Variety of craft boxes

Boxes from household appliances, furniture and other purchases take up a lot of space in the house, and it is extremely difficult to find a use for them. Some use them to store things, others make pet houses. Or you can put your creativity to the test and transform the room cool by using ordinary boxes as a base for crafts.

Children love new toys, but getting them every time they get bored with old ones is quite problematic. To please the child and save a fairly large amount, you can make children's toys from the boxes that remain after buying a TV, refrigerator and other goods.

The boy will be delighted with a very realistic knightly costume, and if he participates in its creation, he will be proud of his craft.

From the cardboard box, you need to cut out pieces that look like metal scales. If possible, it is better to cut them out of one piece, connecting them at the back or sides, so that the central part of the cardboard is a solid shield of the child.

From a large box you need to make bib, smaller ones are used to create armors and legs. It is worth considering the geometry of the body: the petals in the shoulders should be wider than at the wrists. A helmet and other non-embossed parts can be made from the remains of a large box.

Use a glue gun or stapler to connect the boxes together.After fastening all the parts, you can additionally use elastic bands for greater strength. It is important to make the suit roomy enough so that the child can easily run around in it and fight the monsters. As an addition to the armor, you can make a sword: cut out one piece of the blade, insert it between two blanks of the handle and glue it.

The form of such a craft can be any, but the simplest one will have three parts: the largest lower block, a slightly smaller upper one - with a slot for the seller's window, well, and a sign that will be located at the very top of the craft. The wider the boxes, the more items the child can place on the counter. To create a fun atmosphere, you can paint the kiosk in vibrant colors.

Of the simpler craft ideas for children, the following options can be noted:

• decorative boat;
• doll furniture;
• camera;
• Dollhouse.

A large box is a good craft material. But more often people have to deal with smaller things: milk cartons or juice boxes. Here are some examples of what you can make of them.

An interesting option for crafts from a box of liquid products will be a cardboard vase. This design does not require special materials and actions, because the inside of the box is treated with a special waterproof substance, which allows you to pour into it not only milk or juice, but also water.

You can create the shape of the vase yourself, there is a lot of room for imagination. Since the box is waterproof from the inside, you just need to finish it on the outside and can be used for its intended purpose or packaged as a gift for mom, grandmother or girlfriend. The simplest design option is ordinary paint. But for those who want to mask the material of manufacture as much as possible, putty with the patterns depicted on it is perfect. After hardening, the putty should be painted with spray paint.

A convenient and practical craft will be a stand for your phone or tablet. It is designed to make the most comfortable viewing of various films or videos. All that is required is to cut out two mirrored pieces of rectangular trapezoid shape from the milk box. In this case, the oblique side should be changed so that at its lower end there is a certain tubercle, which will hold the gadget. The parts must be attached to each other by cutting out two strips at the top of one and at the bottom of the other and inserting them into each other.

Probably one of the most common crafts, because very often such designs are made in the elementary grades of school. In the process of making this craft, you can use both a milk box and a juice box. It is necessary to cut a hole of a large enough diameter in it so that any bird can fly in there and enjoy a treat. The structure must be decorated and fixed on a thick thread - woolen is best. For this thread, the finished feeder is suspended from a tree.

In order to make a children's house out of juice boxes, you will have to spend some time not throwing away and saving up the source material. The number of boxes required will depend on the size of the desired structure: for a cat's house you will need much fewer packages than for a nursery, and for a dollhouse one will be enough.

In general, making a large house out of boxes is quite simple: just lay out the walls out of boxes, fastening them with glue. For convenience, it is better to do this building in the corner of the house. Thus, you only have to lay out two walls, not four. The ceiling is made as desired, for example, from a sheet of plywood. The main thing in this craft is the strength of the structure. The more reliable the walls are, the more convenient and interesting it will be for children to play.

It is much easier to make a dollhouse - just remove one side of the box, make a partition between the first and second floors and a cardboard roof, cut out the windows and decorate the resulting structure. You can add curtains, paste over the walls from the inside with pieces of wallpaper or painted paper, install furniture from matchboxes.

The easiest way to make a wallet is from a box with a screw-on round lid. You will also need:

• scissors;
• ruler;
• felt-tip pen;
• sample.

The template is a strip, the length of which contains three widths of the desired wallet, on top of which, on each side, half a circle with a diameter of 2 widths.

It is necessary to peel off the folded corners on the box and straighten all the folds, and then cut off the strips 3 mm wide at the top and bottom of the package. Position the bag so that the lid is in the center, attach a template and cut out the part along it. Bend the workpiece along horizontal and vertical lines, add diagonal folds of the side parts, then fold the structure and cut a hole for the cover.

In addition to milk and juice boxes, many homes have boxes of various shoes. Having shown imagination, you can come up with a lot of ways where to apply them. Here are some examples.

• Office organizer. Because the shoebox is wide enough, it can accommodate many different office items, such as pens, pencils, rulers, etc. For more convenience, you can use cardboard sleeves that remain from toilet paper. They need to be put in a box and, if necessary, secured with something. Having made this craft in this way, you can conveniently store things: pencils in one section, pens in another, stickers, adhesive tape and a stapler in separate places.

• Charging box for gadgets... This craft will not only be beautiful, but also useful for those who need to charge several gadgets at once. At the same time, a not very aesthetic environment is always created, when many different wires are collected in one place. All that is needed for this design is to place an extension cord, power supply, etc. in the shoe box. In it itself, on one side, you need to cut out several holes for the charging cords. Thus, all the wires will be inside the box, and if necessary, you can push them through the holes and charge the gadget. In this case, the box can be painted in the desired color.

• Storage boxes. Small and medium boxes will make great crafts in which you can store small items. For convenience, you can attach some kind of thread or the like, so that it is convenient to pull the box out of the narrow shelf. If there are several such crafts, it is worth sticking a small plate on the front side, in which the contents of the box will be written.

Candy boxes are also excellent materials for making various kinds of crafts. As a rule, such boxes are distinguished by their striking design, from which you can build on when creating crafts.

• So, the first thing that comes to mind is to make your own home puzzles. Everything is quite simple - you need to take the brightest box of chocolates, preferably with some understandable pattern, or the simplest one, on which to stick the desired pattern, and cut it into separate components.

• Making a chalk board out of the candy boxes is a good option. Due to the fact that candy boxes are usually very flat and wide, this craft will be practical and convenient. All you need to do is paint the back of the box with black acrylic paint. The chalk will be clearly visible, which will not only allow children to play "student and teacher", but also use this board for drawing and creating beautiful signs.

• If you have a box of expensive chocolates, then it can be used as a place to store small things. Basically, all you need to do is rinse the part where the candy was. External design can be anything, it all depends on imagination. If there is a lid that opens like a door, then you can arrange the box as a suitcase. To do this, you need to paint it black and put rivets that will hold the lid.

• The Rafaello box is perfect for various crafts. For example, you can make a decorative little house by placing a roof on top of the box. Another craft is a decorative Easter basket. The main thing here is to arrange everything beautifully, attach a handle on top and glue the entire box with decorative paper.

In addition to the ideas for crafts above, there are many other options that can be made from ordinary boxes.

• So, using a cake box, you can make an excellent box for storing various things. In order for the craft to be aesthetic, it should be pasted over with cloth or paper, on which you can sew or pin various decorations. The box will be used upside down, so a volumetric decoration can be installed on the lid, that is, the former bottom.

• It will be interesting to make a craft from a matchbox. In this case, the design will be seasonal. Consider the fall option. You will need the box itself and colored paper. Use yellow and orange colors. Externally, you need to arrange the boxes so that it immediately resembles autumn. Inside, at the bottom of the box, you can depict a tree or just yellow autumn leaves.

• A box of tea packaging can be useful for creating tea packaging, too, but more convenient and beautiful. It is enough just to remove the top cover and fix the cardboard partitions inside. Thus, in each compartment you can put a certain type of tea or other little things.

• A large box can be useful for creating a volumetric forest craft. It is enough just to remove the upper part and one wall, and apply a forest landscape to the rest. The model of the solar system is made according to the same principle. But in this case, you need to leave the roof, cut out only one wall, paint everything inside in black or space colors. Models of planets can be hung on strings. The creation of an aquarium with fish will be similar. You also need to cut one wall in a large box. Inside, it should be painted blue or light blue, and the fish should be hung on strings.

• There are also various crafts for the garden. They are usually fairly lightweight and easy to make. Usually these are all sorts of animal figures. It is enough just to draw a drawing and use it to make a craft out of the box. By the same principle, it is possible to make small cardboard toys for boys and girls.

Craft ideas from boxes in the video.