This one I made for him before he was born, awww. I had a short-lived basket making hobby. Very short lived.
This extra-special one was given to him by his aunt (it contains more containers!)
This is a Red Sox cup he confiscated to keep Happy Meal toys in.
And here we have a treasure chest that he and Daddy made together, it holds... what else? Some treasures!
And is it just kids? I think not. Especially those of us who sew or craft - we're always needing new compartments and containers for our threads, beads, buttons, needles, and more. So - lately I'm trying to reuse instead of buying new containers every time the fancy strikes. Here is a wooden compartmentalized tray that originally had little horses in it - now used for sewing supplies. All I had to do was redecorate the top and it fits right in with my eclectic group of supplies.
And finally, here is plastic cookie container (not sure where all those cookies went...ahem) now divided (cut and used some plastic ribbon holders that I didn't need to make dividers) and holding my clothing tags!
Both of these reused items were decorated using just a glue gun and some on hand supplies. And a note on glue guns - KIDS love these. I know it is not something you can let your child play with on their own... but my five year old has his own and is allowed to get it out when I'm working on sewing and crafts and work along side me. His favorite thing is to glue buttons together to make cool little sculptures. We get bags of mixed buttons at craft stores and it has provided hours of entertainment and creativity!
And if you are in need of some fancy containers but don't have any left over cookie boxes- how about looking here? Etsy Container Search. ;) These are actually a bunch of decorative boxes for different uses - but they're great and I'm sure just the tip of the iceberg on Etsy!
We are a family that loves boxes and cool containers. My husband is a woodworker by hobby and has recently discovered box making. I am thinking up plans for him to make to use in my work space.
ReplyDeleteI am also a huge fan of repurposing used items. What a clever use of storage containers and creative up-cycling! Keep the hits coming :)