Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Puzzle trinket box - from repurposed photo frame protective corners

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Here's a quick little DIY you can make in about fifteen minutes or less. I repurposed 4 cardboard corners and decorated them with some washi tape and dollar store alphabet stickers. As usual, I've had these photo frame cardboard corners in my scrap box for a while before I discovered what I can do with them.

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The four corners fit into each other quite nicely like a puzzle, but one simple enough for my five-year-old niece Zara to solve. Plus, since the puzzle forms a box, I decided to store a little surpirse in it for her!

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I added the alphabet stickers so she can disassemble the puzzle and spell her name.

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Check out the photo tutorial if you'd like to see how I made this quick but ingenious little DIY!

P/S: I also made a trinket box for my little niece Dina with a used plastic box. Here it is:

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Puzzle trinket box
Materials:
4 photo frame cardboard corners
Washi tape
Alphabet stickers
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Instructions:
1. Stick washi tape along the length of the cardboard corners.
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2. If you want, you can also tape the inner length of the corners as well.
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3. Choose the alphabets you'd like to use.
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4. Stick one alphabet on one side of each corner.
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...and you're done!
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