Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box

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Coupon Organizer - closed finished box tops and front view Easily repurpose an empty tissue box into a coupon, receipt, or recipe card organizer. This could also be a bigger trinket box. It is very easy to make and personalize for you with items you have already at home!

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 box

Supplies:

empty tissue box
glue
Xacto Knife
stickers
sticker ribbon
micro spring clamp, optional
cardstock paper
white sticker label
cardboard
pen

Steps:

Using an Xacto knife carefully cut along the 2 sides and longest side closest to you so that the box can open at the top with a flap.

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - empty tissue box

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - cut top of box to make a flap or lid

Trace the bottom of the tissue box onto cardboard for the base insert and cut out. This cardboard insert will allow your box to be more sturdy.

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box Made from a Tissue Box - tissue box on piece of cardboard

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - shape of box traced onto cardboard

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - cardboard shape cut out

Optional: I recycled cardboard packaging (very pretty print) that I already have from online orders and cut out to the size of the base. I glued the design to the base for the bottom of the tissue box.

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - leftover packaging used for base

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - trace box and cut out

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - cut shape

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - apply glue to box base and glue down the design paper

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - glue to cardboard base cut earlier

I measured and cut more pieces of the recycled cardboard packaging. Repeat for all the interior sides of the box. I used mini clamps to help secure the pieces for the glue to set faster.

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - begin cutting and glueing pieces of the recycled cardboard to the interior sides of the tissue box

Coupon Organizer Made from a Tissue Box - looking down into the tissue box with bottom and back side covered with decorative cardboard - clip holding design paper in the upper left

Coupon Organizer - glue on one end of inside of tissue box

I ripped the clear flap off and put on more of the leftover floral packaging. In this area you can write something or put your name.

Coupon Organizer - remove the clear plastic on the top of the box

Coupon Organizer - cover the opening with more of the packaging

To hide the edges/seams, I used sticker ribbon around and some cardboard stickers I have as decorative accents.

Coupon Organizer - add sticker ribbon to edges and other decorative stickers if desired, photo shows two heart shapes

You can leave the box as is, or complete it as your own organizer. I used cardstock paper and measured the length I want my dividers to be. Then, I took a piece of paper and folded to fit in the box vertically.