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Upcycling: Ordnungshelfer aus Mandarinenkisten

Instructions No. 362

Instructions No. 362

Difficulty: Advanced

Working time: 1 hour

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Used tangerine crates are far too good to throw away. Make them practical Organizer for the crafts table. Paint, aluminium wire, round rods and a few pretty ribbons - that's all you need. And if you still have a few tin cans left - you can also convert them into great things.

It's that simple:

Mix the different handicraft colours with Ivory to pastel shades and prime the tangerine boxes with it.

Ribbon shelf
Cut a piece of wire netting slightly wider than the bottom. Bend the overhang upwards and staple the wire mesh to the sides of the box. Saw the round bar about 2 cm longer than the box and drill a hole of Ø 3.5 mm in both ends. Drill holes with Ø 10.5 mm in the sides of the box. Put the round bar through the first hole from the outside,
push the tape rolls onto the round bar and push it through the second hole. Secure the round bar with short pieces of aluminium wire. Decorate the box with Tilda-Ribbon

Map holder
Cut the wire mesh for the card holder and staple it to the outside of the box. Decorate "butterfly" with Tilda-Ribbon and wooden staples.

Memo Box
Drill holes with Ø 3,5 mm in the sides of the box. Cut the aluminium wire approx. 2 cm longer than the box. Put it through the holes and bend the ends to fix it. Decorate with Tilda-Ribbon and wooden clamps "Butterfly".

Basket with handle
Drill holes with Ø 3,5 mm in the sides of the box. Cut the aluminium wire, put it through the holes and bend the ends. Bend the wires to curls with the round nose pliers. Cut the round bar to fit the handle, drill holes with Ø 3,5 mm in the ends, put the aluminium wire through the holes and bend the ends. Decorate with Tilda-Ribbon .

Tin cans
Remove the labels from the cans. dab on Handicraft paint with the Paint sponge and let it dry. Stick on Tilda tapes with tape-Ribbon .

Material list

VBS Double page Adhesive tape, 12 mm
4,49 €
(1 m = 0,45 €)
Quantity:
Beech round bar, Ø 10 mm
1,79 €
Quantity:
Mesh wire, mesh size 14x14 mm
18,99 €
(1 m2 = 7,60 €)
Quantity:
Aluminium wire 3 mm, silver
2,79 €
(1 m = 0,93 €)
Quantity:
VBS Painting sponges, 3 pieces
3,79 €
Quantity:
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