
Welcome to the second installment of Reincarnated. I hope you find this one just as useful as
the first. It's one of my favorites!
By now you know my views on re-using and recycling. Add to that my mantra of "Why buy it if I can make it myself?" and you get this latest Reincarnated Cereal Box project... Mailers!
With my stock pile of discarded cardboard packaging, I have an unlimited supply of mailers in all shapes and sizes, without that pesky $1-3 a pop price tag shipping supply stores charge. These cardboard mailers are sturdy, and great to mail photos, small prints, or greeting cards.
Here's how you can make these recycled mailers for yourself...
Step 1. Take the box and gently split the seam. Careful not to tear the cardboard.
Step 2. Turn the box inside out. Fold on the corner seam.
Step 3. Fold the flap over, and use this creased seam as a guide. Trace where the seam falls on the printed side of the cardboard below.
Step 4. Trim off the excess using the traced line as a guide, and remove the flaps (1) & (5) from backside of the box. Leave top and bottom flaps (2) & (4) on front side of the box attached!
Step 5. Trim the corners of the flap (3) , so it resembled an envelope flap. Tuck flap (2) & (4) under and fold the box on the seam so the unprinted side is facing out.
Step 6. With flap (2) & (4) tucked in, tape the sides of the mailer with a heavy duty tape such as packing tape.
Step 7. Tape flap (3) shut, address and mail!