30 Days of DIY – Day 1: Lined Canvas Diaper Box

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Welcome to 30 Days of DIY! These posts will be on, well, DIY (do it yourself) projects. I will be focusing on DIYs to save money, reuse things and make expensive stuff for less!

 

Well with out any further delays Here is your project for day 1!

 

 

Turn a diaper box into a Canvas lined Storage Baskets! Now those of us with kids in diapers go threw A LOT of diapers. I try to reuse the boxes, to store stuff in the garage mostly. But this idea is PERFECT I won’t have to HIDE the boxes anymore!

 

 

What you’ll need
Diaper Box
Canvas fabric (1 yard covered two diaper boxes)
Measuring tape
Spray adhesive
Craft glue
Scissors (or rotary cutter and mat)

Check out Mandy’s Krafty Exploits for a step by step of hot to make this project with pictures!

 

 

Don’t forget to make the fabric liner for your basket. This allows your to personalize your basket to fit any decor in any room!

 

 

Fabric of your choosing (my diaper box only required ½ yard)

 

Measuring tape
Scissors (or rotary cutter and mat – I used these)
Thread
Pins
Sewing machine
Box or basket of your choosing
Again Visit Mandy’s Krafty Exploits for all the details step by step for how to do this.

 

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Comments

  1. dyana elkins says:

    As soon as my daughter was not longer wearing diapers, I showed her how to paper mache. We covered 3 boxes! Then we painted them pink and she used them to store all her toys. I now have a great nephew and am going to try the boxes your way!