The Gorgeous 3D Geometric Wall Art You Can Make With A Cardboard Box

From panels to wallpaper to murals, there are many ways to incorporate art into your home. Panels like Art3d's Decorative 3D Wall Panels in Diamond Design are popular, but why pay when you can make it yourself for a fraction of the cost? If you have the time and enjoy DIY crafts, you can create your own 3D wall art from a cardboard box, like TikTok's Sherri Madison, aka @thecardboardqueen. Along with the cardboard, you'll need a detail craft knife, pencil, ruler, cardboard-suitable glue, primer, and acrylic or spray paint. You may also need a foam board or additional cardboard sheet, and packing tape.

To determine how large of a box to use, decide what size you want your wall art to be and what 3D shapes you want to create. Shapes with flat, angled sides, like pyramids, work best to create 3D shadows. Once you've made your selections, take your flattened cardboard box and start tracing triangles (or the shape of your choice) on it. For your first time, you may find it easiest to create shapes that are the same sizes.

Next, place the cardboard on another piece of cardboard, or any other surface that you don't mind a knife blade touching. Then take your detail craft knife and cut over the traced lines, piercing completely through the cardboard. Pop out all the triangles and apply glue to the jagged edges to adhere them to each other and make them 3D, ensuring there are no gaps between edges or underneath.

Once all the pieces are glued together, apply FolkArt Clear Primer or a similar type of primer to help the paint stick better on the cardboard. Use acrylic or spray paint, as these are among the best kinds of paint for DIY projects that involve cardboard. You have many customization options for painting your wall art. For example, you can paint the entire artwork one color, paint some shapes one color and the rest another, or use several paint shades to create an ombre effect.

Be sure your art is completely dry before you hang it. Just as with the previous steps, you have several choices for how to hang your artwork. You can place the shapes next to each other and glue the bottom portions to a foam board or to a large cardboard sheet. Alternatively, you can apply clear packing tape to the bottom/open sections to adhere the shapes together.

Regardless of which technique you use to glue the shapes together, the hanging step should be similar for all methods. You can use a double-sided wall adhesive, apply it to the back of the foam board or cardboard, and place it on your wall. You can also create a hook from string or twine, glue it to the back of the board, hammer a nail in your wall, and hang the art on the nail. This creation is just one of the many smart ways to repurpose cardboard boxes after a move and to save money on 3D wall art.