Last week we had the fun opportunity to visit some family over Spring Break. We were invited by my sister-in-law to my nephew’s Indiana Jones
When you think of Indiana Jones you have to picture him with his hat and his whip, right? These were actually really easy to make with duct tape, because you can make pretty much anything with duct tape, right?
Indiana Jones Whip
Supplies needed:
A roll of brown or black duct tape
About a 12″ in length stick or dowel. We found this branch in the back yard…
and cut it down to the lengths we wanted and then sanded off any sharp edges.
Step 1- Stretch out a 7′-8′ length of brown or black duct tape. (You could do longer for a longer whip but we had little kids and the 7′ length was perfect) Leave one end stuck to a chair and carefully fold the tape in half so all of the sticky is inside. Repeat this step with two other strips of duct tape so you have three side-by-side. 
Step 2- With the duct tape strips side-by-side, braid the strands together. You can decide how tight or loose you want them to be.
Step 3- Once you have finished braiding, finish off the end by wrapping it with duct tape.
Step 4-Undo the other end from the chair and wrap it around the stick. Secure it and cover the stick with more duct tape.
Step 5- Optional but we added a little tail to the end of the whip and you could add a thin rope to make the snapping noise. We were looking at a whip that my sister-in-law found on Etsy for our inspiration (wish I would have taken a picture). Also, this whip we made by braiding two strands of brown duct tape with one of black. It turned out pretty cool, according to my boys. 😉
The boys loved playing with their whips and they were the perfect addition to an Indiana Jones birthday party.
Stay tuned for the full details of the Indiana Jones party, including poisonous darts, hot lava rocks, snake pits and more.
Other crafts your boys might like are How to Make a Paper Rocket and Angry Birds Paddle Balloon Game.
Great! I will be using this at Halloween time as my son wants to be Indiana Jones!
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This would be perfect for a Halloween costume! Thanks for stopping by.
What a fun idea! My son would love this! He’s also a lasso boy, so I could totally tweak this into a lasso fairly simply. Thanks for commenting on my blog!
~ Ferly
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Thanks for this project and for the chance.
Hello! I have four GIRLS! And my oldest child is my one and only boy. So his next younger sister is a bit of a Tom-boy. So I wasn’t surprised when she picked this whip from the list of cool duct tape ideas! Thanks for the fun 😀
I’m so glad she enjoyed it!!