These recycled magazine organizers began life as wine boxes, but sturdy cereal boxes of the right shape and size will work just as well.
Recycled Magazine Holders
Supplies:
wine box or cereal box, about 10-½ inches tall, 9 inches wide, and 3-¾ inches deep
craft knife
straight edge or ruler
pencil
gift wrap and glue or spray paint
Magazine Organizers
Instructions: 1. Use the pencil and ruler to mark a line four inches from the bottom of the box, as shown in the diagram on the right. If you are using a wine box, there may be an opening in the side of the box used to dispense the wine. If this is the case, use the box upside down, so that the hole in the side is in the portion that will be removed.
2. Draw a diagonal line from the four inch mark to the top opposite corner of the box, as shown. Repeat on the other side of the box.
3. Use a sharp craft knife or exacto knife to cut away the top portion of the box, following the pencil lines.
4. Spray paint the box in the color of your choice, or cover with glue and gift wrap.
Suggestion: Organize your magazines by color coding - just spray each magazine holder in a different color.
My house LOVES to recycle! I've been casting about in my head for things I could use to make magazine holders. I have sooo many crafts and log cabin magazines! I could tear them and compile the tear sheets into a book, but I don't want to tear them all up. Many of them have patterns throughout the books and it's hard to save the back of page 13, the front of page 14, half of page 16, and the side of page 27! (You know what I mean!) So, I save the whole magazine. I WILL use them...one day. I guess I'll quit buying bagged cereal for awhile. Go boxed cereal! Thanks for the idea!
candy
July 16, 2008 - 20:16
nice job for a magazene holder that is cool
Karen Spivey – Tallahassee, FL
July 14, 2008 - 15:28
My house LOVES to recycle! I've been casting about in my head for things I could use to make magazine holders. I have sooo many crafts and log cabin magazines! I could tear them and compile the tear sheets into a book, but I don't want to tear them all up. Many of them have patterns throughout the books and it's hard to save the back of page 13, the front of page 14, half of page 16, and the side of page 27! (You know what I mean!) So, I save the whole magazine. I WILL use them...one day. I guess I'll quit buying bagged cereal for awhile. Go boxed cereal! Thanks for the idea!
GURNIKA TALWAR – NEW DELHI , INDIA
June 23, 2008 - 04:19
I QUITE LIKED IT.
BUT WILL IT GO FOR MY ENVIRONMENTAL HOLIDAY HOMEWORK?
Reply to GURNIKA TALWAR
brittany
July 16, 2008 - 20:15
yes it will go with ur envieramentel homework
Akanksha – new delhi india
June 02, 2008 - 02:02
hey this is a very creative idea of using the empty boxes into useful magazine holders
thanx a ton
jayakarthik
May 23, 2008 - 16:36
Hi jane
thanks for your wonderful and simple magazine organizer
i made 2 of them, one holding my son's books and the other holding my magazines
its cost effective, and doesnt take much of time, it just took half an hour to do.
thank you once again
jayakarthik
Reply to jayakarthik
Jane – Editor of AllFreeCrafts
May 29, 2008 - 21:21
You are most welcome. I'm glad that you and your son were able to use this idea.