Seven Uses for Empty Cereal Boxes

[Creative Commons photo by Stevan Sheets]

Cereal is the third most popular food product in the U.S.. When you add up all those bowls of Lucky Charms and Cheerios, that equals a whole lot of empty cereal boxes! Rather than send all that perfectly good cardboard to the landfill, try one of these ways to give it a whole new life!

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These tutorials would work well with cereal boxes, empty six-pack boxes, or the kind from frozen dinners:

1. Business Cards - You can make your own by cutting out the boxes and screen printing on them or check out these professionally printed ones from the U.S. Business Card Company!
2. Mobile - Check out these adorable cereal and drink box mobiles by Denise Carbonell.
3. Get Stamping - combine that old cereal box with some recycled felt to make your own felt stamp!
4. Gift Tags - Just cut your cardboard to the size you want, punch a hole in the top, and embellish! For some inspiration, take a peek at these tags that Lisa Leonard made.
5. Mask Making - Get festive and make your own mask!
6. Shadow Puppets - I am completely blown away by jimmiehomeschoolmom’s cereal box shadow puppet theater!
7. Book Binding - The front of a cereal box would make the perfect cover for a home made planner or journal!

I’m sure you guys have made some awesome cereal box crafts, too! Share away in the comments!

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