Reconstructed Box Tutorial

Posted on | February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I needed an empty box for a game I made up. Since I couldn’t find any that was the correct size, I decided to make my own from a scrap box sitting around the house.

Here’s how:

1) I located a box that was the correct length and width, but too tall.

2) I reinforced the bottom of the box with clear, heavy duty, packing tape.

3) I marked off the height that I wanted the box to stand, and cut off the rest of the box at that point.

4) I used packing tape to re-attach the flaps at the correct height, and reinforced the flaps with tape to the inside of the box.

5) I glued several slices of scrapbook paper to the outside of the box in order to make it attractive.

6) I attached a brad to one flap and a short piece of plastic string to the other. When the string is wound around the brad, the box flaps stay closed.

The final step will be to print out a label for the box and glue it in place.

The entire project took about an hour, but I’m very pleased with the results. I think it was time well spent.

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