Things to Make with Cardboard

Most of us seem to accumulate or at least come in contact with cardboard. There are other ways you can use that cardboard other than adding it to the burn pile. Here are a few creative ways to reuse cardboard.

Cardboard makes great yard sale and garage sale signs. Just take a big marker and write all the info. You can buy a couple of ground stakes cheap and then nail the sign. After the sale is over you can save the signs for future use.

If you are looking for some big cardboard boxes you can call your local appliance store and see if they would be willing to give you a refrigerator box, washer or dryer box. These boxes make great play houses, club houses and all that fun stuff! You can cut out windows and a door. Have the kids decorate it and fix it up as they want.

These large boxes are also great for making large cut outs. You can make a life size cut out with the face cut out for the kids to have a picture made. These large boxes would also make a great addition to a birthday party. You can make a giant baseball, basketball, soccer ball or football.

Of course one of the more obvious ways to reuse cardboard boxes is to use it to store things in. Cardboard boxes come in all different sizes and makes a great way to store your items without having to spend extra money on storage bins.

A few more common ways to use cardboard is to reuse them to ship items. If you have to mail a package then save your money and reuse a cardboard box.

When moving gathering up cardboard boxes is a must. You can check your local grocery store and see if they will let you have their empty boxes. Most stores will be glad to let you have them.

Cardboard boxes also make great gift boxes. I have been known to start saving all sizes of boxes to have enough at Christmas time to wrap gifts. I usually don't even have to purchase any boxes.

A great way to use an empty box is to keep it to put your charity items in. I seem to always have a box going that I constantly am putting items for Goodwill in. When it is full you can box it up and give it to them. Sometimes having a box handy for these items makes you more prone to give things away.

We go camping ever so often and a small cardboard box makes a great trash can when your out in the woods. It makes it very easy to throw away. A larger cardboard box makes a great table when your camping too.

Start saving those cardboard boxes!