Make It: Milk Jug Lunch Box
| September 2, 2011 | Posted by udandi under Tips, udandi |
Next time you empty a gallon milk jug, wash it out, draw the lines on like in the photo.
Use a pin to poke rows of holes, which will become the crease.
Fold it into a little box and add a piece of hook and loop closure (brand name is Velcro) and you’ve got yourself a clever lunchbox!
What other items headed for the recycling bin can be reused to make a lunch box or as a container within a lunch tote?
Don’t want to put food in it? Consider it for the upcoming holiday gift-giving season. I used a few of these for keeping small craft supplies that are used in the same project (think cardmaking) together.
If you don’t want to make a lunch box, you could buy the whole kit and caboodle. Reuseit sells a variety of lunch packing goods and if you’re a first-time Reuseit customer, be sure to select your free gift when ordering (I picked the bamboo utensils and like them!).
Note: I found this item via Pinterest, which I’m learning is not always bookmarked to the original source. Thank you to a reader who post this link to directions.
Uhmmm, is there any detailed tutorial on how to make it? Can you share it please? Thanks.
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/reusable-lunch-containers-785113/
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My 9 yr old daughter made this for her science project which was to make something useful out of rubish. Thanks for the great idea!
Omg, that is my exact science project! Do you think you can help?
The instructions are on this website
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/reusable-lunch-containers-785113/
ah this is one of the disadvantages of Pinterest and not being able to track down the original source if it wasn’t pinned from it. Thanks N. I’ll update the post.
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Is there any concern about chemicals leaching into the food after some time of use?
I cannot answer that question. But this is a container that held milk and I would only use it as a lunch tote (items would be packed in a reusable sacks not loose)
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Such a smart idea! Adding it to the giant list of things I want to make in 2012
Kate,
I’ve found this hack to be great for storing craft bits and bobs. It was going to be my ornament storage solution but I made something else.
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that is a smart idea! I’ll remember it! Thank you so much!
Im a little confused.. i would love to try out this idea but i clicked under everyones instructions and still havent found any measurements or a pattern.. im not quite sure where the lines would be appropiatley placed?
if you eyeball it based on the photo you’ll do alright. In my case, there’s always another milk jug to try it on!
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Just finished making one of these. 2 questions: is there any way to remove the milk bottle labels without so much work and aggravation (soaking, scrubbing, and lots of Goo-gone)? Also, what do you do about the large indented circle shapes on the 2 sides of the milk bottle opposite the handle?
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