Wall Charger Holder

by surfon6

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Intro: Wall Charger Holder

A cool way to reuse a calendar and make a holder for your cell phone to charge in. Takes 15 min. in front of the TV :)

STEP 1: Accessories for the Project

-Pocket Calendars
(like the one you get in your stocking stuffer every year and you didn't know what to do with it... before now that is (for those who still uses those, take the one from the previous year)
-Piece of cardboard (to fit inside)
-Embroidery Needle and thread
-Scissors or exacto knife

STEP 2: Mark

You'll want to mark where you'll be cutting. Leave as much as you can, as it will help to keep you cell phone in the pocket, but cut low enough to leave enough access to plug your phone with digging for your phone (this is for the phones with the charger input on the side).

STEP 3: Cut to Make a Pocket

Cut - see image

STEP 4: Give It a Spine

I inserted a piece of cardboard (actually the one off the calendar) to make it a bit more sturdy.

STEP 5: Sew

I took some embroidery thread and sewed my way around to create a pocket (I did the 3rd side only for looks)

STEP 6: Mark

Make a quick mark as to where you will cut to allow the prongs to go through the holder to the wall outlet.

STEP 7: Final Cut

Cut the hole, check that it's the right size.

STEP 8: Plug and Charge

Voila!

6 Comments

surfon6 15 years ago

Let me know if there is any improvement I can do to my instructable as it's my first one and would love to get feed back :)

BarginsTech 13 years ago

instructable is great :] pictures are perfect and step are simple and imformative

:P amazing idea! making myself one now!!! Do you think cardboard would work? If i cut the hole so it rests on the box of the charger?

surfon6 13 years ago

You can definitely try to cut the whole bigger to put it on the head of the charger but my first instinct would be that it weight of the phone might force pull your charger out of the socket (ah gravity!).
If you plan to do the whole thing out of cardboard you might find it hard to put your phone in the sleeve except if it's really thin like a cereal box.
I was just looking at some cool stuff made out of bike inner tubs, I'm sure you could make this with it.
Enjoy :)

fungus amungus 15 years ago

I've seen a commercial version of this and like how this one is easy to make on its own.

LinuxH4x0r 15 years ago

I could use one of those! I'll go search around now...