How To Make Magazine Racks With Recycled Materials

Who doesn’t love recycling? The truth is that it is a trend that helps to take care of Mother Nature and is capable of transforming any object into a different one. For this reason, we teach you how to create magazine racks made with recycled materials.

Although today technology has caused many magazine readers to do so through web pages, the truth is that a magazine rack is something that should not be missing in every home.

Also, do not miss these ideas if you have a store, a hairdresser or a place with a waiting room.

Original magazine racks with recycled materials

Next, we give you three original and simple ideas so that you can create these recycled magazine racks with your own hands.

Magazine rack made from a cereal box

To carry out this craft, it is enough to have a box of cereals in the pantry.

Plus, this is a fun way to teach your little ones the value of recycling. In fact, the following project developed at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Granada showed that carrying out activities like these reinforce their imagination, their inventive capacity and their knowledge of the world.

Materials:

• Rule.
• Cutter.
• Pair of scissors.
• Glue for paper or cardboard.
• Gift paper to taste.
• Large empty cereal box.

Steps to follow:

• First, take the cardboard box and peel off all the edges that are folded. Do not force it and try not to break the box, although if it breaks later you can repair it.
• Then, once the box is disassembled, cut its fins from the upper face.  Use the utility knife, scissors, and ruler to cut straight.
• With a rounded container, mark that outline on the top corners of the box. Cut the corners according to the rounded shape, these will be the part of the magazine rack that will be uncovered.

• Cut the side wall of the box to match the curved edge you made, so you can also check how the magazine rack will look. Then paint the entire outer face with the glue.
• Lay out the wrapping paper and stick it where you applied the glue. Please do it carefully and avoid having wrinkles or bubbles on it. Cut the excess wrapping paper, always leaving an edge of 1.5 centimeters.
• Glue all the paper flaps onto the cardboard as well as the inside of the box. Then, with the help of the glue, stick another wrapping paper on the inside so that the outside and inside have different motifs.
• Finally, trim the excess wrapping paper again and put the cereal box back together. Once it is dry, you will have a magazine rack ready to use and store your best magazines.

Magazine racks with plastic bottles

Plastic bottles are essential in the world of recycling, since you can make original and different crafts with them.

In fact, campaigns are being carried out to raise awareness about how to take advantage of this material in other areas, such as construction. Thus, the following project developed in 2011 by the University of Valencia takes advantage of its characteristics to adapt them as insulators.

On this occasion, you will also use them to make some simple magazine racks.

Materials:

• 6 plastic bottles.
• Screws.
• Washers
• Nuts
• Elongated aluminum foil.
• Pair of scissors.
• Water sandpaper.

Steps to follow:

• First, cut the tops of the bottles and make it so that the cut is straight.
• Sand so that it is soft, smooth and without impurities.

• Screw the bottles to the aluminum foil from the base.
• Finally, screw the sheet to the wall.

As you can see, it is simple to make and the effect it creates is modern and practical. If you want, you can also paint the bottles or line them with thick colored ropes to give it a more rustic and country touch.

Magazine racks with tin cans

The cans can accumulate in the kitchen and can get to bother. Therefore, today we offer you an idea to reuse them as with plastic bottles.

Materials:

• Can opener.
• Sandpaper suitable for metal.
• Nails.
• Screws.
• Washers
• Wooden base to nail the cans.
• The number of cans you want to nail.

Steps to follow:

• Take the cans and, with the help of the can opener, cut the base to create a cylinder with opening on both sides. Then sand if necessary so that there are no impurities.
• Second, nail the cans horizontally (lying down with the help of a screw or nail).
• Put one can followed by another on top of the wood. Then you can place wooden board beneath a shelf or on a table. The magazines will need to be rolled up to fit in the cans.

You can make this type of magazine rack in the same way, but instead of horizontal, put it vertical. Tucking the rolled up magazines so that they stand upright. You will save yourself the step of cutting the base because, directly, you will glue the same base of the cans to the wood.

As you have seen, it is very easy to create magazine racks with products and articles that you have without using at home. Also, surely while reading this article you have also come up with more ways to build them! For example, painting a fruit box.

In short, do not hesitate to put these crafts into practice and create home moments of creativity with the family.