After creating a number of video tape boxes I had used
up a few rolls of wide masking tape. Now I had to decide
to either throw them out or come up with a use for them.
Well, I kept them and came up with a unique use for
them.
Materials
empty roll from wide masking tape
cardboard for bottom and lid or styrofoam meat tray
lid from a pill bottle
glue gun
paint
something to put on top of the lid
The Lid
To make the lid trace around outside of roll and cut
out circle.
Then trace around inside of roll and cut that circle out.
Check to see if smaller circle fits inside the roll.
Glue the two circles together.
Paint lid and glue something on top of the lid. I had
this mask and painted the box to match it. The second box
has a sea shell on top to work also as a handle to lift
off the lid.
The Box
Trace around outside of roll on thick cardboard, corrugated
gives it thickness, or styrofoam meat tray. With the styrofoam
one the edges don't need to be covered.
First of all paint the inside of the empty roll. It is
easier to paint when there is no bottom attached yet.
Glue cut out circle to one side of roll. This is the
bottom.
The left box is painted and the one on the right is covered
with a wallpaper border.
I didn't like the boxes flat on the surface so I glue
a lid from a pill bottle underneath to lift it up a little.
