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Holiday Tree Boxes and Gift Tag

By: Kindra Boroff
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Skill Level: Beginner
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Supplies

PLAID Supplies
  • FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Apple Red, 2 oz.
  • FolkArt ® Artists Pigments™ - Pure Black, 2 oz.
  • Mod Podge ® Dimensional Magic, 2 oz.
  • Mod Podge ® Matte, 4 oz.
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Other Supplies
Paper mache stacked boxes
Scrapbook paper
Scissors
2 ¾” x 5 ½” Wood tag
Drill
Blue yarn
Ruler

Instructions

1.      Basecoat the wood tag with Apple Red. Drill a hole in the top center as shown.

2.      Cut a 4” triangle shape from the flower patterned paper and a small piece of stripe for the trunk. Paint the words “To” and “From” on the tag with Pure Black. Adhere the tree to the tag with Mod Podge.

3.      Apple a coat of Dimensional Magic to the tree and trunk.

4.      For the larger box cut 5” wide piece of brown paper long enough to wrap around the bottom of the box. Cut an additional piece of paper long enough the wrap around the lid of the box. Adhere to the box with Mod “Podge.

5.      For the same box cut a 3” wide piece of striped paper the length of the bottom and top of the box. Adhere to the the lid and base as shown with Mod Podge.

6.      Repeat the same steps in 4 and 5 using the measurements listed. Middle box: 4” wide brown paper and 2” wide striped paper. Top box: 3” wide brown paper and 1 ½” wide striped paper.

7.      Stack the boxes and tie together with yarn and attach the tag to the front as shown.
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