We are a homeschooling family. With four kids doing school at home, it is imperative that we be organized. For several years we used our dining room for school. It did the job but I am so thankful for our basement school room we have now. In my continuing effort to be organized, I wanted something to store each of my children’s books. So when they need a specific item they can just take their whole storage unit off the shelf and take it with them. Then if when they put things away they know right where they belong and can find them more easily the next time they need them. (I know it’s wishful thinking but you gotta have a dream, right?!)
This is what I had in mind.
It’s an oversized magazine box from a bookstore. The price on this box was $15.99 and I knew I didn’t want to pay that price times 4 for what I needed so I decided to try to make them myself. I searched for a pattern and came across instructions at Instructables. I did not want them narrow like the one in this tutorial so it took several tries (4 to be exact) to get them the way I liked them.
After figuring out the proper dimensions and making my pattern, the rest were really easy to make.
I may end up redoing the green one because the Mod Podging didn’t turn out as well as I would like. But, you certainly can’t beat FREE and I had everything I needed for this project at home.
I used some letter stickers and added the kid’s names…so there will be no confusion.
I’ve made a few extras to organize my sheet music, coloring books, and magazines. These come in really handy and are basically free if you have access to cardboard. Your grocery, home improvement, or big box store may be able to supply you with some for free.
I love using magazine holders! I don't know if I would have had your patience to keep trying to get that template right though. 🙂 They look great!
This is a great idea and i love that you are recycling- it is so important.
Great job! The easiest way to make these in my opinion is cutting down a cereal box, but I realize that they aren't as sturdy as yours—much quicker though!
Great idea. I like the large size.
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Awesome idea and a lot cheaper than buying them. Thanks for sharing.
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Great job…you’re so resourceful! A set of these would probably be great for holding kid’s mittens and hats for winter too. I found you through Today’s Creative Blog. Cheers!
Love it, What a great idea!
Great job! I never heard of instructables before! Great site!
I make magazine/ coloringbook boxes out of cereal boxes then cover them it works great I just cut the top off and part of the side and it looks just like yours
could you pls upload a template or picture close up for dimentions/measurements so we could use it to duplicate the boxes thanks