From Useful to Useful Again

      On top of being a regular phone, smart phones can act as a camera, a voice recorder, an alarm clock, a game console device, an MP3 player, PDA, as well as be able to connect to the internet like regular laptops.  So many people have smart phones and only have to keep track of one wire.  For me, I still own a simple cell phone.  I have a point-and-click camera and a 3DS with their own individual chargers and USB connector.  I needed a way to organize these wires so they don't wind up "inseparable".

       I got this idea from my brother who has a shoebox with toilet paper tubes storing his individual wires.  I thought I could do the same, but decorate it too.  Here's a tutorial for anyone curious as to how my cousin and I went about it.

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Tube Containers

Tools

• toilet paper tubes
• scissors
• pencils and eraser
• markers and colored pencils
• glue
• construction papers

Steps

1. Cut a construction paper evenly in half hot-dog style.
   

2. Cut the same construction paper evenly in half again, hamburger style.  The length of the paper should be enough to cover a single toilet paper tube.
   
3. Fold the paper in half.  Crease the fold and then unfold the paper.
   
4. Fold one end of the paper to the middle and then crease it.
   
5. Do the same to the other side and then fold the whole thing in half.
   
   
   
   
6. Using a pencil, draw a design you want to cut out.  I used half circles on the edge to create full circles when the paper is unfolded.  
   
7. Cut out the design and then unfold the paper.
   
8. I layered the paper on top of another that was not designed, then glued them together.
   
   
   
   
9. Using markers and colored pencils I decorated the papers.  You can use whatever decorations you'd like (stickers, collage, etc.). 
   
10. After decorating it, glue the construction papers to the toilet paper tube. If you're using a glue stick, make sure to tie a rubber band around the whole tube and wait a day before removing the band.  This will ensure that the glue dries on the tube and won't come off easily.
    
    
    
    
11. Carefully fold your wires and place in the tubes and voila!  A newly decorated tube container is pretty and ready to hold your wires!
    
    
    
    

I hope yours turned out well too, if not better!