Maybe it's just me, but the idea of duct tape touching my cookie dough makes me go blech :-P

It's not just you, DefaultName.

Definitely not just you Default.
Although now that I've read this I'll be banging out heart shaped cookies if ever marooned on a desert island, assuming some bottle caps, nails and tape floats my way. And an oven.

Kudos on the creative solution - very clever, and way better than having the clutter of once-a-year cutters laying around.

Now this is the ingenuity I expect to see here! Ha. Necessity is the mother of invention, eh?. If I were marooned on a desert island, this is precisely the type of mind I'd hope to be stranded with. More please.

@ those who are determined to find fault with every post: Consider your current lifestyle without such ingenious minds...and the conveniences you would miss in their absence..

Like an oven :)

I guess this is kind of handy if you're in a pinch like the creator was, but outside of these weird, cookie cutter-less nations, I feel like most people would rather pay the dollar or so that a cookie cutter costs (or just abandon the heart shapes) than spend that amount of time and effort hacking together a cookie cutter with duct tape.

But as far as MacGuyver solutions go, one time, my ex-boyfriends roommate made a mousetrap by balancing a tipped sieve on a matchstick with some thread tied to it, and tucking a piece of cheese underneath. It was adorable that in his mind, a tiny box-and-stick trap on the kitchen floor was a reasonable way to catch a mouse, but I don't think it ever really worked out for him.

I think this is a cute idea and you had me until I saw the grotty old nail holding it all together. I'd rather buy a 50c cookie cutter that I can re-use and wash easily in between without worrying about when my last tetanus shot was. I'm not trying to "find fault" with anything here; as I said, it's clever! It's just not for me.