Kaitlyn came home with a science project last week asking her to REUSE something
from home to make something new.
This is the project that she came up with and she has filled it with
her favourite magazines and taken it to school for display.
Materials
empty cereal box that is larger than a magazine.
ruler
marker, pen or pencil (for making a cut line)
scissors
paint
OPTIONAL (for decorating):
old magazines
scrap paper
scrap ribbon or wool
hole punch
markers
glue
Directions:
Decide how tall you want the front of the magazine holder to be:
Measure and mark that distance on each side of the box.
Draw a line connecting the dots across the narrow side of the box
Ours is about six inches tall.
Draw a diagonal line connecting the line you measure on one side to
the opposite corner at the top of the box. Repeat on the other
side
Cut the top portion of the box off along the lines you just drew.
Paint the entire outside of the box with acrylic paint:
Kaitlyn used white for her project.
Depending on the color you
choose it may require two coats to cover properly.
decorate your box however you like. Suggestions:
use markers to draw and color pictures on your box.
cut out pictures from old magazines and paste them on the box.
cut fancy shapes from scrap paper and paste them to the box
make paper
beads and string them onto wool or ribbon. Use a hole
punch to make a hole along the edge of the box and then tie the
wool or ribbon onto the box
