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What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:34 pm
by blackmageheart
Alright so I have this polystyrene box. It's almost a cube but not quite. I really think it needs to be re-purposed but I have no idea what to do with it.
So I come to you, my chums at SS, 'cause you're all full of awesome ideas.
Here's the box:
It's 10" high x 11" wide. The inside is about 7" deep and I forgot to measure its other dimensions not that they really matter. Ignore the blue thingies, they are just packing for what was inside.
Some ideas on what I can do with it would be fab!

Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:40 pm
by starrley
The obvious answer is transporting organs.
But if you want something a little more crafty, I would cover it in fabric, like you would a gift (lid separately), and the cool thing is that you could use it like a cork board. You can pin reminder lists, current project info and charts, and put your WIP inside. If you pinned the chart to the lid you could keep it in your lap or on the table next to you, or wherever you're working.
Or were you looking for something more creative than that? Because you could also cut out cool pictures and glue them on like a collage, and then cover the whole thing in a clear coating. Or you could make a neat design with tape, or square shaped stickers for pixels, paint the box, and when the paint is dry remove the tape or stickers.
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:48 pm
by Eliste
This would be an ideal candidate for a companion cube base imo. Just don't use any aerosol paints on it!
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:49 pm
by blackmageheart
starrley wrote:The obvious answer is transporting organs.
It's funny you should say that, since it also originally had 3 frozen gel packs in it (I now use them to keep cool, they're amazing for sore feet!)
To be honest I don't know
what I'm looking for. Just ideas for now, I don't seem to have any good ones myself at the minute.
Eliste wrote:This would be an ideal candidate for a companion cube base imo. Just don't use any aerosol paints on it!
I knew someone'd say companion cube!

Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:13 pm
by stitchingmama
There's only 1 answer: beer cooler. We get those things at work all the time & always wish there was beer in them. Although when they contain dry ice it becomes a fun day.
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:44 pm
by QueenBex
diorama frame. stitch on/through it. Hat box. break it up for drainage at the bottom of a pot. treasure chest. cutting it down and using for the carving of stamps. cut off one side and stuff with old towels to make a cat bed. Paint a till on it and give to your kids to play shops with. Keep it to one side and re-use for future parcels. Yellow question mark box. cut up and make little tetris blocks out of it (add magnets for fridge fun times)
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:40 pm
by monkeypeaches
QueenBex,

That is all, lol.
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:08 pm
by Kujikiri
Turn it into the box from Kuni's Wheel of Fish gameshow from UHF. What's in the box? NOTHING! STUUUUPID!
Also make a wheel of fish.
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:22 pm
by johloh
trash can filler?
Re: What can I do with this?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:47 pm
by acidMiasma
johloh wrote:trash can filler?
Bahaha! That's exactly what I was thinking when the boyfriend shoved a similar (but larger, and not so cube-like) polystyrene box in a closet. But after reading all these suggestions, I'm having second thoughts. I could trim it down for a giant companion cube to go with my lil 'un
