Stick It!: 99 D.I.Y. Duct Tape Projects Flexibound – Illustrated, October 23, 2012

This book has a few interesting looking projects in it, but not a lot. Wallets are cool as are some of the "other" category. I like that the wallet patterns attempt to be "universal" in size and not just fit one specific size of money. The "jewelry" projects are 99% junk. I would make maybe one of the bracelets and earrings. Some items are just a strip of duct tape folded over on itself so it's not sticky, and then twisted around another strip to form a braid. There are multiple projects that are just different themes/designs of the same idea. For example, there are two coffee cup cozies but they just have different designs cut out of duct tape. Frankly I think that's cheating if they're counted as different projects but they aren't fundamentally different in some way. And what's up with the pillows??? Who wants duct tape pillows? Maybe you can make one and give it to someone who sleeps outside a lot or it might be good for someone who wets their bed or is muddy a lot... But there are TWO to choose from! There are about 9 greeting card projects that offer maybe 3 actually different techniques. A few duct tape flowers and ornaments in there; the flowers are cute but the ornaments aren't. And really? You're going to wrap duct tape around a pencil and call that a project? Wow, thanks for the "pencil grip" project.As other have said, many of the ideas seem half-baked and not very well put together. I would expect much more for the item that actually makes it into the picture. And I would probably laugh (quietly) at anyone over the age of 12 wearing most of these things. The wallets, book covers, and picture frames all seem mostly ok. I can't return mine since I bought it for the Kindle, but I recommend buying it used. It's probably worth about half the current price in my opinion. Oh, also the projects are rated by level of difficulty from one star to four. However, the Kindle version of this book didn't display that graphic for most of the projects. Not a big deal but seemed worth mentioning.

I bought this book for my 14 year old son as a Birthday gift. He absolutely loved it and is having a blast making things out of it. His first project was with his big brother and they made a real cool wallet. They used chrome duct tape with black duct tape accents then put 686 stickers in various places. I must say it is pretty cool and he enjoys using it as his sole wallet now.We took the book and all the duct tape with us recently on a winter camp trip with friends. On one of the rainy days we all (3 kids, 4 adults) congregated in one 5th wheel and made duct tape projects. Very fun and great family time!!!The hard cover and spiral binding is a huge plus. Very sturdy and good quality.There are a lot of steps to some of the project and younger kids will probably need a little assistance to get through the instructions but it has pictures of steps too. Also most of them are not quick projects but will take a little time.Some of the projects are a little different/odd one might think but hey we are building with duct tape! There are quite a few girl items to do: earrings, purses & girls wallets, flip flops etc... But I think there are equal ideas for boys as well: boys wallets, book covers, ties, key fobs etc...All in all it is a great book and I think any kid (or adult) would have a blast picking a project.

I almost feel like maybe we were sent the wrong book. It’s nice, but it doesn’t fit with all the other reviews I’ve seen. It was very difficult for a group of 13-year-old boys to follow, and they were VERY excited when it arrived. I looked at it and could easily see why they were having a hard time. The words were barely visible and the pics were almost inverted. I am giving it 2 stars because they were able to use it for a few things...but I just don’t understand why ours was so hard to follow.

I have a very avid duct-taper at my house: my 12-year-old son. It's been hard to find a book that has either been appropriate or features good projects. Although he enjoyed Ductigami, most of the projects require a lot of tape; kind of a bummer when you are buying it all with your allowance.I was really happy to find Stick It. It features a ton of projects. Many are variations such as several rings, bags, bracelets, etc. But they are creative ideas and make some really cool things. There are some very feminine things in here (a cute purse or a picture frame for example), but also some great guy things like ties and messenger bags.This book also has a spiral binding which makes the book lay open well. Definitely a good idea!My son has really enjoyed Stick It and has given this book and duct tape to his friends for their birthdays. They've been big hits. If you are a fan of duct tape or know someone who is good with their hands then consider this book. It's great!

This book is chock full of ideas, but I purchased it for a pretty handy 10-year-old boy who makes a lot of stuff with duct tape (and Duck tape). This book is too complicated for him, but he gets ideas from looking at the photos (which would have been a lot easier to understand if they had put hands in the pictures).

I'm really disappointed in this item. The projects are sloppy, and for the most part, useless. The instructions are poorly written, and the illustrations are shabby free hand drawn and hard to decipher. The only real good point is that it gets the creativity juices flowing. However, as an instruction guide it fails greatly.

I gave this book to my 10 year grand daughter for christmas. She could not put the book down. She was still making projects into the following evening. This was the longest I had seen her focus on anything, other than her i-pod.

I purchased these books for my nieces. I had shown them the possibilities of duck tape and I knew a young woman author had written this book so I got it for them inthe hopes they may be inspired like the author.It is a very interesting book. Also I would like to let Amazon customers know that you can purchase styles of duck tape at Wall Mart for $3.37 per role as opposed to Amazon at over $6 per role. STICK IT

This was bought for my daughter as a Christmas gift and as she has not seen it to rate rather it is a good one, I will give it a 4 out of 5 for now. I am looking forward to seeing how she likes it, and what she makes from it.

Great fun

After less than 5 minutes with this book, I logged on to return it! I was expecting something great to give my niece as a gift, and was extremely disappointed with this. If I could give it negative stars, I would. Please do not waste your money on this!! However, to Amazon.ca's credit, when I asked to return it for a full refund, they refunded it, no questions asked and told me to keep it (seems they didn't want it either LOL). 5 stars for Amazon!