How to decorate a shoebox?

Very often when buying shoes, we get a great roomy box as a bonus, which can be left and used for various pleasant trifles. Some boxes look attractive without any effort on our part. But if you do not like the look of the box or you think that it does not fit into your interior, then it's just a fix. All you need is to show imagination, stock up on materials, and your nondescript box will change right before your eyes. How to decorate a shoebox? Invented a lot of ways to decorate boxes from under your shoes with your own hands. Let's look at some of them, and at the same time we'll talk about how and for what you can use, it would seem, an unnecessary box.

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Why use the box?

The simplest application that immediately comes to mind when you see the old box is to put something in there:

• In any house where there are children, there are toys, ranging from various designers, figures from kinder surprises to puppet dresses,small puzzles.
• Cosmetics, decorations, various women's accessories. This idea will appeal to young girls who love to look after themselves.
• Means for charging equipment. Usually in every house there is not one gadget, and this is an excellent reason to collect all the chargers together.

Important! In the box you can store not only the chargers, but also the "carrying" itself, if you make holes for the output of the wires to the side.

• Accessories for creativity. Small pencils, brushes, tubes, wax crayons will finally find their place in the house. And if you make a larger container, you can put sheets of paper, frames, canvases. Such an idea will have to be embroidered for lovers.
• Small things, such as towels, wet napkins, diapers, other things for the child, which are desirable to have at hand.
• As funny as it sounds, but in these boxes you can also store shoes. For example, in winter you can put summer shoes, and vice versa.
• You can turn an ordinary box into a decorative shelf. It is enough to remove the cover, paper it with wallpaper or paper, or even simply paint under the color of your interior. Attach this shelf to the wall with a suitable material, for example, a double-sided adhesive tape, and put a few light jewelry.
• Build the partitions in a large shoe box - so the little things that you fill the box will not get mixed up with each other.

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Useful advices:

• Before you start decorating a box from under your shoes with your own hands, consider a design. Try on the material that you will decorate your box and other decor elements.
• It is desirable to do this kind of work at a spacious desk with good lighting. Ideally - place the table by the window.
• There should not be any extra items on the table that will distract you, interfere with your work.

Important! Make sure that you have at your fingertips handy materials that will be useful for you: transparent and bilateral adhesive tape, scissors, PVA glue, threads, paper clips, stapler, scissors, stationery knife, ruler, chalk, simple pencil.

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Ways to decorate shoe boxes

If you have not done anything like this before, then you need to be patient with materials and materials. How and how can I decorate the box from under the shoes?

Decorate wallpaper

You can decorate your packaging with remaining wallpaper. You can combine two types of different wallpapers, picking them up in contrast.

The working principle is as follows:

• Measure and cut off the necessary piece of wallpaper. To do this, you need to measure the length, height and width of the box. Do not forget to add a few centimeters to the bend.
• Try on a pattern and make a note where you need to cut it.
• Fold wallpaper inside the box, start sticking. Glue can take PVA, wallpaper or hotmoke from a gun.

Important! The thicker the wallpaper, the harder it is to stick it.

• When gluing the outer and inner walls, cut a suitable piece of wallpaper to the size of the bottom and glue.
• The lid is decorated in the same way. You can use the same wallpaper, but you can pick up other ones that match the color.

Adhesive with

self-adhesive film Everything is done in the same way as with wallpaper. To wrap the film on cardboard without wrinkles, you need to glue it, moving gradually and carefully. The main thing here is not to hurry up to do everything qualitatively.

Important! Remember, the shoebox is made of cardboard, so if you incorrectly or crookedly pasted the film, then it will not be possible to fix it, since the upper layer will come off.

Decor gift paper

In this case, the paper does not need to be glued, you can do with adhesive tape to bind the folds. This way to decorate a shoe box is very important when decorating a gift. You can simplify the task and paste the box with ordinary colored paper of your favorite color.

Sealing a box with a cloth

If you have left the material from sewing curtains, then with it you will get a beautiful box that will fit perfectly into your interior. However, you can use any fabric you like.

Consider step by step how to decorate the shoebox with this material:

• Cut the right size of fabric, proceed to gluing the material.

Important! It is best to use a special adhesive for fabrics, which will not leave any traces, or use a glue-gun. You can also use double-sided adhesive tape, provided that it adheres the fabric well to the cardboard.

• The easiest way to work with a square or rectangular box that has right angles. It is enough to measure the size of the sides and leave a few centimeters in reserve for bending. Oval or round shaped lining is quite problematic.
• First glue the main part. When working, make sure that the fabric is firmly pressed against the cardboard, leaving no ugly folds and wrinkles.
• After you have finished decorating the external sides, go to the internal part.
• If necessary - you can make a decorative handle. It can be done with a cord. If you did not provide this option and left holes, then you will have to paste it.
• You can also decorate the ready-made specimen according to your taste with ribbons, satin ribbons, beads, beads and other tinsel that you will find in your house.

Decoration boxes with drawings or applications

If you are preparing a box for "life" in the children's room, you can decorate it with images of your children's favorite characters or drawings of your child. And even better - call your baby and decorate the box together.

Among other things, you and your child will enjoy the process of creating a masterpiece with their own hands. This is not only a pleasant experience, but also very useful for your baby. He will be creative and creative from childhood.

Decor by newspapers and magazines

If you have a lot of old newspapers and magazines in your house, you can use them for decorating boxes from under your shoes with your own hands. When the glue dries, apply several layers of acrylic lacquer to the entire surface.

Important! Dry each layer well.

If the idea of ​​a simple pasting does not inspire you, cut out some figures from newspapers, for example, flowers or butterflies and decorate them with a surface.

Favorite photos of

Your favorite photos will look very original and sentimental. Glue the ones that inspire you the most, and top with a few layers of acrylic lacquer.

Choose a method that you like, or combine several. You can also use other materials, for example, acrylic paints, decorative stickers, embroideries and other decor elements. There are lots of options, but there is no doubt that there is a place in your house for such a thing. Be sure of it!