Instead of throwing your used milk cartons in the garbage bin, make productive use by shaping them into something unique. Creating things from everyday items you can find around your home is a great way to avoid new purchases and help the environment. From room decor to wall art to fun DIY gift ideas, here are some of our favorite things that you can do with milk cartons.

 1   Duct Tape Milk Carton Garden Lanterns

From: Boulder Locavore

 

 2   Make a Fun Sailboat Using a Milk Carton

From: Creative Jewish Mom

 

 3   Gingerbread Houses Made from Recycled Milk Cartons

From: Crafts by Amanda

 

 4   Milk Carton Light Houses

From: Morning Creativity

 5   Milk Carton Jack-o’-Lantern Luminarias

From: Boulder Locavore

 

 6   Reuse Milk Cartons For a Raised Bed Urban Garden

From: Erythrocyte

 

 7   Upcycle a Milk Carton and Some Bottle Caps to Create a Dump Truck

From: Craft Project Ideas

 

 8   Transform Milk Carton into a Spooky House

From: Scrapin it

 

 9   Transform an Old Milk Carton into a Wookie Birdhouse

From: Make Great

 

 10   Turn a Milk Carton into an Adorable Flower Vase

From: Squirrelly Minds

 

 11   Milk Carton Turned Into a Planter

From: Oh So Very Pretty

 

 12   One More Milk Carton Birdhouse Feeder

From: Kiwi Magazine

 

 13   Milk Turned Pig

From: Greeneyed

 

 14   Recycle Milk Cartons as Paint Pots

From: Play Based Learning

 

 15   Milk Carton Pen Pot

From: Zingzingtree

 

 16   Milk Carton Wallet

From: Instructables

 

 17   Make a Desk Organizer Dock From a Milk Carton

From: Apartment Therapy