Introduction: Apple Box to Walking Boot Carrier in 5mins (an End to Mud in the Back of Your Car and Stinky Boots in an Old Plastic Bag)

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About: Black sheep engineer, Chartered, and very silly. Currently living in the UK. I have been fortunate to have lived, studied and worked in Hong Kong, Norway and California. I believe physical models help people…
This Instructable is for you, if you go hill walking a lot and have muddy boots and have ever suffered from any the following:
  • Muddy Boots rolling around in the back of your car.
  • The plastic bag which either rips, because it's cheap, or your boots are so large they hardly fit.
  • You leave your boots in the plastic bag after the tip - only to return weeks later to find they have gone really sweaty and horrible, or worse still they have damaged the leather/fabric.
  • Regretted seeing Apple Boxes thrown away :(
(It also means you/your local supermarket will not need to trash a good solid box...Earth Day points to you!).

YOU WILL NEED:
- Walking Boots
- 1 Apple Box (which your walking boots can fit into on their side).
- A Knife/Scissors.
- A Pencil.
- [optional], glue/tape/zip-tie.
- 5 Mins. Probably less. In fact it probably takes longer to read my overly detailed Instructable!

YOU WILL NOT NEED:
- Special Tools
- Fancy skills with cardboard (though you can visit Design Modelling, if you would like them).

Anyway – read on for ingenious cardboard solution to walking boot storage and how YOU can make one too…

Step 1: Re-use the Recycling - Get a Box

Grab a box from your recysling (or your neighbours), (or a supermarket).

Check your boots fit in the side - as show.

Step 2: Cut the Sides & Make a Fold

Cut down the sides of the box, in the middle, as shown. 

Make a fold in the middle. Either
- by just bending it with force.
- by cutting out a little fillet of card, as shown.... make sit easier to bend.

Step 3: [Optional] - Fix Sides Together

If you like, you could join the sides together more securely.

I used a Zip-Tie, but you could use tape or glue, etc.

Step 4: Make a Handle

Measure out a comfortable handle side.

Cut out carefully, through both sides.

Step 5: Trim Off Excess Cardboard

Tidy it up a bit.

Because you're a Pro.

Step 6: You're Done! (so Make One for Your Friends Too!)

Spread the cardboard Earth-Day excitement!

If you'd like to learn more Cardboard skills, please check out Design Modelling - Techniques.

Or take a look at my Cardboard Raspberry Pi Case - Instructable.

Thanks for taking a look, let me know how you get on.

Cheers,
Jude