Overview

Cardboard is durable, cheap, accessible, and the challenge material for the Cardboard Contest! Reuse your cardboard boxes and scraps for a chance to win fabulous prizes from TINE.

All projects that use cardboard are eligible no matter what you decide to build. Enter your best ideas to win TINE combo sticker packs, an iPad, digital cameras, and more. What can you make out of this versatile material?

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The Cardboard Contest 2016 is closed.

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Grand Prize

33 Prizes

Grand Prize (1)

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

First Prize (2)

Two First Prize Winners will receive:

Second (5)

Five Second Prize winners will receive:

Third Prize (10)

Ten Third Prize winners will receive:
  • a TINEtag Combo Pack
  • an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt or a stainless steel mug

Runner Up (15)

Fifteen runner up prize winners will receive an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt or a stainless steel mug.
How It Works

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Aug 8, 2016 and Oct 3, 2016 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Cardboard Contest 2016. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.