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

LittleVoice

Jesthar wrote: »

(back in the days when H&S had not yet decreed toilet roll middles as unsafe for craft work

Of course H&S doesn't decree toilet roll middles are unsafe - only that children shouldn't use ones which are not clean!

radio10

For DIYers who use a metalwork vice:

Cut the tops from the box with the folded bit, cut to size, mine are 3"x2" then you can use them as vice "clamps" or clams" (I can't remember their correct name) The thick cardboard prevents the metal or whatever you have held in the vice from getting marked by the jaws. The cardboard hinges at the crease and so lies flat in the vice.

aloiseb

justme wrote: »

My son uses old cereal boxes in his snake tank. They make good houses for the snake. Snakes feel secure if they are sleeping in something that is just a little bigger than them.

:eek: Please don't tell me you mixed up the packets when your Auntie Mary who likes cornflakes came to stay.....

haze2807

I cut out shapes to fit exactly round the brass letterbox, door handle and number (this is easiest done before the items are fixed to the door). You can then get right to the edges when polishing your brass without getting Brasso all over the door itself.