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See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft.  Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

You guys know I love a good upcycle project.  So when I had a little cardboard bottle carrier sitting around, I just couldn’t bring myself to throw it away!  It was time for an upccyle craft!

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Here’s what you will need to make this Bottle Carrier Craft Organizer:

  • an empty cardboard bottle carrier (leftover from your favorite beverage, perhaps)
  • double-sided tape
  • wrapping paper – I bought mine at Target a couple of years ago, and I LOVE it for crafting!!!
  • scissors

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Tutorial: DIY Organizer + Bottle Carrier Craft

Start with a cardboard bottle carrier that is simple – solid color, fewer graphics.  This will make it easier to cover.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Cut a strip of wrapping paper that is the height of your cardboard bottle carrier.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Secure one end of the wrapping paper with double-sided tape.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Then wrap the cardboard bottle carrier with wrapping paper.  Secure with double-sided tape on the edges as you go.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Secure the seam with more tape.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

If there is text or a graphic on the handle, this will need to be covered too.  I just cut small rectangles of wrapping paper and secured them with double sided tape.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

That’s it!  Too easy.

My DIY Organizer in Action

My new DIY organizer looks right at home sitting on my desk in my cloffice – yes, a CLOFFICE!  It fits right next to another upcycle project – a tin can and rope craft.  Now I can stylishly keep my pencils and paintbrushes handy and organized!

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

 

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

 

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft

Yield: 1 Bottle carrier
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Estimated Cost: $5

See how to make your own DIY Organizer with this tutorial for a Cardboard Bottle Carrier Craft. Organize your desk with this simple upcycle project.

Materials

  • An empty cardboard bottle carrier (leftover from your favorite beverage, perhaps)
  • Double-sided tape
  • Wrapping paper – I bought mine at Target a couple of years ago, and I LOVE it for crafting!!!
  • scissors

Instructions

  1. Start with a cardboard bottle carrier that is simple – solid color, fewer graphics. This will make it easier to cover.
  2. Cut a strip of wrapping paper that is the height of your cardboard bottle carrier.
  3. Secure one end of the wrapping paper with double-sided tape.
  4. Then wrap the cardboard bottle carrier with wrapping paper. Secure with double-sided tape on the edges as you go.
  5. Secure the seam with more tape.
  6. If there is text or a graphic on the handle, this will need to be covered too. I just cut small rectangles of wrapping paper and secured them with double sided tape.

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