Gift Box from a Cereal Box

Gift Box from a Cereal Box
After watching J.J. Abrams' TED talk, I was fascinated that he was interested in box design. I was inspired and figured I'd give box making a shot.

I eat a lot of cereal, and had a lot of almost empty boxes lying around. So after a bowl of Capn' Frosted Life, I had all of the materials I would need.
 
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Step 1Tools/Materials:

Tools/Materials:
You'll need the following tools:

- Hot glue gun with glue
- Scissors

Materials
- One cereal box

That's it
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36 comments
Dec 23, 2011. 8:57 PMOrigurumi says:
You had me at "Capn' Frosted Life"! This was a great instructable and I like how you understand that most of the time, words don't help: so thanks for all of the pictures! Made this in under 30 minutes so thanks for taking the time to figure out a plan and posting it on Instructables! Keep on instructing!
~M
Aug 5, 2010. 1:23 PMomnibot says:
Mom turns 60 this weekend and your box totally saved me. Thanks :)
Feb 4, 2010. 2:09 PMEleventy says:
 Thank you, this is great! I tried one myself, and it was fun and easy:

www.eleventytheblog.com/2010/02/fun-with-boxes.html

When I finished the box according to instructions, I had a hard time getting the lid to stay in place without collapsing into the box. Perhaps I was off a little in my dimensions. Anyway, I cut down the front flap into a smaller tab and made a slit in the folded edge on the front bottom panel. The tab slid into the slit nicely, and kept the box closed while also retaining its shape a little better.

Great project, thanks again!
Dec 28, 2009. 5:18 PMLoralynn says:
Fantastic!  I can't wait to try it!
Dec 4, 2009. 9:53 AMgarret-belisle says:
Great article. I'd like permission to post this on my blog
Dec 4, 2009. 1:38 PMgarret-belisle says:
Thank you.

Here is the link.

I hope you like it.

Garret

http://www.needtogetsome.net/2009/12/how-to-make-gift-box-from-cereal-box.html
Oct 2, 2009. 5:02 PMladydae says:
Awesome especially with no measuring.
Mar 18, 2009. 2:13 PMjcordero67 says:
Excellent . a good idea , I have a lot box cereal to use
Mar 7, 2009. 12:27 AMHarkle says:
Tried this with an empty 1kg box Cornflakes. It still works but takes a bit longer. Cheers blightdesign for posting. I'm always looking for ways to used those empty boxes :D
Jan 8, 2009. 4:24 AMshauny294 says:
this is AWESOME!! i love this website.. im always on here making the stuff. if i send in some of my desgins do you reckon people will print them on here?
Jan 6, 2009. 10:56 PMnellydoux says:
Cool instructable! I made mine and now I just put hair clips and hair bands in there. I lined the inside so I wouldn't have to see the imitation rice crispies logo inside, haha. Still thinking of ideas for decoration... ?
Dec 15, 2008. 7:30 AMcobibridge says:
how cool is that!!!
Dec 12, 2008. 12:00 PMlc2u27 says:
Another great recycling idea. I make document holders from empty cereal boxeshttp://ezi-gifts-galore.blogspot.com/2008/12/document-holders-from-recycled-cereal.html
Dec 3, 2008. 2:52 PMgreenmia says:
AWESOME! I made one! MY cereal box was different so my is different (more like a pizza box) I love this idea. I think the cereal designs are very cool so my book looks like it was made from a cereal box. Thanks so much!
Dec 3, 2008. 8:06 AMamakerguy says:
I love that idea because Christmas is coming up
Dec 3, 2008. 1:02 AMchuckstars says:
Actually awesome idea and original =]
Sep 19, 2008. 5:50 PMchelly says:
tried this because i was a box short for shipping out some items. something to keep in mind, not all cereal boxes are the same size. still, w/ a little extra effort i made my box! good idea when you are in a pinch, but now i have to think what to do w/ all this extra cardboard.
Dec 2, 2008. 8:38 PMYerboogieman says:
Speaking of that, my dad bought a chex mix box today.
Dec 2, 2008. 6:11 PMpls says:
Very cool and creative!
Sep 8, 2008. 6:34 AMfireclown says:
For the world easiest cardboard box logo-ing/bling-ing, spray paint works great, and is easy as all get out to stencil with. Cardboard holds spray paint wonderfully well.
Sep 6, 2008. 3:06 PMlotusduck says:
I'm going to screen print the showing side of the box before I fold mine up so that there is a design on all of the box.
Aug 31, 2008. 3:27 AMsilviamira says:
Great! I eat lots of cereal too, so I'll try very soon I guess :)
Aug 30, 2008. 12:12 PMinkstainedheart says:
Awesome instructable--I'm making one now using Elmers glue and a hamburger helper box.
Aug 29, 2008. 2:53 PMLaBibi05 says:
Wow. That is awesome. I am definitely going to try that.
Aug 29, 2008. 7:49 AMlove2die100 says:
This is awesome thanx for the tip.
Aug 21, 2008. 12:18 AMzilan says:
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Aug 28, 2008. 10:15 AMAt Liberty says:
"Where Jihadist Kitty and the Jihadist Dardara Mai Khoury?!" Uh..... ?
Aug 22, 2008. 4:01 PMljjones says:
too cool! I will use this on some of my boxes. How long did it take for you to figure this out? I think it's great!
Aug 21, 2008. 3:56 AMpedrotome says:
I never have breakfast, but I still have some almost-empty old cereal boxes, so I think this instructable was an AMAZING tutorial on how to get rid of them in a cool way.
Aug 19, 2008. 7:40 PMschulman99 says:
unlike tchiseen, I eat cereal every freaking morning. thanks for giving me a whole new awesome use for all those empty boxes!
Aug 19, 2008. 5:47 PMtchiseen says:
I like it a lot. I don't eat much cereal, but still cool!
Aug 19, 2008. 12:45 PMtiuk says:
Nice work, it looks great.
Aug 11, 2008. 12:52 PMscooter76 says:
Very cool, will try it soon.
Aug 10, 2008. 6:15 PMDr. Cool says:
Great Instructable! I wonder what else you can do with cereal boxes! Doc Cool

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