5 Uses for Shoe Boxes
I always cringe at getting rid of shoe boxes. Here are some ways to reuse them.
1. School projects. We always used shoe boxes for Valentine's Day boxes. My daughter's school uses cereal boxes, though. There are still a myriad of uses for these and kids crafts, like a sewing box, puppet stand and recipe book (pictured above).
2. Gift boxes. Cover them with Kraft paper and mail as a package or, using spray adhesive (detailed instructions here), wrapping the lid separate and create a gift box. Use raffia to tie the package together and you have an elegant gift (similar to the image above). You can also turn the box itself into a gift ribbon dispenser, making wrapping regular gifts easier.
3. Storage. Again, cover boxes and their lids with Kraft paper (see link above) use them to store small items. Write on the ends of the boxes with Sharpies to identify the contents.
4. Craft box. The image above uses a sandwich box but you can use a larger shoe box to hold a plethora of markers, crayons, colored pencils and more.
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5. Art. Of course if you're an artist with made skills, you could try this: Sneaker Sculptures
Finally, Puma is rolling out a new kind of shoe box that eliminates up to 65 percent of the waste that shoe boxes create. Watch a video about the project below: