The moment I see empty cartons, I know I have to make them do a double duty despite their having served the purpose for which they were created in the first place!
I started with four empty CFL cartons. It could be two, four, six or nine, as long as they can be arranged to form an even edged square or rectangle to keep the structure strong. While I used CFL cartons here, I have done the same with empty toothpaste cartons cut into three vertically, for storing stuff like paper clips, rubber bands, hair clips and the likes.
I started with four empty CFL cartons. It could be two, four, six or nine, as long as they can be arranged to form an even edged square or rectangle to keep the structure strong. While I used CFL cartons here, I have done the same with empty toothpaste cartons cut into three vertically, for storing stuff like paper clips, rubber bands, hair clips and the likes.
I cut off and removed the top flaps from all the edges to have them like boxes without lids.
I aligned the four cartons together to make sure they were the perfect square.
Taking two at a time, I stapled the walls together at a minimum of three places. Now I got the sets of twos together and stapled the remaining walls together. For added strength, one could consider gluing the walls together first. In such a situation, I would let the glue semi dry before venturing to staple.
Rummaging through my stock of coloured paper I found a gift wrapping paper from crossword, one with kiddie prints. I cut out a piece longer than the perimeter of my caddy and with a width almost double the height of the caddy. Leaving an inch free at the top, I pasted the paper around the walls, overlapping the extra. I made an incision at the top and bottom corners and folded and pasted the extra along the walls and bottom respectively. There you go, functional caddy ready!
