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Milk Carton Coin Purse

For carrying coins with eco-friendly style.
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It's great to reuse milk/juice cartons - I have tons of them under my couch just waiting to be converted into a cute coin purse. I always get stopped when I pay for things because people think it's so cute!

This is my first how to, so if anything is confusing please let me know!! I would love your feedback.

Oh, and for some reason step one is a phantom...I can't figure out how to get it to go away. So take Step 1 as "Mentally prepare yourself for the awesomeness to come."

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Start with a half-gallon sized milk or juice carton. Pull open the top of the carton, clean out the inside and make sure the inside is dry. Be sure to keep the cap!
Use scissors or an x-acto knife to cut off the bottom of the container. Pay close attention to the "front" of the carton (the front is the side that has the cap on it) - you want to make sure that this edge looks really neat.

Use a ruler to measure and mark one of the sides of the container about 3" from the bottom and 5" from the bottom. The space in between these markings is going to be the body of the purse.
Use scissors or an x-acto knife to cut away the sides and back of the carton below the 3" mark and above the 5" mark. Make sure you don't cut away the front of the carton!! We need that part.

Push the back of the carton towards the front of the carton to fold the sides in half.
Make two more folds on each side to create the accordion effect.
Fold the bottom of the front of the carton up. It should be a little bit taller than the accordion folds.
Fold that tall part in, and tuck it under the accordion folds.
Now for the top of the carton - cut off the ugly white part that has the expiration date, etc. You should only have the colorful part left.
Use the x-acto knife to gently detach the white thingy that the cap screws into. This topmost part is the "lining", providing reinforcement for the top flap.
Fold the lining over on the already-existing crease, and trace the circle onto the other layer of of the top flap. Cut this out with an x-acto knife.
Now that the whole top flap has the cap hole in it, fold this over the body of the purse and trace the circle once again onto the front of the purse.
Pull out the bottom flap and lay it flat on the cutting mat. Cut out the cap hole with the x-acto blade out of only the bottom flap.
Once you have your hole, put the white thingy through the hole.
Tuck this bottom flap back into the accordion folds so the white thingy sticks out of the front of the body of the purse.
Fold the top flap over the white thingy and put on the cap. You're done! Fill it with change, and be prepared to take the whole thing apart every time someone asks you how you made such a cute purse!

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Shivi

Jul 22, 2008 8:35am

If you plan to make more can you pleeeeeeaaaaassssseee make a tutorial, those look super cute!

KaRa!

Jul 22, 2008 8:55am

how to?

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Sergent peppers

Jul 22, 2008 11:13am

i find this link. I love this craft!!!
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/tetani/upcycleart/htmls/coinpurse.html

Save the planet, make Milk Carton Coin Purse!

Miss Fit

Jul 22, 2008 2:29pm

how to???? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

Cat Morley

Jul 22, 2008 2:43pm

Wow that is super cute, I'd love a how-to.

Ashli T.

Jul 22, 2008 3:48pm

yeahh....this is really cute! i would love to know how to make it!:)

Caty C.

Jul 22, 2008 4:24pm

Awww, that really is cute!. I mde something similar, but our milk cartoon dont have that plastic thingie.

Fondasaurusrex

Jul 22, 2008 6:19pm

crazy cool!!

RayGun UnDone

Jul 22, 2008 6:41pm

Great idea! I have a ton of those cartons too, I'll have to try this!

Cassady m.

Jul 23, 2008 12:55am

could you pretttty please comment back or put a how to on here..i could really use this!

connect the dots

Jul 23, 2008 2:36am

I have a busy week at work, but I promise to get a how-to up soon!

cammycat

Jul 23, 2008 6:06am

THATS COOOL PLEASE FOR A HOW TO

DJSparkles

Jul 23, 2008 8:00am

I KNEW there was a reason it takes me so long to take out the recycling! Would love a tutorial when you get a chance- I have a carton all ready for me!

Courtney.

Jul 23, 2008 5:54pm

HOW-TOOO HOW-TOOO HOW-TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Heidel R.

Jul 24, 2008 5:55pm

PLEASE make a tutorial! These looks soooo cool!

Moon Owl (Bella J.)♥

Jul 24, 2008 9:33pm

sooooooooooo cute!♥

Moon Owl (Bella J.)♥

Jul 26, 2008 9:26pm

Must make one!!!!! *walks off to find a milk carton*♥

Lilim

Jul 27, 2008 4:14am

Thank you so much for this very well made how-to

Creative Origins

Jul 28, 2008 5:19am

Got to make this! Great tute! Thanks.

Megan x.

Jul 28, 2008 4:28pm

sweet, but i really dont need the use of a coin purse, lol...

Ceska C.

Jul 29, 2008 11:39pm

hhmm interesting i like it. now i know what to do with all the cartons in the fridge instead of throwing them away

Kiki

Jul 30, 2008 1:17am

Cute! I need to buy a carton with one of those plastic thingies now :P

Ezme

Jul 30, 2008 7:35am

That is so amazing. i Love it!

opposites-girl

Jul 30, 2008 12:11pm

Great idea :D I love it and thanks for the tutorial :)

Pumpkinniki

Jul 30, 2008 7:49pm

Unbelievable! I just emptied my Silk this morning.....what perfect timing! :)

phaedre l.

Jul 31, 2008 2:04pm

i told my guy about this yesterday cause he loooooves fruit juice from those colorful cartons. he went and bought one and drank alot of juice last nite.
i made one this a.m in about 30 mins.
i will post pix as soon as my camera charges. WAY CUTE

Tori ..

Aug 1, 2008 1:39am

Yay I made one! :D

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

Aug 2, 2008 12:39pm

adorable! sadly, we don't have carton's with caps! D:

Ashli T.

Aug 3, 2008 12:24am

AMAZING! super cool i lovee it!

DIS.AR.RAY

Aug 6, 2008 4:48pm

howEVER did you come up with this idea?!

teema

Aug 8, 2008 6:31pm

omg this is super easy

DIS.AR.RAY

Aug 10, 2008 1:43am

I just made it and it is SO EASY! I think some of my measurments are off because the flap with most of "silk" on it is kinda short. Hopefully next time I make it it will be much better. :D

CYDNEY W.

Aug 11, 2008 4:28pm

I've made this!! they're super fun, and u can add rounded edges to the flap and stuff, my TOP FAVORITE!!

Heather L.

Aug 11, 2008 10:07pm

I love these "recycled" crafts. I let my daughter do this with me for earthday project and everyone loved it. I also did one for her and podged it so it is pictures all over the carton and it was really cute as well.

Carli

Aug 19, 2008 6:11pm

Woo! Just made my first one :)
I love how there's no need for glueing or anything like that.. just a craft that holds itself together, in more ways than one!

Pumpernickel Babe

Sep 29, 2008 12:17am

DIS.AR.RAY, you know you look exactly like Adele?

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