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How to Craft a Duct Tape Rose. Give that special someone a rose that will survive without water
or sunlight. Make a rose or a whole bouquet with duct tape. You will need Scissors Red
and green duct tape and floral wire. Step 1. Cut several strips of red duct tape 2 inches
in length. Use other colors, such as yellow or white, for your rose. Step 2. Fold the
left corner of one of the squares, sticky side up, down towards the opposite corner,
leaving some adhesive showing on the right side and the bottom. Step 3. Place the floral
wire on top of the exposed adhesive on the bottom left side of your first petal. Wrap
the tape around the wire. Step 4. Make another rose petal. Tilt the petal slightly to the
left, and secure it to the wire with the exposed adhesive next to the first petal. Step 5.
Keep making and adding petals to the wire until you have a full rose. Step 6. Cut a
piece of tape twice the length of the stem. Cut or tear it lengthwise so it is one quarter
its original width. Step 7. Wrap the tape along the wire and then cut away any excess
tape. Did you know According to fossil evidence, the rose is 35 million years old.