Magazine Holder
Difficulty: Average
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Parental supervision is recommended
Don't throw away your kids' old cereal boxes--turn them into attractive magazine holders with this handy craft.
What you'll need:
- Large cereal boxes
- Scissors
- White spray paint or acrylic paint
- Light green acrylic paint
- Dark green paint (try adding a little bit of red to green to make darker)
- Sponge
- Small paint brush
How to make it:
- Cut off top of cereal box. Halfway across top of box, cut at a 45 degree angle down to front of your magazine holder, cut straight across then back up other side at the same angle.
- Lightly sandpaper outside of cereal box.(They are usually shiny, coated paper.)
- Spray paint white, or paint on with inexpensive sponge brush. Let dry.
- Cut out leaf shape of sponge.
- Pour out small amount of green paints.
- Sponge paint green leaves on front of box leading to sides of box. First the darker, for background leaves, then lighter for foreground leaves.
- Use small paint brush to paint vines with darker green. Create vine by twisting paint brush.
- If painting more than one box, try to connect vines on each box so when set together they will match.
Tips:
- Any kind of decorating technique can be used. (Decoupage, fabric used in the room, children can do this!)
- Try to decorate the front of the boxes so when lined up they all coordinate with each other.
- Use heavier detergent boxes so the boxes will be sturdier and hold up to younger children messing with them.
