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Pillow Boxes

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Homemade pillow boxes.

It feels as if there are countless gift-giving opportunities in the spring:  Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Teacher Appreciation, Graduation, and all of the birthdays!  I’m not sure about you, but I like to give gifts to more than just my mom and mother-in-law on Mother’s Day.  I like to include my sisters, sisters-in-law, friends, and my kid’s Godmothers.  That ends up being a lot of gifts, so I try to keep it simple.  This year I am making these easy, washi tape pillow boxes for the Mother’s Day gifts, but they can be used for any occasion!

Supplies for making pillow boxes.

To make these pillow boxes I used an old book, card board tubes, a glue stick and washi tape.

two pillow boxes and a roll of washi tape.

I tore pages out of the book, glued them to the card board tube and trimmed off any extra paper.  Next, I pressed the edges of the tube toward the center to close the ends.  Then, I put a strip of washi tape around the tube.

A strip of paper with words on it wrapped around a pencil.

For inside the tube, I cut thin strips of kraft paper and hand-wrote a message for the recipient.  I attached a piece of washi tape to the end of the strip and twisted it around a pencil so that it is curly.

A pillow box, a chocolate truffle, a headband, and a tube of chapstick on a table.

The tubes can be stuffed with chocolates, an Anthropologie Multitude Knockoff Headband, lip balm, and of course, the curly note.  Add whatever you want but remember that there isn’t much room!

Three homemade pillow boxes lined up in a row.

Leave the washi tape tab from the curly note sticking out the end.

Three pillow boxes on a table.

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  1. Kathy A says

    August 6, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    I’ve been wrapping my rolls in Christmas paper to match the “gift-bag-boxes” that I have been making out of my cereal and cake mix boxes now that our dump no longer takes regular cardboard (only corrugated). We sold some at our Christmas church bazaar last year. These tubes are great for jewelry gifts, too!

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  2. Bianca Marie says

    March 8, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    There may be an issue with your site on mobile. Whenever on a page it automatically takes me to the bottom of the page and I’ll have to scroll all the way to the top, but then it does it again as I’m reading a recipe. I’ve refreshed, re-entered, closed out completely and tried again, but still does that. Strange. Just thought I’d give a heads up 😊.
    Thank you for such wonderful ideas that you share with us 💜

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    • Tonia says

      March 9, 2017 at 4:53 pm

      Thanks! I’ll let my developer know so they can look into it. ~Tonia

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  3. Trish Butler says

    September 12, 2013 at 11:26 am

    I hate to tear up a book, but these are so great. It might get someone back to reading. You can only hope. I am alway saving tp rolls and this is a great use for them. I’m a die hard recycler. Love the wasi tape also. Thanks

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  4. Erica J. Nunez says

    May 11, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    this is such a fabulous idea thank you for sharing is amazing!

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  5. Rachel Ward says

    May 8, 2012 at 3:10 am

    This is such a cute idea. I would love to feature this on Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle. Feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Thanks!

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