Cardboard iPod Shuffle Case

Some absolute genius over at AppleMatters has posted an article explaining How To Make a Cardboard Case for Your iPod Shuffle.

Okay. Truth time: It’s me. I’m the mastermind behind this monstrosity.  Why build a case out of cardboard?  Well, first off: I like crafts. Also, for iPod and iTunes Hacks, I wrote a hack about how to create a cardboard case for your iPod that received a slight bit of fanfare on the book’s release. For a while now, I have been thinking about making a Shuffle version of the case. It’s so cheap it is virtually free. It’s easily replaceable and lightweight, and it actually adds a nice cushion of protection to your iPod Shuffle.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t as careful with the measurements on this case as I was on the last and made the tabs for the project a bit too short: ”If you followed my directions, then it’ll fit, but the tabs won’t reach. I discovered immediately after folding that I should have doubled—on second look, make that tripled—the length of all my tabs. Then it would work, but as is the design doesn’t quite reach. I’d redo everything right now, but I have a deadline to make. When you make yours, just make sure that you make all the tabs the full thickness of the iPod Shuffle. That way they will reach and if any of them need to be trimmed you can go back and do so.” Consider yourself warned. I had to resort to a rubber band strategy for my case, but this mistake led to the discovery of the most amazing iPod Shuffle sports band ever created! (See picture).