Pick up some plain wood boxes from the craft store or dollar store and paint gives it a make over! Jewelry box or memory box whatever you want to use it for!
You will need:
- A wooden box
- Craft Paint
- Paint Brushes
- Stick on Gems
- Clear Coat Polyurethane Spray or in a Paint Tin (Optional)
Start by peeling off all the price tags and labels. Choose the theme of your box. I love the cool whites but today we were feeling jazzy! My girls and I decided on bright colors…… pink, red, purple, navy blue and turquoise.
My box had a window to see the treasures inside so I painted the interior of the box also.
Protect your table because this can get messy!
This box got stripes on the top and color blocking for the bottom turquoise and the lid rim got a splash of red paint. Literally…LOL.
It looks a mess in the photo above but check out a sneak peak of her final results!
My 8 year old artist decorated this one. Using the gorgeous gem stickers (from the Dollarstore) distracts the eye from areas she colored outside the lines. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s get back to decorating it!
It’s completely up to you if you would like to pain the inside or not.
My favorite technique for adding dots is to dip the tip of the handle into the white paint and dot it on the box. Clusters of dots and curves of white dots.
After this dried I put a clear coat of polyurethane on the boxes just to make it a bit shiny and smoother for me to wipe and dust. You can skip this step if you don’t have it or put it on later. You can get it in a spray paint or a short tin of paint. If you decide to put on the clear coat it wont take much varnish or time since this project is small. You could do the inside of the box too while your at it.
After the memory box is dry, we got out the sequins! These came as stickers with glue on the back. This is such a great cheat compared to gluing each one on.
I was really pleased with how it turned out.
What a great time we 3 had decorating these!
Candy Box
My Miss M. plans to hide candy in her box. She is often given a treat by friends and not allowed to have it right away. Now she can put it in her box.
Treasure Box
Miss B. plans to keep special mementos in her box. She has photos and tickets and trinkets she wants to keep for happy memories.
Love Letter Box
I told them I planned to put love letters in mine and Miss B said “Mom no one writes letters anymore!” Shocking! Well fortunately my daughters do still write me love letters and their daddy does every now and again too.
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