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Recycled Magazine Holders
by Jane Lake
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.
Great easy project to do! To solve the issue of it tipping over when you put magazines in it, we taped old AA batteries to the bottom and then cut a piece of cardboard to cover them. Worked great!
I love this. Make sure you use a small box i.e. cereal or wine like they suggest- I used a bigger box and the mags are to small for the box- it still looks fine- just not as snugg.
this web site did not work the box only falls over dont waste ur time!
What a fantastic idea! I quiltily throw the boxes away, knowing they could be used for something, but it never occured to me that I could use them to corral my magazine collection. Thank you so much!
I was looking for magazine holders and I came across recycled magazine holders, great Idea!!!! I already made one, love it. Thanks
your idea is very helpful and innovative.thanx and keep it up.
I used modge-podge to glue pictures and titles from the old magazines onto the magazine holder. Kids love to cut and paste. You can also make your own modge-podge. I think it is a 50/50 mixture of white school glue and water.
tnx whoeva thought of this idea,just finished doin it at least i dnt have 2 do my recycled project anymore
This is a cool idea, my 9 year old has a recycling project due next week. I now know what we are gonna do : )
Having two small kids, I always have tons of cereal boxes too.
I love this idea whoever thought of this idea is great!!!
