DIY Charging Station ∙ How To by jannypie on Cut Out + Keep

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Description

Last night I got the creative bug, and whipped together this pink and brown padded charging station for my new phone and iPod. I got the idea to use a pre-made box from this tutorial and was just waiting to find the right box to use. I made it from two of these Martha Stewart Coffee Bean Specimen Boxes. The are originally $9.99, but I found them at my local Michael's store for only $2 each!

Instructions

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HOW I DID IT:

The boxes have a thick plastic covering the opening, so I first removed the plastic from only one of the boxes. I slid my blade just in between the plastic and the box along all sides to loosen the glue, and it popped right out.
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Then I pulled out the padding inside, turned it over and cut a long narrow opening, wide enough for the adaptor ends of my cords to fit through.
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I also removed the pink ribbon on the back. That is my top box.
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The bottom box I also ripped out the padding and removed the ribbon from the back.
I cut a matching opening in the bottom

And on the opposite side of the bottom box, I punched 3 holes for my cords to run through. After punching the holes, I made a slit from the hole to the edge of the lid with a razor blade, so that the cord can be pushed through the slit into the hole, and it will only look as if the cord is running through the hole itself.
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Next I used craft glue to glue the two boxes bottom-to-bottom, lining up the narrow openings
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And ran my cords through the bottom box and
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up through into the top box.
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I replaced the padding in the top box, leaving just the adaptors peeking over the edge.
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And that was it! Remember that I took out the plastic on this top, so I can just reach in and plug in my phone or iPod and let it rest on the pink padding!