I decided to decorate the box to look like the River Song Journal I was going to make as part of the present (I will post about the journal later).
I started by finding a box of the right size.
The box I ended up with was really pretty and I was kind of sad to paint over it, but it ended up looking awesome in the end.
Things I used:
- A box
- Thick cardboard
- A craft knife
- Glue
- Various shades of blue paint
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Mod Podge
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| Original box, this is the bottom, it had a black lid. |
I used this blog post about someone who did a DIY River Song Journal as a reference http://indellibleink.com/2011/11/dr-who-journal/
I started out by measuring the size of the box and then drawing an accurate rectangle of that size onto my cardboard.
Then I used the ruler to pencil in the lines I would need to cut along.
Basically, it looked like this:
When I'd done that, (and it took agggggeeeees) I used a craft knife to cut along all the black lines.
I didn't write down the measurements I used as I basically made it up as I went along, and anyway I had to constantly trim bits off so all the pieces fitted together right.
What I found helped, was looking at the example I found online and then trimming the pieces until they looked the same distance apart as the example.
Then, I stuck it all on piece by piece.
After that, my sister (she's good with colours) helped me mixed up different blue paints until I was happy with the colour. Then I painted it.
I painted in stages, doing one side at a time, using a hair dryer to speed up the drying process.
I then went back and covered up any spots I missed. The main thing to watch out for is the gaps around the squares, the paint tends to pool in there and then dry so I kept scooping out the extra paint with a toothpick or paintbrush.
When I'd done that I mixed up a lighter blue paint and painted the inside of the box and the lid.
Then I used Mod Podge to glaze and seal all the surfaces.
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