How to Cut Duck Tape with Cricut Explore

Updated on July 23, 2024

How to Cut Duck Tape with Cricut Explore. Tips for cutting rolls of Duck Tape into special designs using your Cricut machine.

A few weeks ago I shared how to create a DIY art portfolio to keep larger artwork for your kids organized. To create the portfolio you only need Duck Tape and posterboard, so the project itself is really inexpensive and easy to do.

As most of you know, I love to label things. I wanted to create a label that would match the Duck Tape border on the portfolio. It took a little trial and error to figure out the best way to cut the Duck Tape from the roll, however, it is really quite simple.

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Supplies needed:

• Cricut Explore
• Duck Tape roll (any pattern)
• Wax paper
• Transfer tape

Start by creating your design in Cricut Design Space™. I used a simple font (Bebas) to create my daughter’s name, “Olivia”. 

Note: Be sure to not create a design that is taller than 1.88 inches, since that is the height of a standard roll of Duck Tape.

Tear off a piece of wax paper. Apply a piece of Duck Tape from your roll to the wax paper. Trim the excess wax paper from around the Duck Tape, leaving a small border of the wax paper.

Apply your Duck Tape and wax paper strip to your Cricut mat, with the wax paper side down. I used the vinyl setting to cut out the tape. After your design is cut out, weed the excess tape from your design just like you would with a vinyl project.

Use transfer tape to transfer your design from the wax paper to your project. In this case, I am adding it to my DIY art portfolio.

Helpful tips:

• You can purchase Duck Tape sheets that would also work great for Cricut projects. Since they come with a backing it would eliminate the need to use the wax paper.
• I first tried doing this project with freezer paper, but the Duck Tape sticks too much to the paper (even on the shiny side) to be able to transfer the design without problems.
• Use transfer tape! It makes it so much easier to move your design. All of my letters stayed in place, and you don’t have to worry when you peel up the design that it will fold over on itself and get stuck.

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