Creative Recycling Projects
Gorgeous Keepsake Box

Shoe boxes can make a great storage solution. Whenever you buy shoes, don't throw away the box, you can use it for storing.

It's also a useful idea to keep your kid's room nice and tidy with colorful boxes. You can make a nice decorated shoe box in which your child can keep his favorite drawings, store Lego, all sort of unboxed games or what ever he can fit in.

Decorating a shoe box it's easy and fun:

Materials:

• Shoe box
• Acrylic paints
• Brushes
• (Optional)Gesso
• (Optional)Sticker, napkins, pictures

Paint the box with any color you like:

• If the box is dark and you want to achieve a bright color, paint a white coat first then apply your desired color.

• If the box has glossy finish, use gesso first. It’s a primer for painting.

Decoration:

• When the box is dry, your kids can decorate it anyway they like: colorful stickers, drawing with acrylic paints.

• You can use your kid's photos to decorate the box - print some photos, cut around the picture and make a collage.

• If you are familiar the napkin technique it can add a nice touch to the box.

  There are plenty of decoration options, let your child use his/her imagination.

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