Tue 29 Aug 2006
John and I are cereal-fanatics at the moment and are munching our way through box after box of pre-sweetened, chocolate-flavour flavoured puffed nonsense (me) and dull, wholewheat goodness (him).
Most of our favourite cereals come in bags within boxes so we’re left with a lot of rubbish at the end of each pack.
When I was small, cereal boxes were regularly harvested for their card but I don’t do as much cutting and sticking for fun now - and when I do need some non-corregated card, cat food boxes tend to be sturdier (if slightly smelling of fish and ash).
So any suggestions for thinner cereal box card or the boxes as a whole?
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Emanla Eraton
September 1st, 2006 at 12:13 am
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.
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Sharon Sugrue
September 29th, 2006 at 11:34 am
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?
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Vanessa
October 21st, 2006 at 4:13 am
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.)
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Matt
November 20th, 2006 at 5:40 am
You can make a Spectrometer with a cereal box and a CD.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/CDspectrometer/cdspectrometer.html
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dotjay
November 26th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Some primary schools, playgroups, etc. collect cardboard boxes and tubes for creative ‘Blue Peter’ moments.
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Aspen
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Theyre great for making stencils!
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abby jenkins
April 30th, 2007 at 1:16 am
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 www.usbcards.net We are also planning on making “save the date” postcards out of them for our wedding, using stickers with address.
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njtomboy
August 18th, 2007 at 12:45 am
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
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Dawn Collins
September 29th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
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.
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Gulia
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:02 am
Place them around the plants instead of black paper, then cover with mulch.
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