Decorating A Treasure Chest

Sumner public library summer library program 2020 week 4.

Decorating a treasure chest. Hot glue the boxes together in a stack. This will make your treasure chest that looks wooden but you could also paint it black. Measure the width of the matchbox stack. Use a thin paintbrush or marker to draw vertical black lines or holes over the brown to look like real weathered wood.

Create your designs while the box. Fill it with pirate treasure or other fun goodies. Be as creative with the materials provided and. Paint the chest brown or glue brown paper to the container serving as your treasure chest.

All pirate craftsmen know the value of keeping a ship and your home ship shape. Glue or tape tabs to make it sturdy. Measure around the stack to find its length. I really enjoyed making this cute little chest i bought look all distressed and pirate themed for our pirates playlist.

Paint your shoe box brown. Use gold foil ribbon or paint to create a latch and hardware on the corners. Add some new ribbons elastics and cords and have the kids string new treasures. Mar 7 2020 explore zaabres board treasure chests followed by 308 people on pinterest.

Fill the treasure chest with beads gems and jewels from craft stores and flea markets. Making a shoe box treasure chest 1. Let kids create original jewelry from old broken jewelry pieces you salvaged from your jewelry box. So get out your paints and learn how to make a pirate treasure chest.

Add 14 to the length. Pirates treasure chest decorating this week we are decorating our own treasure chests. There are reinforceing tabs on the top and long sides of the bottom of the treasure chest to give it strength.