Introduction: PET Bottle to Jewelry Box
Create your own small jewelry box from a recycled soda bottle!
Step 1:
Rinse and dry PET bottle
Step 2:
Mark a line about __ inches from the bottom, or just where the bottle's curvature begins to change. Using the utility knife, carefully cut a line around the circumference of the bottle.
Step 3:
Your soda bottle should have five bumps on the bottle, to maximize its stability when standing. Make a mark in between each of these bumps, indicating where your vertical cuts will be made. Using scissors, make vertical cuts down toward the base of the bottle, stopping approximately __inches from the bottom.
*Make sure your cuts are all of equal length!
Step 4: Trim
Round off the hard edges at the top of your container, to protects the users' fingers when opening and closing it.
Step 5: Fold
Fold over the flaps and add a bead or other indicator that your box is now closed! ...And voilá!