How to make a cardboard suitcase DIY Projects Craft Ideas & How To’s for Home Decor with Videos

If you don’t know what to do with shoe boxes, you can recycle them into a sweet little suitcase! Kids will have fun playing with it and hiding treasures in it! You can also use it as an original storage unit! Up cycling is a fun and easy way to bring the kids together while teaching them valuable lessons about taking a green initiative. Save money this summer by teaching your children the art of up cycling. All you need are a few items you may already have laying around the house. Create beautiful printed “suitcases” in no time with our awesome how-to.

How To Make A Little Cardboard Suitcase | Craft Projects

Gather all of your supplies together to before you begin your DIY mission. Are you ready to get started? Check out how to make this awesome DIY kids craft project below.

Supplies needed:
Papers sheets
White glue
Brads
Velcro tape
Cereal box or thin cardboard
Shoe box
Tools:
Scissors
Utility knife
Ruler
Foam paint brush

Step 1.

Start by covering the edges of the box. Cut a large rectangle of paper. You can calculate dimensions this way: the length should cover three sides of the box + 1 inch, the height is the one of the box + 1 inch. Glue the paper on the box.

Step 2.

Cut the corners of the excess paper. It will make it easier to fold and glue.

Step 3.

Fold and glue the paper on the back of the box.

Step 4.

Fold and glue the paper on the inside of the box.

Step 5.

Repeat the same steps to cover the lid sides. Cut a long rectangle of paper. You can calculate dimensions this way: the length should cover all sides of the lid + 1 inch, the height = lid + 1 inch. Glue the paper on the lid sides.

Step 6.

Cut the corners of the excess paper, fold and glue the paper on top and inside.

Step 7.

Covering the back is the last step to finish the sides. Cut a rectangle the size of the back side and add 1 inch to the height. Glue the paper, then fold and glue the edges on top and bottom.

Step 8.

Now it’s time to cover the bottom and the top of the box. You’re going to need an empty cereal box or a thin cardboard sheet. Open the cereal box to have a flat sheet. Put the top of your shoe box on it and report dimensions.

Cut the rectangle you drawn on the cardboard.

Step 9.

Cut a piece of paper, 1 inch wider than the cardboard rectangle. Glue the paper on the cardboard.

Step 10.

Cut the paper edges, fold and glue them on the back of the cardboard.

Step 11.

Glue it on the top of the box.

Step 12.

Repeat step 8 to 11 to cover the bottom of the box.

Step 13.

To make the suitcase handle, you gonna need 4 brads, a long piece of paper (3×10”), a small piece of paper (3×4”), a cardboard rectangle (1×4”).

Step 14.

Glue the cardboard in the center of the paper. Fold the paper on it and glue, one side then the other.

Step 15.

Glue the small paper on the handle. Round off the edges and glue the handle on the suitcase.

Step 16.

Make small holes with a knife.

Step 17.

Pass the brads through the handle and suitcase.

Step 18.

To close the suitcase glue two pieces of velcro. One on the top, the other inside the lid.

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