Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Shiny Treasure Box Made From Chocolate Wrappers

I think my family ate a few too many Reese's peanut butter cups this Halloween!  I'm glad I saved all the colorful foil wrappers, because we used them today to turn a little shoebox into a shiny treasure chest..


I set out some white glue, paint brushes, a kid-sized shoebox, and a bunch of colorful chocolate foil  wrappers, and invited the kids to create something beautiful.  Both girls (3 years old) love anything sparkly and shiny and had a wonderful time gluing the foil wrappers onto the box.  They did an excellent job, and all I had to do was make sure they were using enough glue so the wrappers would not come off.  A layer of glue or modge-podge would help seal everything down and make the box more durable.

There were lots of "oooh"s and "ahhh"s at our shiny finished product.  What a fun little project using recycled materials!


3 comments:

  1. Ooooh Lovely! Looks so pretty and well, shiny! Great bit of recycling.

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  2. LOVE IT! Gorgeous and I know that we had more than enough peanut butter cup wrappers thrown away around Halloween. I have pinned this idea onto my Halloween Board for next year. Thank you for linking up to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop this week!

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  3. I love this idea - it's beautiful and easy enough for the kids to make! Thanks for sharing!

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