Create Some Cute Vintage Suitcases With Shoe Box Craft
I never seem to have enough craft storage. Especially, boxes in which to hide the little things. Instead of buying something I decided to reuse what I already had at home with this shoe box craft.
One of the best things about this shoe box craft is that I could sit and do all the doodling whilst catching up with the winter Olympics.
This craft cost me virtually nothing has I had everything already and it was very quick and simple.
The boxes look really cute on my shelves and I think I will be making some more. I might even add some labels to the boxes disguised as luggage tags.
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What you need to make shoe box craft storage
- Cardboard shoe boxes – I used boxes in various sizes.
- White Chalk paint
- Black sharpie
- Pencil
How to make Vintage Suicase shoe box craft
- First paint the shoe boxes white with chalk paint. You can use other white paint but I personally prefer the matt finish you get with chalk paint.
- Before doodling onto the shoe boxes. Sketch out some designs of vintage suitcase elements. Things like the locks, corners and handles. This will give you a reference guide to refer to when doodling.
- Draw the vintage suitcase doodles onto the white shoe boxes first in pencil. And then when you are happy with the design go over the pencil marks with a black sharpie.
- With this shoe box craft, I doodled on the front,back, sides and top. Don’t worry if you make a mistake with the sharpie. You can always paint over it with more white chalk paint.
I’m really please how these shoe boxes turned out and can’t wait to make some more.
The vintage suitcase shoe boxes also blend in well with the wallpaper in my dinning room. Its bit like camoflage.
If you are looking for more craft storage ideas you might want to check out these DIY storage boxes with denim and stylish copper and denim craft caddy.
. Or even my popular vintage map suitcase.
For other DIY craft storage ideas check out favcrafts.com
Olga
29th March 2018 at 2:39 amLove the idea!!
Can’t sleep anymore-thinking about all those boxes I put in recycle bin over the years!! :))
Claire Armstrong
29th March 2018 at 10:43 amThank you! You’ll just have to go out and buy new shoes.
Rosie (@greenrosielife)
28th March 2018 at 4:28 pmHa ha I love these! I actually have 3 proper old suitcases and I was thinking only recently how sad it is that no-one uses them now and it is all wheelie cases. Somehow they were so much more classy IMHO. #GoingGreen
Claire Armstrong
28th March 2018 at 7:11 pmThank you. I love how old suitcases look but I much prefer to drag one on wheels then carry a heavy case.
Teresa
12th March 2018 at 11:13 pmI would never have come up with this idea and they are so cute! Thank you for sharing on Party in Your PJ’s. Pinned!
Claire Armstrong
13th March 2018 at 6:56 amThank you, Teresa.
Sam - Raggedy Bits
12th March 2018 at 2:04 amWhat a neat repurpose of plain old boring shoe boxes!!! Perfect to store crafty goodies!
Claire Armstrong
12th March 2018 at 7:03 amThank you, Sam. yes mine are now full of my craft rubbish.
Mary
9th March 2018 at 1:32 pmClaire you must have read my mind. I have a ton of show boxes I need to make over and this is the perfect way!
Claire Armstrong
9th March 2018 at 1:38 pmThank you, Mary. They are fun to make, you can even eleborate them more by drawing luggage labels.
Sandra L Garth
9th March 2018 at 12:23 amMy granddaughter needs lots of these to corral all of her hair and makeup supplies. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story and we hope you will join us again next week.
Claire Armstrong
9th March 2018 at 7:50 amThank you, I think your granddaughter will have fun making them.
Tubbs
7th March 2018 at 8:48 pmThese look lovely. Like the sort of thing that Paddington would buy from Mr Gruber’s shop 🙂
Claire Armstrong
7th March 2018 at 8:57 pmThank you, yes very Paddington like.
Susan
6th March 2018 at 6:11 pmThese are so, so cute! I use shoe boxes to store my craft supplies but they look like, uh, shoe boxes. Yours look like something you’d buy in an etsy shop. And I love the part where if you goof you can just paint it over and fix it. I’m inspired to try!
Claire Armstrong
6th March 2018 at 10:05 pmAhh, thank you, Susan. I often goof when crafting so often need a quick fix.
IOANNA
6th March 2018 at 2:49 amThis is perfect,I love it!!
Claire Armstrong
6th March 2018 at 7:33 amAhh, thank you 😊
Kara
5th March 2018 at 10:44 amWow, these are seriously effective and really quite simple.
Thanks for sharing x
#homeetc
Claire Armstrong
5th March 2018 at 12:26 pmThank you, Kara.
Julie
4th March 2018 at 11:38 pmThese are so cool, they really remind me of Paddington bear , back in the day when it was the TV program (I loved Paddington) It had drawn backgrounds didn’t it? No shoe box is safe now, this seems much easier than covering them with fabric or paper and much cooler.
Claire Armstrong
5th March 2018 at 7:27 amYes it’s like Paddington cartoon of the 70’s and 80’s. Thank you. I would say it was easier than covering them with fabric or paper and definitely more fun too.
Kathryn Griffin
4th March 2018 at 7:02 pmOh, my goodness! These are so cute! I would have never thought to transform shoe boxes this way! Thanks for sharing! Feel free to share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party which goes live tomorrow at 8:00am. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com Hope to see you at the shindig! Have a great week ahead! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Claire Armstrong
5th March 2018 at 7:25 amAhh thank you so much and thanks for the invite.
Cherryl Ehlenburg
3rd March 2018 at 11:46 pmThis is such a cute and unique idea! I guess I will have to start saving shoe boxes!
Claire Armstrong
4th March 2018 at 6:41 amThank you. Personally I think it’s a good idea to treat yourself to a new pair of boots.
creativejewishmom/sara
3rd March 2018 at 7:00 pmBrilliant Claire, and oh so stylish……i can certainly use a whole luggage room full of these! And truthfully they would look great in any color, especially pastels…..so one can really use any latex house paint that happens to be on hand, hmmm, hope to have some and give it a try. Thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Claire Armstrong
3rd March 2018 at 8:19 pmThank you, Sara. I’m sure any latex or chalk paint would work well.
Katrin
3rd March 2018 at 8:44 amHow do you come up with these fantastic, unique and creative ideas Claire! Love these boxes!
Claire Armstrong
3rd March 2018 at 5:38 pmAhh, thank you Katrin. I just love mKing stuff.
Yolanda
3rd March 2018 at 7:57 amSuper cute and a brilliant idea!
Claire Armstrong
3rd March 2018 at 5:39 pmThank you so much, Yolanda.
Hollie
2nd March 2018 at 4:21 pmThat’s quite cute! I’m seriously thinking about doing this for my kids small toys!
Claire Armstrong
2nd March 2018 at 7:32 pmThank you, I think these would look great in a kids room.
Michelle Leslie
2nd March 2018 at 9:39 amAh Claire, you’ve done it again. Such a brilliant idea. It looks like storage that jumped straight out of a comic book and decided to come live forever in the real world. I love how they turned out. An emoty cardboard box will never look the same again.
Claire Armstrong
2nd March 2018 at 11:27 amThank you, Michelle. If you ever watched Paddington Bear the cartoon from the 1970’s it looks a bit like the title sequence which was hand drawn.
Janine
2nd March 2018 at 5:41 amClaire,
What a cute idea! Love how you upcycled a shoe box into something that works so nice as decor! You’re so clever.
Claire Armstrong
2nd March 2018 at 11:26 amThank you, Janine. I do like how they turned out.
Cecilia
1st March 2018 at 7:05 pmYou are so resourceful and these are so cute! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm–pinned!
Claire Armstrong
1st March 2018 at 7:29 pmThank you, Cecilia. I like to repurpose whenever possible.
Mary-The Boondocks Blog
1st March 2018 at 2:47 pmClaire this is so cute, I’m gonna see if I can get my girls on board and make it for their bookshelves.
Claire Armstrong
1st March 2018 at 7:25 pmThank you, Mary. I know I always say this but these are actually fun to make. It would be fun to add some travel labels to them too.
Julia - Vintage with Laces
1st March 2018 at 9:44 amThat’s so cute and adorable, Claire!
Claire Armstrong
1st March 2018 at 11:29 amThank you, Julia.
Becky at PinksCharmimg
28th February 2018 at 9:46 pmThese are amazing! They remind me of Paddington (the 80s TV show not the film) for some reason I can’t put my finger on. Love them x #HomeEtc
Claire Armstrong
1st March 2018 at 11:33 amNow that you mention it I see the Paddington thing too. I think it was the title sequence that was a hand-drawn black and white background. Maybe that’s where I got the idea from lodged in the back of my brain from childhood. Thank you!
Debrashoppeno5
28th February 2018 at 5:51 pmThe suitcases are so adorable. I wish I had shelf space to try this project.
Claire Armstrong
28th February 2018 at 8:50 pmThank you 😊
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled
28th February 2018 at 12:25 pmExcellent, as always Claire! I save shoe boxes for the kids random, last-minute school projects but this makes me want to use them myself, LOL. Visiting from Whisk It Wednesday.
Claire Armstrong
28th February 2018 at 2:54 pmThank you, Victoria. They were really fun to make, I loved doodling.