DIY Projects With a Cardboard Box – Boundless Creativity

by Paul Ciocoiu · July 1, 2015

We usually associate cardboard boxes with packaging and storing various objects we don’t need anymore and which normally end up in the attic or basement. But you will be surprised to see these boxes can take interesting new shapes, but also new practical roles at home, reinvented in helpful objects with a bit of creativity. You get to save some money while testing your imagination, surprising the family and friends alike with your enterprising spirit. Below are some suggestions for DIY projects with a cardboard box:

It may take a little effort to make what you see in the first picture: an ingenious cardboard bookshelf that you most probably need at home. With it, you save space, while decorating the wall with an original piece which also personalizes the room. If you add a cardboard pendant light, then you get yourself this DIY ensemble that you rightfully must be proud of.

DIY projects with a cardboard box at home

DIY projects with a cardboard box – an original bookshelf

When it comes to DIY projects for children, using cardboard boxes offers a myriad of choices because imagination simply has no limits in this case. For a start, make a chair, easy to put together. Maybe even easier, a big cardboard box can turn into a racing track for little boys’ cars.

DIY projects with a cardboard box – small chair for kids

Build a fairy tale small house your kids have been dreaming of. It won’t take you too much effort and time and you only need some glue tape in different colors to raise the nano-houses the kids will delightfully take refuge inside. You can also make one for pets or the dolls.

DIY projects with a cardboard box – fairy tale houses

The image below caught our attention – a DIY maze for children. You can build it using large boxes and most probably the effort will be rewarded by the kids’ joy when seeing it.

DIY projects with a cardboard box – a maze

A chic bag is probably the last thing you would have thought of. You can even say you did tasteful recycling and the wife or girlfriend will be impressed by the creative spirit you invested in this original accessory.

DIY projects with a cardboard box – tasteful recycling

A laptop stand or a case are other options you should have in mind when considering DIY projects with a cardboard box. For those meticulous people, a piece of cardboard can easily become an organizer in which different objects are stored together.