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Valentine Love Box

What better way to make a statement on Valentine’s Day than by decoupaging your own "Valentine Love Box"? Here’s a perfect container for carrying valentines to school; afterwards, it can hold jewelry, baseball cards, etc., at home. Kids will love to decorate this box with all their favorite things. Just collecting the items—from cutting photos out of magazines to raiding Mom’s sewing kit—is half the fun. You can also use the box to carry our unusual Valentine Nuts.

Materials:

	9.5 ounce Ziploc® Container
	Red spray paint
	Magazines
	Color copies of photos
	Sharp pointed scissors
	Spray adhesive
	1" flat paintbrush
	Glossy acrylic polyurethane
	Paper lace doilies (various sizes)
	Assorted buttons, jewels, charms, appliqués, and ribbon roses
	Tacky glue
	Red velvet fabric
	Ribbon rose trim

Create your own box from any of the techniques and ideas below.

1.	Spray-paint the outside of a 9.5-ounce Ziploc® Container (or other box) in a red color.
2.	Look through magazines to cut out images of clothes, people, flowers, etc., that most describe you.
3.	Cut out sentences or headlines that grab your attention.
4.	Make color copies of favorite photos (family, friends, vacations) and cut out.
5.	For a lace effect, cut edges from lace doilies or use small doilies whole.
6.	Beginning with larger images, spray the wrong side with temporary spray adhesive and arrange around outsides of container and lid.
7.	When satisfied with placement, use a 1" flat paintbrush to paint the wrong side of the images and the desired place on container with gloss acrylic polyurethane.
8.	Put images in place, smoothing out wrinkles and bubbles with your finger.
9.	Keep building up layers, being careful to let polyurethane dry in between. Be careful to not tear images by rubbing too much.
10.	Paint container with coats of polyurethane in between layers of images. Use the smallest images and smaller word statements last.
11.	Let dry for 24 hours.
12.	Use tacky glue to glue on small, flat heart buttons, jewels, ribbon roses, appliqués, or other items.
13.	Cut pieces of velvet to fit inside container. Leave top lip free of velvet so container and lid will shut properly. Spray wrong side of fabric with permanent spray adhesive and smooth in place.
14.	Cut a ribbon rose trim to fit around top edge of velvet and glue in place.

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