recycle outdated business cards and make a box
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Do you throw your outdated business cards or do you recycle them? If you want to recycle them, but don't know how, here is a simple idea that uses no tools or glue. Give it a try and let me know what you think.TRANSCRIPT
Box Made from Old Business
Cards
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Like everybody else,
I have lots of old
business cards lying
around and don’t
quite know what
to do with them
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Recycle old business
cards and make a
box to store trinkets
or business cards
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
All that’s needed
to make the
recycled box
are
19 Business Cards
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
I have used 3 different colored
business cards for the instructions
to make it easier to follow
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Place 2 business cards facedown,
centered on top of each other
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Fold the bottom card
over the top card on one side
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Fold up
the second side
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Turn cards over and repeat the
previous two steps
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Fold all the remaining
cards the same way
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Take a 3rd card and
slide it under the 2 flaps
on one side
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Lift up the card and
tuck it under
on the other side
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
This is how
one segment
now looks
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Segment view from a different angle
The segments are
the building blocks for the box
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Arrange four segments
like this
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Slide each flap into
the opening of the next segment
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
If it is difficult to slide the two segments
together, cut 1/8 inch off one flap
so that one flap is longer
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Start with the longer side and then
shorter side is easier to push in
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
This is the box
without a bottom or top
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
For the bottom add a 4th card
slip the card under the top card
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Tuck in the top card again
This segment has now four flaps
rather than two like the side segments
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Reverse side view
of bottom
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
To attach the bottom:
Tuck one flap into an opening
Don’t push it all the way down
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Push the two side flaps a little bit
into the side openings
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Stick the forth flap into the
remaining opening of the cube
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Gently push down on the bottom
so that all flaps are fully in
Turn the box over to attach lid
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
The top of the box has 2 small gaps
as there are only 2 flaps and
not 4 like on the bottom
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
The box can be decorated
any way you wish
This is a stenciled box without a lid
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
This box is painted with colored pencils
and coated with water-based varnish
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Three boxes connected together
with straight business cards
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
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Box Made From Old Business Cards
Created by
Marlies Cohen
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Box Made From Old Business Cards