Great “What to do with an old Cereal Box?” Challenge: Radical recycling...

KxMx

As I do card trading (trading cards) the mini boxes you buy in packs are ideal for sending a 72-card set. A bit of packing on top and they're ready to go.

muffin_man

Nile wrote: »

Get the scissors out and create your own cheap version of a magazine file, ideal for storing copies of magazines and papers.;)

Click here to use as a guide

Regards

Nile

Usually do this as well, although I always turn the box inside out first...if you split it very carefully along the vertical join you can just flip it round and stick it back together making a nice neat looking file case. If its for longer term storage, leave all the tabs etc intact and you can still close it at the top to keep the dust out.

moneynovice123

When I was child we always used to use them to make insoles for our shoes - even if you use the foam insoles I think the cardboard gives you some insulation against the cold ground in the winter. Give it go, what have you got to lose!:rotfl:

Fig_Roll_2

Some very good suggestions here, I'm going to be using some.

Recently I turned a cereal box into a car park for my sons cars.

I cut the the side off and drew spaces for him to use.

Close to being destroyed now due to over use, will have to make another one this weekend I think!!

figgy

Grandma_Hobbit

It's not just cereal boxes. there are so many cardboard items around and recycling facilioties are not always to hand. I am fortunate enough to have a wood burning fire with a back boiler. I have an enjoyable winter time seeing the cardboard disappear, keeping warm and heating the hot water. It's what would happen in a landfill site but I cahanel it faster through my fireplace. - Graham Hobbs

Alker

Good for lining ordinary envelopes for sending photographs through the post.

Jesthar

We used to do all manner of things with them when I was litle (back in the days when H&S had not yet decreed toilet roll middles as unsafe for craft work), from pinball machines (I kid you not!) to aeroplanes to weaving looms.

Still, the absolute favourite has to be one of the simplest - pompom templates! Some of the robins, snowmen and Santa pompom decorations I used to make and sell at christmas craft fairs still appear every year of various friends' Christmas trees.

Also used to keep me occupied for hours, even after I worked out how to make them from start to finish in 30 minutes flat...

purplecatlover

mine are used with the sides ripped out either

with holes punched to make thred sorters for cross stitch

or with a empty chinese takeaway container as a means of removing moths from the hosue without touching them or risking them escaping.

Wiggynut

I've been known to tear a tiny bit off a cereal box and use it to pick my teeth!

I've recently used the box to make some small foot shapes which will be covered in material... I'm hoping to make some mini converse shoes for a stop motion armature doll!

very useful for paper-mache projects as it can be used as a strong base/armature.

the1daughter

OK, so this is my first posting, so if it's not quite right format, please forgive me!

When ever I have to supply home made cakes to school events, church, fete, etc I use a cereal box transport the item in & it doubles as a selling container & for the customer to take it home in. It works like this:
1.Tape up closed the top of the box that was opened to get the cereal out.
2. Lie the box down on a large flat side.
3.Cut a 'door' in this large side, coming in about 1" from both top & bottom edges of the box, taking care to leave one edge UNCUT to act as the hinge.
4. Put the cake in the box on a paper plate/greasproof paper or whatever you like.
5. Take some clingfilm and sellotape this over the open 'door' enabling you to see the contents, but not for them to be touched.
6. The inside of the 'door' can now be used to write on the name of the cake, date baked, nut free, price, or whatever you like.
7. Now close the 'door'. If you get this right, you can stack these on top of each other as the weight of the box on top is distributed evenonly over the uncut curfaces.

Aside from the customer being able to take the cake home easily, you also never have the 'has anyone seen my cake tin?' syndrome and you never have to wait until the end of an event to retrieve your container!