Cardboard is not just for boxing up old clothing or for mailing packages. As other DIY writers have mentioned it can be used to create new friends, or wine wracks or tombstones. What we haven't shared before is the clever children's furniture you can construct out of cardboard.

As mentioned on our sister site, Green Daily, cardboard furniture is a great way to enhance a child's bedroom while remaining kind to Mother Earth and easy on the pocket book. The folks at foldschool.com offer a wide variety of patterns to create number of objects to make many a young child happy. There are stools. trucks and some fabulous chairs. The possibilities for these projects are just about endless. The patterns are sized for kids but they are so cool a determined adult could enjoy them as well.