30 Shoe Box Craft Ideas
Oh I am a bit of a hoarder of Shoe Boxes.. I don’t know what it is about them, I just love them – they come in that perfect “little size”, you can put things IN a shoebox, shoe boxes stack neatly and they come in all sorts of colours. We particularly shoe boxes, as a gift set packaging – we love to decorate our shoe box and fill it with crafty goodies as birthday presents.. but we also like to craft with them. An in honour of our love for the humble shoebox, we have once again, pulled together a set of wonderful shoe box crafts for you!!! Check out these clever clever ideas – from handy home tidy hacks, to fun toys and games for kids! Which is YOUR favourite shoe box craft?!
Shoe Box Tidies & Gift Sets
A great way to keep all those chargers in order.. make your own Charging Station out of a shoebox!
Clever Ribbon Storage solution!
We LOVE using our Shoebox as GIFT SETS!
Shoe Box Toys
A lovely guest post from Along Came Cherry, sharing this Shoe Box Laptop for kids
Self contained “Shoe box toy crafts” – bedroom and storage in one!
Shoebox Table Football!! What fun!!
Create Shoe Box MONSTERS!
Shoe box suitcase (great for any Paddington Bear fans!)
Shoeboxes as a Learning Tool
Shoe box paper or ribbon weaving
More Shoe Box Weaving! Use fabrics or wool!
Shoe Box Dolls Houses
Making shoebox dolls houses, is probably one of the most “common” uses for a shoebox craft.. and here we share some cute ideas!
Polka Dot Cafe – so cute to have a cafe for the dolls to go and visit!
I love the idea of creating one shoe box room at a time.. and then bringing them all together to make one fabulously big DOLLS HOUSE! That would make for one of those fabulous “ongoing” projects with your family!
Or go the other way and divide one shop box into little rooms.. a perfect Mouse House!
Shoe Box “Play Scenes”
Little Red Riding Hood Story Box
LOVE this little Shoe Box (split level) garage!
Shoe Box Dioramas & Theatres
Shoe Boxes make GREAT Puppet Theatres (especially since you can store your puppets inside!)
Shoe boxes are great for school projects and “Dioramas” – little scenes. Here we have a Mr Men diorama for the School Egg Decorating competition!
Artic Box Puppet theatre/ diorama
The “classic” Shoe Box Aquarium!
Sooo, I hope you have enjoyed these shoebox craft ideas and that you are inspired to get GET CRAFTY!!!
