So I wanted to think of something to make for my friend's daughters that would be a nice little keepsake. I thought back to my own childhood and remembered how much I like the little decorative boxes on my dressers. Of course they held important things like stickers and erasers shaped like animals back then. I loved having a little box for my treasures so that was my inspiration for this project.
Materials:
- Small pine boxes
- craft paint
- fabric
- decorations (no glitter this time)
- Hot Glue Gun
- Polyurethane (not a surprise I am sure)
Steps:
- As you will see in the pictures I painted both boxes. I did a base coat of white on both before I added the color.
- I also took all the hardware off so that I did not get paint on it and so it was painted under the latch.
- Once the paint dries I did one coat of poly. This way the paint won't scratch and it can be easily cleaned off.
- Again you need to make sure that it is super dry before you move on. I reattached the hardware and then began decorating. Decorations are entirely up to you. I used little flowers and lace. I also used paint pens to write their names on the top of the boxes.
- Though the inside is painted I wanted to line it with something nice. The fabric is in there using hot glue. Quick and easy to fix if need be.
Things I learned:
- Card stock is an easy way to measure and attach fabric inside a box.
- Tin foil makes nice little pouches to keep the hardware safe when you take it off. Those are some seriously little screws that you don't want to be looking for.
- The nice thing about writing on a painted surface is that you can paint over it if you make a mistake.
- Make sure you cut extra ribbon or lace in this case because you will need it when you mess up the angles.
Craft on my Friends...
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