What To Do with Clementine Boxes

We've been picking up clementines at the market lately, and they generally come in handy wooden boxes. While we've seen Maxwell's neat idea for repurposing the clementine peel, we haven't talked much on reusing the boxes...

Above the jump: A very pretty container garden that will have to wait 'til spring.

We've kept one at home and we keep onions and potatoes in it. One of the markets we frequent pours the clementines out of the box and into your shopping bag and keeps (reuses?) the boxes. We've found plenty of other ideas on the web, too. Here are a few below:

Plant wheatgrass.

Make a clementine box creche in time for the holidays.

Danny Seo repurposes one as a gift box mimosa kit.

If you have children, you may be interested in the sweet little doll bed repurposed by Recovergirl.

Here's a cardboard version reused as a kitchen drawer organizer.

Plant a container garden in an old clementine box. Photo © Kerry Michaels at About.com.

Have you kept and reused a clementine box in your home? To what (re)use did you put yours?

Photo up top from: Bellwood Gardens

Comments (8)

I have two of them stacked up that I keep bathroom stuff in on a shelf. The corners make for very easy stacking and I love the graphic appeal of them.

i have a few in my kitchen cabinets corralling like food items. i'll definitely going to plant this year's - so cute!

mine's in the kitchen next to the stove and holds stuff like olive oil (which can leave a greasy mess), salt, pepper, and other handy items for cooking.

I'm fortunate enough to have them straight from the tree. Very eco that way. As I'm not sure this year's crop will be good, though, I'll remember this.

ooh! but where does on go to get clementine boxes in the first place? i'm always on the lookout for wooden boxes with fun detailing and have been stalking wine shops for crates for years now.

I am totally going to plant pet grass in one for the cat.

@ curvatura: I've seen them at Trader Joe's.

I love the idea of planting cat grass/flowers/herbs but won't the water decompose the box? Or did you line it?

I turned mine into a place to store tea lights since IKEA doesn't sell them in bags anymore and they end up all over the place. You can see a pic here: http://kitkadesigntoronto.com/?p=741

It makes wonderful kindling, but I'm going to save them now, after seeing this. Thanks!