wallet. Line the bill up with your wallet and trim off the extra uneven edges, making sure not to make the wallet smaller than the bill.

Step 7: Cut off a smaller piece of tape the length of the side of the wallet, and rip it in two, lengthwise. Sticky side up, stick it to the back of the wallet at the side, and fold it around to close the side. Repeat on the other side.

Fold the wallet in half and let it spring back open so you have a clear dividing line on the inside showing the middle.

Step 8: Take your ziplock bag (it has to be a ziplock or knockoff, something that seals), and cut off the corner square including the "zipper", so that it will fit in one side of the wallet with a small boarder around it.

Step 9: Open the zipper and tape down the inside top of the bag so that the tape will not interfere with the closing of the zipper. Close the zipper and fully tape down the rest of the square of bag, turning any left over tape at the top inward, so that the baggie can still open at the top. This will be the change-purse part of the wallet.

Step 10: Cut off Two new pieces of tape: the first just slightly smaller than the other half of the wallet, and the other slightly longer.  Lay the smaller piece sticky side up, and then cover it sticky side down with the longer piece, leaving a sticky edge at the top.

Fold the sticky edge down, and the extra bit at the side around the side of the wallet to the back.

These will be the credit card slots.  Repeat as many times as you like, and as many as will fit comfortably.  I recommend 3-4 slots.

Step 11: cut another square of baggie, this time without the zipper. This will become the photo slot for the wallet.

Place the baggie over the change-purse and cut one more piece of tape the length of the square of plastic.  Rip this lengthwise into three thinner strips of tape. Secure the bottom and both sides with the thin strips, wrapping the tape around to the back for extra security.  Leave the top of the baggie open.

Your wallet is now complete! Close it up, and if desired use a second colour to create a fun design for your dad.

It has two slots for bills, three to four credit card slots, a sealable change purse, and a place where you can surprise him with a family photo.

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