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

mcmeekle

I eat the box. That's where all the nutrients are.

mcmeekle

mcmeekle wrote: »

I eat the box. That's where all the nutrients are.

Or is that potato skins......

:think:

katiekins_2

We are always asked to being our home-made pizzas to any gathering of friends and family, so my hubbie makes a platter with an old cereal box and some foil - much cheaper than buying them (even from Wilkos), and means you don't forget to take your plate home afterwards

JoE

Cardboard makes an excellent under-underlay for carpets. open the boxes out and cut off the flaps so you get lots of rectangles the same size, spread them out on the floor (selotape together if necessary), put down underlay, then the carpet
This will help smooth any bumps where floorboards meet, and means you can get away with a cheaper underlay - or use the same price for a better quality effect.

marigoldhen

My two guinea pigs love cereal boxes. They get used as a bed, tunnel and food. Cheap and cheerful. And when they've destroyed it, they get another one. A free piggy toy!!

And like katiekins, I make cake boards out of cereal boxes and line with tin foil. Saves spending a fortune on buying one and when it's given up the ghost, just make another one for free.

kasturi108

I have been saving my cereal boxes and various other bits and pieces of packaging for a couple of months because it is my son's 4th birthday - we are going to have a robot party - ie I have invited kids round to make robots out of junk. All I had to buy were pipe cleaners and a bit of food - cheap and cheerful party!

smiths84

If you are making jam or chutney, cut circles to top the preserve from the waxy paper inside the box rather than go to the expense of buying them..

gfunk67

but my idea is, get an old cereal box, cut the front off it. turn it around and grab a black felt pen and simply write "i'm cold, hungry and homeless" and sit in a busy street with a half chewed paper cup, some scruffy clothes and put a bowl or an upside down hat next to you....this could get you over £75 a day. and yes, feel free to use the sign over and over again. now even Martin must see that as value for money. thanks for reading.

andy 23yr old

Marg

dpyramid wrote: »

My parents (both in their late 80s) keep their Christmas decorations in a Scotts Porage Oats box that has a 'Coronation Peep-Show' of Westminster Abbey printed on it, so its 56 years old. Anyone beat it for long-term use of a cereal packet?

I thought this was lovely but my OH said he was amazed that a cereal box could contain all of anyones Christmas decorations as our decorations need 4 ENORMOUS boxes so big that they barely fit through the loft hatch!!

bizzielizzie2

Never forum-ed before but couldn't resist a trip down memory lane with the recollection of a childhood encounter with a cereal box. Each year my dear mother would thread string through the top of old cereal boxes and take my younger brother and I for a little trip to the countryside. We thereby attired ourselves with the cereal boxes over our little dufflecoats and dutifully filled the boxes with blackberries, rosehips or elderberries from the hedgerows. We then joyously returned home where our diligent mother set to work making syrups from the aforementioned berries.

We did not appreciate these little excursions at the time and I cannot recall a cereal box around ones neck being any kind of fashion accessory for a 10 year old in the 1970's...but we had a good measure of Vitamin C within us to maintain us throughout the chilly winter months.