Check Out How This Reader Upcycled The Packaging From One of Her Son’s Christmas Gifts
Heres a tip for the next time your child gets a toy with great packaging like Melissa & Doug!
Hip2Save reader Sindhoori had a brilliant epiphany that easily transformed the packaging from her son’s Christmas gift into a drawer insert. With just a couple of tweaks, she was able to effectively organize makeup, jewelry, and more! 🙌
This is such a fantastic idea considering a basic bamboo drawer organizer can you run you about $20 on Amazon!
One’s trash is another one’s treasure…
My son got a Melissa & Doug’s wooden train car set as a Christmas gift. He immediately discarded the wooden tray and was happy playing with the train. I quickly transformed that tray into an organizer with the help of some small cardboard pieces. The good thing is, I can give that tray back to my son at any time 🙂
Thank you, Sindhoori, for sharing your simple yet ingenious idea with us! We love the idea of upcycling and getting organized without having to spend another dime. 
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I actually stained and use one Melissa and Doug box as a coffee table tray. I have another purple one that had paper dolls and I covered the edges with coordinating contact paper and use it for jewelry on my dresser.
Great job! I can’t bring myself to throw away stuff like that either, I actually repurposed all my target beauty boxes into a perfect organizer for my huge desk drawer. One for tape, one for batteries, etc. Makes my life so much easier, no more rummaging around to find what I need. Thanks Marie Kondo for the incredibly simple yet brilliant idea of putting everything in its own box!! 😄
Good idea! Those trays are really nice.Nicely repurposed 👍
Great idea! When my daughter outgrew her chunky knob puzzles, I superglued the pieces of 2 Melissa & Doug puzzles inside their slots. I hung them on the wall and she uses them as a coat rack and necklace holder.
I love this idea!!
awesome idea! I bet that is so cute!
I did this with the same toy packaging only I used it for my sewing stuff!
We used one like this to sort the lego pieces for a big build
Simple, yet awesome!! Thank you =)
I got wine from Costco in a wooden box with 4 compartments….one for each of 4 bottles. I use it now to store/organize our clean masks.. There is one section for each of us.