Whistle while you work on these very cool cardboard speakers. Designed as an eco-friendly kit with six colored pencils to get you on the road to doodle heaven, the DIY speaker boxes are made with 70% recycled materials that wipe clean when you have completed your masterpiece. They feature a plug and play design and universal compatibility and are among the clever green gadgets from Merkury’s Eco Nation line of products. $18 at Urban Outfitters.

Bet your talent and imagination could outdo the example below! Perhaps not, but give it a try just the same.

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The same company also makes the little cuties below from recycled materials. The pink Neo Speakers or the Eco Speakers, $14.95, are said to sound pretty great. Each speaker folds flat for convenient storage and batteries required. Both can be ordered at Merkury’s Fashionnation.