Recycle Outdated Business Cards and Make a Box

Box Made
from Old
Business
Cards
CraftMeister.MCUniverse.com

Like everybody else,
I have lots of old
business cards lying
around and don’t
quite know what
to do with them
Box Made From Old Business Cards

Recycle old business
cards and make a
box to store trinkets
or business cards

All that’s needed
to make the
recycled box
are
19 Business Cards

I have used 3 different colored
business cards for the instructions
to make it easier to follow

Place 2 business cards facedown,
centered on top of each other

Fold the bottom card
over the top card on one side

Fold up
the second side

Turn cards over and repeat the
previous two steps

Fold all the remaining
cards the same way

Take a 3rd card and
slide it under the 2 flaps
on one side

Lift up the card and
tuck it under
on the other side

This is how
one segment
now looks

Segment view from a different angle
The segments are
the building blocks for the box

Arrange four segments
like this

Slide each flap into
the opening of the next segment

If it is difficult to slide the two segments
together, cut 1/8 inch off one flap
so that one flap is longer

Start with the longer side and then
shorter side is easier to push in

This is the box
without a bottom or top

For the bottom add a 4th card
slip the card under the top card

Tuck in the top card again
This segment has now four flaps
rather than two like the side segments

Reverse side view
of bottom

To attach the bottom:
Tuck one flap into an opening
Don’t push it all the way down

Push the two side flaps a little bit
into the side openings

Stick the forth flap into the
remaining opening of the cube

Gently push down on the bottom
so that all flaps are fully in
Turn the box over to attach lid

The top of the box has 2 small gaps
as there are only 2 flaps and
not 4 like on the bottom

The box can be decorated
any way you wish
This is a stenciled box without a lid

This box is painted with colored pencils
and coated with water-based varnish

Three boxes connected together
with straight business cards

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Created by
Marlies Cohen
Grafika.MCUniverse.com

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