Altered Boxes

Click on the above vanilla box for a more detailed view. This is a very easy project for children, but must be supervised.
I thought the small vanilla bottle box would be interesting to cover, and I liked the tea box because the lid was attached. Both are made of cardboard.

The paper I used is called Construction paper, from the dollar store. It is easier to glue, but any kind of papers you have on hand, will work. I saved myself a lot of trouble just by outlining the shape of this box as I rolled it across the paper on its sides, including the bottom and the flap.

Then I cut it out and folded along the drawn lines. The drawn lines will go on the box so that they will not show on the outside.

The glue stick works fine to place the paper around the box. I put a piece on the inside flap, also. A colored printed paper would look nice there.

With a contrasting color piece of construction paper, used shaped scissors to cut decorative borders.

Glue them around the top edge and lower edge of the box. Dot with liquid glue and sprinkle glitter over it.

To make paper roses, just tear a piece of tissue wrap and cut a piece of green construction paper.

Cut the green piece into a shape with five points, for the leaf, and glue it down to the box. Then, scrunch the piece of tissue with your hand and roll it into a ball. Glue the underside to the leaf. Dab some liquid glue on the edges of the rose, in various places and sprinkle with glitter.

The only thing that remains to be done with this wee vanilla box, is to find something to put in it. At the moment, the best thing I can think of, would be to cut a long piece of paper slightly smaller than the box, write a letter on it, and put it inside, for a friend. It would be such a thrill to open this little box and pull out a long letter.

(more to be posted later)