tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post4429481402756120559..comments2024-03-18T00:16:37.094-05:00Comments on ikat bag: How To Work With CardboardLiErhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-45005968442446379082012-07-06T07:40:52.776-05:002012-07-06T07:40:52.776-05:00Have you tried glueing brown packaging paper to ca...Have you tried glueing brown packaging paper to cardboard creation to make it smooth for painting? I keep trying but it stretches and creates folds and bubbles and if I try to smooth it out it often breaks... <br /><br />Also - about the honey comb void filler stuff - I have been to DIY store recently and left drooling over it as I saw their stock of internal doors was lined up with it. The problem is - it only gets tossed when delivered to the customer.... Maybe it's worth to try and find some door installation companies or carpenters and ask them if they can save it for you... <br /><br /><br />I use PVA glue that comes in massive tins/jars in DIY stores. It dries best overnight and you do have to press and hold it together but not for long (leaving it overnight to completely set is the best), but it sets fairly quickly and not immediately - you can still position and slide it into place for about 1 minute. It also washes off your fingers and clothes very good. <br /><br />I have also found few tutorials for a wheatpaste - which is ideal for kids use here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wheatpaste/ and here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Just-as-good-as-wheat-paste/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-47608871707120784722012-06-14T16:04:49.766-05:002012-06-14T16:04:49.766-05:00I am inspired by your passion for cardboard!!!! I ...I am inspired by your passion for cardboard!!!! I collect it for "some future craft" but never quite know what to do with it.<br /><br />Now I do. But I can't start until I rebuild my stash. When we were on vacation last year for 2 weeks, my in laws "cleaned up" my house, including my stash. It was all the way upstairs, behind a door, on top of a shelf, neatly organized in a basket...and they STILL decided to remove it and put it in the recycling :o(Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344447825468091744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-38434797574789506192012-06-12T14:55:39.013-05:002012-06-12T14:55:39.013-05:00Well now holy moly! I wish I would have seen this...Well now holy moly! I wish I would have seen this before mothers day when I started my walk thru the cardboard forest lol. But the one thing I can say is that thru my own trial and error I discovered the things you talk about here! That makes me feel wonderful. It is so much fun to get into these projects and see where they take you. I had no idea really where my project was going until I started cutting and shaping the box...I still look at it and think...huh I wonder what else I can build!<br /><br />I am cardboard empowered...and obviously not alone!<br />Thanks so much for sharing!~Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403166678803316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-32649511417259541742012-06-12T10:17:10.973-05:002012-06-12T10:17:10.973-05:00I am in the midst of making a cardboard house for ...I am in the midst of making a cardboard house for my kids 4 and 1. It is so fun i find myself thinking about how to extend and improve it all day. Its almost as if i become obessessed with it. So you can imagine When i found this page.... I am so happy i almost couldnt breathe. Thank you so much for so much time in explaining everything we need to know about cardboard and painstakingly taking all the pictures to show.Greendudesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504480051255776868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-4616796973079885352012-05-21T23:18:03.520-05:002012-05-21T23:18:03.520-05:00kraftykat424: Awesome!!!! Thank you! Thank you! Fi...kraftykat424: Awesome!!!! Thank you! Thank you! Finally, a reason not to hate tax season! And I checked out your honeycomb void filler link - argh! It's so expensive!!!! So much for cardboard being free. Maybe I can act pathetic and convince one of those companies to sponsor me and send some freebies. Yes. That's a good plan.LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-68411796136268638312012-05-21T22:16:12.037-05:002012-05-21T22:16:12.037-05:00I absolutely had to reply after reading this, I ac...I absolutely had to reply after reading this, I actually read it out loud to my hubby (Who is a bonafied, extreme cardboard freak...no really he is). This was awesome!!!! we go to the local furniture store for very large pieces, and try the recycle bins right after tax season for the giant cardboard/cardstock signs (white on one side), found this out by accident, decided if i didnt get them hubby might just kill me (not really, lol). also the really nice strong light weight stuff is called "honeycomb void filler" here is a link about it from uline. http://www.uline.com/BL_1856/Honeycomb-Void-Fill <br />thanks for a great post. loved it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021093568795783052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-2959838972676815102012-04-15T11:40:58.110-05:002012-04-15T11:40:58.110-05:00It is so nice to know that I am not alone in my lo...It is so nice to know that I am not alone in my love for cardboard. I started to wonder if I was crazy, i think my mother thought i was. I am always saving things and asking her to save for me too. I have a relatively big house but i do compress my cardboard for space. I have also found myself buying things for the box/container they come in. I do use the product but was more for the latter reason. Ha haAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672309904540516808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-5034697552025821852012-03-22T09:12:48.684-05:002012-03-22T09:12:48.684-05:00Whee! I had no idea! Thanks for the tip. I just we...Whee! I had no idea! Thanks for the tip. I just went online to look up companies like these. None in the immediate vicinity, but I will keep an eye out for them in farther-off cities. Thank you!LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-62015564444740279802012-03-22T07:20:26.097-05:002012-03-22T07:20:26.097-05:00I used to work for a company that printed blueprin...I used to work for a company that printed blueprints/ blackline for construction companies. We always had dozens of extremely sturdy, long cardboard tubes that were at the core of the paper rolls we printed on. I used as many as I could for my own projects, but there were always so many we had to throw away. So look around town for a place that does this type of printing, especially mom-and-pops, because I'm sure they'll be more than happy to save some space in their dumpsters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-58420378789104239472012-03-16T12:35:23.143-05:002012-03-16T12:35:23.143-05:00Oh my goodness, I laughed out loud when you descri...Oh my goodness, I laughed out loud when you described the Bona Fide Cardboard Freak. <br /><br />Another cardboard type to keep a lookout for- cardboard with styrofoam reinforced corners. Furniture (ex. table tops) and electronics ship with these in the corners of the boxes to keep the edges of the said-purchase from corner impact when in transit. This is an excellent find to use on corners of cardboard playhouses to help keep their shape/ structure. :)Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448221791859112373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-21515625837372320262012-03-14T21:38:18.750-05:002012-03-14T21:38:18.750-05:00A women after my own heart. I LOVE Cardboard. I ...A women after my own heart. I LOVE Cardboard. I loved making projects with my girls out of cardboard. We had a giant jukebox once for a turn back the clock school skit. so wish I had a picture The pizzeria gave us the round cardboard - that we turned into records we put a boom box inside playing music. <br />Two fridge boxes cut open and put side by side make a nice "shopping mall" back drop for a another school skit. Then we re-purposed it and made a great play house for the girls - well till the basement flooded and we had to throw it out. <br />Using a lawn mower box, bbq grill box, and a copy paper box with mailer tube, the plastic round insert from a candy box and camouflage book covers we got from the national guard to make a tank for an army/navy challenge the youths at church were having. <br />I work at a school and get tons of college posters in mailer tubs OH do I have a nice stock pile - yet no kids to do projects with anymore. bummer. <br />A great inexpensive medium for any type of project.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13963029362485093188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-53597113629438706332012-03-14T17:06:04.789-05:002012-03-14T17:06:04.789-05:00Amen honey! Cardboard has been a play staple in ou...Amen honey! Cardboard has been a play staple in our extended family since I was little. All of my dollhouses were cardboard creations my mother and I made together. We passed the baton with our little one a couple of years ago (creation here=> http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2010/03/felt-doll-house-update/). She has since become her own cardboard dynamo creating an indoor slide (for herself!) a checkers board, and more. Great tutorial!K Quinnhttp://www.homemakingorganized.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-48689911988833136332012-03-14T12:02:31.230-05:002012-03-14T12:02:31.230-05:00Love your ideas. Saw you from Money Saving Mom. ...Love your ideas. Saw you from Money Saving Mom. Am a follower now, and can't wait to keep up on all your creativity.<br /><br />Melissa<br />redflycreations.blogspot.comRedfly Classroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291654658539669158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-66927630225333767562012-03-14T10:56:08.818-05:002012-03-14T10:56:08.818-05:00YOU are the BOMB with cardboard!!! This post alon...YOU are the BOMB with cardboard!!! This post alone could help justify my stash of cardboard to my husband... Perhaps, he might just might understand now!<br /><br />And I'm sharing with my FB friends and teachers at school! With school budgets being cut at every corner, teachers can always use inspiration to make something with what they have on hand!<br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-66850677195473514392012-03-14T10:45:04.157-05:002012-03-14T10:45:04.157-05:00this is completely awesome! i am all for making t...this is completely awesome! i am all for making things out of cardboard. i don't even recycle out a paper towel tube without asking my son if he needs it for something. i use a cereal boxes for scrap booking and when i was on bedrest with my daughter we remodeled our kitchen and my son and i made a most excellent car out of a giant sturdy sink box. we had it for weeks and it was great fun making it with him especially since i couldn't do much else.Yvonne Metzcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-50749176429929764792012-03-09T06:33:36.722-06:002012-03-09T06:33:36.722-06:00Saw this on Pinterest and thought to myself... Thi...Saw this on Pinterest and thought to myself... This person is AMAZING. You've inspired me to say the least!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-49398904279877139152012-02-26T19:11:34.209-06:002012-02-26T19:11:34.209-06:00I don't know if anyone told you by now. But i ...I don't know if anyone told you by now. But i think the name for the honeycomb-structured cardboard is: board on frame :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-19001491338407418882012-02-19T22:12:49.850-06:002012-02-19T22:12:49.850-06:00I am absolutely amazed!! Just 3 days ago I started...I am absolutely amazed!! Just 3 days ago I started a cardboard collection for some reason. I have a large blue container with a lid (you can't see into it!)and started throwing stuff in there that seemed interesting! Thanks so much for these ideas! As a Mimi of 3 gorgeous grandchildren this can come in real handy when they visit!<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-21284417123453676502012-02-08T10:14:02.303-06:002012-02-08T10:14:02.303-06:00I found this cardboard is free blogspot. check it...I found this cardboard is free blogspot. check it out on other uses for cardboard.a ribbon of a different colornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-5559449282659797312012-02-03T13:23:31.937-06:002012-02-03T13:23:31.937-06:00OMG! so glad i found your page! i have access to...OMG! so glad i found your page! i have access to sooooo much card board and now i know what to do with it all!!! thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-35488561369305538932012-02-03T08:58:28.292-06:002012-02-03T08:58:28.292-06:00Your blog is very inspiring. I used to work with p...Your blog is very inspiring. I used to work with paper, but for no reason I always collected cereal boxed, used toilet rolls and even corrugated boards. Now, I know they can be of use. Thanks a million!<br /><br />Visit my blog too.<br />www.fadzheavenlycollections.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305148427132090552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-49958347405192006332012-02-01T21:25:28.754-06:002012-02-01T21:25:28.754-06:00This is a great blog! Another suggestion for acqui...This is a great blog! Another suggestion for acquiring cardboard sheets/boxes; printing companies/binderies. I currently work in a bindery and they always have boards, chipboards (cereal box type) and tons of boxes that go to recycling. Good Luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-46486503616072760762012-01-16T22:34:06.332-06:002012-01-16T22:34:06.332-06:00thanks :Dthanks :DChelsea Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592313926019553491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-72984626933300615342012-01-12T13:12:44.278-06:002012-01-12T13:12:44.278-06:00This is a VERY HELPFUL how to article! thank you.This is a VERY HELPFUL how to article! thank you.Elga Benedictahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718408601845639642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-43616935065624749502012-01-08T14:07:46.962-06:002012-01-08T14:07:46.962-06:00I love this! We do some crafts with cardboard, but...I love this! We do some crafts with cardboard, but I never realized the potential! Here is a play kitchen I made for my kids, but I copied it almost entirely from a magazine article. http://sharedthreads.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/diy-play-kitchen/<br /> I need to get my thinking cap on for more projects! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com