Original question by: @poppichew@piefed.social

If you buy things to any extent, you’ve probably got some leftover packaging hanging around. What are some cool ways you’ve found to make use of all these materials? Special props to ideas that can be replicated!

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    8 months ago

    OH, speaking of egg cartons. The larger ones (30 eggs) if clean make a pretty good laptop cooling pad. If you want to use laptop on a bed, this is the way (cheaply).

    • poppichew@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      This is a good idea! I use books because I am lazy as scuzz. The other day we got a fan (it’s getting hot) and I cannibalized pretty much all the material outside of the two odd egg-shell kind of super thick end-pieces. I am wondering if I could build something like this with the two together? I think what has stopped me is one is about an inch taller than the other. That way I can stop being a lazy ass and have a dedicated thing =P!