As a parent I have always encouraged my daughter to explore activities she enjoys and those that help her grow. This includes playtime. In our home playtime is just another outlet for learning. It isn’t limited but rather nurtured. Whether it’s through a puppet show, crafting, dress up with our pug Chloe, or collecting stones outside for her nature collage- we are learning together. Playtime promotes creativity, imagination, and allows children to gain an understanding of the world around them. Not to mention, it’s just plain old FUN. Even as an adult I find myself taking advantage of playtime. I almost forgot how entertaining it is to get a box of crayons and some white paper, drawing whatever comes to mind.
During the Summer we spend a lot of time outdoors soaking up the sun rays and hosting play dates with friends. Not only does it give Toodie a chance to socialize with other children but it also gives me the opportunity to sit back, supervise, and blog! Before school lets out I have already started my “Summer Fun” stockpile. So far it includes plenty of Juicy Juice and Crayola goodies to keep the little ones refreshed and entertained.
While shopping at Walmart this week I found specially marked Juicy Juice packages with attached coupons for $3 off select kid friendly Crayola products. These included the Crayola Color Wonder and My First Crayola products. With my coupon for $1 off two Juicy Juice products I grabbed our favorite flavors, Apple & Fruit Punch.
We go through what seems like a boat load of Juicy Juice throughout the year and the empty containers make for great DIY projects later on. Using those that I had already accumulated from past snack times I decided to make Toodie her very own art caddy to hold all of her supplies.
I gathered 12 empty and clean Juicy Juice box containers (one full package) and used an X-acto knife to carefully remove the lids. Cutting along the patterned line ensures that each box is cut similar in size. Edges can be trimmed and cleaned up later on.
With a hot glue gun I attached the boxes together side by side.
Using glittered Washi tape I lined the top and bottom halves of the caddy to cover any imperfections. To hide the rough uneven edges I folded a small piece of the tape over them.
To conceal the remaining juice boxes I used a thicker patterned Washi tape and ran it along the four sides of the box.
With white iridescent scrap booking stickers I added the word “create” on the front. This will be holding the tools of creativity so it only seemed appropriate! On the back I later added the word “imagine.” You could add your little one’s name as an alternative. Kids love anything personalized and made especially for them.
The individual compartments make organizing crayons, markers, paint, and pencils much easier. Before the caddy I must have stepped on at least a dozen of these a day. All of her art utensils are now easily accessible and there is no more yelping in pain when I walk into her room at night!
My daughter has become quite the little Picasso over the years. With her up-cycled juice box caddy she can get ready for Summer time play dates with friends and tap into her artistic side.
Of course, every young artist needs a refreshment break after a hard day at work!
What’s your favorite way to enjoy Juice Juice?
What a great kids DIY project! We would end up recycling almost everything if we were all as creative as you!
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You are so creative and crafty! I love that idea and we ALWAYS use Crayola products in our house! They are definitely the best!
That is so creative!! Love it!!
How do we love our juice?…Chilled 🙂
That is so creative!! Love it!
We love our juice chilled 🙂
I wish my son liked juice – he only wants milk and water! Crayola wonder products are perfect for my 3 yo boy.
We love our juice chilled, too. I love the box you made, and can imagine how much use it would get with my kiddos.
You are so crafty! What a great idea. I will have to try this. Thank you.
What a super cute idea for reusing the juice boxes. We always have an issue with organizing all of our craft stuff!
Great way to reuse those boxes! Such an easy project and it produces such a cute crayon caddy!
What a great idea and use of the containers! This would be so perfect for some of my own craft supplies, and especially with my son's crayons and supplies he's been accumulating.
I love your idea of making a creativity box. I need to make one for my 6-year old. I like having all of her supplies together so she can see all that she has and it makes her more creative. Great post!
Just a crafty thing are you! awesome caddy. I like that.
I love how cute you made the caddy! That's such a great idea to reuse the juice boxes!
What a super creative way to use juice boxes! And it's doubly creative with what it contains-I absolutely adore crayola crayons and even though I'll be 25 this year I still have a big ol' box of them under my bed and break them out when I need some relaxation time.
we like Juicy Juice chilled. That's a great way to use juice boxes, too!!
That's an awesome way to use the boxes. It turned out cute as can be and was the first thing I noticed when I pulled up the post!
Great job! I never would have thought to make something from the juice boxes. You make me wish my boys were younger!
That's an awesome project! I should try that for my desk!
what a great project-and the kids can help! Love it
I only buy Juicy Juice for my grandkids. This is a cute project!
I love washi tape! Plus this is an awesome recycling project!
This is brilliant idea! Any tips on how you washed them out so they didn't become soaked and weak?
So cute! We love Juicy Juice in our house. I just noticed our last bottle has the Crayola coupons too, always a bonus!
So creative! I would have never thought up something so clever.
That art caddy is awesome! What a creative way to save stuff from the landfill!
What an adorable art caddy! I love anything that can be upcycled!
That is an adorable art caddy! I love anything that can be upcycled!
What a cute crafting box! So creative!
I LOVE this idea! So clever, we are totally doing this!
That is just the most creative idea. I love it and it makes me want to get crafty!
that would be great to take outside. take the creativity to the deck or porch in the summer
Oh my, I love this idea! What a great way to reuse those boxes!
Wonderful! Nice to see items being recycled. It's awesome that you give your daughter the opportunity to be creative, while she is also learning about re-purposing!
Have a beautiful week 🙂
What a great way to recycle the boxes! Makes me wish my kids drank juice!
I love your adorable caddy! I want to make this for my daughter's art supplies – we certainly do drink enough juice!
That is the coolest! What a neat little caddy. I could use that for my kids art supplies!
My kids love Juicy Juice warm or cold! We go through a number of Juicy Juice boxes here with 3 little ones. This looks like a great craft for us to reuse those boxes as well as contain our slightly out-of-control Crayola Crayon addiction in this house! #client
What a fun idea to use the boxes to make a cool craft holder! #client
Great idea, that's our next project
I like my Juice Juice on ice. These are great crafts, thank you for sharing this recycling craft post.
really cute idea the kids would love this denise smith