Repurpose A Shoebox To Create The Perfect Organizer For Crafting Essentials

A shoebox is great for protecting that new pair of shoes you just purchased, but that doesn't mean it needs to go straight into the garbage as soon as you take the shoes home from the store. Cardboard packaging waste, which includes shoeboxes, is a huge problem for the planet, and finding ways to reuse these versatile items is an easy way you can help. There are so many creative ways to repurpose old shoeboxes, including turning them into a holiday gift box, transforming them into jewelry storage, and even using them for extra storage in your bathroom. Another nifty way to repurpose your shoebox is to use it to organize all of your crafting essentials. To do this, you'll create dividers out of additional cardboard and attach them with hot glue, then decorate the piece. 

Shoeboxes are the perfect shape to organize ribbon, yarn, sewing tools, art supplies, and any other crafting items that might be currently sitting in a messy heap in your craft room. Genius craft room organization hacks like this one can make a huge difference in your space and also ensure that you can find all your crafting supplies when you need them. This is a fairly easy DIY, since shoeboxes are already the perfect shape for storing small items. With that said, you can still have a ton of fun with this upcycling project because you can decorate the exterior of the shoebox to your liking.

If you're organizing larger pieces of crafting supplies like scissors, glue bottles, or larger paint containers, you don't need to go too wild with the modifications. You can simply decorate the outside of the box if you'd like and place the bigger crafting pieces in the box. However, when it comes to organizing smaller crafting pieces like beads, buttons, sewing threads, or googly eyes, you'll need to put a tad more effort into constructing your organizer.

To turn your shoebox into an organizer for smaller crafting essentials, you'll need multiple storage compartments. Old cardboard boxes are the perfect item to use to create the storage dividers, as you can easily cut them up into your desired sizes and glue them into the shoebox. If you need lots of storage space, try adding shorter compartments into the shoebox and then building a square container for on top of it, which can be removed with the help of a loop of ribbon or rope. 

Once the glue is dry, you can get busy personalizing the shoebox. You can cover the exterior and storage compartments in pretty pieces of wallpaper or fabric, line the edges with ribbons, or even paint the shoebox to decorate it. Twine on the exterior of the box can give it a nice earthy look, and you can even fashion a cute latch for the front with some twine and a button. Just attach the twine to the lid and the button to the front of the piece, then loop the twine around it.