Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle breakfast cereal boxes?

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:49:54 +0000

Cut out of them rectangular pieces- great for an artist to draw with chock or pastels. It is great because brown color serves as medium tone, and it is easy to add darker and lighter colors.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:04:55 +0000

make paper dolls and then make clothes out of some recycled paper, like potato chip bags or anything.
sewing cards.

By: How can I reuse or recycle the plastic bags from cereal boxes? | green-zine.co.uk

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:26 +0000

[...] To extend the product shelf lift and to protect it from moisture, most breakfast cereal is wrapped in some sort of plastic – either a snug film wrapping or, more frequently, a plastic bag/liner – inside its cardboard box. [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:08:55 +0000

Turn them into custom CD or DVD packaging like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecofriendlycddvdpackaging/

You could print your own artwork onto each CD/DVD case or use the print of the box itself which is often colourful and creative!

:-)

By: Olia

Olia — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:07:18 +0000

Cut out patterns for sewing. They will last.

By: Olia

Olia — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:06:44 +0000

Spread and use for dirty jobs to protect table or floor.

By: Olia

Olia — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:06:01 +0000

Gray surface makes a nice sketching paper.

By: Olia

Olia — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:03:54 +0000

Cut, roll and stuff inside the winter boots to keep them straight.

By: Victor Scott

Victor Scott — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:24:28 +0000

Cardboard Box guitars Laura!

By: addy

addy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:33:08 +0000

i love this idea! while we were on vacation, my dad’s girlfriend’s 2 year old son kept on asking me if he could have my purse so i would let him hold it and the only way to get him to give it back was to tell him that when we got home i would give him his very own purse! i usually just gave him a grocery bag and he would be entertained but this is brilliant!

By: xojazz371

xojazz371 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:49:15 +0000

Cut up into bookmarks.

By: xojazz371

xojazz371 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:48:32 +0000

Store and transport cupcakes or other baked goods

By: britney

britney — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:37:28 +0000

cut off the top and make a purse.

By: britney

britney — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:37:05 +0000

cut off the top and make a purse

By: kate spade

kate spade — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:36:47 +0000

You can yous it to hold wires

By: brianna

brianna — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:34:48 +0000

cut off the big sides and use them as a cool notebook cover

By: kochki33

kochki33 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:49:11 +0000

Genius!

By: Robert Woodcroft

Robert Woodcroft — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:01:39 +0000

I cut them up and use as postcards for my competitions. I also purchased a rubber stamp that looks like a postcard so stamp the cards and they look great

By: Ripe Green Ideas

Ripe Green Ideas — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:47:40 +0000

You can turn them into postcards!
My sister last summer challenged me to think of an eco-post card.

So I used the beer box cardboard from the local corsican beer that we were buying!

http://vertes-et-mures.blogspot.com/2008/09/une-co-carte-postale-eco-postcard.html

By: Gulia

Gulia — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:02:21 +0000

Place them around the plants instead of black paper, then cover with mulch.

By: Dawn Collins

Dawn Collins — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:29:00 +0000

no need to scrunch up for the compost bin, put your veg peelings in box & place straight in bin. I have also used them as luggage labels.

By: njtomboy

njtomboy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:45:19 +0000

An cool box notebook
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_paper/article/0,2025,DIY_13771_5477979,00.html

Magazine holder:

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/magazine-holder.shtml

By: abby jenkins

abby jenkins — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:16:54 +0000

I get my business cards printed on old cereal boxes, and as a prop stylist working on mostly food shows it is perfect! You can check out the guy who makes them at http://www.usbcards.net We are also planning on making “save the date” postcards out of them for our wedding, using stickers with address.

By: Aspen

Aspen — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:21:01 +0000

Theyre great for making stencils!

By: dotjay

dotjay — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:37:40 +0000

Some primary schools, playgroups, etc. collect cardboard boxes and tubes for creative 'Blue Peter' moments.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:40:05 +0000

You can make a Spectrometer with a cereal box and a CD.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/CDspectrometer/cdspectrometer.html

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:13:48 +0000

Cut a diagonal peice from the side and use to store magazines. Cut into rectangles and use as bookmarks. (Decorate for a nice gift for bookworms.)

By: Sharon Sugrue

Sharon Sugrue — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:34:27 +0000

If you have a home compost bin, card is a good addition (ripped and scrunched). Check out composting websites that advise this. Other ways are local recycling centres that accept card?

By: Emanla Eraton

Emanla Eraton — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:13:41 +0000

Some cereal boxes have Box-Tops on them, which are basically like $0.10-$0.30 coupons that you can donate to schools who have that program running. Check the tops of the boxes for Box-Tops, cut them out, and give them to schools that run that program.