15 Minute Recycled Desk Organizer
There's no need to head to the office supply store when you have DIY organization ideas on hand. Make a 15 Minute Recycled Desk Organizer using cardboard tubes and cereal boxes and find out how easy it is to get organized. This project is perfect for anyone who is short on time. Get creative and use items from your own recycle bin. You can also grab the kids and have them help out. Have them cut, paint and rework each item to form your own one-of-a-kind desk organizer. recycled craft ideas are a great way to help the planet and cut down on your trash haul at the same time. If you can never seem to find a pen or keep losing that same pair of scissors, you need to make this organizer as soon as possible.
Need another organizer for your desk? This is another super cute and easy recycled craft that uses an egg carton to get the job done! DIY Organizer for Your Desk
Estimated CostUnder $10
Time to CompleteUnder an hour
MaterialsRecycled Materials
Primary TechniquePainting
Difficulty LevelBeginner
Project TypeMake a Project
Materials List
- 8 toilet paper rolls
- Cereal box
- Spray paint in a color of your choosing
15 Minute Recycled Desk Organizer
DIY Desk Organizer Craft
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Cut your cereal box as tall as a toilet paper roll.
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Take the rest of the cereal box and cut them both down to the same size.
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Glue those together, you now have your base.
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Hot glue the cereal box that you cut first onto the base.
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Hot glue the toilet paper rolls onto the base .
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Apply two layers of spray paint and let dry.
Done with your favorite can of pringles? Put it to good use when you make this storage container which would go perfectly with your new desk organizer!Recycled DIY Storage Container
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flowergirl
Jul 04, 2018
This is pretty fun and easy to do. I love the fact that that it's made from recycled materials so you don't have to buy so many things to make this. You can make this with your kids for their desk or help them make one for teacher's Day as a gift for their teacher. Start collecting your kitchen paper towel rolls and cereal boxes now, you'll thank yourself later.

Ask93 7929298
Aug 26, 2016
This is agreat easy and quick project to make with the kids in a classroom. I think it would be fairly easy to assemble the base suppliess, the empty toilet paper rolls. I love how this can also encourage the kids to be responsible with their supplies and learn to clean up after themselves. It is also a good project for Earth Day. Thanks for the idea. Oh, do you have something for the longer tubes that come in those wax paper boxes or from paper towels?
lpalmer59 7490208
Jun 23, 2016
I love this idea instead of having all this stuff in a junk drawer in the kitchen. I can so use that drawer for something else that would be so much more useful to me than just holding all this other stuff, and now I have the perfect solution for all this other stuff. This is just amazing, thanks for the idea and a solution to one of my problems.
coakleyellen7 6142 147
Nov 19, 2015
I really like your pretty storage ideas the desk organizer is brilliant,its probably thinking outside the box

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