How can I reuse or recycle … jewellery boxes?
On a shelf in our bedroom, I have a little collection of jewellery boxes.
My jewellery tends to be on the cheap (and/or home-made) kind but every now and then, I get something in a box – either a proper padded ring or earring box, or just a fancy cardboard one.
Given the cheapness of the items (and my laziness), I rarely use the boxes after I’ve got them (as I’ve got a proper jewellery box and a tray to fling cheap bracelets into) but as always, I’m reluctant to throw the little boxes away.
Any suggestions for reuses that would take advantage of the padding? Or do any charities collect them for reuse?
(Photo by nsoup)
I’ll have them! I use them for displaying coins etc. E-mail me on cdhaptomos@hotmail.com if you have any left.
This sounds horrible, but I was trying to come up with an obvious way to recycle these and thought… well, they’re heavy little buggers, what do you do with heavy little things? Put a bunch of them in a sock and make a weapon! : D
Oh Lordy, that comment above was meant for the batteries post. Sorry.
I have recycled ring boxes to keep my boardgame pieces in. Dice and other small pieces fit beautifully.
Hehe, I was amused by the idea of making them into weapons for a theme-obsessed super villian, the Duelling Duke of Jewel perhaps… : )
-louisa
Use them to put small presents in when you can’t find a box or it didn’t come with one! I save all my little boxes and then put holiday presents in them!
Paint them and maybe decorate them with little things like old postage stamps or photographs and reuse them as gift boxes. Since they’ve been decorated there is no need to wrap the present and waste paper.
I have a lot of old jewellary but it is not precious metals but the sort of stuff you get from markets and bourtiques, cheap and colourful. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets and fittings etc. Are they of any use to anyone who likes to make their own jewellary before I chuck it out. Sianee.
Hello if it’s not too late I’d love all you bits and bobs. I’m more than happy to pay postage and if you like, make something new in return..
best,
Lucy
i’ll have them they’ll be really useful. email me on coreykemp@bigpond.com. cody
Could they be returned to the store? Surely most of these boxes are in good nick.
You can offer them to antique shops or second-hand clothes and charity shops. They get jewellery to sell quite often, but very few pieces come in boxes, and people like their items nicely wrapped..
Use them to make suitcases for Barbie dolls. Paint em that gaudy pink color, and there you go.
Make it a fairy trunk. Store in them your baby’s first lock of hair, first cut nails, and first fallen teeth.
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better to used in keeping item which worth while
Put your home-made jewellery in them to give as gifts
Use ring boxes to make cute little photo frames. Here is one I did: http://homesweethomebodies.blogspot.com/2010/03/recycle-your-jewelery-ring-boxes-into.html