Readers Write - Recycling Tissue Boxes

Reader's Write

"What can I make out of those pretty decorated tissue boxes?"

What clever visitors we have! I had a hard time coming up with ideas for tissue boxes but some really great ideas were submitted. Here's one from Pegi of Toronto, frame_tissuebox_small.gif (6963 bytes)

Canada... make a picture frame! Choose a small box that goes with your room and the rest is easy. Great for lockers also!

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Looking for more ideas for recycled items? Visit our recycling pages. Here are more great ideas for your tissue boxes from our visitors:

Mother's Day Gift
"Make tissue paper flowers on pipe cleaners and use a small pretty tissue box as a vase."
--Camille, Reno, Nevada

Satellite Mobile
"Hot glue boxes together at their ends to make an interesting shape. Add some cardboard to reinforce it at weak points. Paint it silver and decorate to look like a satellite. Use fishing line to hang it from the ceiling."
--Reinaldo, CT

Bean Bag Animal Couch
"Stuff the inside with newspaper and tape a piece of cardboard over the hole. Hot glue pretty material over it. Make a long rolled cushion the length of the box and hot glue it one. Make two shorter ones for arms. Glue a ruffle around the bottom."
--Gale, Louisville, KY

Valentine's Day Card Holder
"Decorate the outside of a tissue box for Valentine's Day and use it to hold your cards."
--Mehreen

Easter Basket
"Cut the top off and the sides down to about 2". Use the scrap to make a handle."
--Melanie, Clinton, CT

Tissue Box Cover
"Cut out bottom of a tissue box. Reinforce box by gluing pieces of newspapers in layers over entire box. Paint or cover with fabric. Add lace to edges and/or beads and use as a reusable tissue box cover."
--Karimah, Sanford, Florida

Hair Accessory Holder
"Decorate them by adding glitter, gemstones and lace. Use to hold hair accessories."
--Rae

Fancy Tissue Box Holder
"Cut out the bottom of the box. Use pasta to decorate it. Spray paint gold. Refill with tissues from the bottom."
--Linda, Millsboro, DE

Plastic Bag Holder
"Use tissue boxes to hold your plastic bags like the ones you receive at department stores."
--Lori, Maplewood, MN

Pencil Holder
"Put something heavy in the bottom like marbles or rocks so that it doesn't become top heavy and use it as a pencil holder."
--Anonymous

Bean Bag Animal Homes
"Decorate or use 'as is' to house your little Beanies."
--Vicki, West End, NC

Journal Covers
"Cut out squares or rectangles of the of 'good' sides of the box. Use two pieces to make a journal cover. Cut plain paper to match the size of the covers, punch holes and lace them together."
--Kerri, Guam