How to Make a Cereal Box Paper Holder

I have a fun and useful back to school craft for you today.  In this post I will show you how to transform a cereal box into a Cereal Box Paper Holder.  This Cereal Box Paper Holder is perfect for holding all of your back to school materials.  It can hold your fun drawings, notebooks, homework, test results and basically anything you want to keep in a safe place.  Don’t let you school paperwork build up into unorganized piles…. keep them safe in this Cereal Box Paper Holder.  So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.

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How to Make a Cereal Box Paper Holder

 

Materials Needed

Cereal Box

Scissors

Magazine Pics or Colorful Paper

Mod Podge or 1/2 Glue 1/2 Water Mixture

Paintbrush

 

Step 1

Get a cereal box

Get a cereal box…. the bigger the better.

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Step 2

Cut off top flaps

Cut off top flaps…. now it looks like this.

 

Step 3

Cut a triangle shape from box.

Cut a triangle shape from box.

 

Step 4

Cut across to other side.

Cut across to other side.

 

Step 5

Cut on a diagonal on the other side too.

Cut on a diagonal on the other side too.

 

Step 6

Cut out pics from a magazine that you like.

Of course, you can cover the paper with colorful paper.  But, in this craft we use magazine pics.  Cut out pics from a magazine that you like.  My son loves Mario and Pokemon.

 

Step 7

You need either Mod Podge or a mixture of half glue and half water.

You need either Mod Podge or a mixture of half glue and half water.

 

Step 8

Put glue down in areas that you are immediately going to put a pic down.

Put glue down in areas that you are immediately going to put a pic down.

 

Step 9

Stick a pic down on the glue mixture

Stick a pic down on the glue mixture / mod podge…. then brush it over the pic as well.

 

Step 10

Keep doing this.... wrapping pics around edges.

Keep doing this…. wrapping pics around edges.  Brush Mod Podge / glue mixture over all at end.

 

Step 11

Let dry.

Let dry.  Place paper within.

And, there you have it…. Your Cereal Box Paper Holder is ready just in time for Back to School.  Now, you have a place to hold on to your important school paperwork.

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