How Do You Make A Laptop Bag From Cardboard?
So you’ve just received a nice laptop, but you can’t afford 40 bucks for a carry case? Or your current laptop bag has shredded, gotten coffee spilled on it, or doesn’t fit your new laptop? You can make an inexpensive temporary replacement from nothing more than a box and some packing tape! Here’s how: • A nice sized cardboard box. Obtain sufficient cardboard. The boxes that reams of paper are shipped in are nearly the perfect size. Flatten. Open up the flaps of the box and lid so that the cardboard lies flat. • Measure and mark the center line. Find the center line of the lid by either folding the lid in half (narrow end to narrow end) or by measuring from each end. • Mark the center line. • Measure lines half an inch (1 cm) away and an inch (2.5 cm) away from your center line. • Mark the lines from above. • Measure, mark, and score your lines. Scored lines allow the cardboard to bend easily into a “taco” shape. Score all five lines with the blunt edge of a ruler or similar object. • U
• Obtain sufficient cardboard. The boxes that reams of paper are shipped in are nearly the perfect size. Open up the flaps of the box and lid so that the cardboard lies flat. • Find the center line of the lid by either folding the lid in half (narrow end to narrow end) or by measuring from each end. • Mark the center line. • Measure lines half an inch (1 cm) away and an inch (2.5 cm) away from your center line. • Mark the lines from above. • Score all five lines with the blunt edge of a ruler or similar object. • Lay your laptop on the cardboard so that the scored lines bend around the long edge of your laptop. • Mark the edge(s) of your laptop on the cardboard. • Move the laptop to someplace safe. • Score 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) away from your laptop’s outline (on the outer side) all the way around. • Cut the excess cardboard two inches (6 cm) away from the scores, forming a wide flap all the way around the laptop outline. • Score all fold lines. • Cut narrow wedges at each place the cardbo
