Here I am again with another of my re-use passions. Collect little boxes eg groceries and medicines and the insides of toilet rolls and sticky tapes. Cut all the tops off.
Find a sturdy box that will hold them all.
Experiment with how the little boxes will fit inside the big box, taller ones at the back. Height and width depends on what you will want to store in each compartment.
It looks a little drab in the picture above, but watch it brighten as soon as you put the things in:
Of course, the most fun is in the decorating. An easy way is to paint it all, but you can also cover each box with a pretty gift wrap glued on with wallpaper paste (messy and a bit of a fuss to make initially, but once you have a batch, you can do them all and it's water soluble and dries clear. Here's the one I use at work; made many years ago, from tubes of different diameter only:
Find a sturdy box that will hold them all.
Experiment with how the little boxes will fit inside the big box, taller ones at the back. Height and width depends on what you will want to store in each compartment.
It looks a little drab in the picture above, but watch it brighten as soon as you put the things in:
Of course, the most fun is in the decorating. An easy way is to paint it all, but you can also cover each box with a pretty gift wrap glued on with wallpaper paste (messy and a bit of a fuss to make initially, but once you have a batch, you can do them all and it's water soluble and dries clear. Here's the one I use at work; made many years ago, from tubes of different diameter only:
1 comment:
Thats a great idea, will have to give this a go
http://doriclass.blogspot.com
susie
Post a Comment