Reuse Cardboard Boxes

Cardboard boxes are inexpensive. This is the reason that most of the people throw out their cardboard boxes after first use. Here, I want to tell you that cardboard boxes are sturdier than you may think. Even if you do not use them for packing again, they can be quite helpful in a number of ways.

Below mentioned are the ways you can reuse your cardboard boxes.

Gifting

There are so many ways you can use a cardboard box for gifting. You can keep those boxes and wait until you plan on gifting someone something. At that time, you can use a colorful wrapping paper to decorate those boxes or you can cut pieces from those boxes to make ‘Thank you’ messages or any type of other notes that you want to display on the boxes.

Dinner circle

Old cardboard tubes, which are usually found in the aluminum foil or paper towels, can be used to make the dinner circles. You can paint the tube or simply wrap a cloth around it to make a napkin ring.

The plant pot

The cardboard box can make a very beautiful plat pot. You will just have to use a trash bag with holes in it along with the cardboard box to create that plat pot. The trash bag is going to keep the inside of box from getting wet. However, it would be great if you keep the plat pots inside.

Children toys

Another quite famous use of cardboard box is that it can be used for the making of very beautiful toys for children. Although you can create a toy for your child but it is ideal to involve your kids in the process. They will be able to use their sense of creativity while creating the toys.

Storage container

The best thing about the cardboard boxes is that they can store things. You can use this property of those boxes to create storage containers. You are just going to need a piece of fabric for both decoration and safety of the box. Use a glue to attach the fabric. The box is going to be more beautiful and sturdier.

The cat scratcher

This may be new to you that you can actually create a cat scratcher with the help of a cardboard box. A bit of shaping and the use of glue can help you create an amazing scratching post for your cat.

Tags

Just like you can cardboard boxes to create messages to be attached to the gifts, you can use those pieces as tags for the other boxes and containers. This way, you will be able to keep things organized.

The above mentioned uses are only the few ones just to tell you that there are endless possibilities about how you can reuse your cardboard boxes.