Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer

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Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - finished organizer filled with desk items This desk organizer is made from an empty aluminum foil box, cardboard paper towel roll tubes, and leftover wrapping paper. I love making things out of supposed trash! ;)

Total Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 1 desk organizer

Supplies:

aluminum foil container
cardboard tubes from kitchen towel rolls
wrapping paper
glue
tape
scissors
ruler
pen

Steps:

Fold the box top outward then push in and glue to the bottom and inside of the box to make it sturdier.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - fold lid back and down into box and glue

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - folding lid

Cover the sharp cutting edge with Scotch tape.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - cover cutter with tape

Start drawing a pattern of your aluminum foil box onto the back of your wrapping paper. You will be cutting it out to cover your box.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - more of pattern

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - marking pattern

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - pattern

Cover all sides of your box with the wrapping paper and glue to secure.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - cover all sides of box with paper and glue in place

Cut the paper towel tubes into 4 pieces. They can be same sizes or varying, up to you.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - cutting paper towel tube into pieces

Cut your wrapping paper a little larger than the length of the cut tubes and neatly glue them on top, tucking the extra down into the tube.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - cut pieces of wrapping paper slightly larger than tube pieces and cover

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - stick extra paper down inside

Glue the wrapped tubes into the box. Fill with office supplies.

Aluminum Foil Box Desk Organizer - glue wrapped tubes down inside the box and add supplies

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