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Make Decorative Flower Boxes
by Christine Chitnis
Credit: Christine Chitnis
Credit: Christine Chitnis
On Mother's Day, I had a moment of panic. We were headed to brunch at a friend's house when I realized that I needed a hostess gift. There wasn't enough time to hit the stores, so I decided to make something. I had a small pot of pretty flowers, and a bunch of wild lilacs—I just needed a way to put it all together.
I decided the Clementine box in our recycling bin had potential. Covering the corners with colored masking tape and using Modge Podge to paste on some pretty paper to the sides, I came up with a gorgeous flower box.
I embellished with some paper flags and tiny clothespins that I had laying around—and voila—a perfectly pretty hostess gift, for Mother's day, or any day!
Materials Needed to Make a Flower Box:
- Wooden Clementine box
- Pretty paper
- Colored masking tape
- Double sided tape
- Mod Podge
Instructions to Make a Flower Box:
- Begin by covering each of the corner posts with several layers of colored masking tape.
- Measure each side of the Clementine box, and cut paper accordingly.
- Using a thin layer of Mod Podge, adhere the paper to each side. Coat with one more layer of Mod Podge. Allow an hour to dry.
Reader Comments
Comment from colleen getchell on May 19, 2011
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