Decorative tapes are everywhere! Electrical, duct, washi, masking, wide, thin, transparent, solid, patterns and the list goes on. How can I justify buying these awesome tapes?
Here are a few ideas:
I used electrical tape to create the line for my rubric inspired by Megan’s bring rubric to life post.
I found a Pinterest pin that inspired me to use duct tape to pretty up the edges on my old white boards. I wonder how long it will last with all the erasing?
I like the look of showing the tape on purpose to hang items, just like in a scrapbook. This duct tape has a strong grip too. A student even told me “cool tape” today when she was hanging up her poster. The little details count, or at least make me cooler.
Our Biology teacher, Elizabeth Barlow, used it as bulletin board borders and plain containers to hold pencils and supplies.
How else could we use decorative tape? Any language activities?
Shoot! I should have used that tape instead of the insipid crepe-paper roll I used on my bulletin board!
I’ll do that next year, though.
There’s always a mid-year freshen up!
Nice idea! I love the rejuvenation of white boards, as well as the tape used with scrap booking technique.
So I’m NOT the only person who hears the fun tape calling their name?
I’ve used tape to set up my white board (Objective/Do Now (3 preps), Used some thin polka-dot tape to identify my desk supplies (who needs a label maker?). I’m sure there will be more.
If you make multiple sets of a game, use the tape to mark the cards for each set. For example, one set has yellow dot tape, another has red dot tape, another has pink dot tape…
Reuse manila folders by putting the tape over the tab and writing the new contents.
Encourage students to make a “cheat tape” with troublesome vocabulary on their desk. When it’s test time, remove the tape. (Washi tape works just like masking tape but without the sticky residue.)
Cloze reading passage, cover up the words you want students to determine and they can remove the tape to check their answer. Then, have them cover it back up for the next student.
Really like the cheat tape idea! Thanks!
… Why have I never thought of any of these?! LOVE the ideas- thanks for sharing!
Love it! …. Question: where did you get the proficiency assessment poster? Thanks!
Our district specialist gave them to us. It’s the JCPS rubric from the skydrive, and printed on a poster maker.
Another super easy use for fun colored duct tape is to use to create a hall/bathroom pass – a teacher at my old school made different colored/patterned ones for every teacher – very cool and they last forever! I love your use of the tape to cover your old mini-white boards! That looks so fresh and pretty too! I bought some tape yesterday to put up my proficiency rubric, so excited to have a classroom this year ~ It’s designed especially for the stage so it goes on, is long lasting and very durable and it comes off the walls entirely clean… they have fun bright colors too – the guy at the hardware store told me not to use electrical tape for the rubric as it’ll dry out and crack quickly.
Great tape uses. Can be pricey though so watch for sales at craft stores.
There’s always a Hobby Lobby coupon for 40% online. My store lets me show it on my phone (no printing!).
Doesn’t the tape take the paint off the classroom walls?
It hasn’t yet on my painted cinder blocks. Crossing my fingers.
My custodians would KILL me!
Do NOT make them mad! 🙂
I use them to cover fly swatters, which I then use for a variety of games in my room. So last year I had a tye-dye team and a penguin team.
Now I need to grab some for my dry erase boards…
Will you let us know how long the tape stayed pretty with all the erasing and students drawing on it? I am thinking of making my own white boards with cardstock, laminating sleeves and covering the edges in cool tape.
They still look ok now, but we don’t use them every week.
I have this huge, ugly industrial-looking metal desk. I put patterned duct tape around the edges of it and it looks really cute! Everyone comments on it when they come in my room. 🙂
I have this little organizer for my office supplies (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Stack-On-22-Compartment-Storage-Cabinet-DS-22-12/100005768#.Uhp33huTgzs) that I got from Home Depot. I used pretty blue flower duct tape to cover it and make it pretty!
I love this idea! I used my washi tape to decorate my cup that holds my markers/pencils/etc for the room, and used the tape to decorate my cold call sticks. I also use it for hanging up artwork/student work because I agree it just looks cute! I’ve little bits all over adding pops of pattern to everything!
I am getting so inspired! I am so gonna trick out my hall pass! Thanks for such great ideas!
Nice idea!
Stick it on the carpet and create a timeline for tenses, frequency phrases, numbers etc and students line themselves up in the correct place according to the information that they have in the reading or exit slip etc. i have also used it for el más o el menos. in terms of opinions.