Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders

RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post by SassyGirl (1) | (11/23/2007) Profile | Contact Thank you all for your suggestions. I will see what works best for me. RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post By Janet Hounsell (Guest Post) (11/20/2007) Find some light weight fabric you like enough to do one or all of your magazine boxes individually. This, of course, can be an old curtain, sheet, even a piece of clothing, like a full skirt you no longer wear. On newspaper, lay down your box repeatedly, drawing the surace to be covered WITH a half inch to spare all around each piece. Buy a bottle of inexpensive liquid starch (laundry products section at the store). Pour some into a bowl. Dip each piece into this, squeeze out excess and smooth onto the appropriate part of the box. Use a table knife to stuff fold part into creases. When another part overlaps that crease as you work, fold under the excess and press down firmly. When all covered, let dry very well. If any edges are loose, glue down with common Elmer's white glue. Glue on any brain, rick rack or other trim you might like. The same method can be used to make gift boxes for Christmas or any time of the year. They, like bags, are reusable (say within a family) and they can be well trimmed with glued on ribbon and bows! I covered several to save newspaper clippings in in my office, using an old couch cover's good parts. It is in a plaid design and I love 'em! RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post by Momof1 (16) | (11/20/2007) Profile | Contact With all of the beautiful scrapbooking papers that are available, you could probably find something that coordinates with our office. RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post by thriftmeg (172) | (11/20/2007) Profile | Contact You could try decoupaging pictures or old reciepts or invoices etc. using thinned with water white glue or the specially made product for decoupage. Add things one at a time, overlapping and cutting as needed to fit the shape. Tearing tissue paper or a single printed layer from napkins and gluing it on then coating top with decoupage medium works too. I did mine with office cartoons that I had clipped from various sources and pictures from magazines. RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post by MartyD (165) | (11/19/2007) Profile | Contact You can also use wallpaper other than contact. It should be easy to find something in keeping with your decor. There is also spray paint. It won't hurt the cardboard ... RE: Decorating Cardboard Magazine Holders Post By (Guest Post) (11/19/2007) The easiest way would be contact paper - you can get it in the housewares section of walmart and stuff. It will make it cleanable too!