Here’s 5 fun and useful ways to recycle milk or juice cartons!
1. Make a wallet
Cut down the side of the carton, and cut as pictured. Fold in half, and cut the bottom section up the centre, and v-shaped cuts in the centre of the middle section.
Fold the bottom section up, then the mid section. Fold down the flap along the top to make a neat edge. Tuck the side flaps in under the top flap. Fold the whole thing in half.
You now have a neat hardwearing wallet with two card pockets.
2. Make a flying toy
Fly this like a frisbee 
Cut off the bottom of the carton and flatten it – do not cut down the sides. Cut four strips/loops from it, about an inch wide.
Loop the second strip over the end of the first. Loop the third strip over the second. Loop the fourth over the third, and slip the lond end through the end of the first strip, so that all four strips loop over each other. Pull tight, and glue if you wish (though it should hold together ok without glue).
3. Make kids play furniture
You can tape together blocks made from milk cartons stuffed with newspaper, to make sturdy and usable kids play furniture.
4. Grow root vegetables
Some root veggies, such as larger carrot varieties, parsnips, and so on, don’t do very well in containers. A milk carton, however, is just the right size to grow a single root. Just punch holes in the bottom of the carton for drainage, fill with potting soil, and transplant your seedlings (or even sow direct).
Here’s a parsnip enjoying it’s juice-carton home!
5. Make floating shelves
Trim the end of your carton so it can be closed up flat, but do not seal it up yet. This lets you get your hand inside so you can pin or tack the box to the wall. Tape the end of the carton shut.
Alternatively, you can just apply wood glue to one side, and stick the box to the wall to make a shelf.
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