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Turn OLD Shoe Box Into AMAZING Lego Storage Using Takeaway Containers!
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Apr 8, 2025
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join me as I take an old shoe box some
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takeaway containers and turn them into
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some Lego storage really useful really
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easy really practical will look so much
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nicer on the shelf and look at that
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color coordinated Lego is anything more
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satisfying of course you could use it
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for buttons and craft bits or toppers
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for cards or anything else you can think
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of just some takeaway containers and an
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old shoe box so let's get started
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so this is the shoe box I'm starting
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with which you can see has a lid there's
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no worries we can just cut that off you
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don't need one with a lid you can use
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any shoe box and these are the takeaway
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containers I mean the little plastic
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ones that have the Snap-on Lids I mean
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it's terrible that so many go to lamp
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fill so let's get them reused and you
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can see they're just going to stack one
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on top of the other and they just fit
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nicely so to start with if you have got
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a lid on your box like me just cut it
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off if you haven't you're just ready to
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to get going um but we really don't want
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that we just want the open front to our
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storage a little something stuck in
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there so once you've got your shoe box
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we need to take some measurements so the
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first thing you're going to do is
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measure across the width of your shoe
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box and make a note of it now you'll
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notice I'm going to measure it in more
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than one place because you just never
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know and it's better safe than sorry
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when you're going to cut your dividers
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so I'm just going to note that
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down and then I'm going to note down How
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Deep The Shoe Box is and this is so I
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can make those dividers again I'm just
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going to check it on different
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sides because I want to know how deep it
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is but then I'm actually going to make
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the dividers a little bit smaller than
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that now how many of these do we L are
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going in here so obviously you can do
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lots of measurements and maths or you
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could just pop the lids on them place
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them in there and see how many you think
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are going to fit which for me seems a
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little bit easier you might say it takes
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longer but you know I think as a visual
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person you'll find it's just more
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satisfying and you're more confident
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that you've got it right so I can see
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that five are going to fit in there
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comfortably so I'm going to need four
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dividers
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so that I've got my five little spaces
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for my boxes to go
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into so I'm just going to measure that
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inside
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length Okay so my ruler doesn't fit
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hence the tape measure and I'm just
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going to make a note of that
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size might just check it at this side
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just to be sure this box really is I'm
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going to use the word square
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but you know properly
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rectangular and then I know that I need
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four dividers five sections so I'm going
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to divide that length by five and that's
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going to tell me how far apart my
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dividers are going I know it's a fancy
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calculator for such a simple sum but his
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next math teacher that's the one that's
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on my desk so all you need is your phone
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don't worry
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so I've got 2.3 in and no one really
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uses 2.3 in do they so if we're honest
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I'm going to make it 2.25 in I mean 2
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and 1/4 in is a measurement we use and
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is easy to measure on your tape measure
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or
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ruler so that's how far apart my
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dividers are going to be and that will
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mean that one of them is slightly larger
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but no one will ever notice so I'm going
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back in with a tape measure measure two
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and A4 make a little pencil mark measure
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two and a qu again obviously you can do
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the maths and add on and just work along
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the tape measure if that suits you best
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but what you're doing is measuring every
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2 and 1/4
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in and then if you've any doubt in your
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mind just measure that last section and
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just make sure you've done it right
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repeat at this other side and then draw
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the line that meets them now I haven't
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got a ruler that fits to hand so I'm
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just going to use this box of uh pens
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it's giving me a straight line and join
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the two pencil marks you made and you're
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going to get a nice clear line which is
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exactly where your divider is going to
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go it just makes life
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easy so just mark them with whatever
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you're
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using and then as you can see I'm ready
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to go there I've got those lines
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so let's make the
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dividers so I'm just using some card
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here through the project and it's quite
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a thick card and I do recommend a thick
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card remember you don't want it bending
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or
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Waring um and I'm just using this
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up so I measured the internal
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measurements and so I'm just going to
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make them the width of that internal
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size but I'm going to measure them make
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the height slightly smaller so you could
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go an eighth of an inch quarter of an
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inch it's up to you but you're just
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going to measure out your dividers now
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the ruler I'm using is a quilting ruler
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you don't need a quilting ruler it's
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just a nice easy way to keep them all
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square and you can see I'm just showing
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you there that I'm going to make it
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slightly less than what I measured CU I
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don't want the dividers to come right to
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the front or stick out there's no need
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for them too so I'm just going to make
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them fractionally
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smaller now if you're using an ordinary
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ruler just take your measurements in two
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places so that you keep things nice and
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got to use that word again Square okay
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just just so they keep them nice and
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accurate so you can see I'm going to get
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two out of this little bit of this card
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here but I actually need four so I'll
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just carry on and get all four and then
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cut them out and you'll have your four
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dividers now what you might find when
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you cut out this thick card I'm just
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reminding you of my measurements is that
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they have a bit of a Scraggy Edge just
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get some some fine
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sandpaper and just take those Scraggy
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bits off you don't have to work hard
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it's just a gentle motion it's just
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going to tidy them up for you it's
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really worth that little bit of
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time you can see how much better that
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one looks so just do that with all of
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them if you've got that sort of messy
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Edge depends how you cut them I think so
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let's just check these fit I want to
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check that they fit in width ways and I
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want to check that they don't stick out
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the front and that's purely double
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checking what I'm doing it's not
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essential but you can see they're not
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quite to the front but they are very
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close so now what we need to do is just
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cover the front of those we're not
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covering the whole divider you can do
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but I'm just covering the front so what
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you're going to need is a
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strip and that strip needs to be
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as wide as the
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divider but about an inch thi so you can
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see I'm going to cut this section here
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and then I'm going to cut inch wide
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strips so we're just cutting an inch now
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you can do all this really carefully and
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measure it out or you could do what I'm
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doing which is measure an inch C strip
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measure an inch C strip and off we go
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so just cut them for however many you
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need so for me that's four this fabric
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is not ideal it's a little bit stretchy
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the best fabric I think is a nice
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crafting cotton it won't stretch it'll
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go down nicely and flat and it's the
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best but if like me you've got something
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a bit stretchy just take care so all I'm
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going to do is apply glue to each strip
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in
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turn I'm using a fabric glue but you
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could use any multi-purpose glue and
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just glue it onto one Edge and the
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easiest way is to put the cardboard on
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the center of the
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strip and then you can lie it down and
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that's one side stuck and wrap the other
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side over and smooth it down depending
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on your glue and your fabric it might
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want to jump up and if so just keep
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holding it in place until it's happy to
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stay there smooth it down and if your
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strips are a little bit long you can
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just trim those edges off now I'm going
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to do it now but I'd recommend leaving
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it till your glue's dry to be
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honest um and then you'll have a nice
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tidy divider ready to go in and just
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repeat that for the others and let them
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dry as I say if you need to put a book
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on it to hold it down flat just do that
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while they dry you see I've got all glue
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on my fingers now
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so once you've got all your dividers
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done you can just put them to one
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side and get on with the
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box so we're going to wrap this box in
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the fabric so I'm going to measure the
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height of the box now measuring it again
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I'm measuring the outside I'm making
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sure I'm
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accurate because when I've noted down
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that
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height I'm going to use
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that to cut my
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fabric but as you can see I'm adding on
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an inch and a half you can add on two
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inches if you like it's up to you it's
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just going to give you that wrap around
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so that it's nice and tidy and then we
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need to work out how long this piece of
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fabric is going to be so it's going to
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be the length of the box Time
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2
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plus sorry it's g a bit blurry cuz I've
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come near the camera the width of the
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Box times
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two so you can see the simple maths that
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I'm
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doing I'm going to add those
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together and then I obviously want a
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little bit extra to wrap
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around so it's up to you but I'm going
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to probably add an inch on so I now want
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a
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piece that's 40
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in by 6 in and that's going to give me
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plenty to wrap
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around once you've cut it out we need to
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glue it to the
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box now I think you better adding some
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glue to one of your long sides and then
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putting the fabric onto it they just
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think it's more effective you don't end
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up with a great big piece of fabric
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flopping around covered in glue it's
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just asking for
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trouble so we'll get all that glue
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on and then place the fabric on so you
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want an equal amount spare top and
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bottom okay
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and about half an inch 3/4 of an inch
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around the corner we're just going
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around the corner doesn't really matter
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how far just not too far and smooth it
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down and just check you've got about the
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same overlap on the top as you have on
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the
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bottom and then it's all going to work
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nicely and you can still adjust it a
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little bit you glue or slide while it's
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still
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wet and make sure you're round that
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corner once you're happy and do take the
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time to be happy with this before you
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set off around the rest of the box
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but once you're happy you're going to
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carry
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on and I would carry on in the same vein
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apply some glue to the Box wrap the
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fabric apply some glue wrap the fabric
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and then when you get right round to the
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other end as you can see I'm back to
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where I
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started you just wrap it around smooth
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it all on and then you've got this
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overlap so what we're going to do
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is take that end piece and we're going
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to fold it so that we get a nice
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Edge so we're going to end up applying
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some more glue on here so we're going to
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apply some more glue just to the fabric
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here so that we can fold the edge
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over and you can see it's a little bit
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fiddly and it doesn't want to go and
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this is the fabric that's causing this
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problem but I like the fabric i' got it
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to use up and I really wanted it on the
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B at the end so I've
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persevered I'd have more sense if I was
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you and I'd use a nice cotton but once
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you've got it
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there you're going to stick that down
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and just keep adding a bit of glue until
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it fits nicely and you can see it just
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meets up to the edge there and sits
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really well if you're enjoying this
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video please could you give it a thumbs
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up so that more people can make their
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storage whatever they want it for
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obviously it's not just for Lego I'm
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sure I'll be using them for crafts as
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well but they were just perfect for some
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of those Lego supplies that are hanging
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around with nowhere better to go we now
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need to deal with the overlap so cut the
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corner off but not too close to the box
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and then stick each side
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down and then you'll get a nice tidy
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bottom and there won't be a great big
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bulk at the corner and it doesn't matter
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if you leave a little Gap or anything
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because we're going to cover the bottom
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anyway or our storage unit will be the
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back
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and then the overlap on the inside also
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needs dealing with and again just going
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to apply some glue to the Box fold the
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fabric over and stick it in what you may
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end up doing is adding a little bit of
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extra fabric in the C fabric little bit
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of extra glue in the corners because
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you've got that bit of extra fabric that
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you just need to glue in so I recommend
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doing the two opposite ones the short
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ones and then do the two long ones and
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just fold it over work those Corners any
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excess fabric just snip it off so that
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you end up with a nice tidy finish and
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you can see I'm just adding a little bit
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of glue just to get it to hold
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down and you can see it's really
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starting to come together and you can
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use these skills to cover any boxes if
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you like now I like the back of my
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storage covered if you don't want to you
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don't have to bother but I do think it
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finishes them off nicely
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so I'm going to make a piece to go on
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the outside so all you need to do is
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measure the bottom and cut a piece of
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cardboard a little bit
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smaller just make sure it's quarter of
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an inch smaller that should be enough
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smaller and then it won't stick out and
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show at the front now I've just used the
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back of an A4 pad you know a
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notepad and it's just about the right
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size just cut it down on the width so
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any old card will will work so long as
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you can stick your fabric to it doesn't
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need to be especially strong or fancy
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yes I am that person that saves the back
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of notepads cuz they always come in
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handy and then you need to cut a piece
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of fabric that's a little bit bigger
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than that so you'll see I'm just
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checking it's not going to stick
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out so cut your piece of fabric about an
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inch bigger all the way around or 3/4 of
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an inch all the way
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around and then apply load of glue to
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your
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card and place that card on the center
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of your
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Fabric and just smooth it all
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down and then we're going to wrap those
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edges around so again snip off the
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corners we don't need all that
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bulk and then glue each of those edges
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down
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again if you've got silly fabric like me
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they'll try and peel up but what I did
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was I got all of these stuck down and
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then I put it under a book and then once
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it's all dry apply glue make sure you
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get a good covering around the edge and
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a little bit in the middle just to hold
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it
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nicely and then stick it to the bottom
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of the shoe box
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and there we
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go so now we'll turn our attention back
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to the dividers we need to stick these
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dividers in so you need to cut a whole
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load of bits of brown paper or just a
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soft paper the length of the divider or
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maybe slightly shorter but certainly not
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much and we're going to cut some that
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are the height of the div wider but
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certainly a bit less than the height and
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cut them an inch wide and you're going
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to end up with loads of them so for each
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divider you need two long
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ones and four short ones cuz on each
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side you're going to fix two small ones
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and one long one just like
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that so then all you need to do is glue
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them on so you want to glue them on both
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sides let it dry and then we're going to
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glue them in the box now you can see
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have glued two in and now I'm just going
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to apply the glue to this one and show
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you you can put the glue in the Box I
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prefer to put it on the divider and get
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it all the way along all my pieces of
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paper and then glue that
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in so you can see it's all the way along
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just open that box of touch slide it in
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and straighten it up now obviously you
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want it nice and square and you want
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them all in the right position so just
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wiggle them around a bit till you're
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happy and then let it dry once it's dry
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you can simply pop your boxes in and
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Away you go pop it up on your shelf and
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enjoy your storage whatever you're
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putting in it so thank you for watching
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and do enjoy all your storage solutions
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