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Keep all your ideas in an inspiration box for a rainy day.

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 23rd September 2006 • See Cat Morley's 1145 projects »

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Step 1
Take a sheet of paper, this can really be any size as long as it's a rectangle. For this I used half an A5 sheet.
Step 2
Fold the paper in half width ways and then fold it back out.
Step 3
Fold the two edges in to the middle line.
Step 4
Fold it back out.
Step 5
Fold in half length ways and then fold it back out.
Step 6
Fold the two edges in to the middle line.
Step 7
Fold up the corners so that they touch the first horizontal line.
Step 8
Fold the paper over width ways so that the fold is along the tops of the corners, do this on either side.
Step 9
Fold back the lines created by folding over the paper.
Step 10
Pull out the tabs until the paper folds in to a box.
Step 11
Write down all of your ideas on to a sheet of paper, cut them out and fill up the box.
Step 12
To make a bigger box that you can use as a lid, leave a slight gab before the middle line at steps 3 and 6.
Step 13
You can use any type of paper for this, card works best.

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Bobbie L. · Birmingham, England, GB · 10 projects 9th June 2009

If you folded the corners inside and then folded the holding strip in, you have a neat outside. Great box!

Olivia · 3 projects 6th May 2008

I like it everyone at school wanted one.

Becky G. 17th January 2008

I used to make these all the time when I was little! Oh this brings back memories!

Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 26th December 2007

That'd be a great way to recycle all my old xmas cards, thanks for the tip.

Shady Panda · Virginia, Virginia, US 25th December 2007

I use to make boxes similar to these but I used old b-day cards and such that I'd receive.

Melissa M. · St Louis, Missouri, US 5th December 2007

I have just fallen in love with kerismith.com.. Thank you for posting that website, Hank.

Shivi · Perth, Western Australia, AU · 14 projects 3rd December 2007

I have made one!!!! Note to people making one, if you are using a sheet with a pattern or colour on one side start with the blank side.

Hank · Wirral, England, GB · 10 projects 9th November 2007

You could fill it with these:

http://www.kerismith.com/100ideas.pdf

LaKore · Vinton, Virginia, US · 1 project 22nd October 2007

cute

Tammy

September 30th, 2006

What an amazingly good idea! I keep ideas written in notebooks, but I never seem to find them again, or the pages I wrote them on, end up buying more books and the cycle never ends!

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