Make your own Treasure Box
Project time: approx 90 mins | Cost~ £4.00 for each box


Simple tutorial
You need: A box, beautiful fabrics & cards, PVA glue, a brush, scissors, a (fabric) marker, a ruler


1. Cut a strip of fabrics to warp around the box, leaving 1cm on each side and 2cm at both ends
2. Wrap & glue around the edge of the box, glue only 3 sides and stop there, mark the end


3. Leave 1cm extra and cut the excess fabric
4. Fold back and glue the 1cm fabric back


5. Finishing off the 4th side


6. Cut the corners at a 45 degree angle (approx)
7. Glue & press in place, allow to dry


8. Cut a piece of card (tips: thinner cards are better if it's a lidded box) to fit each side of interior of the box; Cut fabrics to fit, leaving 1cm away from the edges of the cards
9. Glue the fabrics on the cards to get all the interior surfaces ready


10. Glue 4 sides of the interior & hold firmly


11. Glue the base


The exterior

12. Prepare the card the same way as before
13. Glue to the top of the box


Do the same for the other half, done!

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Of course I became addicative and I made few more :)
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Hope you like them and enjoy making :) xx
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