DIY Storage Box for Kids

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Do your kids collect all kinds of tiny things? Lip glosses and erasers and hair clips? My girls do and I’m always looking for easy ways to corral their collections and keep everything organized and in one place. This DIY storage box for kids is the perfect way to house tiny objects and keep some style in a child’s room at the same time. And it’s super easy to make thanks to the Cricut Maker and the Scoring Wheel!

Did you catch my post last week all about the Cricut Scoring Wheel? If not, be sure to click on that link and check it out. It’ll tell you all about the tool and you can also check out some projects that use the Scoring Wheel.

Today I’m going to share another project with you and show you what a must-have the Scoring Wheel is!

To make this DIY storage box, I started with an image in Cricut Design Space.

This image is 3D Suitcase, #M1B13358, Love is in The Air. To find it easily, you can search for the image using any of that information. If you want those same details for an image you’re looking at, simply click the i under the image.

Once I found the image then all I had to do was customize it. The fun part! I sized it and then made a few alterations.

The image had a design that would be drawn on with sketch pens but I wanted to replace it with my own personalization. To get rid of any element in a design, you can simply click on the eye symbol next to the item in the right sidebar and it will hide it from the design.

I replaced it with my daughter’s name. I chose a font I liked, changed the Linetype to Draw {on the top menu}, and turned it upside down so it would draw in the correct place {I placed it exactly where the other logo had been}.

Be sure to select the text and the image and Attach so it’ll print and cut properly.

Pens are one of my favorite Cricut products and a great way to make tags and labels or personalize any project.

Once the image was designed the way I wanted it, all I had to do was send it to the Cricut Maker to score, draw, and cut.

This project requires the Scoring Wheel which is exclusive to the Cricut Maker. Both a Single Scoring Wheel and a Double Scoring Wheel are available for the Cricut Maker. The Single Scoring Wheel makes a single line and the Double Scoring Wheel makes two parallel lines so you can get a tidy fold with thicker materials like poster board and kraft board. With up to ten times more pressure than the Scoring Stylus, the patented wheel design brings pro-level precision to all crease and fold projects, making crisp creases in just one pass.

Depending on what you use to make this storage box, the Cricut Maker may recommend the Double Scoring Wheel. You can still create the project even if you only have a Single Scoring Wheel or the scoring stylus. Simply click on Edit Tools and select the tool that you have.

The Cricut Maker technology is amazing. It detects the Cricut machine tools that have been loaded into the adaptive tool system and will alert you if they’re incorrect. I accidentally loaded the rotary blade {thinking it was the Scoring Wheel} and the machine kept prompting me until I realized my error. I always say using the Cricut Maker is foolproof and it really is!

Once the appropriate tools are loaded into the machine, you’re ready to cut. The Cricut Maker will walk you through every tool change and mat change until all the pieces have been completed, allowing you to easily create a project, even one that has dimension.