We had another successful craft day with my girlfriends yesterday! My friend LeeAnn brought over lots of crafting ideas which I never thought we would have time to do but she works SO FAST and got them done. I barely could keep up taking pictures for the blog. One of the easiest and fastest projects we made was this cereal box upcycled into a magnetic paper bin for your fridge. SO SO SO Easy.
Materials: Cereal Box, Scrapbook paper (cute options from amazon), scissors, glue
At first I was looking online to figure out the perfect dimensions and seeing if there was a tutorial anywhere. LeeAnn was laughing , and telling me “it is easy, you just cut a cereal box into the shape you want… you dont need a tutorial”. She was rightI I watched her cut one out in 30 seconds then I made her cut another one slowly so I could take pictures to share with you.
Step One: Cut the cereal box into the shape you want. Like I said above, just wing it.
Step Two- Trace and then cut the scrapbooking paper to match the size of the box (pictured below)
Step Three- Glue the paper onto the surfaces of the cereal box
Step Four- Add Magnets to the back. If you do not have these then I have seen people use magnetic clips (that can be used for chips etc) but they do not hold a lot of weight.
That is it, all finished! It was super fast and easy. Meanwhile……. in the yard
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oh my gosh! What a great idea Sonnet! So pretty! I LOVE the choice in paper too!
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Thanks Bette! Isn’t that paper fun?!
Genius! These are beautiful! I can’t wait to make some for my office. I should have no trouble polishing off two boxes of cereal in no time! (I have a little bit of a problem with cereal moderation…esp. Capt. Crunch.) Love these!
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LOVE this, Sonnet!! So crafty and thrifty! I need more cheap projects like this (says my husband). My fridge needs this!
How awesome is this craft?!? I’m always tossing out my cereal boxes, this is a great idea to do something with them!! Thanks for the great idea.
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You are welcome (well, I can’t take credit… my friend LeeAnn brought over the idea). Scarlett has been taking it off the fridge and putting stuff in it. So now we have a new toy and a storage bin
This. Is. So. Adorable!! I love the papers you used to cover the boxes, too!
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Thanks Amy! I was so excited when I saw that orange, black and white one in my friends stack she brought over. Love it
You know I HAD to feature this week at our party. I want to marry that scrapbook paper!
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Genius. I love love LOVE the gorgeous paper patterns! Where did you find them??
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They were in one of the craft paper books from Michaels that my friend brought over. Arent they great? So bright, love!
I’m so in love with this project Sonnet! I just made a giant magnetic chalkboard, and these would be a perfect addition to my ‘command center’. Thank you for sharing! ~Lisa
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Thank you Lisa! So glad you like it. It is so handy to have around and Scarlett loves playing with it as well, she pulls it down and puts her little toys in it lol
Love the papers you used! These are seriously great!
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This is a great idea Sonnet- and so thrifty! Organizing solutions can get crazy expensive. Love it -shared!
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This is the perfect upcycle idea! I could definitely use a few of these. Pinned 🙂
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Someone should make a list of cereal brands in boxes that are big enough for regular 8.5×11″ paper…that’s the problem I always have! Standard cereal boxes are just *that* bit too small….
I know Jennifer that is so true. We used 12×12 craft paper, the 30-50cent kind you can get in the scrapbooking section of the craft store so I just cut down the paper to size.
Great idea! I love this and I’m pinning it for making one later.
I found your post today on Titi Crafty (love that girl!) I’d love it if you’d consider sharing this at Brag About It Link Party on VMG206.
http://www.vmg206.com/2014/02/brag-about-it-link-party-no-43-vmg206.html
~ Megin of VMG206
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Thanks for the invite Megin, I am heading there to link up now!!
Ok, I just had to comment again… because I want to eat this project up, I love it so much! Where did you get that amazing scrapbook paper!!
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Awwww thanks Amy!! So glad you like it, my friend got that scrapbooking paper in one of the clearance “stacks” at michaels. She got the entire book for $7. Then I went through and took the best ones during our craft day haha.. poor thing.
I love how simple, yet stylish this looks! Now I need to stop recycling my cereal boxes and save a few for craft projects. 🙂