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by ALEXANDRA FROST
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With a little crafty creativity, your boxes can be just as valuable as the gift inside them this season. Here are 10 creative ways to put those boxes to work.
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By adding these cute little chalkboard labels, and cutting boxes into the shape of a can storage item, organization will be quick and easy.
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Someone’s bound to be moving near you so let others reuse your old boxes.
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Turn boxes into celebratory decor by painting letters on the sides to spell out the name of the birthday person—or any other message.
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Create a plastic bag holder with a cardboard box by simply wrapping it in contact paper and cutting a hole at the top.
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Instead of wrapping gifts, use cardboard boxes turned inside out and decorated with paint, tape, marker, or ribbon. Get instructions here.
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Turn shipping boxes into a kid-sized “guitar.” Boxes make excellent drums, as well. Just add simple kitchen utensils as drumsticks, and bring on the earplugs.
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Boxes can also make entertaining kitchens, dishwashers, and washing machines for kids to play and practice with.
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Create your own drive-in movie theater for small children out of boxes covered in paper, modeled after cars.