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From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-158 |
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DIY Crafts host Mary Lyon adds interest to a plain box by texturizing it with tissue paper. This is an easy project for the kids. Then Mary explains how to dress up an envelope by lining it with an old map. Materials:
Small cardboard box with lid
Acrylic paint in burgundy
Foam brush
White glue
Paper plate
White tissue paper
Paintbrush
Scissors
- Paint the cardboard box and lid with acrylic paint, using a foam brush. Let dry (figure A).
- Apply white glue to the top of the box lid with a paintbrush (figure B).
- Crumple a piece of white tissue paper, uncrimp it slightly, and place it over the glue on the lid. Work the tissue paper with your fingers, creating folds and creases, wrinkling it in the glue. Add glue to the sides of the box lid, and glue the tissue paper to the sides, texturizing the paper into wrinkles and folds. Trim the edges of the tissue even with the edges of the lid (figure C).
- Use the same technique on the box itself.
Lining an Envelope Materials:
Business-size envelope
Paper
Pencil
Scissors
Map
Rubber cement
- Place a business-size envelope with the top flap open on a piece of paper, and trace around it with a pencil (figure D).
- Remove the envelope, and draw a line slightly inside the previously traced line. Since the lining will fit inside the envelope, it needs to be smaller. On the top flap draw the line below the glue on the flap (figure E).
- Cut out the paper along the inside line.
- Use the paper as a template to cut out the pattern from a map. Glue the template to the map cut-out using rubber cement. This will prevent the map pattern from showing through the front side of the envelope.
- Spread rubber cement along the bottom of the lining, and glue it inside the envelope with the plain-paper side facing the inside front of the envelope. Spread rubber cement along the top of the lining, and glue in place on the flap (figure F).
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