When you buy a new pair of shoes, they obviously come in a box. Your first instinct is probably to throw away the shoebox or to leave it in your wardrobe with the other boxes that have been accumulating dust for months or years now. Why not recycle them into other, more practical objects? Here are a few inspiring ideas if you’re looking to recycle these boxes instead of throwing them out.
1. Create a dollhouse for your kids
Do your kids love to play with dolls? Why not make a doll’s house out of your old shoebox? Of course, ask your children to help you. They will love doing this craft activity with you. Here’s how to do it:
- Place the shoebox on its side, lengthwise.
- Decorate the inside of the box (you can make furniture with toothpicks and pieces of cardboard).
- Add colour by painting the inside and outside of the box.
2. Make a bed for your kitten
If you have kittens or puppies, you can create a bed for them using a shoebox. All you have to do is put a small cushion or a blanket on it to make your pet comfortable.
3. Transform your boxes into building bricks
If your children like to play LEGO or make life-size structures, you can collect shoeboxes and paint them into bricks. They will be happy to build small cardboard houses and this will be a nice change from the tents in the kitchen or living room.
4. Organize all your papers
You don’t have a binder like the vast majority of people? Use your shoeboxes to store your letters, photos, postcards or all the paperwork you need to keep carefully.
5. Make cookie tins
If you are a person who loves homemade cookies, you can always turn your shoebox into a cookie box. Simply decorate it and add a little tissue paper to the bottom.
6. Hide the television wires
The wires on a TV are not very elegant. Fortunately, you can hide them with your shoebox. All you have to do is decorate it, make a hole in it and run the wires from your television or other electronic devices through it. It will look much prettier in your decor!
7. Have extra storage units
Are you constantly lacking storage space and do not want to invest in shelves? Know that you can decorate your shoeboxes, install them on your wall by hanging the bottom and store objects whose weight is light.
8. Organize all your children’s toys
Small cars and children’s dolls are constantly lying on the living room floor? Why not put them in your shoebox? This will prevent you from tripping on these objects.
9. Organize your spices
In case you accumulate spices in your kitchen, you can always store them in a shoebox. So the next time you need dried parsley for your famous spaghetti sauce, you won’t spend 10 minutes looking for that spice in the pantry.
10. Store your beauty products
If you have a ton of beauty products and don’t want to spend money on extra storage space (for example, a beauty table), you can always put your beauty products in your shoe box. You only have to decorate it to have a storage space for your beauty products.
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