Green Child Magazine Back-to-School 2014 | Page 74

Kid-Friendly Craft

ReUse : Desk Organizer
Whether you’ll be gearing up to send your children off to school or dusting off the shelves of your
home classroom, the season of school prep is here. This fun project uses a handful of household
leftovers and is endlessly customizable.

Materials:
• An empty box (we used
an old shipping box)
• Toilet Paper Tubes
• Glue
• Paint, Fabric or Tacky
Paper
• Tape (optional)

Instructions:
1. Find your components! We needed just 4
toilet paper rolls for this box, yours may be a
bit wider, or narrower.
2. Once you’ve found your pieces, it’s time to
decorate. Paint is an easy and fast way to
dress up the cardboard. Two coats should
cover it pretty well.
3. Once the pieces are dry, use a piece of tape
to hold your TP rolls together and apply
glue ONLY to the side that will go up against
the back of your box.
4. Place the TP rolls into the box and press
firmly against the box. (We laid the box
with that side down and then placed a paint
bottle on top of the rolls to apply pressure
while they dried).
5. When the glue is dried, you are ready to
decorate (stickers, doodles, etc.) and get
organizing!
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