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Treasure Boxes & Memory Boxes
Excerpted from: Everyday Art for Kids
by Carolyn Holm

see interview with Carolyn Holm

Keepsakes (or travel snapshots)
can rest in a decorated box...

• Start with a sturdy box with a good lid.
• If it does not have an attractive background color, paint it with white primer.
• Decorate it with a collage of gift wrap, wallpaper, cut out pictures, photos, perhaps with memorabilia ( tickets, maps, notes, an autograph...).
• If you are making this treasure box as a gift for someone, try to think of what kinds of colors and patterns that person would like.
• You can also decorate the box with fabrics, laces, ribbons, decorative cord, sequins...

The heart shaped box was from a paper mache box from a craft store.  The other two boxes were inexpensive pencil boxes from the school supplies section of a drug store, and spray painted first with white primer.  The heart box was decorated with paper napkins, while the other two boxes were decorated with pictures from magazines, from flower catalogs, and with gold foil gift wrap.  These were done by kids ranging in age from eight to fourteen.

see interview with Carolyn Holm

Cheerful Cookie Box
Kathy Ross, the popular craft book author, has written a new book craft book called Crafts for Christian Values. Kathy's latest book is filled with wonderful crafts and ideas to help children learn about Christian values and what they mean. This easy-to-do craft lets you take disposable plastic containers, photos, drawings, and old greeting cards to make a wonderful keepsake. It's so easy that even the little ones can do it too.

Paper Mache Hot Air Balloon
This is a paper mache balloon which is an excerpt from Class Winning 3-Dimensional Valentine Boxes by Debbie Barnhill. We have pictures and illustrations to go with the craft as well as an interview with the author/creator Debbie Barnhill. It's a lot of fun, so don't miss it.

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