Sometimes I fool myself into thinking that I will post a tutorial for some awesome project. I will take photos that not only capture what fun my family had completing the project but also demonstrate the project step-by-step. What a load of shit!

First of all, our projects never go smoothly. Second, rarely do they turn out as anticipated. And third, taking pictures while also overseeing (otherwise known as doing it all) a project with two seven-year olds totally sucks. It's not at all realistic to think that any child working on a project is enjoying the moment with a parent in his or her face demanding that the child hold that pose or recreate that action. I love a good tutorial and frequent a number of crafty mom blogs for ideas to co-op, but they're not fooling me. I know that it's all fake, fake, fake.

Of course, that doesn't stop me from occasionally trying my hand at a well-photographed project to share with my five readers (Hi Grandma). These failures are a necessary reminder that life is not about taking pretty pictures of your kids doing shit and you attempting to present yourself as a happy and crafty family. Nope, and these failures keep me grounded.

But whatever. I am still sharing our DIY duct tape wallet project! We started with some duct tape leftover from the boys' robot party.



Next we all watched this YouTube video.



And then we got down to work. Watch the video if you're curious about what the working bit entails because this is NOT a mother trucking tutorial (despite my original intention)!!



The tape was sticky (duh), sometimes difficult to cut, and we had to keep stopping to rewatch the actual tutorial. There were also a few distractions along the way.



But eventually I stopped snapping pictures and we were able to assemble two very awesome duct tape wallets just perfect for storing allowance money and library cards!



The next morning I both shamelessly and hopelessly tried to take some quick photos of the boys using their wallets as I was leaving for work. Except they weren't really using their wallets. They were just holding the wallets while watching cartoons, which of course meant they were unavailable to even make eye contact with me as I encouraged (or demanded, same difference) them to show off their wallets. Then I just ended up with really unflattering photos of my children watching TV.



So there you have it. Zombie children and a not DIY duct tape wallet tutorial. Enjoy!