Hello Crafty Friends! Today I’m sharing this easy DIY for making your own book bins using recycled boxes! We started creating these DIY book bins a couple years ago to help corral our book series. My kids love keeping their series books in one place and these have worked really well. They are made using boxes ready to be recycled. With just a little colored construction paper and clear packing tape they were transformed into these super handy book bins!
They work really well sitting on shelves in a group and are also really handy for cube shelving. Adding one book box to a cube not only keeps a series together but they also act as book ends! The book bins can be filled with books front facing (with the cover facing out) or with the spines visible. We alternate depending on the series and how many books we are trying to fit in each bin. I love using the bins with front facing books since they are a great way to break up a busy bookshelf and draw attention with their visible cover art!
To create your own books bins you need to cover recycled boxes with construction paper and add a label to the front if you wish. Below you can see my specific step-by-step instructions for how I cover my bins. I like to cover ours with clear packing tape to help them last longer!Â