Cardboard Boombox

I recently bought a pair of speakers so that I could wake up to happy music from my mp3 player instead of horrible clock-radio alarm noise. A few minutes after setting them up, however, the speaker cords started to seem very cluttered and messy, so I decided to try to make a cardboard boombox to house them in, in the style of an apple iHome (I have a Creative Zen Vision M, which doesn't have the vast line of tailor-made accessories that the iPod does, and making things is more fun than buying them anyway.)

Step 1 Slicin' boxes

I used a standard 4" x 10" x 12" Fed Ex box, because it fit the height of my speakers pretty perfectly.

Cut a hole for the speaker power cord, and slice the flaps off of the short (10" for me) sides of the box.

Comments

[samuraiclinton]

Perhaps future breakdancers who choose the most futuristic sounding music to hear on this thing could downcycle bits of cardboard chewed up from b-boy routines to make their own homemade ghettoblaster out of.

[bethmwl]

I really enjoyed this, very well done and looks much better after decorating. I have been wanting to do a similar piece for when I want to listen to music on my deck. I really like the holder you made for the mp3 player, creative!

[dancingalien6902]

nicely done, Next time you should try and take the individual speakers out of their housings to create a fully custom boombox experience!

[taylor.c.mills]

Thanks! That sounds like a wicked rad project. If I get bored of this boombox, I'll totally try that! I'm curious, though, how you managed to defeat Dancing Alien # 6901? I heard wond'rous tales of his fresh extraterrestrial stylings, and I tremble to imagine he who could coreographically vanquish such a formidable opponent.