How to make a very cheap Ipod video cover
 

I read sombodies tut. on another site or forum (dont remember) and they were showing how you can make variuos kinds of Ipod covers (for all Ipods, exclude the Ipod touch). Using different stuff that you can get for under $5. I am not responsible for anything that you do, if you screw up something, its your fault, not mine.

I had a #5 gum package laying in my car, and I figured it would look cool or different if I put the cover over it, It fit perfectly (the width of it did, but the height doesnt match up).


Things you need:
-#5 gum box (in good condition. Dont just look in a trash can and find one, thats nasty!)
-Razor blade
-Some clear tape or super glue


Pictures and instructions:

1. Take out the inside of the gum box (the part where the gum is stored).
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2. Check to see if your Ipod video fits correctly. It should fit, if its the right box.
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3. Open the bottum part without ripping. You can do this in the begining like I did.
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4. Lightly draw a line on the box, so it goes around the screen on the Ipod's screen.
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5. Cut the part out the part you just wrote on.
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6. Now cut off the par where it closes so it looks like this.
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7. Now fold that part in the box, like this (I did this, so it fits in there better, and it doesnt come out easily).
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8. It should look like this after what you just did, check to see if it fits properly.
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9. Now glue or tape the bottum part, so it stays closed.
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After that, it should look like this.
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Hope you like your new Ipod case. You can mod the inside part for the menu and such, it works without cutting that part anyway.

Please comment.

Awsome TUT, Now all i need is a IPOD

Get one off Ebay. I got mine from my sister for free. She just had it laying around, and just outta now where, she asked me if I wanted it. I said yea, even thought a friend just gave me a old Ipod, that is not a vide.

i used index cards and created a zune case... :P which i can actually use the zune pads, see the screen and have the buttons :) but i threw it away.. it was kinda useless...

I'm going to be making a new Ipod case, because alot of my friends asked me if I can get them a couple cases for there mp3 players and Ipods. For school I guess. I dont really care, I use my Ipod when and where I want.

this works best with the 3rd gen ipod nano

great tut snow

+1
You can probably even keep the pack intact and even close the box with it in.

Nice snow! I need to find a box that'll fit the 1st gen Nano.

What does the nano look like ?? The really small ipod videos or the small and tall ipods? I am going to go to the store to pick up some small boxes, like gum boxes and some other boxes that you can find in a students locker at school.

I need it to look like theres nothing in the box, but the gum thats in there before. A friend is willing to pay me atleast $5. for every box I make. He will pay me back for the gum that I buy, and a lil' something to make it.

Thanks for the comments.

Well hopefully for the holidays, I'll get the new Nano Chromatic. The Nano 1st Gen is Thin(width wise too) and kinda tall.

I have one of the tall ones and the ipod classic video one.

Well I made my own out of a box of Orbit. Looks pretty cool, fooled a ton of kids on my bus today.

Yep. I did that, but I seen it before, so I wanted to make something different. Can you get some pictures ???