When buying a new pair of shoes at the store, we bring home and a cardboard box with it. And it often happens that boots or shoes have long been worn down, and the packaging from under them is somewhere new in the closet. Doing another general cleaning, do not rush to throw out unnecessary shoe boxes. Of these, you can do with your own hands a lot of interesting and useful things. Which ones? We are talking about this in this article. Here, the attention of all creative people presents the ideas of the original, and most importantly - the crafts needed in the household. We invite you to familiarize yourself with them.
Shoe box organizer
You can learn how to do a wonderful desktop stand for books, notebooks, and other office supplies according to the instructions below. For work, we prepare the following materials:
- rectangular shoe box;
- brown paper or a piece of new wallpaper;
- PVA glue ;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- pencil.
How to make an organizer out of boxes: process description
We measure the length of the cardboard container and outline its middle along the side. In this place we draw a triangle with a vertex below. Cut out this detail. It turns out on the side of the hole is a triangular shape. Similarly, we arrange the opposite side of the container. Now fold the box in half, pushing its edges in opposite directions. The lower parts of the product are well glued. We decorate the container with wrapping paper or wallpaper. Also for these purposes, you can use postcards, stickers, fabric. A stationery stand will look good if painted with watercolors or acrylics. As a result, we get from the shoeboxes an excellent and practical organizer, consisting of two containers separated by a partition in the middle.
Making a cardboard box: preparatory stage
This idea will surely appeal to all women who love jewelry and have a lot of them. So that your rings, bracelets and pendants are always in order, we offer you to make a box for them from shoe boxes. To implement this product, you will need such materials and tools:
- cardboard shoe packaging;
- fabric (suede, velvet, plush, caton);
- decorative elements (lace, satin ribbons, rhinestones, sequins);
- thin foam rubber;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- glue "Moment" or "Titanium";
- ruler;
- pencil.
Instructions for the manufacture of jewelry boxes from shoe boxes
We measure cardboard packaging from all external and internal sides. We transfer all the results to the fabric and carry out patterns. We glue the outer sides with textiles. From foam rubber we cut a workpiece, the width and length of which correspond to measurements of the inside of the box. This means that it should lie tightly on the bottom of the container. Glue the foam. From above we fasten a pattern of fabric made according to the corresponding measurements. In the same way we make out the cover of the shoe packaging.
In order for the box to have an aesthetic appearance, it needs to be decorated. Dressing shoe boxes is an interesting and exciting activity. Here, already every master shows his imagination and creativity. The lid and the outer sides of the container can be glued with lace, sequins, rhinestones, fabric applications, bows and flowers made using the kanzashi technique of satin ribbons. The casket is ready. It remains to put your jewelry in it.
Decorative shelves
Is it possible to make furniture out of shoe boxes? The answer to this question is yes. To decorate the general interior of the house from a cardboard container, we will make a small shelf.
On the wrong side of most of the boxes, we make a loop from the fishing line, stretching it through the wall of the container in two places and tying it to a knot. Next we fit the blank with any fabric invoice, the color scheme of which harmoniously fits into the overall interior. We hang the product on the wall. Naturally, heavy objects cannot be placed on such a shelf. But some souvenir or a bouquet of dried flowers will be quite good to stay on it. Such a “piece of furniture” looks very impressive and interesting.
Toy town
We offer you to make original attributes for games out of shoe boxes. Turn cardboard containers into houses from which you can build a whole city. Collect all the boxes you don't need in the house and sort them by size. Decide what you will do from each of these containers. Next, glue them with colored paper or the remnants of new wallpaper. Follow the method of applying windows and doors on the houses.
Invite your child to color them on his own as he wants. You can draw curtains and flowerpots in the windows. Using the same principle, design all cardboard buildings.
Of the smaller boxes in this technique, you can make toy cars. Such a town, made by the hands of mom and dad, will surely delight your children.
As you can see, many useful things can be made from shoe packaging. Show your imagination and creativity and make exclusive products for your home and family with your own hands.