Nobody is going to argue that bow ties are cool, but the stands? They could be cooler. Bow ties deserve better than a little plastic thingy, or a little cardboard box, or nothing at all :O



To make something cool, get something cool and stick it to the uncool thing, and WHAM you have a new cool thing.

List of cool things

  • Unicorns
  • Chocolate
  • Jelly babies
  • Zombies
  • Vinyl records

So there's my short list of cool things, choose one and stick a bow tie stand to it and you'll have an instant cool bow tie stand. Obviously some are more easily obtainable than other. Unfortunately I had to rule out Unicorns as the RSPCA are strongly against sticking items to animals. Chocolate is more suitable but I ate it ... MOVING ON. Jelly babies ... again, super cool but I had the same problem. Zombies are too volatile and noisy, so I ruled them out.

Records \(~o~)/

Leaving me with vinyl records. I've got some and they haven't yet tried to eat me, so all in all a good choice me thinks. 

Making the Stand

  1. Go and grab a pack of Sugru, is it called a pack? Or sachet, envelope, container ... one minute i'll ask. ANYWAY, go grab one of your favourite coloured Sugru, or buy some (Amazon UK or US).
  2. Clean your work area, record and hands so that you don't look dirty, I think its so the Sugru plays nicer. 
  3. Split the Sugru into two equal parts, don't go buying a set of scales just make sure they look the same size. 
  4. Roll them into sausages about 3cm long.
  5. Stick them to the record 2cm away from the middle, one on each side.
  6. Smooth them onto the record to ensure that the sticky stuff does its thing.
  7. Remould them so they stand up from the surface by about 1cm. (If this all sounds confusing refer to the images below).
  8. Wait 24 hours for the Sugru to go into hulk mode.
  9. Very carefully cut a U shape into the cured Sugru.
  10. Hang the record on the wall or use some other new fangled way to place the record into the vertical plane. 
  11. Slot the straps of the bowtie into the slots.
  12. WHAM -bow tie stands are in fact cool.


Bonus Sugru key hook in the background.



If you try this or something similar, i'd love to see your images, comment below.


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