{"id":1529,"date":"2012-07-20T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T21:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movinginsider.wordpress.com\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2024-08-01T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:58:38","slug":"what-to-do-with-leftover-moving-supplies-part-2-cardboard-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/20\/what-to-do-with-leftover-moving-supplies-part-2-cardboard-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do with Leftover Moving Supplies Part 2: Cardboard Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Reuse

Cardboard Sculptures by Bartek Elsner<\/p><\/div>\n

I know that after the last time I moved I had a stack of flattened moving boxes a mile high. \u00a0In past blog posts, we have given you some practical tips for reusing and recycling boxes<\/a>\u00a0after your move. Now, it is time for some fun and creative ways to reuse your moving supplies.<\/p>\n

Sculpture:<\/span> Great art can be created with almost any medium. Bartek Elsner is one artist who uses cardboard as one of his chosen mediums. You may not be able to create things as detailed as the tree you see above, but with a little bit of creativity you can come up with a masterpiece of your own.<\/p>\n

Lights:<\/span> \u00a0Who would have thought that used boxes can cast beautiful shadows on your walls? Super easy and affordable, experiment and try it out!<\/p>\n

\"Recycle<\/a>

Fido better watch out!<\/p><\/div>\n

Tanks:<\/span> \u00a0Does your cute new kitten have a desire to wage a land war against the neighbor’s dog? \u00a0Help them up their arsenal. \u00a0There are step-by-step instructions on how to reuse your boxes to craft a cat sized tank here: instructables.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Arcade:<\/span> One 9-year-old boy decided to create a whole arcade out of nothing but used boxes and tape in his father’s auto parts store. You can check it out here: cainesarcade.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Robot Costume:<\/span> U-Haul has provided some easy-to-follow instructions on how to turn yourself or your child into a box robot. \u00a0Download the instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These are just a few ideas for having fun with your left-over moving boxes, if you would like to see more ideas on how to reuse boxes for kids read more here<\/a> or follow this board on Pinterest<\/a> or Boxman<\/a> on Facebook!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know that after the last time I moved I had a stack of flattened moving boxes a mile high. \u00a0In past blog posts, we have given you some practical tips for reusing and recycling boxes\u00a0after your move. Now, it is time for some fun and creative ways to reuse your moving supplies. Sculpture: Great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":1536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,220],"tags":[19,26,27,30,31,35,44,141,145,148,174],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-2","category-moving-fun","category-movingfun","tag-art","tag-box","tag-boxes","tag-cardboard","tag-cardboard-boxes","tag-cats","tag-crafts","tag-pets","tag-recycle","tag-reuse","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58076,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/58076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}