In our Homeschool were allowed to study anything we want and exploring experiments is fun. Did you know May 27th is National Cellophane Tape Day #CellophaneTapeDay. In our Homeschool Classes this week I’ve going to have Charlie research Cellophane Tape and when it was made and show unique ways we can use Cellophane Tape. Would you like to help Charlie research Cellophane Tape and how to use it?
National Cellophane Tape Day is celebrated on May 27th every year to commemorate the invention of one of the most practical things ever i.e., cellophane tape. Cellophane tape is used for something that is very important for the world of today. Doy you know what that is? No, well . cellophane tape is used to bring things together.
National Cellophane Tape Day is celebrated to acknowledge the huge role that cellophane tape has played in our lives. Perhaps the most popular among stationery items, cellophane tapes absence would surely have made our lives a lot harder. It is thanks to cellophane tape that we can wrap gifts, do our crafts for class assignments and projects, and so forth. Something this useful deserves its own holiday and this is why we celebrate National Cellophane Tape Day.
The invention of cellophane tape has been credited to Richard Gurley Drew who began his career in 1920 at the 3M company based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Here, Drew developed masking tape for automobiles in 1925. However, it was in 1929 that he got the idea of using the then-recently-invented cellophane to make tape. Cellophane is a moisture-proof substance that was used for wrapping grocery items and baked goods. Drew was looking to create a tape made of cellophane that would seal packaging and at the same time blend in without being visible.
Cellophane tape was originally named Scotch Cellulose Tape. Then cellophane tape was renamed to Scotch Transparent Tape and it received the name ‘Scotch’ when a body-shop painter, while testing the tape, yelled in frustration “Take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it!”
Cellophane tape was revealed to the public and its marketing began on January 31, 1930. Cellophane Tape was patented in the same year on May 27th. This date has thus been chosen as National Cellophane Tape Day. Come and celebrate NATIONAL CELLOPHANE TAPE DAY with us and lets tape everything we know up.
HOW TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL CELLOPHANE TAPE DAY
- Find out more about this interesting piece of stationery by looking up its various types, uses, and history.
- National Cellophane Tape Day is the perfect day to put cellophane tape to good use.
- Repair shoelace ends that are frayed, fix broken glasses, stick the tape over labels to avoid smudges, and more.
- Share what you did with your tape on National Cellophane Tape Day on social media using the hashtag #NationalCellophaneTapeDay.
FACTS ABOUT TAPE THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW
- In 1953, research by Soviet scientists revealed that if cellophane tape is put in a vacuum and peeled off, it produces X-rays.
- More than 90% of U.S. homes, as well as businesses, use masking tape for various purposes.
- Today, there are more than 400 kinds of tapes made such as packaging tape, electrical tape, transparent tape, tape for labels, and more.
- Manufactured during WWII, duct tape was originally called ‘duck tape’ by the soldiers due to the tape’s ability to repel moisture just like “water off a duck’s back.”
- Sometimes ornithologists made use of Scotch tape to cover the cracks formed on the soft shells of fertilized eggs of pigeons, thereby allowing them to hatch.
WHY NATIONAL CELLOPHANE TAPE DAY
- National Cellophane Tape Day acknowledges the importance of cellophane tape in our daily lives and it is a reminder of the multiple uses cellophane tape offers.
- National Cellophane Tape Day celebrates the discovery of cellophane tape by Richard Drew. Without his efforts, who knows how we would have so easily fixed things that are broken.
- National Cellophane Tape Day celebrates the significant role that cellophane tape plays in all our lives. Be it for kids or adults, cellophane tape always comes in handy in one way or the other.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
