Empty Cereal Box as Organizing Tool

Saturday is green:organizing day, when we give you eco-friendly tips for how to take command of all your stuff.

This is a fantastic idea from Martha Stewart Kids. Empty cereal boxes seem to multiply, especially if you have kids in the house. You could recycle them, but why do that when you could reuse them as attractive, free, organizing tools?

The gist of the project is to cut a cereal box into a variety of shapes and sizes, depending on your needs. You can make magazine holder-style organizers or file boxes out of standard size cereal boxes, and index card files or pencil cups out of small, single serving size boxes. The article recommends using contact paper or decorative papers to make the boxes more attractive—you could make this really green by reusing wrapping paper or wrapping the boxes in newspaper pages.

Check out marthastewart.com for the full instructions.